ECE Department

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I have heard a lot about ECE at CMU and I am slightly confused as to the nature of admissions to the program. I have a friend that had a few classes at CMU over the summer and said their ECE program is starving and looking for strong applicants. On the other hand, I had a tour of the ECE department and they said it's one of the most competitive programs to get into in the school. Obviously I regard the person that gave me the tour's opinion with more weight, I just wanted to hear other people's perspectives on the matter. Anyway, here are my stats so let me know what you think if you can. Thanks.</p>

<p>Senior male from New Jersey. I attend an engineering- focused Magnet high school.</p>

<p>SAT's:
1st sitting: 2230 (720 W, 790 CR, 720 M)
2nd sitting: 2380 (800 W, 800 CR, 780 M)</p>

<p>SAT II's:
710 Chem, 720 Lit, 800 Math II</p>

<p>My school uses a QPA system and I have about a 91.4 average (my school considers all classes honors or AP)</p>

<p>Decent class rigor: Junior year one AP (most offered, it was Chem and I didn't take the test), senior year 3 AP's (got screwed with scheduling and I'll be taking calc A/B, Physics C: Mechanics and Gov't & Politics)</p>

<p>I plan to self- study AP Psych, AP Lang/ Comp, and AP Stats this year.</p>

<p>EC's:
I have pretty mediocre EC's that include...
Founder/ drummer of my school's house band and an independent rock- band
Co- creator of a tutoring program in math for middle school kids
JV Soccer for 3 years (I'm not playing senior year)
Officer position in a few school clubs</p>

<p>I don't really have any awards or academic distinctions...at all.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot if you took the time to read this entire thing and thanks even more if you leave a comment.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a good chance for ece at cmu. Your SAT is above average, and your GPA is on average. Your EC’s seem very good to me. I think CMU will especially appreciate your interests in music (CMU is all about the fusion of the fine arts and sciences)</p>

<p>CMU’s ECE program is, I think, one of their most competitive programs. They are definatly not “starving for qualified sudents”. I don’t think they even accept external transfers into their ece program because so many very qualified students are in the program and not switching out, or on campus in other programs wanting in.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I appreciate the input. It’s tough to find people’s opinions of this program.</p>