Female math major at Carnegie Mellon?

Applying to College
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<p>I am a female most likely putting down mathematics as my major since my overall application demonstrates my strength in mathematics it would only make sense to the officers that I plan to pursue it.</p>

<p>SAT1 (math 750 cr 600 writing 640) total 1990
SAT2 (math2 770 chem 620 korean 800)
ACT math is 35 but overall score is 28 so I dont think I will be sending ACT scores.
AP calc BC exam 4
AP calc AB subscore 4
AP Stats exam 3
AP Calculus AB grade 1st sem A/2nd sem A- (junior year)
AP Calculus BC grade 1stsem A-/2nd sem A (senior year)
AP Statistics grade 1st sem A-/2nd sem A (senior year)
Math Club Member. Attended several competitions as a club
Mathematics Departmental Award 2nd place in senior year</p>

<p>Class rank 32/423 (top 7.5% of class)
weighted GPA 4.125
non weighted GPA 3.7</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>dance drill team 1 yr
jv/varsity swimming 3 yrs
jv cross country 1 yr
v water polo 1 yr
california scholarship federation club honors member 3 yrs
link crew leader for incoming freshmens 2 yrs (tutored math)
korean club treasurer for one year member 2 yrs
math club 1 yr</p>

<p>two rec letters from my stats/calc teacher
one letter of rec from english teacher</p>

<p>volunteers</p>

<p>science camp for 5th graders
korean war veterans ceremony
church guitarist</p>

<p>I know the all my ECs are all over the place maybe except for math club, but wont this diversity show different sides of me? As in I'm not just a math nerd sitting at home all day but I do many other things too? Please chance me and give me your honest opinions!</p>

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<p>Your math II scores are rather low. It is common for math majors - expected in a way - to have 800s in the SAT2s and SAT1 math portion.
However, I wouldn’t completely rule out a possibility of being accepted. Good luck.</p>

<p>Only 1 yr in math club also doesn’t help.</p>

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<p>Scores are probably fine for majoring in math in general, but it may be hard to get admitted to a highly selective university where math majors are likely to have SAT-R-M = 800, SAT-S-M2 = 800, AP Calculus BC = 5 (without doing the two year calculus plan). Also, other SAT scores < 700 may be an impediment in general at highly selective universities.</p>

<p>Be sure to have some safety schools. (If you are in California, you did apply to the several mid-level UCs that have good reputations in math, right?)</p>

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<p>Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>would I have a better chance in University of Richmond for admission? They’re really generous with their financial aid too so it might actually be better for me.</p>