<p>Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on my chances to Carnegie Mellon University. Helpful advice appreciated.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about applying early decision 1 to Carnegie Mellon's Information Systems Program. My GPA is quite low and my SAT as well. However I hear that IS is slightly easier to get into than Engineering and CS. Is this true?
Also I have an upward trend. Does that at least somewhat make up for my low gpa?<br>
Lastly, I'm an Asian male. Asians normally have it tough with college admissions but I noticed on the Common App they distinguish what kind you are. Does being Vietnamese give me an easier time than other Asians? eg. Indian, Chinese, Korean etc.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Competitive Public high school in Northern Virginia (app. 500 kids) </p>
<p>GPA Weighted (county does not do unweighted)</p>
<p>Freshman Year: 3.5 (3 Honors)
Sophmore Year: 3.571 (AP World (B))
Junior Year: 4.17(1 Honor, 3 APs (US History(B+),Computer Science A (A-),Psychology(A))
Senior Year Courses : 1 Honor, 4 APs (Statistics, Calculus AB, Government, Physics C)</p>
<p>Cumulative WGPA : 3.736</p>
<p>SAT superscore : 2110 (620 CR, 770M, 720W)
SAT subject Tests: Math 1: 720, US history: 710, Math 2 and Physics pending </p>
<p>Honors/awards: Omega Phi Epsilon (school), NHS, History Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honor.</p>
<p>Extra curricular activities:</p>
<p>JV/Varsity Tennis 9-12 (JV Team captain)
300+ hours volunteering at Senior assisted living center (10-12)
Manager's assistant at iPhone repair shop (11)
Varsity Math League (9-12)
Interact Club (10-12)
School tutor for Math, Comp sci, History (11-12)</p>
<p>Additional info:
2 recommendations (English and Pre-calc teachers)
Early Decision 1
Demonstrated interest: campus tour and info session (I heard CMU considers this)
Essay quality: if I rated my essay quality from 1(scribbles and nonsense) - 10 (Ivy League quality) I'd probably give it a 7 or 8.</p>
<p>I'm sure CMU is a reach for me. But what do you guys think? Is it possible? If you had to give me a percentage chance what would you give me? Any other advice?</p>
<p>Thanks everybody</p>