Official Carnegie Mellon University 2016 RD Results

skydragon8 · March 28, 2012, 8:55pm

Decision: Accepted by SCS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (superscore breakdown): 800 Math, 700 CR, 750 Writing, 8 Essay (total 2250)
[] ACT: 36 Math, 33 English, 30 Reading, 36 Science, 8 Essay (34 composite)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 (as of Start of Senior Year)
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.82 (as of Start of Senior Year)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics Mechanics (5), Physics E&M (5), Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), Chinese (5), US Gov’t (5), World History (4), Statistics (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5), Comp Science A (5), Chemistry (TBD), European History (TBD)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at school
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable calc & Differential Equations, Unix/Linux, Guitar, Honors English 12, AP Chemistry, AP European History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AIME, Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, Won 4 year scholarship at GWU math competition, University of Maryland Math Competition Honorable Mention
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Economics Challenge Club, 12th (Vice President/Co-Founder)
Math Team, 10th-12th
Math Honors Society, 11th-12th
National Honors Society, 12th
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked as an IT intern and made websites for a Beijing Bank for 7 weeks in the summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Teaching Assistant for Chinese School
Counselor- in-training for young children
Teen Court Juror
[] Summer Activities:
Used Linux and Macintosh to upload audio clips of Helen Keller’s autobio on the internet to helped people improve their English
Took Precalculus at University of Maryland
[] Essays: Above average, may contain grammar errors
[] Teacher Recommendation: My Economics Teacher gave me the “Economics student of the year” award, so his rec should be fine. Since I am one of the few in the school who bring back math awards, my math teacher should give me a decent rec.
[] Counselor Rec: Should be fairly decent; my counselor knows me I can’t say we are close
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went smoothly, although I think I screwed up one question[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public School, ~600 people in my grade
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~120-130K (my parents never tell me)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian male applying for Computer Science[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Showed interest in the school by doing the interview, taking a weekend to visit the damn school, and attending several info sessions. Also recs, # of APs, GPA.
[] Weaknesses: SAT reading & writing scores, lack of leadership, lack of USAMO-level awards, not having a 4.0, GPA drop during first semester Senior, not taking APs in freshman year, lack of work experiences, being Asian
[] Why you think you were accepted: Accidents Happen
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: GWU, UIUC, UMD College Park
Rejected: MIT

[/ul]General Comments:
Really pleased and surprised to get into my (after MIT rejection) top choice

jdrum12 · March 28, 2012, 11:18pm

Decision: Accepted @ IS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 1880 (630 M / 660 R / 590 W)
[] ACT: 28 (29 Verbal / 29 Math / 30 Sci / 26 Reading / 27 Writing)
[] SAT II: 700 Math II, 620 US History
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.3
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Gov, AP Comp Sci, Physics, English IV, Philosophy[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis): (Volleyball), (3D Design Club Founder/Treasurer), NHS, CSF, Campus Ministry
[] Community service: 80 hours at various places
[] Summer Activities: Volleyball took up most of my summers
[] Essays: Decent, one about volleyball and one about my affinity for technology
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably very good, we have a very close & friendly relationship
[] Counselor Rec: Could be anywhere from average to good
[li] Interview: I didn’t think I did so well (it was a little awkward and I wasn’t very confident). However, given my acceptance, maybe it went better than I thought.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (half Mexican, half white)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: +100k
[] Hooks: I guess being Hispanic helped. (I really didn’t have much else going for me)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My ethnicity is about all I can think of…
[] Weaknesses: Terribly low GPA, mid-low test scores, not much EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted: Ethnicity. My essays could have helped sway the decision in my favor as well.
[] Where else did you apply: Accepted to Penn State, Purdue, Baylor. Declined from all UC’s. Waitlisted at U of Miami.

[/ul]General Comments:
My family and I are all astonished, to say the least, at my admittance. As for advice for future applicants: I chose to apply to IS even though it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do. IS is one of the easiest departments to get in to, and I doubt I’d have been accepted to any other department. I’m not condoning applying to IS if you have no interest whatsoever in the IS major, though. Rather, just be smart about which program you choose.

