Chances at Cornell or Cmu?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>A friend of mine is having trouble creating an sn, but wants to see whether others think he'll get into Carnegie Mellon (school of Computer Science) and Cornell (Arts and Sciences). Here are his stats. </p>

<p>Asian Male</p>

<p>SAT 760 Math, 730 Verbal
SAT II's, 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 740 Writing
3.95 UW, over 5 weighted (school weights ridiculously).
He will have taken 8 AP classes by graduation and 10 tests. His current scores are...</p>

<p>4 US History, 4 BC Calc, 4 Physics C, 3 English Language, 5 Comp Sci A</p>

<p>His extra-curriculars are decent. </p>

<p>Amnesty International (10-12)
Chess Team (9-12)
Physics Club (9-11)
National Honors Society
Outside Curve staffer (baseball magazine we started) (10-12)
Attended New Jersey Governor's School of the Sciences (2004)
Eatontown Student Government Participant (2002)
Spanish Honors Society</p>

<p>He has a few other random ec's that I can't think of at the moment.</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>AP Scholar With Distinction
National Merit Commended (or whatever it's called).
United States Achievement Academy's National Award for Math
United States Achievement Academy's National Award for Science
Bloustein Distinguished Scholar
Took the AIME in 9th, 10th, and 12th grade.</p>

<p>He feels that his essay was below average, but his recommendations are likely to be very good. </p>

<p>Any opinions on his chances would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>scores are pretty good and ecs are ok. I'd say CMU is a match and Cornell is reach/match</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Based on your stats, CMU is a match, and Cornell is a possible reach.</p>

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<p>CMU SCS accepted 20.9% last year, as selective as Cornell A&S, so I'd say match/slight reach for both.</p>