chances at carnegie mellon

<p>I was wondering if any of you would be able to assess my situation in your opinion</p>

<p>Right now, I am a Junior in a ny suburb public school in long island and according to the colleges i would be considered white haha</p>

<p>GPA: 95 unweighted/ most likely a 98-99 weighted</p>

<p>SAT: 1980 ( basically i bombed it) I am retaking it in June so assume that i will get in the 2100-2250 range when you do this review ( or look at both lol)</p>

<p>SATII's: 680 U.S History, wont know until may-ish i will be taking the math IIc and bio for the other two( took them today predict math:740 bio:680)</p>

<p>APs: 4 on U.S History. This year I am taking 6 AP's, next year I will be taking another 3-4</p>

<p>Courseload: The hardest available in my school</p>

<p>Rank: school doesnt rank but im on high honor roll and i assume top 10/class of 420</p>

<p>Prospective Major: Business/Economics</p>

<p>By the end of high school I will most likely have 12 AP's</p>

<p>Other Factors
-until high school attended a gifted school that only let in 15 kids per grade (2nd to 8th)
-State or Country: New York
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Male</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars/Awards</p>

<p>-Spanish Honor Society (9-12) 11th: Secretary 12th: President</p>

<ul>
<li>METMUNC( model united nations)(9,11,12): board member staff position</li>
</ul>

<p>-National Honor Society(11,12): President( i hear through the grapevine haha)</p>

<p>-Wall Street Investors Club(10-12) President</p>

<ul>
<li>School Newspaper(11-12): head news writer</li>
<li><p>DECA ( Marketing Club)(10-12)</p></li>
<li><p>Fed Challenge competitive team(2 years){ very exclusively selected}</p></li>
<li><p>Student Council (12, School Wide President)</p></li>
<li><p>SING participant</p></li>
<li><p>Community Service Club (9-12):Most likely a miniscule board spot if any</p></li>
<li><p>3 Years of Varsity Spring Track,</p></li>
<li><p>1 Year of Junior Varsity Football, 1 year Varsity Football
{ which makes me a four time scholar athlete recipeient}</p></li>
</ul>

<p>-Recipient of John Hopkins University Mathematics and Verbal Talent Search State Award for being among the highest scoring participants in the competition, </p>

<ul>
<li>METMUNC Honorary Mention Award for 2004</li>
</ul>

<p>-Ketah Torah Recipient at temple for educational excellence
- 4 years of travel soccer</p>

<ul>
<li>Work as a spanish tutor, worked as a waiter over a summer at a summer camp, UPenn Pre College Program for this summer </li>
</ul>

<p>Hook/ Additional Activities</p>

<ul>
<li>I am currently writing a screenplay</li>
<li>Also I am a songwriter, and am currently working on an album of my own. My music is a mixutre of hip hop and neo soul singing in my opinion</li>
<li>In this, I started up my own record label ( business creation) where i am working on promoting myself through various plans as well as other local artists</li>
<li>My main community service plan is my efforts to found a organization to aid the poverty in colombia</li>
</ul>

<p>If you read all of this, i heavily appreciate it and would like to know your honest opinion
Thanks in advance</p>

<p>That's a pretty impressive resume. With your prospective major being business/econ, I'd assume you're applying to Tepper? (CMU has separate schools, and you need to choose which one to apply to.)</p>

<p>I'd say your chances are pretty high. Do look at other business schools, though - you've got to shop around. I'd say you have a pretty good chances at schools more selective than CMU, with that kind of resume. Still, Tepper is a great business school, and if CMU is definitely your first choice, go for it.</p>

<p>Obligatory chances-predicting disclaimer: I could be wrong. You might not get in. My word is not definite. The above is just my gut reaction. Nobody can predict your chances for sure.</p>

<p>haha@ the disclaimer, thanks what other schools would u suggest for th ebusiness aspect</p>

<p>I don't know much about business schools - I'm going to CMU for computer science. A lot of the regulars on this forum are going to CMU, or looked at CMU, for the business school, so you should get a few answers from them.</p>

<p>some obvious ones are harvard, princeton, upenn</p>

<p>nyu stern?</p>

<p>Harvard and Princeton don't have undergrad business schools. So, you'd also want to consider University of Michigan, Berkeley, and MIT.</p>