***Official Carnegie Mellon 2017 Results Thread***`

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Decision: Accepted to CFA Architecture RD !!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math 740 CR (1520) 780 Writing (2300)
SAT II: 800 chemistry, 780 Math II, 790 History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top of the class probs?
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AB Calc (5), Chemistry (5), Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Italian, AP Econ, AP BC Calc, AP Physics, Honors English, Honors Western Civ, Fine Arts
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Women’s Society of Engineers Math and Science, other little science and history things, NHS</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Italian Honor Society (President), Cross Country (Varsity Letter and a couple of awards), Track, Newspaper (editor, illustrator), Jersey Shore Science League (captain), Math team, History Bowl Team, Art Club at Library, classical pianist
Job/Work Experience: nada!
Volunteer/Community service: thrift shop that donates to charity (120 hrs), tutoring (30+ hours), farm/park volunteer (30+ hrs), Library Midterm Tutor (3 hrs lol)
Summer Activities: volunteering, cross country, architecture design camp at NJIT
Essays: probably good, very passionate about architecture
Teacher Recommendation: probably fantastic</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female </p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: grades, scores, essay
Weaknesses: EC’s laaaame
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs baby
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UT Austin, RPI, VTech, Pratt, Tulane, NJIT, and dont ask why but i applied for economics to Wellesley (accepted) and UChicago (waitlist)</p>

<p>General Comments:
this isnt happening! and good luck to those rejected/waitlisted! enjoy your life!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (CIT)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (660 CR, 720 M, 780 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34 CR, 36 M, 36 E, 30 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math 2 / 780 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), Lit (tbd), Calc (tbd), Psych (tbd), Gov (tbd)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Intro to Engineering, Honors Spanish 4, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, Latin 1, AP Psych, Theology 4
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): STEM Club (site webmaster), Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam (Administrative Lead and grant proposal author), Quiz Bowl, Wikia.com (Bureaucrat), article published in “The Physics Teacher” (Co-Author)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: School Student-Work program (one semester / year), Jimmy John’s (8 hours / week)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 30 total hours, but I forgot to even include this in my applications
[</em>] Summer Activities: (2012) Research Internship at a local University’s EECS Dept. building and testing artificial neurons, Jimmy John’s (15 hours / week)
[<em>] Essays: My personal essay made all of its editors tear up. My supplement essay was alright, I guess. I tried to be really specific about what I like about CMU and why I wanted to attend there, but I certainly feel it was not one of the best things I’ve written.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I had two that were absolutely phenomenal, one from my AP Literature teacher and the other from my Physics teacher and STEM Club advisor.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Honestly, I don’t know.
[</em>] Interview: I had an alumni interview, and my interviewer said I asked great questions and that he thought I’d be a marvelous fit! Oh man, and my mom had her baker friend make these adorable little scotty dog and tartan square cookies.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Charter Art School (F/S), Private Catholic All-Girls (J/S)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Income Bracket: lower middle</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: academic history (haven’t had a B since fifth grade), course load, recommendations, interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: supplemental essay, volunteer work
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Case Western Reserve University (a), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (a), Drexel University (a), Northwestern University (w), Cornell University (tbd)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I received notice on Thursday that I was waitlisted to Northwestern and started to get really worried about what CMU was going to say. Not going to lie, I started screaming after I read my letter. CMU is my top choice and it’s pretty likely that I’ll be joining the freshman class at Carnegie if my financial aid is doable! Good luck to all other RD applicants!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (720R, 750M, 750W)
ACT: -
SAT II: 780 US History, 670 Physics, 640 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish. 4.3 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/182
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in AP Calc, APUSH, AP Euro. 4s in AP Physics B, AP Lit
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP World History, Dual Enrollment English, Spanish 3, Art 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team Captain, Cappies Lead Critic, GSA Vice President, Theatre set design, Engineering Internship
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at a local art center for Kids Summer Camps for the past 5 years, Beta, NHS, Peer Tutoring
Summer Activities: College tours, taking care of my grandmother, blah blah
Essays: I thought they were decent.
Teacher Recommendation: Ok I think? I don’t think they would sabotage me.
Counselor Rec: She loves me.
Additional Rec: One from an art teacher.
Interview: - </p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, GPA, art-related EC’s
Weaknesses: SAT IIs, lack of art awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied for the BXA program and was waitlisted for science and rejected for design. I guess my art sucks?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Macalester College and Bryn Mawr</p>

