<p>Decision: Accepted MCS Decision: Waitlisted CIT and SCS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260- 800 Math 720 CR 740 W
[</em>] ACT: 35 Composite 35 English 35 Math 33 Reading 35 Science
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II 710 Physics 700 U.S 660 WH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/202 top 10% (not very competitive class)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4) English Language (4) U.S History (4) Physics B (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics AP PHysics C: Mechanics AP English Literature AP Physics C: E&M AP Calculus BC
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensselaer Medalist, AMC 12 School Winner, All county band
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic League 9-12 (Captain) Math League 9-12 (Captain) Concert Band 9-11 Jazz Band 11-12 NHS 11-12 English Honor society 10-12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Supermarket for almost 2 years now
[<em>] Essays: Good. Accidentally left “Cornell University” in a sentence in my supplement essay -_-
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t Read
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/white
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, course rigor, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades, class rank not in top 5%
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn’t visit the school or have an interview and CMU apparently considers applicant interest.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Cornell University CoE, SUNY Buffalo Honors.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:Congratulations to everyone admitted! To everyone else: don’t be too sad. CMU is extremely competitive you have nothing to be ashamed of. It’s down to RPI and CMU for me. If CMU can match or offer me something close to what RPI offered me, then CMU is for me </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 760 M 760 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Maths 2 - 800, Physics - 800, Chem - 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won a couple of national level quiz bowls?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quizbowl society (president), school soccer and table tennis team, some more stuff, too lazy to list.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Must have been decent I guess.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores, GPA, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Maybe essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea lol
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accept: UIUC, UT AUSTIN, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, GeogiaTech
Rejected: MIT</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2310 Highest Combined, breakdown 790M, 780CR, 740W
SAT IIs: 790Chem, 770MathII
GPA: UW 3.7, W 4.23
Rank: school doesn’t rank
AP: Chem (4), Bio (4) Physics, Calc this year
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: well written but not particularly exciting
Teacher Recs:hopefully good
Counselor Rec:hopefully good</p>
<p>Other Factors:Winner of 4 State Science Olympiad medals, All-State orchestra, member and on Board of school Science Team
Hook (if any):none that I can think of, just one of thousands of worthy kids hoping for a shot
Location/Person:
State or Country:MA
School Type: Very competitive Public
Ethnicity:W
Gender:M</p>
<p>Reflections: My test scores are more impressive than my GPA, so I was unsure how it would play out. I love the school, and think it’d be a good fit for me. But it’s hellishly expensive, and I don’t want my folks to have to shell out more than they can afford, or to go into huge debt for undergrad. Accepted to Brandeis, U Wisconsin, UPitt (Honors), UVermont (Honors), UMass (Honors), waiting on Michigan</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2 760 Physics 770 Chem 800
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: grade system (A for every subject)
[<em>] Rank:Top 5%
[</em>] Competitions/Prizes: some math competitions, college level physics courses
[li] Other stats: drama and debate activities</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i think it was quite good
[</em>] CMU Supplement: probably one of my best supp essays
[<em>] Teacher Recs: should be great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not too good since I was not close to counselor
[<em>] Hook (if any): female?
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Application (ED/RD?): RD</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Advice/Reflection: General Comments:</p>
<p>If you are on the waitlist like I am, you should pretty much give up. Last year they put 5,000 students on the waitlist and 70 eventually were admitted. </p>
<p>Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? Yes No
If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2011 admissions:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 5,003
Number accepting a place on the waiting list <em>642</em>___
Number of wait-listed students admitted <strong>6</strong>_</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M, 730 CR, 710 W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Maths IIC, 740 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry, Calculus BC, Physics C Mech, Microeconomics, English Lit and Comp. All senior year.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Look Up
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Author of two books, Guitar (3 years), MUN (2 years).
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours of Red Cross Service.
[<em>] Essays: “The best I’ve ever seen” - My counselor who was an adcom at Barnard
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good
[</em>] Interview: Very Good - Interviewer is teacher at my school.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Belgium
[</em>] School Type: International, Private.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Full Pay</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, SAT? (CIT), Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT? ( )
[<em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: Don’t know, can’t say.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: GTech, UCLA and UCSD. Rejected at MIT and Caltech.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Bleh. Going to apply Priority Waitlist.</p>
<p>Just wanted to know if others were also invited to participate in either the Quantitative Social Science Scholars Program or the Science & Humanities Scholars Program? And are these invite-only or open to everyone - if anyone knows? Thanks :)</p>
<p>Also, has everyone received their admissions packets in the mail already? Congratulations to all those accepted!</p>
<p>According to the Common Data Set posted on the CMU site, they took 6 students off the waitlist last year from 642 that placed themselves on the wait list.</p>
<p>Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 642</p>
<p>Number of wait-listed students admitted: 6 </p>
<p>I totally agree, placing 5000 on a waitlist is utterly ridiclous.</p>
<p>I’d suspect that most people who got rejected from a school are not invested in the thread any more and don’t necessarily want to share the news. I’m sure there are plenty of people who were rejected, especially those who applied only to SCS or CIT.</p>
<p>For those of you who got accepted, did they post your financial aid letter online yet? They haven’t posted mine, but I have an unfulfilled financial aid requirement that I emailed them about some time ago and never heard back about: waiving my CSS noncustodial parent profile.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1740
[</em>] ACT:24
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Enrolled in full IB diploma programme. Will test in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: " "
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (Leader for 3 years), LitMag, Enviorothon, Girls Inc. HOBY, gardening club, Students Run: Philly Style, FutureDocs @ Jefferson Medical College
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 75 hours each year as an IB requirement
[<em>] Summer Activities: 1 summer at Rosemont College, 2 summers at Villanova University
[</em>] Essays: Great. Very CMU specific
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great, very personal.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Great, very personal
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Interview with admissions officer: amazing. Interview with alumni: Great</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public, magnet. Urban
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $18K (very low)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I attended Diversity Weekend - was able to network</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Coursework and extra curricular
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I demonstrated immense interest in Carnegie Mellon
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admitted: Arcadia, LaSalle, St, John’s, St. Joe’s, UMiami, Elizabethtown, Mary Baldwin. Waitlisted: Drexel University. Rejected: Boston College</p>
<p>Good luck to all who got accepted. And hope you get multiple acceptance from other top universities and thinking to go other one so my son has a chance to get in:)</p>
<p>Kidding aside, grats. I know it is very hard this year.</p>
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