How hard is it to get into Carnegie Mellon's Tepper school of business?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have a 3.5 gpa, 2170 sat's. does that seem on par with admission to carnegie mellon with an undergraduate major of business at Tepper?</p>

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<p>To be completely honest, the school is truly top tier and the major problem you will have is GPA. Your SAT score looks solid and on par with admission expectations there. I don't, of course, know anything more about you in terms of URM status, quality of writing, life story, EC's so I can't be counted on for a valid prediction.</p>

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<p>My essays are good, EC's are ok, Recs are good, but nothing spectacular. so probably not. on the other hand, average high school gpa at carnegie mellon is 3.6. so i am not totally out of range right?</p>

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<p>if the 3.5 is weighted... then yes.</p>

<p>i am also applying to tepper with a 4.4 gpa and a 2220 sat and i consider it a match...</p>

<p>its a reach, but you definitely have a shot</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>you mean unweighted right? and the answer is yes, the 3.5 is unweighted. but how do colleges count weighted? AP's and honors?</p>

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<p>We would need to know your rank or strength of HS. If average is 3.6 and you have a 3.5 at a top high school, you're fine.</p>

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<p>I consider my high school very strong. dual curriculum and we always have a bunch of students out of a small class of 80 students who go to ivies, and the majority of the class goes to top 100 colleges. my gpa is 3.5, and i am probably top 15-20% of the class, but my school does not release rank.</p>

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<p>gpa is a little low, but the test scores are above average, so with only that information, its a match for you</p>

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<p>I heard its one of the most competitive schools to get into for CM since they has such a low enrollment</p>

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<p>I'd call it a reach for you. Tepper's acceptance rate, from their website, was 13.8% last year.</p>

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<p>You should be very competitive. Just make clear on your application that it is your first choice--if that is true.</p>

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<p>ermmm i dont know if it is. so for all you people saying math or reach, can you give me reasons or questions? i can probably answer most of them. and i have not taken my sat 2s yet. for business i should probably take math 2 right? just bombed the practice test :o(. any suggestions on which other sat 2 to take? physics? literature? history?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>bump i guess. any other opinions?</p>

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<p>The business schools absolutely want to see mathII. What's your mathI score?</p>