<p>General Comments: This was a blow… I’m now definitely expecting rejections from my other schools (all Ivies)</p>

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (780 CR, 730 M, 770 W)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 Korean/ 720 Math 2/ 700 USH/ 700 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (3), Calc AB (5), Bio (4), APUSH (4), Psych (tbd), Gov (tbd), Lit (tbd), Stats (tbd)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, HP Physics (weighted course), AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Gov/Econ P
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar with Honors, Girls State delegate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Non Profit founder, Red Cross (president for 2 years, treasurer for 1), State Assembly Campaign (Student Intern Coordinator), Lincoln-Douglas Debate (Captain 2 years), Hospital volunteer for 2 years, Ameriprise (intern), Soccer (played 11 years, Varsity), Ambassador for the Presidential Youth Council campaign
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: a lot…
Summer Activities: Intern for Senator Feinstein
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: My AP Language teacher loves me, and so does my AP Bio teacher
Counselor Rec: Honestly, I don’t know. Our counselors usually send the same letters for each student…
Interview: n/a
Other
State: California
School Type: Public, but have to test to get in. #1 Public school in California
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: female
Income Bracket: lower middle
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, my common app essays, and I think the rec letter from my AP Language teacher
Weaknesses: supplemental essay, GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wash U (w), Northwestern (r), Rice (r), Northeastern (a), Boston College (w)
General Comments:
I’m so thankful to have gotten in! I still can’t believe this is real! I’m GOING TO COLLEGE!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted ED - Tepper</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 800 CR, 800 W (1570/2370)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Literature, 780 Math II, 700 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (?)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): took like seven prior to senior year. all 4s and 5s.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Latin, AP Chem, AP Gov, Wind Ensemble
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mediocre. editor for school paper, played clarinet for eight years and vocal music for eleven.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours of volunteering @ local hospital.
[<em>] Summer Activities: the beach.
[</em>] Essays: very, very good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good. teachers knew me personally.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good as well because she had to write it for the national merit thingy, too, and since getting more finalists makes the school look good, i’m pretty sure she wrote a good one.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none.
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: wealthy public school.
[<em>] Ethnicity: azn.
[</em>] Gender: female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, test scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lame extra-curriculars.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: applied ED, had a 2370, and i’m a girl.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: meow.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: my GPA (on a scale out of 100) was four points lower than the average accepted applicant’s from my high school. granted, that could be because i go to a highly competitive public school and people mostly apply as a safety or to SCS. but anyway, if this is your top choice, go for it and apply ED. i really doubt that i would’ve gotten in RD to Tepper. i’m super pumped for next year!</p>

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<p>Posting on behalf of my son.</p>

<p>We just received the fat packet - we are on the west coast.
He is admitted at Tepper and Waitlisted for Computer Science.</p>

<p>We will post the scores/stats later.</p>

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<p>Of the people who posted so far, most of them who were accepted regular decision for more technical colleges seem to be female. This makes sense b/c of the low f to m ratio in these colleges, but makes me very, very nervous</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 29- 33M, 27S, 30E, 26R, 10E
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Chem, 670 ML1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8 (93/100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/241
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc, AP Govt, AP Eng Lit, Robotics, Psychology, Spanish 4, Sociology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Technology Entry Program (Student Ambassador + Science Bowl Team Captain), Robotics Club (President 11/12), FIRST robotics (Student rep 11/12), Science Club (President 11/12), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (President 12), Marching Band (Treasurer 11)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting for 3 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Medical Explorers
[<em>] Summer Activities: E2@MIT, CURIE Academy
[</em>] Essays: Thought my essays were actually good. Ah well
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good/Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (Upstate)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <30K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, QuestBridge, female
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Subjective Stuff
[<em>] Weaknesses: Numbers.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SO surprised, especially about SCS.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell (likely), Amherst (Early Write), UVa, Haverford and Wellesley. Rejected at MIT, UChicago, Rice, and Northwestern. Waitlisted at Colorado College, Bowdoin, Notre Dame, Bryn Mawr, and Grinnell.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I would LOVE to go, but I heard CMU’s aid isn’t the best and I can’t choose Carnegie when I basically have a full ride at Cornell. </p>

<p><33 Carnegie <33</p>

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<p>i am male,applied for SCS and i am fearful…</p>

