Official Carnegie Mellon Class of 2020 ED Results

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Thought I’d start this since decisions will be rolling in soon. Results only please! Discussion can go in the other thread.

Copy, paste, and good luck!
[noparse]
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:[/noparse]

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Ignore this post

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Decision: Accepted CIT ECE

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Not Submitted
ACT: 34
SAT II: 760 Math 2, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo 5, Comp Sci A 5, Spanish Lang 5, Bio 4, Stats 4, US History 4, US Government 4, Physics 1 3, English Lang 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Micro & Macro Econ, Independent Research in Comp Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded website with an iPhone app that has over 10 million views, founded local programming competition, created sports analytics website for the sport I was recruited for, recruited athlete.
Job/Work Experience: Internship at local internet company.
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing notable.
Summer Activities: Internship at local internet company.
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recommendation: Two submitted, both very strong. One english teacher, one comp sci teacher.
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: None
Interview: On campus. Went really well. My interviewer also happened to be a coach of the sport I was being recruited for. Seemed like we really hit it off.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited Athlete

Reflection

Strengths: Being a recruited athlete made the process super easy, and I knew of my acceptance three weeks early!
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Swimming, and hard work throughout HS with extreme focus on my hobbys.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else early, so I will never know.

General Comments: Super excited to be going to CMU!!!

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Ayyy welcome to ECE yo, hit me up with any questions!

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Decision: Accepted SCS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2270
ACT: DNT
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Phy
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/560
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s, like 20 AP exams (yes, 20)
IB (place score in parenthesis): DNT
Senior Year Course Load: Music Theory (AP) Economics (AP) Government (AP), Spanish (AP) ,Linear Algebra, Calculus III (above BC) English Lit (AP)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME (scored 7), BPA National Software Engineering
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Programming (BPA SET), Math (AIME)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society
Summer Activities: Watched Game of Thrones :stuck_out_tongue:
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: Did not see
Counselor Rec: Did not see
Additional Rec:
Interview: Did do, interviewer said great.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, really ghetto
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <20k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Math and CS
Weaknesses: no work
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

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Decision: Accepted SCS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 770/800/710
ACT: None
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): B+ out of A max
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): CS(5), Chem(5), Calc BC(5), Physics C(5+5), German(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Complex Analysis/English/Macroeconomics/Digital Electronics/Intro Biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computing Club(co-head), Chess Club(co-head)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching local children programming
Summer Activities: Not significant
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Science very good, Humanities decent.
Counselor Rec: Unknown
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Decent

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private prep school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses: bad grades and no work
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Demonstrated interest for computer science.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted University of Toronto

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Decision: Rejected from SCS

Objective:

ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Physics, 760 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/~450
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Computer Science (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Calc BC(self studied 5), AP Stats (5), AP Physics 1(5), AP Physics 2(4), AP Physics C E&M(self studied 5), AP Physics C Mech (self studied 5), AP Microeconomics (5), AP US Gov (5), AP World History (3), AP Bio (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Independent study of linear algebra, AP Psych, AP Chem, AP English Lit and Comp
Achievements: Gold division USACO, AIME qualifier, national cybersecurity competition top 12, Won several local programming competitions and placed high in many online ones. Won 1st place in a hackathon. Won 2nd place in state math meets. NMS semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: President/founder of programming club, teach karate - 2nd degree black belt. Programming lead for FRC team. Co-Captain for state ARML math team
Job/Work Experience: Freelance development
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer in local political campaigns, soup kitchen service
Summer Activities: Research in computational biology at Johns Hopkins
Essays: Pretty darn good imo
Teacher Recommendation: Definitely very good
Counselor Rec: Not sure, but she liked me a lot
Additional Rec: Got a recommendation from the professor i worked under @ JHU, she had very good things to say
Interview: I think it went pretty well. Not exceptional but better than average interview.

