Official Carnegie Mellon 2017 Results Thread`

FateGoneAwry16 · December 17, 2012, 12:13pm

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woodenstick · December 17, 2012, 12:39pm

**Decision: Accepted (SCS) **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (780 Math, 760 Critical Reading, 750 Writing)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t provide
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 HL Physics, 7 HL Math, 7 HL Computer Science, 7 SL Further Math, 6 SL Psychology, 5 SL English, 5 SL French
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computer Science Club (Co-Founder and President), Karate (2nd Dan Black Belt), Rock Climbing (Safety Instructor)
[] Job/Work Experience: Month-long internship at a software firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: Co-Founder and Treasurer of an organisation that provides aid to Palestinian children
[] Summer Activities: Internship, app development
[] Essays: Very original and creative…showed my thinking and my passion!
[] Teacher Recommendations: Computer Science and Math teachers. Haven’t seen them, but I think they were pretty good!
[] Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen this, but I think it was really good!
[] Additional Rec: Sent in a rec letter from my internship supervisor; it was very nice
[] Interview: Had an off-campus interview with an admission counsellor…it went okay; not great, but not terrible either!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, course load, letters of recommendation, demonstrated interest
[] Weaknesses: Grades, international status
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they liked my passion for computer science and for Carnegie Mellon in particular, as well as the personal voice in my essays! And the fact that I’ve developed iOS apps
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Accepted), University of Michigan (Deferred)

[/ul]General Comments: I AM SO INDESCRIBABLY, UNBELIEVABLY HAPPY AT GETTING INTO MY DREAM COLLEGE! CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS ACCEPTED; EXCITED TO SEE YOU IN PITTSBURGH NEXT YEAR! AND FOR EVERYBODY WHO WAS NOT ACCEPTED, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR OTHER APPLICATIONS!

GO TARTAN!

swimnurse8 · December 17, 2012, 12:53pm

Decision: Accepted - CIT
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740/720/700
ACT: 34 Composite, 35r, 35m, 33e, 34s, 10 writing
SAT II: 780bio 760M2, 740chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94, weighted 4.95/5
Rank : not available
AP : Bio (5), Chem (5), Euro (5), CalcAb (5), PhysicsM (4), USHist (4), German (3)
IB : n/a
Senior Year Course Load: APCalcBC, APGov, APPhysicsE/C, APEnivSc, H Micro, H BritLit, H Philosophy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society, National Merit Commended, Swimming All American
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming 4 yrs (Captain) , Marching Band 4 yrs (Captain), German Club 4 years (Presidentx2yrs), Science Olympiad 2 yrs, Best Buddies Club 4 yrs, Varsity Track 1 year, Swim year round at YMCA
Job/Work Experience: Worked as store cashier, swim instructor
Volunteer/Community service: not really any
Summer Activities: YMCA Nationals, Hiking 46 peaks in NY, work
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Hoping excellent, did not read
Counselor Rec: Hoping excellent, did not read
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: will apply for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete
Reflection
Strengths: well rounded, strong student, athlete
Weaknesses: lower SATs but high ACTs
Why you think you were accepted: My academics are really strong. Heavy curriculum, interest in Engineering, athlete
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: did not apply anywhere else
General Comments:

FateGoneAwry16 · December 17, 2012, 1:36pm

Decision: Accepted to MCS - Math

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 (1st science SAT), 780 (2nd science SAT)
[] Unweighted GPA without Freshman grades (out of 4.0): 3.85 (strong upward trend and extremely rigorous courseload)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but colleges knew I was in the top 14% of my class.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 14 AP exams, none of which were self-studied (this should give you some idea of my courseload). My AP’s include AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: E&M, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Micro, and AP Macro.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, US Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, many state-level awards in physics and finance.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): business club (president) [1 yr], math team [2 yrs], math honors society [2 yrs], high school theater critics team [1 yr], national honor society [1 yr], orchestra pit [2 yrs]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Too many to mention here. See the following link for more detail:[/li]<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1407315-chances-carnegie-mellon-mcs-ed-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1407315-chances-carnegie-mellon-mcs-ed-2.html</a>
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Organized a concert that raised $9000 for charity[/li][] Summer Activities: See job/work experiences.
[] Essays: I don’t like ranking my essays because writing is extremely subjective. Neverthelss, here’s what I thought.

