Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
School: Competitive Public</p>

<p>Applying for:
SCS - 1st choice
CIT (ECE)- 2nd choice
IS - 3rd choice</p>

<p>Sat: 2220 (680 CR 750 M 790 W)</p>

<p>Sat II: 800 Math 2c
770 Chem
Taking physics later</p>

<p>Honors/AP Classes:
H English - 9,10
H Math - 9,10,11
H Global Studies - 9
AP World -10
AP Chem- 11
AP Bio - 11</p>

<p>GPA:</p>

<p>W GPA: 3.7 (upwards trend...but yea its bad :P)
UW GPA: 3.5</p>

<p>Took 18-100 (Intro to ECE - weeder course) and 15-100 (Intro to Programming) at CMU. Bs in both classes.</p>

<p>Courseload: every honors class and top level classes in math + science; only missing ap physics, hoping to take next year!</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes:
AP Calc BC
AP Comp Sci
AP Physics C
Gov/Econ
Ceramics
Brit Lit or World Lit</p>

<p>Honors:
3rd Place Regional Science Fair
Various insignificant school honors :P</p>

<p>ECs:
-Own/Founded my own business
-Own my own network of websites/startups
-Above has made 5 figures
-Science for Youth
-CSF
-Varsity track</p>

<p>Leadership:
Chief Technology Officer, Team leader, and Secretary of a Science Club/Organization
The organization expanded to 4 cities within a couple months and teaches kids science at seminars we hold. There's usually 150-250 people at these seminars</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Various things around the city
Dedicated a portion of my business to donating to organizations (human trafficking, american red cross, etc.) <- donated thousands</p>

<p>Summers:
-Working on websites/businesses
-AP/EA at CMU</p>

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<p>SCS student weighing in: Your stats seem pretty similar to mine when I applied (also did AP/EA, had low HS GPA with an upward trend), except that you are female, which gives yet another boost when applying to SCS. Having taken CMU classes and done well is a good sign. A B in 18-100 is a strong sign that you can do coursework at the CMU level.</p>

<p>SCS is very competitive, obviously, so it’s impossible to say that you’ll 100% be accepted, but you should be confident that you are among the better applicants in the pool.</p>

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<p>Aww thanks :slight_smile: Yea i have to say i’m pretty proud to get a B in 18-100, especially without the curve ^-^; I’m just worried the B in 15-100 will hurt me</p>

<p>Also, should I put the grades into my GPA in high school? It’ll bring down my uw so I’m not too sure whether it’s a good idea or not</p>

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<p>Your resume looks pretty on par with other applicants to CMU and may be a bit higher than the average applicant. As tyralis said being a female will help you out as well. Your SAT is solid and your SAT II’s are terrific for CMU, so SCS is a great option for you. Chance me back please</p>

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<p>thanks and done :D</p>

<p>anyone else? bump ^^ forgot to mention this is my ED school :D</p>

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<p>bump again :). </p>

<p>my senior schedule has changed. the counselors messed up…again… but at least they replaced ap physics with another ap class this year XD</p>

<p>so…</p>

<p>Ap calc bc
ap stats
ap gov
ap macro econ
ap compsci
lit and social justice
ceramics</p>

<p>:D? essay for carnegie mellon supplement is just plain awesome . :slight_smile: (since i went there for the summer and took classes there, it’s definitely not one of those essays that can be recycled ^.^)</p>