<p>My current credentials are:
-3.8 unweighted GPA (4.3 weighted)
-33 ACT composite (essay only scored an 8)
-34 math
-32 science
-30 reading
-34 writing
-National Honor Society President
-I'm working on building an extremely efficient magnetic motor
-Spanish Club Vice President
-Future Business Leaders of America Honorary Member
-total of 7 AP courses (almost all other courses were honors)
-great teacher recommendations
-Writer for school publication
-Speak English, Spanish, and decent Chinese (I am continuing to take Chinese classes through Seton Hill University)
-Manager of the School Store
-50+ community service hours
As a bonus, I lived in Argentina for four years and Beijing, China for five years. In China, I attended one of the best international schools worldwide and maintained a 3.5 GPA there unweighted my freshman year. Some of my experiences overseas include witnessing the aftermath of the tsunami, actually witnessing the bombings in Bali, and making friends with the poor Chinese students at a remote school near Mongolia (These are my biggest topics to write about for my essays).
I will be applying to college as unranked because I switched schools through high school. My first school was much more difficult than the second, giving me a much lower average gpa than I would have at only my current school. With only my grades at my current school, I am in the top 5 or so of 300.</p>
<p>what college within CMU are you appling to?</p>
<p>I think all of CMU's schools require SAT IIs..cept one of the arts.</p>
<p>i noticed that he just copied the same chance thread into several forums.. meh. oh well, too late to delete my response :P</p>