Other:

State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

Strengths: Lot of passion for CS… high test scores and good recommendations
Weaknesses: not the best Q1 senior year grades. (2 A, 1 A-, and a B, as opposed to usually A+s and As)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly not sure. guess the applicant pool was just better than me
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from caltech. Havent gotten anything else back yet

General Comments:

I was in love with CMU… really upset to get flat out rejected. I’ve been obsessed with CS for the past 6 years and wanted to go here

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Decision: Accepted to CMU Mellon College of Science for Mathematics!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 Math, 780 Writing, 670 Critical Reading)
ACT: 31, but did not submit
SAT II: 800 Math, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Class doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Chemistry (4), Calc AB (5), Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Multivariable Calculus, Language Arts 4 Honors, 4th Year of Orchestra, AP Government and Comparative Politics, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar with Honor, won High Honors three consecutive years in a Viola competition (both awards aren’t that significant however)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Played Viola since 4th Grade, Member of a FIRST Robotics team since 10th grade (Leader 11th and 12th grade), Debate Club first two years of High School, Math Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Softball and Baseball Little League Umpire- 2 years. The unique portion of my application I feel, I wrote my common app essay based on my experiences as an umpire.
Volunteer/Community service: A lot of community service all over the place, however the hours weren’t documented because it was all with my Robotics team
Summer Activities: Took American Studies 1 and Geometry Honors over two separate summers
Essays: Common App and Supplements were fantastic (at least 9/10- I spent a lot of time on them)
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Not sure, I think it was solid
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None, but I did visit the campus

Other:

Domestic Applicant
School Type: Public, however it is VERY competitive (a bit more than 10% of each graduating class goes to Top 15 colleges, it’s absolutely insane for a public school)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection:

Strengths: Weighted GPA, Subject Tests
Weaknesses: Lack of ECs/Leadership Roles, Low(ish) UW GPA, Somewhat low SAT 1 CR score
Why you think you were accepted: My stats are generally pretty good. Also, as I said before, I feel my essays were really strong.

General Comments: Go Tartans!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective: CIT MechE

SAT I (breakdown): 800CR/730W/700M/2230C
ACT: did not take
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 690 Physics (lol), 610 Chemistry (LOL), 750 Bio E, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75UW/4.35W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP US History (5), AP English Lang (5- self study), AP World History (5- self study), AP Physics C Mech (4- self study), AP US Gov (3- self study)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Micro & Macro Economics, AP Biology, Ceramics, Leadership, Multicultural Literature, Marketing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, just minor stuff like Letter of Commendation & AP Scholar with Distinction and some local things (NCS Scholar Athlete, Cross Country JV MVP/Top Runner, etc.)
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country (4 years), Track (3 years so far), Student government (Freshman VP, Sophomore President, ASB Treasurer, ASB President- current), local community service club (4 years- 1 year as VP of Technology to build the website and stuff)
Job/Work Experience: Accounting assistant for local hydroponic farm (current), tutor (current), youth soccer referee (past)
Volunteer/Community service: Mostly things through the club and student government class, pretty typical stuff like fundraisers, canned food drives, blood drives, Adopt A Family, etc. (over 400 hours total)
Summer Activities: JHU CTY Online Distance Ed (AP English Lang and Comp) after freshman year, CalPoly SLO Engineering Possibilities in College after freshman year, AP Computer Science A through Florida Virtual High School after sophomore year, internship at the hydroponic farm after junior year
Essays: Common App (8.5/10) Stereotypical writing about culture, but all my teachers liked it and I spent a lot of time on it
Supplemental (6/10) Very business-like, didn’t show my personality much, but my college counselor said I should write it like that so I trust her
I also have some unique hobbies (lots of crafting stuff) and I submitted a page full of pictures of that as my resume.
Teacher Recommendation: Student gov teacher (9/10) Great letter of rec, I got to read it :slight_smile:
Honors Physics teacher (???) I really have no idea, but I did really well in his class
Counselor Rec: did not submit
Additional Rec: did not submit
Interview: Nope because I’m awk af

Other

State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public (3,000+)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female in engineering?

Reflection
I still can’t believe it…Holding out in case they made a mistake. Looking back, I wish that I had kept up my GPA. If I did, I would have been much less stressed. So keep up your grades!

Strengths: SAT score, leadership, Common App essay, female?
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II scores in science subjects
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere, gotta withdraw all my apps now! (Bummer though, I really liked my UC application).

General Comments: AHHHH SO EXCITED STILL IN DISBELIEF

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Accepted to CFA

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT: 30
SAT II: Chem 760, Math II C 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): no predicted scores yet.
Senior Year Course Load: All IB courses: Chemistry HL, Econ HL, Visual Arts HL, Math SL, Eng Lang&Lit SL, Spanish B SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Science Olympiad - Chemistry gold medal, couple other national science competitions… and Scholastic arts award.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Film (member), Food committee (head), Design crew (member), theatre set crew (head), science club (member), NK defectors club (treasurer), first chair violin
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Key club, help NK defectors, Food committee - soup kitchen, etc.
Summer Activities: working on my design portfolio…
Essays: decent common app but pretty good why CMU essay
Teacher Recommendation: I wanna say really good
Counselor Rec: Pretty sure it was good.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Really wanted to couldn’t.