[list][li]Common App: Fairly original, but not that good. I thought it was somewhat boring and straightforward to be honest. - 6.7/10[/li][]EC Essay: Decent overall, but I didn’t like the wording for some sentences. I think it was pretty informative though. - 7.9/10
[]Supplement Essay: One of the highlights of my application. I really liked my supplement essay and spent a lot of time on it. I made sure that it described my interests and showed why CMU is a good fit for me. Of all the college essays I wrote, this one was my favorite by far. - 9.7/10[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I think they were pretty good. [/li][] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but pobably good.
[] Additional Rec: One from a former internship mentor. Didn’t read, but I think it was really good.
[] Interview: Excellent. I really connected with my interviewer and showed him why I’m a great fit for CMU.
[/list]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Guess
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Very competitive public.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: Middle-class
[] Victory Song (if you were accepted): Metropolis Part 1 “The Miracle and the Sleeper”
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian male applying for math
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT & SAT II scores, AP scores, extremely rigorous courseload (most rigorous of anyone at my school), upward trend in grades, awards, additional rec, extensive work experience, supplement essay, interview, showed lots of interest.
[] Weaknesses: Overall UW GPA, sophomore grades in math and science, few leadership roles, common app essay, ethnicity, no awards in math.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: To add diversity to CMU’s student body.[/li][/ul]General Comments: SO HAPPY TO BE DONE WITH COLLEGE APPLICATIONS! NO MORE ANNOYING ESSAYS! Congratulations to everyone who was accepted. I can’t wait to see you in Pittsburgh next year :D

slayinvain · December 17, 2012, 10:04pm

Decision: Accepted- CFA: Architecture!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):Math (690) Critical Reading (650) Writing (620) Essay (11)
[] ACT: Comp (31) Math (33) English (28) Science (31) Reading (32)
[] SAT II: Math I (560) Physics (570)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3) Calc AB (3) European History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Calc BC, Ap Macroeconomics, Ap French, Honors English 12, Ap Physics E/M, Arch Design 3, Intro 3D Modeling
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ap Scholor, Distinguished Honors[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer, Intramural Soccer, basketball, golf
[] Job/Work Experience: 2+ Years Intern at a high-ranking arch firm, 1+ years Busboy at high-scale restaurant, Teah Hebrew at Religious School
[] Volunteer/Community service: Public Library volunteer, Tutor Math courses at High School
[] Summer Activities: Summer internships, Architecture course at UPenn, Culinary/Golf Camp
[] Essays: Fantastic
[] Teacher Recommendation: , calc teacher, English teacher - all fantastic, exemplifying time management.
[] Counselor Rec: Very good, had a great relationship with my guidance counselor
[] Additional Rec: CEO of Arch firm I worked at. Couldn’t praise me higher. Personal friends with multiple Top 50 Universities’ Deans
[li] Interview: Went very well, had more of a really fun conversation about me, CMU, and my work (Portfolio Interview)[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): North East Seaboard
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: High School (Top in the nation)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, EC, Internship, Essays, Interview, Rec’s
[] Weaknesses: SAT Scores (SAT II specifically b/c i sent ACT scores instead)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Even though I didn’t have genius level grades, I excelled in all AP courses at a very rigorous highschool. Coupled with my ECs, love for CMU, and Arch, I think that’s why they accepted me.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere, only applied to CMU.

