<p>geckolord, it has nothing to do with length. haha.</p>
<p>on my essay, I wrote about the new england patriots and the new york giants and i got an 11. That itself is surprising, but the fact that it was barely over a page is astounding.</p>
<p>The Writing section should be the only one that counts in my opinion! No, my CMU page did not mention about the decision or mailing anything.</p>
<p>Yeah, since the writing section actually proves intellect. </p>
<p>My friend called the office and the person said MOST of the applicants will be getting a letter tomorrow. (Tuesday)</p>
<p>wait so everyone here received something in the mail first? Or was notified online?</p>
<p>These people are geographically closer to Pittsburgh, meaning mail gets there faster. If they sent the letter for you last Friday, they will update your "Where Am I In the Process" page Tuesday.</p>
<p>Whether you get a letter or not first depends on the time for mail to get to you from Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>mail first, still nothing different online</p>
<p>Goodness - why not just note here if you were accepted ED or RD?</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted (MCS, TSB)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Reading: 670</li>
<li>SAT Math: 800</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 650 (62MC 10E)</li>
<li>SAT Total: 2120</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II-780, BioM - 780, US history-770</li>
<li>ACT: 33 Comp -- 35 Writing, 36 Math, 35 Science, 28 Reading</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: Biology (5), Stats (5), Enviro (4), USH (3), English Lang (3), CompSci A (3)</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 3.97</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate (if applicable): #1, Top 1% of 181</li>
<li>Academic Awards: AP Scholar w/ Distinction, a bunch of Current Events/CompSci/Math awards, State awards/natl quals for my business club</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Important ECs: Future Business Leaders of America (President), University Interscholastic League (Captains for various events), Medical Club (Co-founder / Executive Advisor), National Honor Society, Speech and Debate</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at the library, homeless thanksgiving dinner, speech tournament judging, set up Adoption Program</li>
<li>Essays: Decent, commonapp about a special dinner. Supplement about interest in science.</li>
<li>Teacher Rec #1: Fantastic</li>
<li>Teacher Rec #2: Great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Knows me very well</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None</li>
</ul>
<p>Location:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Texas</li>
<li>School Type: Small (4A -- 800 students) public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: Nope</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congrats to accepted! Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (770 CR/730 M/740 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 700 French (w/o listening), 530 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank at all
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), taking Psych, French, English this year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP French, Honors math elective, 1 tri AP Physics/2 tris Physics, Psychology, Photography I and II, Band
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Piano (11 years), Government Club, played in show choir band 1 year, Marching Band
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time jobs in food service and retail
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout project and various other scout activities, also helped with Toys for Tots
[</em>] Summer Activities: sleeping :)
[<em>] Essays: My Common App essay was a meta-essay which was supposed to be sort of funny, my architecture supplement was about architecture
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read it but I'm sure it was good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: He doesn't know me that well but it was probably OK
[</em>] Interview: Had an on-campus interview, I thought it went pretty bad myself but who knows?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. I probably can't afford CMU even with financial aid :(
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: CFA (School of Architecture)
[<em>] Intended Major: Architecture
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
[<em>] School Type: Large public suburban high school, one of the best in IA
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: roughly $100K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. My essay talks about not having a hook.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, teacher rec, I'm an Eagle Scout...
[<em>] Weaknesses: Interview, SAT II Physics score, wasn't sure I was showing enough interest in architecture
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am actually very, very surprised so I don't know. I guess my architecture supplement must have sold it? And the things I listed up in "Strengths"?
[/ul]General Comments: I am so excited! I hope that there is a huge financial aid package waiting for me in the mail so that I can attend...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 800M 730R 690W
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 780 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 (4.0 before last semester <_<)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd? maybe?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Stat (5) Chem (5) Eng. Lang (4) and currently taking Econ, Gov, Eng. Lit, Calc AB, and Physics
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Gov/Econ, Ceramics, AP Lit, AP Calc, Ap Physics, and spanish at the local juinor college
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Horseback Riding, Key Club (president, secretary), and a few smaller things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Target lol
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours through key club
[<em>] Summer Activities: went to china for 3 weeks through cty
[</em>] Essays: Alright not great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didnt see probably ok but not amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: not that great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: SCS
[<em>] Intended Major: Comp Sci
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle to Upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female applying to scs?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math/Science grades and scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: sat writing score, lack of programming knowledge
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: high scores/grades/etc.[/li][/ul]General Comments: excited!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted -- CIT -- ChemE</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 680 CR, 760 W
[</em>] ACT:36 Math, 28 Science, 34 Reading, 32 Eng: 33 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math IIC, 710 USH, 600 Lit (forgot to take a science)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.27
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC, Chem, Bio, Eng Lang (3), Eng Lit, Euro (4), USH (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Chem, Bio, Calc BC, Eng. Lit.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing really amazing.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good.
