Chances for MCS?

<p>Ehh, my academic record isn't too great but I want to know my chances.</p>

<p>GPA U/W : 3.69
SAT: CR 690, M 800, W 670 (2160 total)
SATIIs
Math II 770
Physics 690</p>

<p>AP's: Calc AB?BC 5, Physics B 5, Physics Mech 4, Physics E/M 4, Comp Sci A 4, Stats 4, Bio 4, Chem 3</p>

<p>Senior Year Course-load:
Regular Senior-Level English
CAD
AP Euro
Orchestra
Multivariable calculus at community college (1st semester)
Linear Algebra at community college (2nd semester)
Ordinary Differential Equations at community college (2nd semester)</p>

<p>I got into MCS ED so I think I can chance you accurately. What’s your ethnicity? Do you have any hooks (URM, low income, first generation, legacy, etc.)? What’s your class rank? Are you a junior or a senior? What are your EC’s and what did you do during each of your summers in high school?</p>

<p>I can’t give you a good chancing unless you provide this information.</p>

<p>Asian Ethnicity and Low Income (Senior)
Didn’t have too much extracurriculars.
FBLA
Local Youth Orchestra
Local Conservatory of Music
Some assorted science/computer competitions.
Pretty much summer was committed to volunteering at a summer camp.
Continued volunteering throughout junior&senior school years.</p>

<p>Have you won any awards? Do you have any leadership roles in the EC’s you mentioned?</p>

<p>Unfortunately no awards or leadership roles. I spent most of my free time in high school skateboarding…</p>

<p>From you coursework, it seems like you’re applying for Math. Let interest=TRUE if you did an alumni/admissions interview and/or visited campus, let MCS=your chances of getting into MCS, and let essays=x, where x is an int from 0 to 3. If x=3, your essays are excellent; if x=2 -> fairly good, but not amazing essays; x=1 -> average essays; x=0 -> bad essays. </p>

<p>if (interest){
String [] chances = {“very high reach”, “high reach”, “mid to high reach”,“reach”};
} else {
String [] chances = {“extremely high reach”, “very high reach”, “high reach”," mid to high reach"};
}</p>

<p>MCS = chances[essays];</p>

<p>Good luck in the RD round!</p>

<p>Whoops, I meant to put MCS=chances[essays] in each of the if statement clauses. Programming fail :(</p>

<p>@FateGoneAwry: Admiring the lines of code :slight_smile: </p>

<p>double chance = 0;
Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);</p>

<p>for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
System.out.print("In order, enter your SAT Math, Critical Reading, and Writing scores, hitting enter between scores: ");
int SAT = scan.nextInt();
if (SAT >= 750) chance += 2;
else if (SAT >= 700) chance++;
else if (SAT >= 650) chance+=0;
else chance -= 1;
}</p>

<p>for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++)
{
System.out.print("In order, enter your SAT II Math II and second SAT II scores, hitting enter between scores: ");
int SAT = scan.nextInt();
if (SAT >= 750) chance += 2;
else if (SAT >= 700) chance++;
else if (SAT >= 650) chance+=0;
else chance -= 1;
}</p>

<p>System.out.print("GPA (ignoring freshman year): ");
double grades = scan.nextDouble();
if (grades >= 3.7) chance++;
else if (grades >= 3.5) chance += 0;
else if (grades >= 3.0) chance -= 1;
else chance -= 2;</p>

<p>System.out.print(“On an integer scale of 0-10 (10 being you’re wearing a kilt right now and bleeding Tartan while 0 means you prefer Beavers to adorable dogs), inclusive, how much do you love CMU?”);
int love = scan.nextInt();
if (love>= 8) chance += 1;
else if (grades >= 5) chance += 0;
else chance -= 1;</p>

<p>System.out.println("How well did you convey your enthusiasm for CMU, if at all, in your essays? 1-10, inclusive as before: ");
int expressLove = scan.nextInt();
if (expressLove >= 8) chance += 2;
else if (expressLove >= 5) chance += 1;
else chance -= 0;</p>