[/ul]General Comments: It’s my dream school :D

dkyryk · December 18, 2012, 1:03am

Decision: Accepted - CIT/ECE

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (710 CR, 720 Ma, 760 Wr)
[] ACT: 35 (36 En, 36 Ma, 34 Sci, 33 Rd, 32 Wr)
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 730 Bio E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (school uses 8.0 scale with odd conversion system that I’ve given up trying to figure out-- number does not scale properly to 4.0 GPA, and unweighted GPA is not recorded… weighted GPA is 98/100 using 100-point scale, or somewhere above 8.1 on 8.0 scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), CompSci A (5), Lang & Comp (5), World History (5), US History (5), European History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Microeconomics, AP Lit & Comp, AP Comparative Gov’t, Robotics Design & Engineering, Chamber Orchestra (considered a class)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat’l Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Nat’l Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Tri-M Honor Society, NYSSMA Conference All-State (violin)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 5-member music performance group (Lead Violinist), 4 years Varsity Swimming, 4 years Tri-M, Programming Club, Certified Lifeguard
[] Job/Work Experience: Software Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: Foreign volunteer English teacher, Swim Across America charity fundraiser
[] Summer Activities: Work @ software companies, trips around the world
[] Essays: Common App-- Pretty good, though bursting at the 500-word-limit seam; Supplement-- Pretty good, mostly used what I learned about the school
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read, likely to be good
[] Counselor Rec: Did not read, likely to be good
[] Additional Rec: Former employer @ software company, high praise
[] Interview: Alumni interview; went smoothly

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ??? (currently fluctuating, though mostly upper-middle-class; denied Financial Aid)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded, good test scores
[] Weaknesses: Really odd GPA system, some questionable grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded, seem to fit the school well (merger of arts + science)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere

[/ul]General Comments:

Just really glad I don’t have to write any more essays… :P

steven77723 · December 18, 2012, 4:40am

Decision: Accepted CIT/ECE

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2070, R630, M760, W680
[] ACT: None
[] SAT II: M2 800, Chem 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not Sure
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USHistory(3), Lang(4), Chem(5), AB(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Japanese, AP Lang, AP PhysC, AP Calc BC, Japanese Culture
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Japanese Mathematical Olympiad, 2nd place at regional math competition, gold medals at regional music performances
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Emceed and was a treasurer for a charity concert for the Tsunami victims, raised over $2500. Also was treasurer for the school’s thrift shop which raises over $10,000 each time. 2 years Handbell, 2 years choir, 1 year varsity choir, 1 year tennis (JV best 4), 2 year soccer,1 year track. Made a study group for the class (co-president).
[] Job/Work Experience: Taught English to local Japanese kids, Tutored math
[] Volunteer/Community service: Went up to the Tohoku area where it was damaged by the Tsunami, and worked there for a week
[] Summer Activities: Mathcamp and Pre-College!
[] Essays: Okay essays. I talked about how Pre-C impacted my view on CMU and how I really loved it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers I had once in freshman and once in junior year so they saw how I changed.
[] Counselor Rec: A normal counselor Rec I guess
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: It went okay, I guess

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Japan
[] School Type: Small Private
[] Ethnicity: Japanese American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: No idea
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because I went to Pre-College
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None

[/ul]General Comments: Pre-College Rules!!

Watan916 · December 18, 2012, 1:58pm

Decision: Accepted SCS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math 750 writing 700 reading
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 math2 780 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science AB (5), Government (4), Language and Composition (5), Calculus BC (5) Subscore (5), Statistics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Modeling and Simulations, Honors English 12, Intro Physical Chemistry, Senior Research Project, Mathematical Physics, 3D Graphics, Astronomy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Physics Team, Key Club, Mentoring, ARML, ACSL
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship under University Maryland professor, internship at CATTLAB (Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Lab) in University of Maryland
[] Volunteer/Community service: Counselor-in-training at summer camps
[] Summer Activities: Just the internships
[] Essays: Passion and growing interest for compsci
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good rec from compsci teacher. Meh rec from ap world teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Good rec
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Nope

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Magnet inside public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Medium-high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first-generation, didn’t mention anything about it in my app though[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: challenging classes, in magnet program, resilient personality, good test scores
[] Weaknesses: no athletics, no leaderships, lacking extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: only early applicant from my school
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no other results

[/ul]General Comments:

rokislt10 · December 25, 2012, 11:14am

Decision: Accepted (CIT Undecided)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800R 740M 770W)
[] ACT: None
[] SAT II: 790MII 790PH 800CH 760WH 680MI
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74 w/ freshman year, 3.83 w/o
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank, but probably somewhere in the top 15/74
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on World History, Chinese, Language, Chemistry
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: E&M, AP Physics C: Mech, AP Compsci, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Calc BC, College Preview Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National History Day First Place Group Website (Senior Division)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
I’m too lazy to transfer all the stuff in my resume here, but here’s a link to the resume that I uploaded to the “Additional Information” section in the Common App. It’s a little lengthy.
<a href=“https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0foXJ-vNBZYNW5Gd09PQ0hDMlk[/url]”>https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0foXJ-vNBZYNW5Gd09PQ0hDMlk</a>
That’s not my address and phone number, by the way.
{
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]}

