<p>What are my chances of getting into Carnegie Mellon with some sort of Merit scholarship (I doubt I will get financial aid)? I'm hoping for enough to get under 30,000 a year, but I realize that is a reach.</p>
<p>GPA-
Around 3.83 unweighted (expected to rise)
Around 4.3 Weighted</p>
<p>SAT( I am not taking them again) -
800 Reading
690 Math
700 Writing</p>
<p>-NHS Vice President 2014, Member at Large 2013
-member of international thesbian society and participate in school drama
-Had a year internship at a internationally recognized institute doing clinical research
-Swim competitively (not fast enough for scholarship)
-Teach swimming to little kids and mentally challenged kids and lifeguard ESL camps
-Was team captain and raised over 1,000 dollars for Relay For Life</p>
<p>AP-
5's on Psych, Lang, and gov
4's on world, US</p>
<p>I’m not sure about merit, but CMU is generally relatively not so great at providing a lot of aid, so it should follow that they don’t give a lot of merit scholarships out either - especially since many of the students will have scores likes yours, or possibly even better (for example, when it comes to your SAT Math score).</p>
<p>Most of CMU financial aid seems to be based on financial need with some merit added in if they really, really want you. The merit scholarships that I have seen being given to some students are not enough to bring the cost down substantially. It seems to be in the $10,000
range. And again you have to bring something to the table- URM, 1st generation or some other hook or talent, award. Will you be full pay and just want the merit to entice you to enroll? I think this rarely if ever happens at CMU. They can have their pick of students. I know of one student who was given a scholarship who was NMF, male, Asian and going into one of their lesser known programs but I suspect will transfer to SCS as soon as he can. Good luck with your college app’s.</p>