I know, another Chances thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Sorry guys, I know chances threads are annoying, but I just got deffered from Brown and decided to add Carnegie to my list last minute, and I don't know much about how difficult it is. </p>

<p>Anyway I am applying to the School of Computer Science</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Race: White</p>

<p>SAT Scores:
2220: 730 R, 800M, 690W
(second time taken)</p>

<p>SAT II:
800 Math II, 780 Chem, 730 Biology M</p>

<p>ACT:
33 composite, 34 W, 36M, 27R (ugh), 33S</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 UW
4.7ish W
2-5/430 (our school got a new computer system this year and isnt calculating class rank right for some reason and it keeps changing. Last I saw an official transcript I was first, but I heard from someone else I changed to second. The school is attaching a note saying the class ranks are wrong to the transcripts)
Public High School
Most rigorous course load available: AP Stat (5) AP Lang (4) AP Chem (5) AP Bio (5)</p>

<p>EC's:
Horseback riding: I have ridden since third grade, and ride at a comptative level, I own my own horse and it takes 2-3 hours out of my daily life. </p>

<p>Key Club: A community service club, last year I was Secretary, this year I am president, and I have done over 200 community service hours through them</p>

<p>Other ECS are fairly small and insignificant. </p>

<p>My Current Schedule is:
AP Calc AB (bc not offered at my school)
AP Gov (econ next semester)
AP Physics
AP Literature
Ceramics</p>

<p>with Spanish (ap was only offered the same period as calculus so I couldn't take it) and conversational chinese at the local junior college.
Now what worries me a bit is that I don't have a single B anywhere on my high school transcript but I am 90% sure I will get a B+ in both AP Gov and Lit this year, I don't want it to look to colleges like I got senioritis and starting slacking just taking junior college classes in addition to a high school day full of AP's proved to be overwhelming, and those classes are the two hardest I have ever had to take. </p>

<p>Also, I am unsure how much programming experience may factor in to everything for SCS. I really don't have much to be blunt. I took an online course in C once, but it didn't go much beyond simple functions...</p>

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<p>Probably in due to your gender.</p>

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<p>SCS has a worse M/F ratio than the rest of CMU, so your gender is a big plus. Your grades and scores are fine (they can ignore the ACT with your SAT scores). They always accept some students with high math scores and grades and very little programming experience, so that shouldn't be a problem. Your grades, scores and GPA are all in the top 25% for SCS. I think you've got a very good chance, though I'm unwilling to put a number on it. :)</p>

<p>Try to write a good essay for why SCS.</p>

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<p>Thank you both!!</p>