Also, do an interview. Even if you don’t think you’ll benefit from it, you will at least walk away with some great advice from someone who’s been through what you are/will be going through.

Dadofall · March 29, 2012, 11:51am

Decision: Rejected CIT

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (670CR, 800, 800)
[] ACT: n
[] SAT II: 800M2, 750 chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n; top 5% but unofficial
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Econ mic (4), mac (4), bc calc (4), world (5), lang (5), govt (4), 5 more this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Somewhere above average but below exceptional, closer to average
[] Job/Work Experience: n
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~150hr volunteer
[] Summer Activities: n
[] Essays: commonapp good, cmu pretty damn bad
[] Teacher Recommendation: solid
[] Counselor Rec: ?
[] Additional Rec: n
[] Interview: n

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public… above average less than competetive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: irrelavent
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics
[] Weaknesses: subjective
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: CIT is comepetive I suppose; seen better people than me not get in
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCLA, U Illinois/ Rice/ this is first

[/ul]General Comments:

thomasoh93 · March 29, 2012, 1:38pm

Decision: Accepted for Architecture

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 CR: 640 Math: 740 W: 640
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800 PHY: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8+
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB exams are in may…
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB physisc hl + math hl + art hl etc…

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Senor Mentor, Sciences Tutor, School band lead pianist, Schools newspaper manager, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: Almost nothing
[] Volunteer/Community service: Too much to even start.
[] Summer Activities: Same
[] Essays: Expressed my huge passion in Architecture, as well as showing great enthusianism to attend CMU.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Must have been awesome!
[] Counselor Rec: Same
[] Additional Rec: Same
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Nope
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: International
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Enough to attend an int. school
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad’s an ambassador?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong portfolio for architecture, decent scores, awesome essays.
[] Weaknesses: Scores… depends
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the admission officers were able to sense my true passion towards architecture, how serious I am in this field of study, and how much I want to accomplish through it.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMich, UoW, UVa, etc

[/ul]General Comments: I’m extremely happy that I got into my first choice school for architecture. If you really have a passion towards a field of study, and were able to express that in your application, you’re on lucky man (woman). For I believe the admission officers are witty enough to select those special plumbs in the pie.

gajolo · March 31, 2012, 2:07am

Decision: Accepted SCS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 / 740 reading / 760 math / 740 writing
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 780 Physics, 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked, near the top
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), English Language (5), Chem (5), Physics B (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics C, Calc BC, English Lit, Biology, Comp Sci (all AP)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years rowing, science olympiad, science bowl
[] Job/Work Experience: internship at genetics lab, computer repair/webdesign
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: no interview

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: gpa?
[] Weaknesses: test scores are low for scs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. Was not expecting to be accepted.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell
Accepted: in-state unis with full ride, Georgia Tech, Northeastern

[/ul]General Comments: Wow.

ameliab12 · March 31, 2012, 12:00pm

DramaLlama12179, I’m in the same boat with trying to waive my noncustodial parent form. I just emailed them a few days ago because I hadn’t realized until the day the decision came out that there was a problem. I’m hoping this won’t affect the amount of aid I get or cause too much more stress!

RawkForGod · March 31, 2012, 12:52pm

Decision: Accepted to SCS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (790 M, 740 CR, 670 W–7 essay)
[] ACT: 36 (36 M, 36 E, 36 S, 34 R, 8 essay)
[] SAT II: 800 Math and Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/480
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Language and Comp. (4), Physics B (5), Statistics (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP US Gov’t, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, British Literature, Speech, Spanish 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, 1st in School on AMC 10 and twice on AMC 12, AP Scholar with Distinction, qualified for AIME this year (don’t know yet about USAMO), Boys State
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of National Honor Society, Co-Captain of Quiz Bowl team for four years, Teenage Republicans
[] Job/Work Experience: Target for about 3 months
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff with my church but it’s too long to list (talked about it on one of my essays)
[] Summer Activities: Nothing of note–just taking care of my siblings
[] Essays: Pretty Good (I did one of them a few months before but the rest I did about the day before)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): South Dakota
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low to mid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]General Comments: WOOHOO!