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<p>Got into SCS, RD.
Check my posts if you want to see my stats and stuff, but basically…
Asian male, 2360, 800x3
Science research, SSP, lots of music</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (CFA)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (690 CR, 740 M, 740 W)
ACT: 34 (31 CR, 34 M, 35 E, 36 S)
SAT II: 780 Math 2C / 730 Physics / 800 Korean
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 out of 600
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang. Comp. (4), Calculus BC (5), Euro (4), Art History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP Eng. Lit., AP Gov, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing much, really. if AP Scholar with Honor counts</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Operation Smile Club (President and Founder), NHS, Korean Club, Piano
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at Aquarium of the Pacific, church VBS, Big Brothers and Big Sisters mentor
Summer Activities: nothing much really… if traveling counts haha
Essays: My common app essay was pretty good. My supplements were basically crap though.
Teacher Recommendation: I’m sure that the one from my Calc teacher was good, but I’m not sure about the one from my AP Comp teacher. He was reluctant to write me one but I had to beg him. I don’t really know my GC in a personal level at all but I’m hoping it was good.
Interview: No interview</p>

<p>Other
State: California
School Type: General public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: lower middle</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Courseload, Midterm grades (5.0)
Weaknesses: supplemental essay, leadership experience, SAT score
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Northeastern University (a), Rensselaer (a), Rice University (r), Case Western (w), WUSTL (w)
General Comments:
I was not expecting this at ALL. I was sure I would get rejected because of my horrible supplemental essay.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Humanities & Social Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (M 740, W 700, CR 630)
ACT: 33
SAT II: 800 Math II, 650 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 110/430
AP (place score in parenthesis): MEHAP 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, Calc BC AP, English 4 Honors, Civics/Econ, Jazz Dance, Film, Design, AVID Tutor
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): physics award last year</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tutoring, Best Buddies Club, theatre, competitive hip hop dance
Volunteer/Community service: Best Buddies, little brothers, tutoring
Summer Activities: not much
Essays: Talked about how I’m left and right brained. Pretty unique.
Teacher Recommendation: Really good</p>

<p>Other
State: California
School Type: General public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: Middle Upper</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, Personality
Weaknesses: GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NYU (a), Northeastern (a), Harvard (deferred EA), Barnard (r), Wellesley (r), USF (a), UCSD (wait listed)
General Comments:
I’m very surprised…I clearly don’t have as high of scores as you all!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted CIT (ChemE/BioE)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710cr/800m/640w, 1510/2150
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 690 physics, 750 mathII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.64
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (section leader), Wind Ensemble, Science Olympiad, SciNHS, NHS, FrenchNHS, MathLeague
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: sleep? summer AP assignments
[<em>] Essays: Fantastic
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Big ole’ public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Pitt, BU, Rutgers, NEU, Rochester, CWRU, Rejected: MIT</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Now to wait on finaid</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - CFA SoA</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690M 780CR 660W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 560PHY 660MII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): –
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): –
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry (first in freshman series), Cryptography, Intro to Folklore, Digital Media Composition, Motion Capture Experimentation (grad lvl), Animation (grad lvl), Vis Effects (grad lvl), Programming w/ Max/MSP/Jitter (grad lvl) [all taken at fairly large local university]
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics (Head of Animation), Varsity Swimming, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Cheerleading
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Teaching assistant for an intro computer science class @ local university, programming assistant for motion capture lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: I tutored a bunch of kids!
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about being a mascot!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two of my profs, both of which I’ve worked for
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was lovely, my counselor and I get along well
[<em>] Additional Rec: –
[</em>] Interview: Had an alumni interview over Skype that went well, I ended up getting a double interview during my on-campus portfolio review.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): –
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): --</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: PORTFOLIO, having some real-time motion capture experiments really helped! :slight_smile:
[</em>] Weaknesses: I am terrible on paper! I love that CFA has a portfolio-based admissions as opposed to a more traditional one, it definitely saved me! I was rejected from SCS for obvious reasons (terribad SAT scores, haha)!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: If you’re applying to school of art, make sure your portfolio is the best representation of yourself and your artistic interests! Before my senior year I had only ever taken one art class, and it was much more CS-bent than traditional classes. Don’t be afraid to make unconventional choices when it comes to putting your portfolio together, that’s what they want to see! (:</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040: 710w, 700m, 630r :
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 750 math ii, 730 phys, 690 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10% class of 310
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov (3) AP Lang (4) AP Calc AB (5) AP Phys (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Spanish, (Also taking AP Mus Theory independent study)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (1st chair 10-12, percussion captain 12), Math Honor Society (president 12), National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Quill and Scroll Honor Society (journalism), School Newspaper (editor 10-12), Chinese club (historian)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Dairy Queen (cashier/cook), Christ United Methodist Church (musician)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: CAMP JOY every summer (spending a week rebuilding houses for free)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: okay but not great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2, I thought they were both very nice
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never read it but presumably very nice
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <20k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT II, courseload
[</em>] Weaknesses: everything else I guess…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just not good enough…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: Salisbury U, Towson U, University of North Texas, UMD, UMBC, Drexel; waitlist: Georgia Tech; rejected: soon to be Duke, Cornell, Dartmouth, Stanford, I guess…</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Looks like I wasn’t nearly as qualified as I thought I was…congrats to the accepted…</p>

