Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I love Pittsburgh and the Oakland area, and I'm really interested in Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>ACT: 31
SAT: 2030; CR: 670, Math: 700, Writing: 660
SAT II: US History: 780; Math I: 630 :/
GPA: weighted: 4.1; Unweighted: 3.75*</p>

<p>Total of 8 AP courses over last three years and toughest courseload available at HS.</p>

<p>ECs:
Secretary of French Honor Society
3 year member NHS
3 year member of Journalism Honor Society-Quill and Scroll
3 years volleyball team
3 years nationally ranked school newspaper (Asst. Views editor, Academics Editor, In-Depth Editor)
Editor-in-chief of award-winning literary magazine
Vice-President and Co-founder of Animal Welfare club
Part-time job</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar w/ Honor
Honorable Mention in VSHL prose design for lit mag</p>

<p>*county changed grading system this year, previously a 6-pt scale, now 7-pt. with added weights to honors courses (.5) and APs (1.0), hence the inflation.</p>

<p>So...odds?</p>

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<p>What specific college within CMU are you applying to? Makes a big difference.</p>

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<p>Last year admission statistics.
[Admission</a> > Admission Statistics](<a href=“Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University”>Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2008_09/cds2008_2009_final_updated_august.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2008_09/cds2008_2009_final_updated_august.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
Common data set shows you more details by SAT score range and GPA.
Make sure you satisfy all requirement, such as SAT subjects, etc.</p>

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<p>I agree with busdriver. If you were applying to say Drama/Arts your profile/audition is more important then your grades. It all depends on the school.</p>

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<p>I’ll probably be applying to Mellon College of Science</p>

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<p>Your stats seem to be in range and you have a good shot if you take Math II.</p>