Transatlantique · March 31, 2012, 4:44pm

Decision: Waitlisted (HSS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800 writing, 760 reading, 660 math)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 720 Spanish, 670 Math I (ouch)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know off the top of my head, 97 point something out of 100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/140some
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), APUSH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Bio, Band, Probability and Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Music Theory, Visual Basic I-III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No super major ones, I guess
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A ton of instrumental music, including marching, concert, jazz, pit, county, and PMEA District and Regional Bands (Treasurer 11th/12th for concert band), Newspaper (Senior Editor-in-Chief), Student Council (Treasurer/Electric Sign Head Programmer/Powderpuff Co-chair), Quiz Bowl (Co-Captain), Gifted Program, Model UN, Junior Council Member on my local Borough Council, Spanish Club, 3 years of state science fair competitions, NHS, HOBY alumni
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 230 hours, a lot with my local library, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, local fire company and a couple other groups
[] Summer Activities: Nothing that I could really put on an application besides some time spent on extracurriculars
[] Essays: I thought they were pretty good, but maybe not CMU-ish enough, haha.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One of my teacher’s recommendations (APUSH teacher) was great, not sure about the other teacher (I didn’t see it) but I’m sure it was also great (AP English).
[] Counselor Rec: Guidance counselor’s recommendation was awesome.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100-125k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I thought being a legacy would help out a little, I showed a lot of interest in my major, my recommendations and stuff were pretty good.
[] Weaknesses: Math scores on both the SAT I and II. I think that’s what did me in haha.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Math scores
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Rochester, Brandeis, Cornell, Brown, and Georgetown. This was the only school I applied to that didn’t accept me.

[/ul]General Comments:
I thought it was a little bit strange I got waitlisted here and accepted at all my other schools, but oh well (it wasn’t my first choice and I wasn’t sure if it was the best fit for me). Congratulations to all who got accepted, I’m sure you deserved it!!!

ifgodwills · April 1, 2012, 11:33am

Accepted ECE

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 34 (E32 M35 R33 S35 E10)
[] SAT II: Math 2 - 790, Physics - 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/106
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted - Math HL - 7, Physics HL - 7, Chem HL - 7, Business SL - 7, English A1 SL - 7, Spanish Ab Initio - 6. Past grades - Grade 11 (40/42 and 39/42) Grade 12 (41/42)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Same as above.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Vice President, My own gadget trading business (4 years), Charity Fair and Battle of the Bands for UN World Food Program (Head coordinator - 2 Years), Computer Programming Club (President), Math Club (president), Best Buddies Program (Co-president), Varsity Cross Country Team (Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internships at Tech firms for 3 summers, Internship at International Architectural firm as Graphic designer for 1 summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer work with Autistic Children (150 hours), Volunteer work at a village in Belgium (300hours)
[] Summer Activities: Internships and Community Service
[] Essays: Main Essay on a fainting experience while in a Cross Country competition, CMU essay on a coding experience that made me fall in love with perfection and why CMU
[] Teacher Recommendation: Physics (guessing very good), Math (guessing good)
[] Counselor Rec: Guessing very very good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Financial Aid: none
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good Extra Curriculars, alright ACT and SAT 2s
[] Weaknesses: Essays not brilliant
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not an insanely brilliant applicant
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted at UofIllinois (honors), UMich, Purdue, UCLA (likely), Berkeley (EECS), CMU (ECE)
Waitlisted at UPenn
Rejected HYPSC

[/ul]General Comments:
happy with heading to CMU :D.

swimnurse8 · December 17, 2012, 12:42pm

Decision: Accepted - CIT
Objective:[ul]
[] 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
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] 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

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: will apply for financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited athlete[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] 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

[/ul]General Comments:

woodenstick · December 17, 2012, 12:47pm

@SwimNurse8, wrong thread! I think you meant to post in this one: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1431553-official-carnegie-mellon-2017-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1431553-official-carnegie-mellon-2017-results-thread.html</a>

swimnurse8 · December 17, 2012, 12:54pm

oops I copied then I forget to go to correct one. Thanks woodenstick.

cneogy · February 27, 2013, 6:26am

bumping in case anyone wants to view for self-chancing lol

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