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Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>chance me yeah!!! you probably hate me now, but don't let that affect your decision lol!</p>

<p>UW 3.92 GPA
30 ACT [30 English, 32 Math, 28 science & reading]. Additionally, I achieved a score of 29 with these scores [32 English, 31 Math, 26 reading, 27 science]
Notable classes taken:
Adv. Lang 10&11
APUSH
AP Physics B
AP Econ
AP Gov & Pol.
Pre-Calc (1 year advanced in curriculum)
Adv. Biology</p>

<p>Haven't taken SAT II's yet</p>

<p>Spanish=3 years</p>

<p>Next year:
AP Chem
AP Lang
AP Calc
AP Psych</p>

<p>Class rank=32, Class size 587, top 5%,</p>

<p>Moderately competitive Public School</p>

<p>Music:
Orchestra (violin) 3 years (made it to state once)
Piano (made it to state once)
Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Drum player</p>

<p>Sports:
Cross country and track (3 years each, will be 4). Cross country captain for 2008.
Member and captain of first-ever public high school swim team (1 year)</p>

<p>Other:
Student Council: Junior class president, Sophomore VP, Freshmen VP.
Link Crew (helps freshmen)
Science team (1 year)
Math team (2 years)</p>

<p>Service hours: 68</p>

<p>Volunteered approx. 30 hours for Obama Campaign</p>

<p>Job: two summers of lifeguarding</p>

<p>White male <--- colleges seem to hate these lol)</p>

<p>Also, do i have any chance at financial aid? My parent's combined make 80K but I have to pay alone.</p>

<p>If you need any other information feel free to ask. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>At Carnegie Mellon it makes a big difference what school you are applying to. If you look at [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) you should have a better idea what your chances are. I’d say you were probably a match - which is not a guarantee that you will get in of course. CMU is not known for being generous with aid.</p>

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<p>You’d probably wind up taking out decent sized loans at CMU. I’d definitely apply to a few peer schools and see if they offer better aid. If they do and you like CMU better, you can let the financial aid office know and they might be willing to increase their offer (worked for me!).</p>