CMU ED Tepper or HSS??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Hi, as I now start to apply for colleges, ED time has come and I have narrowed my
list down to two colleges: CMU or Northwestern. I'm leaning strongly towards CMU though because my grandfather said that if I am accepted there, he will pay for my schooling. Also, I think Northwestern's a bit out of my range. </p>

<p>Now my dilemma is whether to apply Tepper or HSS. I am confident my stats are in range for HSS, but Tepper is another story. I don't know much about Tepper acceptance stats, so please help me out!</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Korean American male</p>

<p>UW GPA: W/freshman 3.65
W/o freshman 3.85 (very strong upward trend from straight B’s freshman to straight A’s junior)
Weighted w/fresh 4.12
Idk without but prolly around 4.2/3?
SAT: 2240
740-M
700-CR
800-WR
SAT II: 760 Math II (I know its low for CMU tepper but w.e SAT II is rather insignificant)
800 Korean
800 US hist
ACT: 32 (M-34, E-32, S-30, R-31)
Writing: 30 </p>

<p>All honors class and 3AP last year (5-calc AB, 5-US hist, 4-Physics B)
4AP (Econ, stats, Euro, Bio) 2 honors this year</p>

<p>EC:
President of Youth group (3 years)
Youth Group praise team (now leader; 6 years)
Korean School teacher (4 years)
UPMC (hospital) volunteering
Frisbee team (4 years)
Track team (2 years; our school was state champs)
Orchestra (TRYPO, concertmaster at school chamber orchestra, PMEA 4 years)
Math Team (2 years)
Taekwondo (10+ years; black bet 4th dan; master)
Bunch of school clubs</p>

<p>Awards:
National Spanish exam silver medal+gold medal (1 year each)
AP scholar
National Honors Society
Bunch of insignificant school awards
Student Athlete
PMEA distinction</p>

<p>Hook (?): idk if this is one, but father=senior pastor of large Korean church in Pittsburgh that’s like 3 minutes from campus; at least 100+ CMU students go to the church. Idk best I could come up with? Haha</p>

<p>Essay: Pretty good. I’m not an admissions officer so I can’t judge it without being skewed, but I think it is well written at least.
Recs: Wonderful recs from calc teacher and apush teacher; strong part of app</p>

<p>Please tell me if I’m in range and any further opinions! Also tell me if you think Northwestern is still a viable option for me! Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Bump please</p>

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<p>Don’t they allow you to apply to multiple schools, provided you have genuine interest in all of them (which you seem to have)?</p>

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<p>only one for ED i believe</p>