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<p>Decided not to be afraid to post being denied so people like me can empathize/sympathize/whichever word is correct.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Major: computer science</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): total 2320
math - 760
cr - 800
writing - 760
[</em>] ACT: 34, did not send score.
[<em>] SAT II:

  • chem 800
  • math 2 800
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we do ours out of 100, mine is currently 94.7040, think it was a bit higher when I applied. weighted GPA is 105.0950 also out of 100…
    [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6
    [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): chemistry (5), biology (5), english 11 (4), computer science (5), us history (5), calculus AB (5)
    [<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
    AP Government
    AP English 12
    AP Statistics
    AP Calculus BC
    AP Psychology
    Concert band
    Advanced java concepts
    [<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCWIT women in computing award national runner-up, NCWIT local award (pa^3), UPenn PClassic competition 1st place 2012 (it’s a team programming contest), national merit scholarship finalist, other awards just for getting good grades I can’t remember anymore.
    [/ul]Subjective:[ul]
    [</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
    Poetry club (leader 2 yrs starting 11th grade)
    Concert band (clarinet)
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience:
    Kumon learning center, started summer 2012
    Meadowood retirement community… didn’t last long but put the few months on my app anyway.
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
    Community library, 2hrs/wk 3 years.
    [<em>] Summer Activities:
  • university bio lab in china
    [</em>] Essays: why I love computer science. what I like about cmu.
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation: computer science teacher, 11th grade english teacher (who sponsors the poetry club I run)
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: yes? I thought I wasn’t allowed to read any of my recommendations.
    [<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
    [</em>] Interview: during sleeping bag weekend (I attended!) I was interviewed by an admissions counselor. she didn’t ask me many creative questions, mostly just stuff like what grades you have, what you do in school, do you have siblings and how old are they. I managed to impress her with those stats though and she told me that she’s be surprised if I didn’t get in. near the end of the interview when she asked if there was anything else, I told her why I thought I would fit in at carnegie mellon based on the university’s philosophy and atmosphere and educational rep and ideals. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: I actually dunno… middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): er… female? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: high gpa and test scores. having varied extracurriculars- community service, jobs, and club. I had only one club but I think being the leader of it made it seem okay. Also I really think being passionate and expressing it in your app goes a long way.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I only had one club, lol. And I still feel like I haven’t gotten enough awards specific to my passions. Like, I should have done more than just one or two coding contests. I could have gone for poetry contests, music contests (I play piano, clarinet, and recently oboe), I definitely should have done AMCs or other math contests… I just always hated competition :confused:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had impressive grades, scores, and extracurriculars, I showed passion for both the school and my major in my application. I gave reasons not just expressing my deep passion for computer science but I also incorporated everything I knew about CMU to say why I would like it there and fit in (for instance, their emphasis on their interdisciplinary philosophy, and diversity)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Waitlisted: MIT
Accepted: Penn state, Pittsburgh, University of washington, UIUC, Cornell
will edit when I hear from my other schools… heh</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I probably will choose CMU so please, PM me if you would like to connect. :slight_smile: In fact PM me for any reason, I’m trying to become more social.
Advice for those future applicants: work hard and do a lot of things, but most of all find your passion and show it. also, pay attention to the school, what the school values, and this way you can make your essay fit the school very well showing that you have researched them well and you have real reasons for thinking you’d be good for the school, not just “it has good comp sci I’ve heard”.</p>

