<p>I did AP/EA this summer, got the grade, fail for two subjects.
Do I still have chance (any chance) for CIT?</p>
<p>I'm a rising senior.
GPA: 3.20 weighted (school doesn't give extra for honor or ap courses)</p>
<p>SAT I: M 800, R 750, W 750, Essay 11.</p>
<p>SAT II: Bio 770, Math II 800, Physics 780</p>
<p>ACT: 34 (essay 7)</p>
<p>AP: European History 4, Calculus BC 5, APUSH 4 and Latin 3.</p>
<p>Senior schedule: English, Religion, Multivariable Calculus, AP Physics II and AP Economics.</p>
<p>EC's:
Regional & All-state orchestra violin since 6th grade
Youth Symphony (very competitive one) since 4th grade
JV Baseball since 9th grade but did not make it this year due to injury
Science Center tour guide for more than 100 hours
Formed a chamber music group for charity
Robotic Club - the one I spent a lot of time on it. Love it!
Other clubs like BBQ, Latin, Japanese, Wall Street.....</p>
<p>Recommendation: from my Physics teacher (also the director of Robotic team) and English teacher.</p>
<p>I took honor pre-cal during sophomore and got a C+ but my teacher still recommended me for AP Cal BC at junior year. End up got A- and 5 for AP.</p>
<p>Major: Engineering.
I will do ED (if there is any chance......)</p>
<p>What was your uw GPA in your junior year since, as you state, an “up-trend”? Your SAT and ACT scores are certainly strong, great music EC, you are obviously very bright, but at an extremely competitive school like Cal Tech that GPA is going to bring down your chances unless you can show a “miraculous” about-face your junior year and first semester senior year. I’m wondering if ED will not give you an opportunity to show your (hopefully) flawless grades in the first semester of grade 12? By the way, they seem to accept a fairly high % of applicants who get wait-listed, if that’s any consolation. If you are a female (couldn’t tell by your post), your chances naturally go up. Let us know your GPA your junior year for a better response.</p>
<p>My school officially don’t give GPA but we still find GPA from Naviance system. No ranking either but does give high honor and honor awards. 3.2 is the estimate by myself.</p>
<p>I got Two Bs and three As at freshman year
Two Cs and two Bs and one A at sophomore
Three Bs and two As for junior</p>
<p>Your standardized test scores are stellar. However, GPA and grades are much less so. When you said that you got “fail for two subjects”, what does that mean? Does that mean you got a failing grade for two courses? If so, I’d say that’s a huge disadvantage. You’d already be pushing it with C’s but I don’t know what CMU’d do with F’s. </p>
<p>Your test scores and EC’s are great meaning that you’re a smart kid but your grades don’t reflect that. I’m wondering whether that was an issue of being lazy or whether the classes were just that tough.</p>
<p>Without precollege, I’d say you might be ok… but failing in two actual CMU classes basically proves to an admissions committee that you can’t actually handle the work here. I don’t know how to put a positive spin on that. Was there an actual reason you got such poor grades, like your mom got cancer or something? If it was just ‘I partied too much and didn’t focus or my classes were hard’ then… you’re kind of out of luck.</p>
<p>I think your unweighted GPA is low unless you can document extenuating circumstances. The fail at pre college will hurt.</p>
<p>Not sure why you would coose CMU ED if you failed over the summer, seems like it might not be the right fit for you. But if you love the school, go for it!</p>
<p>Didn’t you actually post this or your mom about a week ago?</p>
<p>Not to be rude …but the 3.2 was already very low.</p>
<p>If you actually failed two courses at CMU, don’t waste your application fee, zero chance of admittance.</p>
<p>If you got two Cs, don’t apply until end of December (b/c you 'll be put in the reject pile if earlier) and work towards mid-year As in all science/math APs.</p>
<p>I disagree with the last post. First, refigure out your GPA without freshman grades (that is not used in the GPA calculations). And it depends upon where you go to school. A 3.2 from a top notch grade deflating privated school is alot different than a run of the mill public school. A C at CMU is greatly different than an F, and that is not considered failing. There are some extremely difficult classes offered in the EA/AP curriculum that are considered weeder classes for regular CMU students, who often fail them.</p>
<p>So here’s what I advise. If you really did fail the classes (meaning getting an F), they shouldn’t put them on your transcript. As whether you should address or even mention that in your CMU application, I have no idea. But apply for more schools at CMU than CIT. Apply for as many as you can, some are far easier to get into than CIT. Then if you get accepted, and you are still interested, swap schools. People change their majors often, as how do you really know for sure when you’re in high school. Good luck.</p>
<p>Well march10, I would give you more very specific advice…but since you haven’t even posted on the thread that you created 13 days ago, I’m guessing that you either don’t care anymore or have given up. So…why should we bother?</p>
I don’t know how to put a positive spin on that. Was there an actual reason you got such poor grades, like your mom got cancer or something? If it was just ‘I partied too much and didn’t focus or my classes were hard’ then… you’re kind of out of luck.</p>