I'm new to the CMU thing but still...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I'm a junior in CA wondering about my chance at CMU, but I don't know much about their admissions process. anyways, here it goes</p>

<p>applying as undecided, but that prob. means H & SS (?)
SAT-2110 Math-700 Wri.-710 CR-700</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Span: 770 Lit: 710 </p>

<p>AP's: Span- 5 Eng- 4 US History- 3</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 (with hardest courses)</p>

<p>ECs listed on app: football, track, was in 2 clubs, and work</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: did finances that were really receipts at a family friend's company and also had a job too</p>

<p>Essays (subject and responses): already started so they should be very good- on two hardships that have come down on me the last 2 years, and my dealing w/ them. </p>

<p>Teacher Recs: better than great</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: great</p>

<p>School Type: Private, does not rank </p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>

<p>Gender:M</p>

<p>Also: Took 2 summer courses at a local comm. college- pysch and creative writing, both got A's. and i also got 4 academic awards (not sure if it means much, but what the hell)</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>You'll have to apply to a school within CMU (H&SS, engineering, science, business, CS, or architecture) as Undecided. You can't apply to the university itself, as it's the colleges within the university that do the admitting of students.</p>

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<p>oo well i'm applying to H & SS</p>

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<p>Your GPA is a bit low, but I think you have a decent chance of getting in, especially to HSS.</p>

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<p>thanks guys. i should prob. add in that i've done 2 service projects, and 25+ hours of community service in addition to those 2 projects. and i've also joined the comm. service group thing too.</p>

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<p>I got in with a 3.55 GPA from a similarly tough private school to SCS, which is statistically harder to get into. So i don't think the GPA is an issue.</p>

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<p>bump for H & SS</p>

<p>will a. having a pretty rigorous courseload help a lot (that's what their recruitor told me)
b. being hispanic</p>