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<p>I always liked looking at these and they helped me so much to ease my anxiety, so I figured I’d post one of my own :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Tepper and Joint Economics Program (DC+Tepper)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 750, Physics: 800, US History: 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.83 [Weighted: 4.42] – This is my senior year GPA. My weighted was around a 4.31 prior to this.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -/850
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Calc BC, AB subscore, Physics B, Euro, Micro, and Macro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP-weighted and 1 honors-weighted
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community Events Director of Interact Club, active FBLA Member (placed in regions/states for Economics), Varsity Tennis, Advanced String Ensemble
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 200 hours with local EMTs and hospitals
[<em>] Summer Activities: Wrote an independent paper on stocks (not published) and went to an ivy college summer program and took a business course (came first in the class, got a college-credit A+ from an ivy, also got a GREAT rec from my teacher)
[</em>] Essays: Very displeased with my common app essay (I’m honestly really bad at writing essays and it took me so many tries to come up with the essay I ended with. It wasn’t that great of an essay to be honest, but I was so fed up with it that I just handed it in). My Carnegie essay was decent… kind of generic but I definitely knew what I was talking about and it backed up whatever information I presented in my app.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: From my Econ and Euro teachers - both knew me in an out of school context.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I go to a really big school, so she hardly knew me as a person. She actually disliked me a lot because we had a few arguments over my classes.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Rec from my summer program teacher. It was AMAZING.
[</em>] Interview: -</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing at all</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I had a REALLY strong upward trend in my grades. My Freshman year GPA was a 3.82 weighted. After that every year became increasingly more solid, including As in all of my AP classes - I got all As my senior year. I took a few classes in business at my school and did took two business summer program courses as well. Also, I continuously reinforced my passion for business in my application.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays were just decent, nothing special - they probably didn’t hurt me, but I seriously doubt they helped me. Also, my GPA is kinda low (especially before my senior year GPA was added in)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t really think there were many other reasons. As far as passion for CMU, I tried to show it into my essay but I didn’t have much to support my cause. Wasn’t invited for an interview and visited only once. I think my app was pretty strong as a whole, minus my common app essay.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: We’ll see later this week :)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m pretty happy about this and I’ll definitely be considering CMU. Honestly, this whole college application process has been a grind. I hate the fact that college letters want us to sum up ourselves in just a few words and statistics which will determine where we will go for the next four years of our lives. It was even harder for me since I’m not a great writer and my stats were not necessarily reflective of my intelligence (as my freshman year GPA definitely hindered me). But what I’ve learned from this whole process is you need to take advantage of the fact that you’re being asked to bundle yourself into a small packet that is being sent to every college you apply to. Make every word count and truly show that you’re passionate. In my case, I’ll admit that my essays were borderline generic so I didn’t show much passion for CMU, despite how much I wanted to get in. Still, I was able to show my passion for BUSINESS and ECONOMICS - that’s really what matters. Good luck to anyone who’s reading this and who is planning on applying to CMU.</p>

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<p>“I’m trying to become more social.” R u one of those quiet but ridiculusly smart girls who sticks to herself…</p>

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<p>I haven’t done one of these before but hey, why not?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (SCS & CIT ECE)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M/800W/740R = 2340
[</em>] SAT II: Physics (800), Math II (800)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Spanish Language, Chemistry
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): United States Senate Youth Program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish club (president), Fifth grade mentoring (co-coordinator), Relay For Life (team captain), Combat robotics (have built and competed since I was eight), Golf team (co-captain), Class VP, Student body representative to school board, Math team (co-captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Web development intern at a local corporation
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, tutoring peers
[</em>] Summer Activities: Golf and internships
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay was about my first robot fight. Probably made it seem like I am into robots and science. 9/10 My CMU essay, apparently, was effective. I liked it. 9/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Only saw one. Both probably like 8/10.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She doesn’t know me very well. 6/10
[</em>] Additional Rec: CEO of the company I interned at for two years wrote it. I got to see it; it was awesome. 10/10
[li] Interview: Went okay–I was a little over-prepared and didn’t realize it was more informational than evaluative. 6/10</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: WASP
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $100-200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Love for robotics, science and computers.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of AP classes and major awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Love for what I applied into, high school grades/scores to back it up.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT, Caltech, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, RPI
Waitlisted: Harvey Mudd College, UCLA
Denied: Stanford REA</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m honored. CMU’s CS program is on par with MIT’s and I have family in Pennsylvania.</p>