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT
[</em>] Intended Major: ChemE
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Private Independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong math scores (applied to CIT)[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CIT ECE</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted SCS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (730 verbal, 770 math, 780 writing)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math II, 770 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 weighted or something. Don't know unweighted or what its out of.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), CSAB (4) - did that hurt?, Bio (5), USH (5), Calc BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Euro, AP Stats, AP English, Differential Equations, Adv. Topics in CS
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit semifinalist (I THINK I got finalist... don't know)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TKD 8 years, 2.5 years or so of tack
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: I spent 6 weeks at the precollege program. I thought I had a great shot.
[</em>] Essays: Struggle with pride during hockey and stuff.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I had my comp sci teacher for 2 years write a rec. He's now teaching at CMU... thought this would help too...
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: This might've hurt. I did it near the end of precollege and I wasn't nearly as prepared as I should've been. I regret not doing another interview.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: SCS, CIT
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science was... now Engineering depending on my options
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My dashing good looks
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn't do another interview...[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>NO BLANK LINE</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 cr, 780 m, 720 w
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 800 mathiic, 800 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no unweighted. 4.6 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/260
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): chem (5), psych (tba), bio (tba), calc bc (tba)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: honors english, ap psych, ap calc bc, ap bio
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): theatre (crewhead, honorary thespian), math league (secretary), science league, key club, newspaper.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutor, beach clean up
[<em>] Summer Activities: gov school
[</em>] Essays: meh
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: goood
[</em>] Counselor Rec: dont really know
[<em>] Additional Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT
[<em>] Intended Major: civil engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): nj
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): us of a
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: girl haha
[<em>] Income Bracket: low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: uhhh sat II's?
[</em>] Weaknesses: everything else lol
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:* Good Luck! and wow!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CIT ECE</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): R 620 M 700 W 730 (2050)
[</em>] SAT II: MI 780 MII 750 Chem 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): here it's out of six (5.9/6) which is about 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: more than 10 subjects (In Bulgaria high school is quite rigorous in terms of classes)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano for 7 years, Hiking + see below
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 year at a production dept (it was volunteering)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: more than 300 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: three summer camps includin M&TSI @ Penn
[<em>] Essays: I would say lame (I actually copied the one for UPenn :) )
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think it was good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT
[</em>] Intended Major: ECE
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): BULGARIA :)
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Bulgarian, no fin aid :)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: no idea
[<em>] Weaknesses: almost everything
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I am a lucky bastard
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (IS)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted (SCS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 720M 690R 670W
[</em>] ACT: 34 35W 35M 36R 29S
[<em>] SAT II: 770MII, 690Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5), Chem (5), Gov't (5), English Lang (4), Latin Lit (4), Latin Vergil (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB Higher Level's, 1 Standard, 2 AP
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ThinkQuest First Place
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cornell Summer College
[</em>] Essays: pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one awesome, one alright
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: went better than i expected
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: SCS, IS
[<em>] Intended Major: computer science, IS
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public, IB magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, leadership positions
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores :\
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm honestly surprised by the SCS waitlist, I thought I was for sure a reject... but the IS acceptance I pretty much expected. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted!!</p>
<p>BLANK LINE ON 3/11</p>
<p>For those who got their decisions in the mail already: did you all receive your financial aid info in the packet as well?</p>
<p>I would assume so, but some schools that have been sending out notification a little earlier than others haven't included that info.</p>
<p>I'll post my stats later to share. I'm going to bed.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted HSS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 750 Math, 710 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chinese with Listening, 700 Biology, 710 US History, 730 Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), Biology (4), American History (5), Language and Composition (5), Calculus AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): ~
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP Statistics, Honors Physics, AP French 5, AP Economics, AP Literature and Composition
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Published 2 articles, won statewide acting award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school and community theater, volunteering at the library, Destination Imagination (team leader), school newspaper (Features Editor)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: yes, retail
