***Does Legacy Help??***(These asterisks do)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying to Carnegie Mellon(SCS 1st choice, ECE at CIT 2nd choice, undecided at CIT 3rd choice) A family member received a PhD from CIT and I was wondering if this helps at all?</p>

<p>Objective:
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: Top 10%
SAT: (770M 610R 720W) <-- Most concerned with these
ACT: (35W 34M 32R 32S) <-- standardized test scores</p>

<p>SAT II: 770 Math II 750 Chemistry</p>

<p>AP's: English Language and Composition(4), US History(4), Chemistry(5), Calculus BC(5), World History(4)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
-Calculus II/III at Georgia Tech
-AP Computer Science A
-AP Macroeconomics
-AP Physics B
-Band(all 4 years)
-English 1102 at local college</p>

<p>Subjective:
President/Founder of Computer Club
3rd Place State Science Fair in Physics
1st Place State Tech Fair (2x)
3rd Place Regional Tech Fair (1x)
Won multiple Science Olympiad Awards
French Club
Science National Honors Society
Math National Honors Society
Lot of Band awards
Volunteer at local library for 5 years
Spent Two summer learning how to code(built a website from scratch)</p>

<p>Interest in CMU:
-Attended local info session
-On campus tour
-Sleeping bag weekend
-Interview
-<strong><em>Legacy(PhD from CIT)</em></strong></p>

<p>I know my stats are probably unimpressive but thought I make one of these posts anyway to see if legacy does actually help. </p>

<p>PS. If you can chance me at UC Berkeley, Yale(LOL), and UPenn(LOL)</p>

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<p>I say match.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Anyone else??</p>

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<p>High match probably. </p>

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<p>You should do well at Carnegie, accepted for sure. I am guessing you are a Math/Hard Science major?</p>

<p>You would also probably be accepted at Berkeley, I don’t see why not. </p>

<p>I would doubt Yale and Penn, but you never know.</p>

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<p>My major preference is computer science</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon: match
Berkeley: match
Yale: reach
Penn: low reach</p>

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<p>For SCS you should know acceptance rate last year was under 7 per cent, which makes it a reach for anyone. ECE specifically is also harder to get into than CIT (less so than comp sci but still super selective). I’m not sure how much of a boost you might get from your legacy.</p>

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<p>Thanks! ^This was more of what I was expecting</p>

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<p>cmu match
yale reach
penn high match/low reach
uc berks high match
chance my cousin back?</p>

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<p>Berkeley cmu- high match
Yale high reach
Penn reach </p>

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<p>Your stats are pretty good, although the SAT scores are low for some of these schools. The state science fair awards are pretty impressive, but I don’t really see anything else that colleges will like, such as leadership. So you have lower SAT scores, pretty good ECs, and no hook, but you’re applying to some very competitive schools. </p>

<p>I don’t think Mandalorian realizes how competitive SCS at Carnegie Mellon is, but the acceptance rate is almost as low as Stanford/Harvard. It’s going to be a pretty big reach for Computer Science, but anyways:</p>

<p>CMU (SCS) - High Reach
Yale - Reach
UPenn - Low Reach
Berkeley - High Match</p>

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<p>Does anyone know how much that legacy will help me (if at all)?</p>

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<p>It wont help at all. Legacies only count if your family member attended as an undergraduate, not to receive their PhD.</p>

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<p>Above posters who said CMU-SCS is a match/high match don’t know what they are talking about.</p>

<p>@BBanks I agree.</p>

<p>CMU SCS - High Reach(VERY competitive)</p>