[] Essays: Counselor picked them out as examples to show juniors at my school, so I guess they were quite good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my Honors Chem and AP Chem teacher (caught me out of curfew at a school event once, but didn’t report me… and I was pretty immature in his classes so I’m not sure how good his rec was. Like I kind of screwed off during lab and once he got really mad at me because another student rammed his fingers into my ass in the middle of lab), one from my AP Lang teacher (kind of likes me, I think. Thought I look like a “George” and called me “George Zheng” for the entire year. Also almost wrote a recommendation for “George” instead. But yeah, I was also pretty immature in her class too. Pulled people’s hair out and might have bitten them), and one from my theatre director (may be the only one who I’m sure likes me, not that he thinks I’m terribly mature either)
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor thinks I’m really quite nice and I know her pretty well. I talked to her a lot when my mom was considering suicide. She also knew about me helping a girl deal with her family issues, which she later helped deal with too. Her husband has been my Honors Precalc teacher and my AP Calc BC teacher, and she said he put in a few words for me as well. Additionally, my employer/supervisor at Tsinghua University also sent her a letter, which she included in her rec.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Born in New York, lived in California for 3 years (elementary school)
[] Country (if international applicant): People’s Republic of China!
[] School Type: Small Lutheran international school, with a pretty smart population. Our average SAT was 2010 last year, just to give you an idea. Less than 400 people in the high school.
[] Ethnicity: Chinese. Yay for disadvantages.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hmmmm… Neither of my parents went to school in the US, though both have at least a Master’s from Japan or China…… that’s not a hook at all, is it.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, lots of extracurriculars (and not only that, but extracurriculars to which I was dedicated), essays
[] Weaknesses: GPA (especially freshman year but apparently CMU doesn’t look at those grades), maybe recs (honesty thought my recs would be a death sentence), race and gender, the fact that one of my best friends whose GPA, SAT, courseload and extracurriculars are almost identical to mine also applied ED and my school has a nasty reputation for only getting one ED acceptance from each school (probably because it’s so small)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put a lot of work into my essays. I think they showed that I really wanted to go to the school, and tied together pretty well to answer basically any questions an admissions officer would have about me. I can send them to you if you PM me. And even though I was somewhat immature throughout my high school career I don’t think I came off as stupid or uncreative.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Nowhere ED But I applied to Cornell, Cooper Union, Harvey Mudd, NYU, Boston University, UCLA, UCB
[/ul]General Comments:
When I saw the result, I hadn’t been sleeping for the past two nights because I thought they were being released on the 15th, but didn’t count on time zones and CMU sending out results in batches. So naturally, I was pretty darn happy. And I was happy again when I found out that my friend also got in the next day.
Word of advice: Work on your essays DURING THE SUMMER or at least start a month before the deadline. Peer and self review can mean the difference between a great essay and one that completely misses the mark. And make sure you get your essays checked by multiple people: people who like you, people who don’t like you, people who are good at writing, people who aren’t good at writing, etc. You’ll get opinions on all aspects of your essay.
Be a good kid in school. Getting caught out of curfew is not a good idea. But do make yourself distinguishable, either by personality or by what you do. Most of the teachers a my school know me well from theatre or from my enthusiasm (I like to think of it as enthusiasm) in class.

dvankittykat · January 3, 2013, 2:26am

Decision: Accepted (MCS Biological Sciences and Psychology)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 (720M 620CR 570W)
[] ACT: 31C, 30E, 29M, 34R, 31S
[] SAT II: 710MII & 650Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):not available
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (4), Physics B (4), Calc A/B (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[] Senior Year Course Load:Associated Student Body, Human Biology, AP Calc B/C, AP Gov, Civics, Economics, Expository Reading and Writing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none I can think of

