Chances for Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, etc.?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Class Rank: 1%
SAT I Scores: 2340 (800 Writing, 750 CR, 790 Math)
SAT II Scores: 2280 (780 Biology, 750 Latin, 750 US History)</p>

<p>I am currently a junior in high school and I am planning on applying to UGA, Columbia (early action), Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Yale, and Virginia Tech. UGA is my safety school (I'm in-state).</p>

<p>My extracurriculars include:</p>

<p>-community theatre (9 years)
-tennis (6 years)
-cheerleading (5 years)
-trumpet (6 years)
-summer part-time jobs and internships
-volunteer at a therapeutic riding program
-volunteer at nursing home
-class president
-co-founder and co-captain of school debate team
-donate my crocheted work to homeless shelters
-senior vice-president of local 4-H program</p>

<p>I have so far taken the AP World History exam (score of 5) and I will take the AP English Language and Composition exam and the AP US History exam this May. Next year, I am planning to take AP Literature, AP Latin, AP Biology, and AP Calculus AB.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>CMU is guaranteed admit for you but make sure you write brilliant essays and show why CMU is important and your college aim. Plus, your ECs are the default ones most of the 2300+ sat scores people have. You still have time to get something new and different! If you wish to get into Stanford, hire a Film script writer to write a amazingly persuasive (inspiring too) story about you. Just assume whatever you write did happen in your life.</p>

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<p>CMU is not even close to being a “guaranteed admit” for anyone - much less you. </p>

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<p>CMU’s a high match for you
UGA: safety
Columbia/Stanford/Yale: reach (they’re crapshoots so don’t be discouraged)
Virginia Tech: safety</p>

<p>Make sure that you have all of the required tests. For a good portion of the majors at CMU, a Math SAT Subject Test is required. Not sure about the other schools, but a high Math II score would certainly help. </p>

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<p>^ that is a great answer, but I’d put CM as a match.
You’re EC’s are pretty good, but not up to Columbia, Stanford, Yale standards.</p>

<p>Chance back
<a href=“Chances for UVA and Vanderbilt. Will chance back. - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634747-chances-for-uva-and-vanderbilt-will-chance-back-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>CMU’s a high match if you’re not doing engineering or CS.
if you’re doing engineering, reach. CS is high reach/crapshoot</p>

<p>Columbia, Stanford, Yale are high reach</p>

<p>VT is a match (since you’re OOS, or else you’d be a shoe-in)
UGA-safety</p>