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Korea
School Type: International
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Art /Chemistry
Weaknesses: ACT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Portfolio and recommendations and maybe why CMU essay too.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:[/noparse]

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I must be missing something - where do I view my decision notification?? The “Where Am I in the Process” link isn’t working for me.

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Decision: Rejected from CIT ECE

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (650 Reading, 770 Math, 660 Writing)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 M2, 760 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US (3), AP Chem (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Bake Shop, Civics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Played violin since 3rd grade, Math Team for 4 years (Captain), E-Sports Club (Co-founder and Captain), Fencing for 3 years (2 yrs jv, 1 yr varsity), Computer Club for 4 years (Java and Blender teacher), online game project (artistic head for 2 years), 3 years in the All New England Orchestra, 3 years in Southern Regional Orchestra, 8 years with the local orchestra, 3 years with Technology Student Association and a lot of state-wide TSA awards
Job/Work Experience: Janitor
Volunteer/Community service: Food pantry for two summers, played violin at a retirement home for one summer
Summer Activities: Yale Young Scholars program, janitor at middle school
Essays: CMU Essay, a lot about my interests in creating things and my interest in creating things. Common App: very unconventional, I would think. I talked about a Super Smash Bros and explained my learning process using the game. I think I did quite well with it.
Teacher Recommendation: APUSH teacher, I had a B in her class, so the fact that she said yes to writing the letter must mean that she had something good to say about me. Pre-calc teacher (from junior year), math team coach all four years. I would think I got a really good rec from her.
Counselor Rec: Know her relatively alright.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Didn’t take one due to complications at home.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Just recently dropped down to low income due to only mother working.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: A lot of extracurriculars and leadership. Good SAT II scores.
Weaknesses: Subpar SAT I scores. Maybe not as good of a counselor rec.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None so far.

General Comments: I really wanted to get into CMU because of the interdisciplinary work between the arts and science that I often heard from my friends there. I guess I won’t have the chance at CMU. Eh.

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Decision: Accepted SCS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 770/760/690 (superschore)
ACT: None
SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA, IB predicted 41/42
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): Math HL: 7 Chem HL: 7 Geography HL: 7 English B SL: 7 Economics SL: 7 Chinese Literature SL: 6
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -High school modeling contest, meritorious -National Olympiad in Informatics in provinces, third prize
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):-Founder and president of school computer game making club
-Founder and president of school website making club, which made a forum for Chinese IB students-Pre-collge in CMU, NHS Game Academy-Co-developer of two websites-Other cs-related activities
Job/Work Experience:-Internship at a Chinese game compan
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: CMU Pre-college Game academy
Essays: PS: 7/10, Why CMU:9/10
Teacher Recommendation: Unknown
Counselor Rec: Unknown
Additional Rec:
Interview: Decent

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses: No major awards, Asian Male
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Demonstrated interest for computer science., summer school at CMU, interview, why essay
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A

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Decision: Accepted CIT

Objective: engineer

SAT I (breakdown): Reading (590), Writing (650), Math (720)
ACT:
SAT II: Math 2 (760), Physics (630)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): Physics HL (7), Math HL (6), English Lit HL (7), Art HL (7), History SL (5), Korean lang lit (6)
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS fundraising head
Job/Work Experience: babysitting, worked at DoDD (the military) as a civil engineer helper-outer type thing
Volunteer/Community service: a lot.
Summer Activities: reading marathons, summer job
Essays: really good, was full of who I was, who I aspired to become, while simultaneously being amazing writing.
Teacher Recommendation: these were great, my teachers wrote about improvement–lots of it
Counselor Rec: good/decent
Additional Rec:
Interview: good/decent

Other

State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: international school (private)
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: essay, extracurriculars, summer job (working at civil engineering sector of the military), high GPA
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they really liked my personality and my passion for what they had to offer as a school–it was amazing on both ends.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s ED.

General Comments: I really hope everyone else gets accepted too, don’t worry about SAT, worry about what your package looks like and what you’re passionate about–show your passions, your loves, detail-oriented personality, and/or the things that make you who you are. Good luck everybody!