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much, mainly just volunteering at the library and for NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: Pennsylvania's Governor School for the Arts (before they closed it, sadly), Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, internship at the local newspaper, summer job
[</em>] Essays: My common app application was a revised copy of an essay I had published in a magazine (honestly my best piece of writing to date), and my CMU essay was dynamite (I talked about Randy Pausch and how he inspired me to learn more about CMU)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I expect
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average-good? Never saw it
[<em>] Additional Rec: ~
[</em>] Interview: It went fabulously well! (wow I'm seriously going to faint of happines) I got on really well with my interviewer and she said that "I would fit in very well at CMU"
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: HSS, Social and Decision Science
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Yes (PA)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: lower income
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): okay, first generation college is NOT a hook!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, essays, applied to HSS
[</em>] Weaknesses: Um...not much, I guess (but then, I applied to HSS)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My SAT score, GPA, and essays[/li][/ul]General Comments: Ah, I feel pretty good right now. For all you guys who didn't get a decision, don't give up hope! I'm pretty sure they don't send the waves in accept/reject, so chin up!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - SCS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR 780 M 800 W 760), 2370 superscore (CR 780 M 800 W 790)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Match 2C, 800 US History, 780 Physics, 720 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 I think?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20% lol
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC (5), AP US History (5), AP Chinese (5), AP Physics EM (5), AP Physics Mech (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Chemistry, AP US Gov, Econ, AP Stats, Art 3, AP Biology (audit)
[<em>] Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF, NAHS, Math Club, Science Bowl, artsyfartsy stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon, tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Organized online art auction that benefited charity
[<em>] Summer Activities: community college classes
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I think?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One failed miserably, one is decent/good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I would think so, she knows me pretty well.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From high school art teacher
[</em>] Interview: Nope.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup.
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: SCS
[<em>] Intended Major: CS
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~180k, only not really cause my mom got laid off. :|
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores? And essay? I don't know, really.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of significant hooks.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. But I don't mind it. ;D[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am now twitching uncontrollably from pumped up adrenaline woooooooo!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (First Choice CIT - ChemE, Second Choice H&SS - Economics)
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M:800, CR:750, W:640
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: M2 800 Cl 800 Ch 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predict 40 +
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB DP
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quite a few
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Working for the Olympics
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot
[<em>] Summer Activities: Extended Essay, Working for the Olympics
[</em>] Essays: Fairly good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I love my teachers
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure never read
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Pretty good interview. The person was a recent graduate.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT and H&SS, Tepper (Waitlist,3rd choice, chose it for fun)
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[</em>] School Type: International and Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not sure
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personality, Passion
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who Knows [/li][/ul]General Comments: Best Wishes!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SCS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 730CR, 670 WR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 M2, 790Ph, 730 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP's: Calc BC, Physics C, Art History, Computer Science AB, English Lit, US Govt.... and regular, non-honors, non-ap weight training
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME qualifier?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Varsity Track, Soccer, Science Olympiad (1 year) and a few other things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Through Boy Scouts and at a local elementary school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Visiting family, running track, self-teaching C/C++
[</em>] Essays: Great! I wrote the college essay that I submitted to pretty much every school specifically for CMU SCS... not surprisingly i had my best results there =)... Mathmom, if you are reading this you may be surprised (i sure was) at how similiar my essay was to your son's...i just read your description of his the other day, but mine was basically along the lines of i went through the steps of creating a program to write my college essay for me, but it ultimately backfired (it wrote about the bad--though not too bad-- aspects of mine) so i had to scrap my plans evaluate my true interest in CS..lol
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Short, but positive on-campus interview during november sleeping bag weekend (make sure you do this if you go to a SB weekend! I had to wait in line 20 minutes to sign up, but i think it was well worth it)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: SCS
[<em>] Intended Major: CS
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, top 20ish US news
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Probably won't get FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed a lot of interest / dedication to CMU (I applied even after being rejected to their summer program, went to SB weekend, etc.)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Sooo relieved after being waitlisted MIT/Caltech. Very high probability I will attend, though cost may be a concern. I didn't see anything about merit $$ online, so not sure if that comes in the mail. I'm not expecting any, but it sure would make the decision a whole lot easier =). Anyways, congrats to everybody who got in, for those waitlisted - hang in there. For those who were rejected, i feel ya.</p>