chances at cornell, cmu, mit, few others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT I: 1480
800 math, 680 verbal</p>

<p>SATII:
math iic: 800
physics: 770
writing: 720</p>

<p>unweighted gpa: 3.53
weighted gpa adding .5 for honors and 1.0 for ap: 4.03
weighted gpa using my school's system: 5.4 / 5.8 max</p>

<p>My school does not give us class rank, but it distributes a set of graphs which show that I am in the top 7%. My school is a small but reputable public school. 4 people from it got into MIT alone last year.</p>

<p>EC's:
President and Founder of Investment Club
Captain of Math Team
Co-captain of Chess Team
Computer Club
French Club</p>

<p>The math team won first place in the Southeastern Massachusetts Math League, and the chess team won first place in the South Shore Interscholastic Chess League. I won 2nd place among individuals in the Southeastern Massachusetts Math League.</p>

<p>I volunteered at a nursing home during a summer, and I worked at a medical office during another summer.</p>

<p>I took 2 AP's Junior year: Computer Science (5) and U.S. History (4). I am taking 5 this year: BC Calc, Bio, Chem, Physics, Psych.</p>

<p>I'm not sure what I want to major in right now, but I think I will start off studying computer science and economics.</p>

<p>What would you say my chances are at these schools:
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Dartmouth
MIT
Tufts
Brandeis
Boston University</p>

<p>(I'm also applying to UMass as a safety)</p>

<p>Thank you, I really appreciate your help,
-Dimitry</p>

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<p>You should also apply to Stanford and Princeton..this way you can increase your chances of getting into an Ivy. Your GPA may be seen as borderline.</p>

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<p>Good chance at CMU and Boston University, but GPA's going to hurt you a lot unfortunately.</p>

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<p>Which northeastern schools might be more forgiving towards a 3.5 unweighted gpa?</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>Anyone? Even if it's only a few sentences, I would really appreciate any responses.</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>161 views, 2 responses...</p>

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<p>most likely in at CMU and BU, probably in at Tufts.</p>

<p>You have a more than decent chance at Cornell and Dartmouth, but the GPA is a bit low...</p>

<p>MIT is iffy, particularly since they like peope who've done independent research and ish.</p>

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<p>Vancat, thanks for your response. If anyone else has any comments or advice, please feel free to leave them.</p>

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<p>As I read the comments I can't help but wonder if being it the top 7% indicates that 3.53 is a more respectable GPA at your school than it is at some others.</p>

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<p>i dont see how he has a chance at MIT or Dartmouth...</p>

<p>other schools are matches, BU is a safety</p>

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<p>"As I read the comments I can't help but wonder if being it the top 7% indicates that 3.53 is a more respectable GPA at your school than it is at some others."</p>

<p>Yes, I think (hope) that that is the case. My school does not really have grade inflation. Also, I took the hardest course load the school offers.</p>

<p>When you guys say that I have a good chance at CMU, are you referring to the College of Science or the School of Computer Science? I heard that the computer science program was extremely hard to get into.</p>

<p>Also, I know it's hard to gauge, but what would you say my chances at Cornell are?</p>

<p>BTW, I realize that I have almost no chance at MIT and a very small chance at Dartmouth.</p>

<p>Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>Can someone, maybe someone who posted here before, answer this question:</p>

<p>"When you guys say that I have a good chance at CMU, are you referring to the College of Science or the School of Computer Science? I heard that the computer science program was extremely hard to get into."</p>

<p>As always, any and all responses are welcome and appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks,
Dimitry</p>

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<p>bumping it up...</p>

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<p>one last bump...</p>