Me vs. CARNEGIE MELLON...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently, I am a high school junior (senior starting in the fall), and I plan on applying to CIT for early decision.</p>

<p>GPA: over 100 weighted, ~97 UW (1.1 weighting for AP, 1.05 for honors)
RANK: 5th/~590 as of the beginning of junior year but I probably dropped a few spots since then.
SAT: 1900, 1920, 2070. combined-2100 (CR 620, math 710, writing 770) note: for writing I had two 600s then a 770...will admissions officers be skeptical? I only studied some grammar for about 5 days haha..
SAT II: World History 600, Chemistry 770, Math 1 700, Math 2 680*
AP: World History 3, waiting on Chemistry (expected: 4-5), APUSH (expected: 3-4), and Lang/Comp. (no idea, but I passed)</p>

<p>EC: (years include senior year)
National Honor Society vice president
National Art Honor Society member
TRI-M Music Honor Society (2 years, possible position holder next year)
Chamber Orchestra (4 years)
Science contest club (sci. olympiad, etc., 2 years, possible VP)
Science club (science oriented service club; 10-treasurer, 11-fundraising captain, 12-station leader)
Marching Band (11th; had a violin solo [this is NOT the reason I joined])
CIA (our school's service club; 4 years)
Varsity Cross Country (10th and 12th; skipped 11th grade b/c of marching band)
Violin teacher-private lessons
First chair violinist (does this go here?)
Music award winner (9th grade)</p>

<p>Unfortunately I did not receive many awards...not much to win. There were small things like academic achievement in French but that's about it. </p>

<p>I'm trying to get a job at a local music store and I am volunteering at a local food pantry this summer.</p>

<p>schedule for next year: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Physics (will be taking both exams), AP Calc AB (BC is not offered), and AP Environmental independently. </p>

<p>*I intend on retaking math 2 in the fall after actually studying for it.. -.-
Should I retake the SATs for a 4th time to try to improve critical reading and math? I haven't studied heavily for either because I'm stupid, but I don't know if it's worth it at this point. </p>

<p>PLEASE, if you are a current CMU student or applicant or anything, share your opinions. Thank you!:)</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump.</p>

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<p>bummmmmmmmmmppppp</p>

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<p>with CMU, it’s verrrry dependant on what school you’re applying to. </p>

<p>They say their average GPA is a 3.6, average SAT a 2070.
HOWEVER. </p>

<p>Their school of underwater environmental economics or something is probably easier to get into than your local state schools.</p>

<p>Then you have the big two, the School of Computer Science and School of Electrical/ computer Engineering, which rival any top universities in terms of selectivity.</p>

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<p>ahahah, underwater environmental economics…</p>

<p>Well I’m basically applying to the most selective one so we’ll see how it goes. Thanks! I think.</p>

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<p>edit: 5 chem, 5 lang/comp, 4 US</p>

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<p>I think you will have pretty good chance for CMU. I am interest in CMU too. By the way, how come you get your AP scores so early? I am still waiting for mine.</p>

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<p>thanks! Do you have any thoughts on whether I should do early decision or not? I don’t know if the chances are any better for ED, i looked up some stats and they might be worse:\
I called for them. It costs $8 but it was soooo worth it. You need your AP number, a credit card, your SS# if you gave it in, and your birth month/day. The number is 888-308-0013 or 609-771-7366 for international I believe.</p>

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<p>Compsci and Electrical Engineering are extremely difficult to get into. There were 2 kids who were accepted from my school this year, and one of them is going to MIT. ECs are very good but your scores should be better for those schools.
~60% chance</p>

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<p>I’m not doing either so there’s a little less pressure. Any idea how much better? I fall within the middle 50% for SATs and I know I have to retake the math SAT II… AP scores from this year help though, thank goodness.</p>

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<p>If you can get a 2200 on one test youll be a lock. Superscore is most likely good enough right now though.</p>

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<p>Hm fair enough. I could, but I need to retake SAT IIs also. Wouldn’t taking the SATs 4 times look kind of bad? They ask for every single score anyway.</p>

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<p>In that case I would not take it again. Didn’t know they asked for every test</p>