Do I even have a shot?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I think my stats are on the low side, and I don't have thousands of dollars to waste on application fees. Do I even have a chance of getting accepted?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 UW 3.8 W
SAT: 740CR 710M 720W
SAT2: Bio-E and Math2, probably 700-750 on both.</p>

<p>Average ECs, Recs, and great essay.</p>

<p>My major would be Biological Sciences/Neuroscience track if I was accepted.</p>

<p>I'll probably be retaking SATs in Nov, aiming for high 2200-2300. My math score was much lower than expected.</p>

<p>Does CMU superscore?</p>

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<p>CMU does superscore. I think you have a good chance of getting in. Here are last year admissions stats: [Admission</a> Statistics](<a href=“Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University”>Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University) and as you can see, you are definitely in the range of admitted students. If you’re female or minority you’re defintiely in. If you’re not, I still think you have at least a 60% chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>How is the GPA in that chart chart calculated? Does it include electives, fresh year, etc?</p>

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<p>Don’t know if anyone but admissions can tell you how that GPA on the chart is calculated. I can tell you that they do NOT include your freshman year grades when they look at your GPA for admission, so if you did poorly freshman year, there’s still hope!</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

<p>I’m a white male, so no breaks there.</p>

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<p>You look pretty good to me, it’s definitely worth the fee. Highly recommend you apply to more than MCS, definitely HSS and anything else you can add. Then if you desire, transfer to MCS. I am not certain, but I would imagine it is relatively easy to transfer to MCS.</p>

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<p>How important is it to interview? Would it sway my decision either way? CMU is a good 6-7 hour drive for me.</p>

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<p>I don’t think interviews are critical. My son got into SCS without one. (He was a strong candidate however.) I believe the GPAs are unweighted, and someone else posted that a CMU admissions officer will ignore lower grades freshman year.</p>

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<p>you should be good, I just scraped 2100 n I am doubling in CS and phy. I only applied to MCS and then after my sophomore year applied to the CS school and got in.</p>