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Decision:Accepted
Tepper School of Business
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 80/350 (top 20%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C Mechanics, Calc AB, Gov, English 11, Bio, English 12, Calc C
IB (place score in parenthesis):-
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:-

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Teacher Recommendation: I can’t see them so I’ll guess
English teach: 9/10
Math teach: 8/10
Theatre teach: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 6/10 I’ve spoken to him less than 10 times
Additional Rec:-
Interview: Yes

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female, ed

Strengths: Essays, ECs, rec
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded in general with a positive outlook

General Comments: don’t focus on numbers. Be the best person you can be!

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:CIT ECE

SAT I (breakdown):Did not take
ACT:34
SAT II:Math 800, Physics 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.74
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):Calculus BC 5, Physics B 5, Physics C E&M 4, Mechanics 5, English Literature and Composition 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None other than AP Scholar
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing much
Job/Work Experience:Internship at Tech Company, help built a Maker project
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Watched Anime
Essays:Main essay 8/10
Why CMU 7/10
Teacher Recommendation: Not very strong I suppose
Counselor Rec:Don’t know
Additional Rec:
Interview:It didn’t go very well because she doesn’t know much about what’s going on in the engineering department.

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):China
School Type:U.S Private Highschool
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m a rare specimen in that I’m an Asian male in Stem.

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores?
Weaknesses: Ethnicity, Lack of engineering related ECs, low GPA, no Nobel Prize
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe because I wrote a sloppy additional info, which made them think that my essays are over-furnished
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t know yet

General Comments: Well, I prepared for the worst so this is not too stunning. I thought that I have what it takes, strong math classes, self studied physics B, Build a 3D printer at home, etc. I even went to visit Campus and demonstrated interest. I guess they don’t need more Asian males in ECE.

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CFA School of Drama?? So you were accepted to CFA without having to do an in person portfolio review/interview???

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Hmmmm - CMU - If an applicant to engineering school gets in with much lower scores/grades than someone rejected to CFA it seems interview is weighted too much especially since how can you determine personality from one interview? Someone can interview great and easily be a nightmare mess to work with for four years - good luck with that!!

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whoops forgot to mention Varsity Tennis 9th and 10th grade. actually i think i forgot other stuff. oh well

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Decision: Accepted

Objective: Information Systems

SAT I (breakdown): 800CR / 800W / 710M / 2310C
ACT: did not take
SAT II: 780 World History, 640 Math 2 (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76-ish unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP World History (4), AP Chemistry (1…lmao), AP Human Geography (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Econ, AP Gov, English 4, AP Computer Science, Choir 2, PE 2, Philosophy, took Calc I (aka AB) at a community college during summer
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): club related to computers (founding member, treasurer, president), club related to the arts (founding member, treasurer), cross-country (1 year), swim (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: a lot of hours through Interact and CSF, some hours through outside organizations (continuous volunteering, that is)

Summer Activities:
Essays: really great imo. the why cmu supplement was all about the specific program i was applying to (IS), and the commonapp essay (world I come from) was about a nonconventional topic, hiphop music (I seriously didn’t want to be like every asian/indian student and write about muhculture/muhparents/muhupbringing). probably at least a 9 outta 10 for essays (based on what others who read my essay stated).
Teacher Recommendation: my AP Human Geo teacher who was one of the coaches when I was on the swim team, and a teacher I had for some random Comp. Tech elective freshman year who was also the advisor for that previously mentioned club I was president of. both glowing letters.
Counselor Rec: my school counselor wrote a really nice letter as well, he focused on my community involvement and character instead of academic stuff.
Additional Rec:
Interview: n/a, didn’t care enough

Other

State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public. 2000+ students.
Ethnicity: Asian/indian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle class but high enough to get completely f*cked in terms of chances of financial aid :confused:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection: Feels great to get into such a prestigious university. But now that I’ve gotten in I’m getting a little worried about things like student loans, the cost of going to CMU, and the fact that they don’t give any merit based aid (based on my SAT scores I would qualify for great scholarships at most other colleges).
Strengths: SAT score, essays, not applying to engineering/compsci wasn’t a strength but probably negated the disadvantage of my race/gender
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i’m great
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I already got accepted to Purdue and Saint Mary’s. the other schools I did EA to are probably gonna start rolling in now. and the UCs will come much later. Feels kinda weird though, this whole ED thing, now I don’t get to visit different colleges and choose which one I like the most. I probably should have done more research before doing ED lol but I’m gonna make the best out of this opportunity.