Chance me/ help me improve

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Looking into BME, materials science, or maybe something in the College of science</p>

<p>White; Male; Junior; Catholic HS in Queens, NYC (does it matter I have a full scholarship? lol)</p>

<p>My school doesnt do 4 point GPA scale, but out of 100
9th grade- 95 (96 weighted)
10th- 97 (98)
11th- 97 (98) - after first semester
My school doesn't tell us our rank but I'm definately top 3-10% of a grade of about 750 </p>

<p>Courses (my courseload = kinda weak -.- i'll show honors/advanced stuff)
9th-
English 9 honors- 89 (93 weighted. honors classes add 4 points)
Global I honors- 93 (97)
Algebra 2- 98
spanish 1, advanced physical science, religion, gym, art</p>

<p>10th-
Pre calculus honors- 98 (103)
Biology honors- 98 (103)
spanish 2, english 10, global II, religion, gym, art</p>

<p>11th-
Chemistry honors- 98 (102)
Spanish 3 honors- 98 (102)
Calculus honors- 99 (103)
US history, english 11, religion, gym, computer applications</p>

<p>Senior year I'm for sure taking-
AP Calc AB
AP Psych
Physics honors
either AP Bio or Chem (i signed up for chem but will probably switch)
health, religion, gym, poetry, drama (semester english classes)</p>

<p>SAT- 600 R, 740 M, 610 W (january.. i didnt practice at all.. dont ask why lol)
Bio SATII- 680
Math 1- 670 (took freshman year eek)
Math 2- 700
Will retake SAT in June, Chem SATII in May, Maybe Math 2 again?</p>

<p>National Honor Society- 11,12
Math NHS (mu alpha theta)- 10-12
Science NHS- 11,12
Spanish NHS- will be inducted next year, so 12
Fransiscan Youth Movement (Catholic volunteer club)- 11, 12 probably
Greek Club- 9-12 (will be co-president next year)
Math Team- 9-12
Tutoring- 10-12
Lab aide (help out in freshman, sophomore labs)- 20 hours by end of jr year
Good amount of in school service</p>

<p>Boy Scouts (some community service from this) 9-12
Greek Orthodox Youth Association (a little service) 9-12
Tutoring at my K-8 school- 2 hrs/week all of 11th grade
Baseball in a local league- 9</p>

<p>Just giving as much info as I can. My stuff looks weak compared to most other people, so not expecting much haha. Any ways I can improve?</p>

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<p>Your hs looks like it inflates grades. Your SAT scores are fine to get into CMU, dont let the other scores on here fool you(but do try to bring them up). I was accepted to ECE with a 520 Math SAT2 (your read right). I think what CMU does, is as long as you pass a certain threshold on scores(unless you have 750+ in each section), is they start looking for some other reasons to accept you. So, you arent getting in by scores and grades alone. They are looking for some indicator that you are adding to the freshman class. What about you is original and distinguishes you from all of the other individuals applying?</p>

<p>For example, I started a web community(it doesnt have to be big, just something original that shows that you follow your own interests, even if unrelated, outside of school), where i must work on a team with people from all age groups. I have also met christian missionaries, people that have built amazing things, etc. Everyone here has something that separates them from the rest of the class.</p>

<p>The best way to answer this question, is do you really add something, or have something totally original about yourself that you can write about? This is why these stats postings are useless…</p>