<p>Hello, I am a rising Senior, and I hoping to apply to CMU's programs Early Decision. I am interested in applying to CIT or SCS. I currently go to an IB public high school in NC. Could you chance me?</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian Male</p>
<p>Rank: 3/380 (Top 0.8%ish)
GPA: 3.97/4.00 (Unweighted), 6.93 (Weighted)</p>
<p>ACT: 35 (English: 34 Math: 36 Reading: 35 Science: 36)
SAT Subjects: Math 2: 800 Physics: 700 originally, but retook and got 780, will submit both scores</p>
<p>AP Scores
Micro: 5
Macro: 5
World History: 5
Euro History: 5
English Language and Composition: 5
Psychology: 5
US History: 5
Calc AB: 5
US Gov: 5
(AP Computer Science is not offered)</p>
<p>Honors: Definitely National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, 1st place state math contest, placed in other regional math competitions</p>
<p>Senior Year classes:
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
AP English Literature
AP French Language
AP Biology
AP Physics C (self study, I already know all the material)
AP Statistics</p>
<p>Community Service: ~80-90 hours
Involved in tutoring fellow students in math/physics/chemistry after school (part of school's tutoring program)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Founded programming club (I program in my free time, familiar with HTML, Java, Python, C++. Have taught programming to peers and won a local programming contest hosted by a university.)
President of Science Club (multiple leadership positions, organized multiple competitions for the members to attend physics/chemistry contests)
Math Club (have held multiple leadership positions, responsible for handling monetary duties and communicating information to the members of the club, helped organize math competitions)
Chess club (cofounded)
Red Cross club (participant in community service)
Selected to represent the state as part of math team in the competitions ARML, PUMaC, Stanford, and HMMT competitions multiple years.</p>
<p>Recommendation letters: Math, physics, and chemistry teachers love me. Also, guidance counselor's rec letter should be decent, I think.</p>
<p>College essays: Not so sure. I think I can write about a unique identity, I come from a single parent home and am pretty responsible and self reliant I think.</p>
<p>In summary, GPA is reasonable, and I think the awards, extracurriculars, and standardized test scores could definitely be improved. I would really appreciate if you guys (alumnis, current students, fellow applicants would be great!!) could chance me. Thanks so much! And any other recommendations for schools to apply to would be wonderful. I am hoping to do some engineering/computer science major.</p>