Hello!
I am a current junior and I am wondering if I meet all of them or at least most of many colleges’ acceptance requirement. I will just explain my current situation and my future plans, and tell me if this meets many prestigious school’s requirement (not their test requirements, more of expectation in EC)
GPA:4.0 (weighted) my freshman yr was 3.9 and sophomore yr was 4.1
Grades in all my classes are either going up or staying. For example, Honors bio was B- but Honors Chem was A- / history 9 was B but history 10 was A+.
Volunteer/outside of school:
volunteer at church, helping the disabled kids - 200 hrs
volunteer at Liberty Science Center - 100 hr
member of Midnight run - 40 hrs - monthly event (currently a leader)
volunteer at senior center, teaching computer to elderly - 40 hrs (summer volunteer, planning on going back for the next summer)
Online courses (have 3 certifications in CS)
- edX
- CompTIA fundamentals
School activities:
Secretary of French Club
president of chem club (organizer of NJSL)
president of Liberty in North Korea
member of Interact club
won $1000 (grant) from my home county to install a water fountain at my school
current intern at Columbia Univeristy’s research center in NY (not the morningside campus)
- currently working on a research paper on the hudson river
won 3 awards from the national french contest (one was a platinum for perfect score, two for gold)
member of NJSL team
AP’s (taken and taking):
Calc AB (taking BC by studying on my own) -5
Chemistry
Stat
Computer principle - 5
computer programming
SAT:
PSAT 1300
SAT 1500 w 22 on the essay
No subject tests yet
32 on the ACT
I am thinking about majoring in CS or any engineering (preferably environmental engineering). Are my extracurricular activities and grades fine for Cornell Engineering? What about CMU?