CMU ED chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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Not looking for a specific percent chance or anything because I know that’s not possible. I’m just looking for a general opinion on if my application is competitive and if not what I could improve on.
Objective: SCS
SAT I (breakdown) NA
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): 35(36M, 35S, 35E, 34R)( first try)
ACT superscore : NA
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 770 Biology
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Euro:5 Biology:5 Calc BC:5 Calc AB(subscore):5 APUSH:5 AP Macro:5 AP Micro:5 Ap physics C M:5 Ap Physics EM:5 Ap Stats:5
Senior Year Course Load: AP comp sci, Ap enviro, AP Chemistry

Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Math Team(11-12)(Officer)
Varsity Cross Country(9-12,Captain)
Varsity Track(9-12)
NHS(Officer, 11-12)
Stem Cell Research Intern at University of Minnesota(12)
Link Leader(12)
Job/Work Experience:Worked at Target
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteering at Local hospital(3hrs/week), Local Chinese school(3hrs/week)
Summer Experience: Cornell Summer college(Intro to Computing Grade:A), Couple of STEM camps are various universities
Race:Asian
Gender: Male

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I’d say you’ve got a chance, but it’s a reach for anyone. You have VERY similar stats to my S20, so I wish you luck! I’m not sure what else you could do. And didn’t you already apply ED? My son did a week ago to CMU.

Objective: SCS
SAT I (breakdown) 1600
SAT I superscore
ACT (breakdown): 36
ACT superscore : NA
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 780 Physics
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:3.9 unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): AP Calc BC, 5; AP Comp Sci A, 5; AP US Gov & Politics, 5; AP USH, 4; AP Eng. Lit & Comp, 4; AP Physics 1, 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP French V, AP Stats

Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMSF, National AP scholar with distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Math Team(9-12), State qualifier 9 (5th in State), 10, 11 (8th in State)
Academic Challenge in Engineering and Science Team (11-12) State qualifier, 11
Bowling Team (9-11)
Golf Team (9,10)
NHS(12)

Job/Work Experience: PT job up to 20 hours/week for past year and currently (although only 10 hrs/week now)
Summer job/paid internship for school district 30 hrs/week
Current paid internship in CS, 20 hours/week

Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer for 2 years as tech support for residents at retirement community
Owns his own tech support business
Race:White/Asian
Gender: Male

I’m hoping for good news come December for both of you! My son has a handful of other EA apps in, many matches and safeties. He’s submitted a couple RD and has a few more to do.

3

This is my predicted profile for next year not this year. By the way your son seems like a very qualified candidate, I wish him the best of luck!

4

Oh ok, @Thomasato1234 . That makes more sense. Good luck to you, too!

5

They’re both in the fully qualified category, but then it comes down to essays and other non-quantitative data. Given the low acceptance rate, I suspect the rate among fully qualified students is still 25-30%.

6

Not trying to water down, but for Asian male without big awards, I suspect the chance is even lower than 25-30% in fully qualified category.

7

I forgot to include a few math awards, also I am legacy if that does change anything.

8

I have applied ED to CMU as well. I attended SAMS this summer and loved it. I applied to the CMS school and want to double major in Mathematics/Machine Learning. I was placed in Concepts of Math this summer at CMU and received a 4.00. I am hoping that this helps with my application.