I’m a senior, and carnegie mellon is the last school on my list that has yet to come out. So far, ive been rejected by every school I’ve applied to so i guess this will determine if im going to community college or not
Carnegie Mellon
Major: Data Science i think
Asian male
GPA: 3.6 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
But I had a strong upward grade trend: 3.667 in 10th grade to 4.667 in 11th grade
ACT Composite 35: English 35, Math 34, Reading 34, Science 36, Writing 10
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 780, Physics: 730
AP Exams: US History (5), Calc BC (5), Calc AB (5), Physics 1 (4), English Language (4), Euro History (4), World History (3)
Competitive high school in California
Took Multivariable Calculus in the first semester of my senior year at the nearby community college
Varsity Swim all 4 years
120ish volunteer hours ~ mainly spent volunteering at the Library and going on church missions
Taught middle schoolers how to program in HTML, Javascript, CS3, and C++
Worked part time at a restaurant
Served on the praise team at my church
Co-president of the Digital Animations club at my school
Played the cello for about 8 years, but I was still pretty bad at it so I quit sophomore year
In my essay I wrote about how hard it was to live with ADHD and how I managed to make the most out of the condition that I was given. I’d say the writing quality was decent, my essay writing skills arent that proficient.
I couldn’t read what my teachers said about me on my rec letters but I think they were pretty positive
honestly speaking, I’m 130% sure im not going to be accepted into this school, but i just want to see if i can even come close to getting accepted, so maybe i have a shot of being waitlisted