confusion w/the admission process! ahh

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what CMU is looking for at all for music/creative writing majors:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.19 weighted (going to rise)
3.88 unweighted (same)
Rank: 32/317 (getting better..it's in the 20's now)
SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
ACT: June 10th, not taken yet.
9th grade i took almost all honors (I have 3 B's on my transcript), 10th grade i took 2 honors, this year (11) i took 1 ap and 4 honors and have all A's (one b+). From 10th grade on, I have all A's on the transcript. Next year, I am taking 4 AP's (2 AP and 2 ap weighted honors) and 1 actual honors honors.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: People to people student ambassador program, national youth leadership conference (possibly--next summer), glsen (helps teach others about diversity), junior mendelssohn choir, voice lessons, piano lessons, cantoring for my rabbi, jazz choir, chamber choir (most elite), and many others that I can't think of. </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>why aren't the SATs fair? to gain admissions you're going to need to improve your standardized test scores significantly. it will also be to your advantage to try to get some leadership in your extracurricular activites (your music focus is nice, though). i don't recommend nylc - i did it, and had a good time, but it was definitely not an intellectual experience and i dont think it had any effect on my application</p>