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Pep Rally Commissioner&ASB member), Club Swimmer for over 10 years, Varsity Swimming 4 yrs
[] Job/Work Experience: I work part-time as a Model/Store Associate at Abercrombie Kids
[] Volunteer/Community service: Small things here and there but not long term projects
[] Summer Activities: Swimming
[] Essays: I received feedback that my essays were very good and unique
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Cal teacher and the other from my American Lit teacher. I chose teachers from my junior year and I had very good student-teacher relationships with the both of them. My American lit teacher nominated me for an award for having outstanding character
[] Counselor Rec: I was very close with my counselor who retired my junior year… so instead of asking my new counselor to write a vague LOR, I chose the option of doing alternate rec. My club swim team coach of 3 years wrote my essay. I have a really good athlete-coach relationship with him. 
[]Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Went FABULOUSLY! Luckily my interviewer seemed to really like me and she could tell I fell in love with CMU and was really passionate about attending there. I can answer any more questions on this if anyone has any…I know I had a ton and prepared endlessly because I was so nervous [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Half Filipino, Half Czech
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents are immigrants[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I am being recruited by the CMU coach to swim for them. Also, when I went on a recruit trip/diversity weekend to CMU I met a lot of the people who work for admissions and they seemed to really like my personality. I don’t have a ton of ECs because I didn’t want to spread myself out too thin… I have only a select few that I am VERY passionate about and dedicate a ton of my time to.
[] Weaknesses: My test scores/classes don’t seem as high as others
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: For my strengths, look above
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied ED II, so I have no clue

[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to those still waiting for their decisions and CONGRATULATIONS to those who got accepted! If anyone has any further questions, feel free to ask!

xGlassChild · January 10, 2013, 3:11pm

Decision: CIT Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2o8o (700 Math, 720 Critical Reading, 660 Writing)
[] ACT: N/a
[] SAT II: 67o Math II, 57o Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.o
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, but definitely top 5/69
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer
[] Senior Year Course Load: (CIHS= College in High School) Calculus (CHIS), Creative Writing (CHIS), Mercy & Justice (CHIS), Advanced Biology (CHIS), ART IV, Spanish IV (CHIS), Sociology (CHIS), Applied Engineering (CHIS)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place in Future Business Leaders of America (states & regionals)[/li]1st place in Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (states & regionals)
1st place in MyClimb.org Healthy Eating Contest
Honorable Mention in ACHD Poster Contest
Ruby Honor Roll for most of my high school career (School’s highest honor roll)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Co-Captain sophomore, junior, & senior year), Robotics Club (treasurer junior year, president senior year), Carnegie Mellon Library Teen Blogger, Junior Engineering Technical Society/TEAMS, FBLA, PJAS
[] Job/Work Experience: Grew up working in my parents’ restaurant, kept that job & took on a second job at a fast food restaurant at sixteen.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Carnegie Library Teen Blogger, Youth Group, Mural Painting, extraneous stuff
[] Summer Activities: Took an online Intro Soc course through Yale, worked a lot.
[] Essays: I honestly thought they were bad. I explained my parents’ restaurant & how much it shaped me. I really conveyed how much I owed my parents & how much I owed them the best possible education I could get, which just happened to be at CMU. Also, my personal essay was about something odd. It was a real risk to not make it really about me, but about something I believed.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably bad. One teacher’s was most likely extraordinarily written because she’s an extraordinary person, but it was probably impersonal. The other one, I read snippets of-- was not impressed.
[] Counselor Rec: Did not trust him enough to write one.
[] Additional Rec: N/a
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant): United States
[] School Type: Parochial, top 5o Catholic school in the nation
[] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >3oK
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, poor, URM (though not by Carnegie Mellon’s standards)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Senior course load. It’s extremely loaded & extremely hard. Also, though my essay was (I think) poorly written & executed, I really tried to show my hardships & how going to CMU would give me so many opportunities that I didn’t have.
[] Weaknesses: SAT Subject scores, possibly regular SAT scores, recommendations, essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 1st gen, poor parents. I was really kind of quirky in my essay, I took a lot of risks that I regretted taking as soon as I hit submit, but that apparently paid off-- or, at least, it didn’t hurt me too bad.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into Pitt.