<p>System.out.print("How many logged times did you come into contact with CMU? ");
int meet = scan.nextInt();
chance += (meet / 4);</p>

<p>//lols I was procrastinating on a physics project so I just wrote that. Maybe sometime I’ll add on to it or even finish it. Can’t say how accurate it would be, but if I really had the time, maybe I could actually do some research and polish it up to be at least semi-decent at predictions.</p>

<p>Lol, great work chewydog! I actually created an admissions formula with my friend last year which takes grades, course-rigor, test scores, essays, etc. into account. Now that I have some free time, I might turn it into a legit program.</p>

<p>If you finish your program, I’d definitely love to see it :)</p>

<p>Thanks Fate :slight_smile: I believe someone (silverturtle?) created a program a few years ago that worked pretty well. I’m going to go in search of it when I have time and perhaps create my own formal one when I actually have spare time (instead of desperate attempt to procrastinate after seeing your inspiring code)…</p>

<p>OP I didn’t mean to forget you. Your scores don’t give you any boost from what I can tell from a brief glance, but if you really showed your love for CMU through your essays, don’t doubt that you stand a chance. You’re not a shoo in, but neither are you an automatic reject.</p>

<p>My son applied to CMU Computer Science, regular decision. Here is his stat: </p>

<p>ACT: 35, (M-36, S-35, R-34, W-33, Writing-9)
Grade: 4.33(W)/3.88(UW)
SATII- Bio - 800, Math- 740, Phy - 710
AP Classes - Completed 7 AP classes ( ‘5’ in 4 and ‘4’ in rest 3 AP exams). Taking 4 more AP classes in Sr. year.
Awards - AP Scholar with Distinction, NMSF (waiting to hear about NMF selection),
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (100+ hrs of volunteer work in a year).
Work: Paid internship at NASA Ames Research center, developed a User Interface for node-locked surface modelling
Activities: Group leader of school Robotics club. Lead designer of the robots chassis.
Founder and president of volunteer club outside school, raised thousands of dollar for family homeless center, Tutor elementary school students; Teaching Asst. for AP CS class. Member of Symphonic Band (plays Violin). Played club soccer(competitive) until 10th grade and also member of school cross country team until 10th grade. Teen leader at city Teen Leadership Council(TLC).
Unfortunately, he missed the top 10% ranking by 0.04(Weighted) GPA. His ranking is around top 12% but school only does on decile basis. So, he falls into top 20%.
We noticed on his application status that, on Jan 28th, 2013, CMU admission office downloaded his CSS profile and FAFSA application and they waived student’s W-2 and tax-return information. We are wondering if the school doesn’t become interested in a student, will they still download their financial aid application? Why would they waste their time doing that if they know student won’t be admitted, looking at his/her application? </p>

<p>Anyway, any feedback would be appreciated. Would appreciate if you send your feedback through PM (Private Message).</p>

<p>@sanjosedad: For chances, it is best if you go to the “what are my chances” section of CC. As far as assessing your son by the stats that you posted, His ACT is excellent, grades are neutral (i.e. they’re not going to hurt/help his chances), his SATII scores are a bit low for CS, awards are neutral as well, and his work experience/activities will definitely help him. The financial aid package comes after admissions makes a decision, but they need materials ready so that they can get the packages out in a timely fashion. They can just chuck out financial aid documents for rejected students, but without the documents sorted and ready to go, they can’t prepare for the accepted students. I’m sorry to say, but don’t get your hopes up based upon FA documents. Another thing: SCS is CMU’s most competitive school to get into (Tepper is a very close second), so there are absolutely no guarantees as far as getting in, but he does stand a fair chance. If he nailed the essays, then he should know that he tried his best. It’s like an Ivy League school, where rejection doesn’t necessarily mean he is under-qualified but rather that there are too many qualified people and they can’t admit everyone.</p>

<p>As a side note: My “chancing” program is mostly a joke. It’s true that higher numbers will help, but there are lots of things which numbers in a program can’t assess. The committee consists of humans, not computers, and they look at people as humans in addition to their statistics.</p>