Chance Me for NYU ED or Carnegie Mellon ED

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys I’m in a bit of dilemma here. I am a rising senior and the time has come to apply to colleges. I am a fairly decent student and I really want to go to a good school.

My stats are an unweighted GPA of 3. 43 and weighted GPA of 3.89. I will have taken 12 AP courses by the end of senior year. I would have done a lot better in high school but I had a lot of personal problems. I tore my meniscus my Freshman year and it took me a year of recovery for that then immediately after I had a double concussion in my sophomore year. In my junior year I was able to do extremely well and get great grades and I’m looking forward to a great senior year. My SAT super score (I took it 3 times) is Math: 730 Reading: 640 Writing: 660 w/ 8 essay. Total Sat is 2030. SAT Math level 2 = 770. I am taking the act in september and will get probably a 32 or 33. I am also taking the spanish subject test and chemistry subject and am expecting in the 750-770 range for those.

Some EC’s:

  • Varsity Track and Field
  • Varsity Cross Country
  • High School Soccer (Mostly benched and watching cuz of injuries)
  • Captain of Club Soccer (Top ranked in State)
  • English, Math, History, Spanish,Science, National Honor societies
  • Vice President of Chemistry Club
  • Vice President of Animal Wellfare Club
  • President of Math Honor Society
  • President of Future investors of America
  • Secretary of Science Olympiad
  • Worked at 3 tech startups and built web applications, iPhone applications, and learned about software development
  • Currently working on my own innovation regarding financial projections in a small business environment.
  • Certified or well versed in programming languages including C,Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Ruby, Rails, etc.
  • Won hackathon with a small team
  • Volunteered over a 110 hours at the VA Medical Center and learned about the medical environment
  • Life Scout just about to become an Eagle Scout

I want to apply early to either Carnegie Mellon for school of fine arts or NYU for Steinhardt (school of culture/human development).

I want to know which I have a better shot at of getting in. Also I know CMU is more generous with financial aid so that plays a factor as well, but there would be no point of applying if I cant get in.

Any comments are welcome, thank you.

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Also I am in many clubs such as FBLA, Future medical professionals, MUN, Debate, Math team, Helping Hands, Writing Center, MESA (Middle Eastern Student Association), and many more

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Also any schools that you think I can get into would be a great help. I want to study Finance and probably comSci.

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I am only applying to school of arts and school of human development to increase my chance of getting into the college

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bump

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Damn, i tore my meniscus freshman year too. Sucked in my case because we coulda won state with me playing :frowning:
Anyway, I think if you add a great senior year with your test scores, your chances maybe could be decent as well. make sure you have safeties tho

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Your chances of gaining admission are much better from NYU than from CMU. If your really like NYU and can afford it, then I think you will get in ED. CMU looks more like a reach to me based on your stats.