[/ul]General Comments: I honestly have no idea why I was accepted. I kept thinking about everything that I did wrong like forgetting to say that I was in almost every honor society & sec & treasurer of Spanish honor society. I guess the quirks that I showed & my parents’ status helped me. Also, I guess because I showed that I was a really hard worker with my course load & two jobs.
Good luck to everyone. <3
Be original, show everything as a strength.

isisisis · January 19, 2013, 10:59am

Decision: Accepted to IS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (690 reading, 650 math, 620 writing)
[] ACT: 31 English, 28 Math, 32 Reading, 28 Science, 30 Combined English/Writing
[] SAT II: 540 Biology, 570 Math 1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro Economics, Adv Theatre Arts, Choir, Honors Physics, Human Behavior, Phys Ed 4, Pre Calculus, Research & Issues Hnrs, US History 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Drum Major), Student Council (Vice President), Political Action Club (founding member), Theatre Club (President), Concert Choir (President), School Newspaper, A Capella Group, Percussion Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, National Honor Society, Latin Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Restaurant Busser & Food Runner, I also started my own web-app that has become pretty popular earning me a sizable revenue monthly
[] Volunteer/Community service: Technology Columnist for my local newspaper, my student council also does huge work for the community
[] Summer Activities: Working on the aforementioned web-app
[] Essays: The common app essay was about my web-app and team that I started and lead for the past 3 years with people from the UK and Germany. I explained why/how I started it, what I did on a daily basis, and how I was able to do all of this WHILE doing all of my extracurriculars and maintaining a pretty good GPA. My CMU-specific essay I worked on SUPER HARD for a couple months. I made it short and really effective. I suggest doing that. I mentioned SPECIFICS of classes/professors/clubs I’m excited about.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 4 of them, my principal, my latin teacher, my band director, and my English teacher. They were all pretty solid. I know my principal’s and my band director’s were amazing. They talked a lot about my time-management skills, something CMU really cares about.
[] Counselor Rec: I had a really nice relationship with my counselor and she was rooting really hard for me. She also expressed how I am able to take on a decently-difficult course-load while participating and leading all these extracurriculars.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: I had an interview on campus and one with an alumni. [/li]
On campus:
They had me fill out a little info sheet in the waiting room and asked me very general questions based on the information I provided. I am a really nice interviewee from my theatre skills, so that helped. I also came prepared with a lot of solid questions that made me seem really good.

Alumni interview:
They let you pick who you want to be interviewed by in your area. Luckily, I was presented with a list that showed their majors and years of graduation. I did a quick google search of the names and decided on a super recent graduate to be interviewed by. We ended up just chatting about the school for like 2 hours and had a really nice time. I think this was a huge plus.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (I never ever fill out the nationality questions on applications though, so this is irrelevant) 
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, interview skills, great essays.
[] Weaknesses: Course load, SATs, SAT IIs
[] Why you think you were accepted: I participate in a lot of extracurriculars and hold major leadership positions in them. During interviews I showcased my personality and intelligence. My essays were concise and interesting. I’m a pretty “reach” applicant, so I am super surprised and happy!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t heard back yet!

[/ul]General Comments:
Start early with essays, show interest whenever possible, meet and savor an admissions contact. Other than that, I don’t know what else I could really say. Good luck to everyone else :D

sparky155 · January 27, 2013, 2:49am

Decision: Accepted (SCS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (740 CR, 720 M, 780 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio E, 720 Physics (not submitted)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Our school technically doesn’t have a GPA, but I think it’s around 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C, English 12, Advanced Photo, Advanced Robotics, Creative Writing
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years UNITY/diversity club, 3 years photography, 1 year Asian Culture Club (Media Chair), 2 years JV basketball, 3 years concert/jazz band, 2 years robotics, 1 trimester theater (read: I acted in one show)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 5 years (5 summers) volunteering at local library
[] Summer Activities: Pre-College (NHSGA)
[] Essays: My Common App essay was about how I spent the summer days where I was stuck at home (so basically the days before and after Pre-C). I thought that was ok. My supplement essay wasn’t great, mainly because half of it was about why I was interested in psychology (I didn’t know that ED applicants could only apply to one school until after I submitted it).
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were from my computer science and math teachers. Haven’t read them, but I’m pretty sure they were good. My compsci teacher has had me for all 4 years of high school and I had a pretty fun time in my math class last year.
[] Counselor Rec: Same deal, haven’t read it, pretty sure it’s good.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: It lasted for just 20 minutes because NHSGA had final projects at the time and a ton of other kids had scheduled to interview during the day. Nobody could really afford for the interviews to go any longer. I thought this went ok as well.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Demonstrated interest (Pre-College), most grades, extracurriculars, senior/junior year course load (my counselor calls me masochistic for whatever reason )
[] Weaknesses: The lowest grades in my transcript have, ironically, been from some of my math and science classes, even though I consider myself a math-and-science kind of guy. Very little leadership roles in school extracurriculars. The aforementioned supplemental essay.
[] Why you think you were accepted: I have no idea, but I’m glad I was.
[] Where else were you accepted: Nowhere, withdrew my apps before I heard back.

