CMU, BC, Cornell, Columbia, Macaulay

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White male, junior; decent catholic preparatory school in Queens, NY
want to do something science related, but not sure what yet</p>

<p>GPA- 96.917/100
we dont have ranks but out of about 650 i'm definately top 10%, idk how high</p>

<p>Schedule's strength has been ehh.:
- 9th- english and global honors (as well as regular algebra 2)
- 10th- bio and math analysis honors
- 11th- calculus, chem, spanish 3 honors
- 12th- ill be taking physics honors and AP calc, psych, bio</p>

<p>SAT I- took in January and just took May. Probably improved only a few points
CR 600, M 740, W 610
*will be taking the June ACT, probably will be getting 28 or 29 </p>

<p>SAT II- should I not send these?
- Bio- 680
- Math 1- 670
- Math 2- 700
* Chem in June.. should I re-do Math 2??</p>

<p>In school EC's
- NHS 11-12
- Math Honor Society 10-12. will run for a leadership position next year
- Science Honor Society 11-12
- Spanish Honor Society 12
- Math team 9-11
- Greek Club 9-12. President senior year
- Franciscan Youth Movement- random volunteering things. 11-12
- Intramural Softball- 11-12</p>

<ul>
<li>More than 100 hours of 'school service' service.. things like open house/tours, helping with parent+teacher nights, incoming freshman nights, etc.</li>
<li>Tutoring every year, a lot of hours</li>
<li>Laboratory aide/assistant. Help teachers when they have lab</li>
<li>"PS 4 Big brother" Senior year I'll be going with other seniors to the elementary school (which is for special education kids) behind my HS and help out. Once a week</li>
<li>Will be a peer counselor starting end of summer and into senior year. Help the freshman begin their school year. Volunteering here. Will hopefully help with my school's 'summer academy', summer camp thing for middle schoolers</li>
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<p>Out of School EC's:
- Baseball- 9,10
- Tutoring- every year, MANY hours. this year i do atleast 2 hours every week with a 5th grader with ADD
- Boy Scouts- every year, but starting 10th (and for 11 an 12) I became a Junior Assistant Scout Master where i volunteer with the younger kids (cub scouts.) A LOT of hours.
- Greek Orthodox Youth Association- social kinda group, meet every week for 2 hours, do some service events. every year</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation: (should be good)
- Guidance counselor, Math teacher (from 10&11- head of department), Chem teacher</p>

<p>Essays:
- I don't know about these.. kinda scared for them. I've no idea what to write about and I'm not the best writer heh..
Maybe I can write about my leadership being an assistant scoutmaster with boy scouts or tutoring the 5th grader with add</p>

<p>Colleges: (looking for science related programs, unsure of what)
Boston College
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia
Cornell
Macaulay Honors College at CUNY (queens or city)</p>

<p>Do I have ANY chance at any of these? ^
=P</p>

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<p>Hey I’m also looking into some of the same schools. If youre looking into engineering you should try for Cooper Union and City (Macaulay)</p>

<p>For Macaulay you have a shot at definitely. Your Boy Scout leadership is good which is something they want. Hopefully your CR score goes up with this SAT (your math was already very good!)
For the rest, I guess you’re going to need a higher SAT score. They are all reaches I think</p>

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<p>Yea if i wanted to do engineering i would probably try for city, but im undecided right now. still definitely something science/math related.</p>

<p>Is CMU a really big reach? I love the school and would love to go there. Same with cornell =/</p>

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<p>Try getting some leadership positions bro. It’s really important.
Secondly, ACT/SAT and SAT II are really low man. You should have at least a 2100+/33+ for Cornell/CMU. Columbia’s quite out of reach man, sorry. </p>

<p>But yeah, fix up your test scores and leadership. Write good essays, and you’ll have a crapshot. Like everyone else who applies to these schools</p>