Chance Me Please =) RD 2016

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Tepper School of Business</p>

<p>Academic:
•My GPA is: 4.26 weighted
•My SAT: N/A
•MY ACT: 32 Composite-9 writing
-highest subs: 32 english, 33 math, 32 reading, 35 science
•SAT2s: MathII 750, US History 710
•Asian-American
•Rank 8th in class of 400</p>

<p>Course Load:
•Taken most AP courses at school</p>

<p>Sophmore Course load:
•AP Calc AB, AP European History, ADV Spanish 2, ADV Weights, ADV English, Marching Band,
•Got a A in all of these courses except Calc AB.</p>

<p>Junior Course Load:
•AP Clac BC, AP Junior English, AP US History, AP Physics, ADV Spanish 3, ADV Weights, Marching Band
•Got A in all of these courses except AP US History</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
•Marching Band, Interpersonal Skills (a class where I help students with disabilities), ADV Spanish 4, AP Senior English, AP Statistics, AP Goverment, ADV Weights
•Should have an A in all these courses</p>

<p>AP:
•5 AP Chinese, 4 AP Junior English, 4 AP US History, 3 Calc AB, 3 Calc BC</p>

<p>My EC/Community Service:
•Marching Band
•Heritage Panel (culture club)
•National Honors Society
•JV Tennis-3 years
•Basketball Pep Band
•Wind Ensemble-top audition band group
•Freshmen/Sophomore Basketball
•Summer Volunteering at local hospital
•Business program at local bank (teaches about business)
•Attended a Engineering Camp for 1 week (2 years)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
•Summer research project at state university
•Parking Director for college football and basketball
•Lawn mowing</p>

<p>Awards:
•Kansas Honor Scholar</p>

<p>Essays:
•I think I did a really good job. Wrote about helping students with disabilities at my high school</p>

<p>Recommendations:
•AP Senior English Teacher: He was my tennis coach for 3 years, really likes me, should be good
•AP US History Teacher: should be good
•Counselor: Knows me pretty well, rec should be good</p>

<p>Other:
•State (if domestic applicant): KS
•School Type: top 1000
•Ethnicity: Chinese (Asian-American)
•Gender: Male
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research experience under a distinguished professor, with 1 research manuscript written and submitted to science magazine.</p>

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<p>bump :slight_smile: help is greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>I think you should be fine - academically, your gpa is within what they’re looking for, and lots of APs which is good. Very solid test scores and impressive class rank (top 5%). You have some interesting ECs and being from Kansas will probably help set you apart as well. Good luck!</p>