[/ul]General Comments:
Not really one for giving advice, but I’ll just say be the best you that you can be. Good luck!

huefan · February 18, 2013, 3:10am

wow…Everybody was accepted…

JRswish · February 18, 2013, 3:24am

13 ppl were accepted. there were at least 100 ppl on cc that must have applied to cmu

FateGoneAwry16 · February 19, 2013, 7:56pm

Lol, you should realize that this thread, like all “results” threads, suffers from serious self-selection bias. ED admits are much more likely to post than ED rejects or deferrals.

shivshiv · March 13, 2013, 11:18am

March 26th! Regular Decision release date (<a href=“Carnegie Mellon Office of Admission”>Carnegie Mellon Office of Admission)

mbdarbin · March 18, 2013, 7:08pm

im applying to the school of fine arts and architecture but im not sure if i completed the architecture questionnaire. does anyone know if this is the end of the world?

3hourmonologue · March 19, 2013, 2:03pm

Decision: Accepted - CIT/MSE

Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 1970 (630 CR, 710 Ma, 640 Wr) Only took SAT once, found the ACT suited me better
ACT: 33 (31 En, 33 Ma, 33 Sci, 36 Rd, 29 Wr)
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 730 Math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0 – AP +1.0 Honors +0.5): 4.44
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp (4), World History (5), US History (4), Chemistry (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, Honors English, AP Gov’t, AP Comp Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Nat’l Honor Society Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Event Leader of MatSci, Event Leader of Chem Lab, Vice-Captain/Secretary), Varsity Softball, Cake Club, Improv Club
Job/Work Experience: Lab internship at Tufts University, Lab internship at Boston University
Volunteer/Community service: shelve books at local library, tutor chemistry, help out a food distributer for the hungry, directed an Event at a division B science olympiad competition
Summer Activities: internships and volunteer work
Essays: Common App-- I like to think awesome, spent weeks on it; Supplement-- also something I spent forever on, like to think it was great.
Teacher Recommendation: Read it a week ago, it was good
Counselor Rec: Did not read, likely to be good
Additional Rec: didn’t have one
Interview: I like to think it went well, and I am assuming it went well as I got into the CMU

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Multiracial – Chinese and Eastern European
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ???
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Father recently retired from the Army, Grandfather got his PhD from CMu

Reflection
Strengths: good GPA, great essays, good recomendations
Weaknesses: average test scores, consitency in extracurriculars (changed clubs like every year)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded, good fit for school (believe that diversity – as in arsty people and sciencey people – leads to the best solutions to a problem)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere, CMU was my first choice

General Comments:

I just found this thread… I was ED1
Also, really happy I didn’t have to any more applications

fix1995 · March 25, 2013, 2:11am

**Decision: Accepted - H&SS - RD **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 710 Math, 730 Writing- 2140
[] ACT: Did not submit
[] SAT II: 740 Math2, 760 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.0 , our school doesn’t have a GPA system, but I suppose it works out to around that much
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/170
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student council president, debate society president, MUN society sec general, founded entrepreneurship club in school, senior editor of school magazine
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 internships in 2011 and 2012
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 350+ hours
[] Summer Activities: awarded aid by government to work on science research project for 2 consecutive years
[] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: amazing, both my teachers loved me
[] Counselor Rec: quite good i suppose
[] Additional Rec: from my principal, got it addressed specifically to CMU
[] Interview: didnt have one

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: good ec’s, essays and recco’s were good, school grades
[] Weaknesses: SATs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: presented a good overall consistent profile
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: till now- UCLA, UVA(McIntire) and Babson…

[/ul]General Comments:

CANNOT BELIEVE I GOT IN! still waiting on a few others but this definitely takes the pressure off the other decisions

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