ED Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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California Resident
Indian Asian
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (CR-640 W-700 M-720)
SAT II: Math II:750 Physics:710
Unweighted 9-11 GPA: 3.69
Weighted 9-11 GPA: 4.05
Unweighted GPA for 10-11: 3.67
Weighted GPA 10-11: 4.24
UC GPA: 4.0

Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10%
AP Scores: AP Euro (3), AP Chem (3), APUSH (4), AP Physics 1 (4), AP Calc AB (5), AP Spanish (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Physics C

12 APs/14 offered taken, which is why I have a low GPA, but no excuses

Extracurriculars:
3rd Degree Black Belt
Science Decathlon(Will this help?)
Taekwondo Teams/Tournaments
Taekwondo Instructor
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor
SSA Office Intern
Intern at major Aerospace company
AP Scholar With Distinction
COSMOS UCI CAMP

Major:Applying to all for either Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (which engineering is the easiest to get into?)

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It’s ECE at CMU.
http://www.ece.cmu.edu/programs-admissions/
I recommend taking the SAT again, there’s a lot of room for improvement in CR and M especially. Shoot for 2200.
Generally, your numbers are on the lower side, but you have solid ECs. You’re close enough to hope to get in, but not high enough to expect to.

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if you can get CR up you should be in a better place

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Your scores and GPA are on the lowish side for ECE at CMU. EC’s lack leading role. It’s always better to have one standout EC than many lesser ones. On AP’s: only scores > or =4 really mean anything. The AB Calc looks good. The B level physics is not meaningful at CMU. My educated guess says that you are between 10 and 20% on ED to CMU.