Chances at Carnegie Mellon?

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<p>I am currently a Junior at a magnet school rank highly in the nation. I was wondering if I had a chance at my dream school, Carnegie Mellon MCS.</p>

<p>Grades
Sophomore Year:
Honors Biology(C,B)
IMP 5-6 (B,B)
Honors English 3-4(A,B)
Spanish 3-4(C,B)
PE(A,A)
Journalism(A,A)
Honors World History(B,B)
Engineering 3-4(A,B)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Biotechnology: A
Honors Chemistry:C
IMP 7-8: A
Honors US History: A
Honors English 5-6: A
TA: A
Journalism: A</p>

<p>Extracirriculars
Key Club
HOSA
Red Cross Club
Korean Club
CHICKS Club
JSA Club</p>

<p>Honors:
President of Hummanitarians Club
Vice President of CHICKS club
Tresurer of Korean Club
Editor-in-chief of newspaper
Entertainment Editor of school newspaper
Captain of Varsity Soccer</p>

<p>Awards
Varsity Soccer CIF Finalist 2010
History Day Finalist
HOSA Finalist</p>

<p>Sports
Varsity Soccer(9,10,11,12)
Varsity Track and Field(9,10,11,12)
Varsity Volleyball(9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>SAT: 2100</p>

<p>SAT Biology: 730
SAT Chemistry: 730
SAT Math Level 2:720</p>

<p>I plan on taking a much more rigorous schedule next semester and also plan on doing an internship over the summer for the BP Oil Company</p>

<p>Do you think I have a shot at getting in? If not, can you give me some advice on what I can do, what programs and achievements I should consider? Thank you so much for your time.</p>

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<p>Hey there,
I think you have a pretty good chance (your SATs seem good and extracurriculars)
Doing an internship will definitely be the one thing that will greatly help
But be careful about taking a rigorous course load because you don’t want to take on more than you can and get bad grades.
I’m not an admission officer but I had worse stats than you and got in to ECE from a waitlist :slight_smile: But then again, I haven’t had a single summer where I haven’t done anything. Make sure you spend your summer doing a good internship or research (research is pretty good too if you want to do MCS)
A friend of mine is a Chem major in MCS now and he’s doing lots of research, and a few Bio majors help out with research and ongoing studies at the University.
Keep up the good work and apply for more than one school at CMU! Once you’re in at least one school, switching to what you love most is not hard. The staff is amazingly helpful and nobody will say no to your passion.</p>

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<p>Thank You so much!!</p>