**Official Carnegie Mellon University Class of 2013 RD Decisions Thread**

<p>wow. all impressive resumes.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 m 690 cr 800 w
[</em>] SAT II: 790 math 2, 670 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc, Stats, IB Lit, Tech, Health/Gym, electives
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volunteering, some techie-ing, some track & xc, bla bla bla lol
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: yeah, internship at major publishing company, plus a temp secretary for local company, but mostly volunteering.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: yeah lol. at a special ed school :) and amnesty intl shin-digs!
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering lol
[<em>] Essays: last-minute lol. improv :)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: glowing...okay I never read them, but my teachers liked me a lot :) that's why I asked them to write my recs lol
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good!
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes!
[<em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT, SCS, IS
[</em>] Intended Major: CIT ECE or SCS M-C. have to pick. eep!
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 55-60k/yr lol
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation & girl in engineering.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my SAT :) lol
[</em>] Weaknesses: my lack of uber experience in techie fields. I'm more of an artsy kind of gal.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: b/c I'm a girl and b/c of my SATs.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I'm soooo happy I got into SCS. I was surprised b/c it was my second choice, and I didn't think I'd even get considered for it. It's an honor to just get accepted really. It'd be hard to pick between CIT & SCS now though. :/</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800m 730r 720w
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math II, 700 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5) Stat (5) Chem, Physics, English
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP chem, AP english, AP physics, etc
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, EHS, SHS, Math League, Science League, Academic team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Deli for 4 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered every week at a food pantry, on first aid squad
[<em>] Summer Activities: Vacation :)
[</em>] Essays: Goodish
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very Very Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[</em>] Interview: Never got around to it
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT
[<em>] Intended Major: ChemE
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Very high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Score, Class rank, course load, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essays/ No hook
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had good scores
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>To those acceped - have any of you received merit aid from CMU? Were any of you National Merit Scholarship finalists?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>^ I don't think CMU sponsors NMF's, but correct me if I'm wrong.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Superscore: 2300; 800M, 780CR, 720W
[</em>] ACT: 35/36
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800; Physics: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/350
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A, Calc AB, Physics B, Physics C - Mech, Env Sci, US Gov, Comp Gov, English Lang, Calc BC (5); Chemistry, Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: I've pretty much exhausted my course options... taking Diff Eq, a lot of CISCO networking classes, and some other stuff...
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Math competition awards, USA Physics Olympiad... obviously not MAJOR...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics Club, Math Club, Battlecode Club (President, Founder), Astronomy Club, Junior Statesmen of America
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 8-week paid NASA INSPIRE internship at Ames Research Center, CA
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much at all... just setting up computers to be shipped to schools in Iraq and volunteering at a NASA family fair thing...
[<em>] Summer Activities: See work experience...
[</em>] Essays: Nothing to say, really...
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great (though she doesn't know me too well)
[<em>] Additional Rec: no
[</em>] Interview: Didn't take one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: SCS, CIT (accepted to both)
[<em>] Intended Major: Comp Sci
[</em>] State: WA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong interest/success in math, science, comp sci... dedication to commitments...
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not great at writing college essays.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Isn't this the same thing as strengths?
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to you all!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
School: MCS (biology)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800V, 780M, 750W)
[</em>] SAT II: Bio 780, Math2 800
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Adv Logic/Composition, Adv Art History, AP Calc BC, AP Psychology, Physiology</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming, Photography editor, president of cultural club, model UN
[</em>] Non-school Extracurrics: Interned at museum, a lot of laboratory research in bio, volunteered to teach kids how to swim
Everyone says their recs/essays/interview was "good/great/glowing" on here that it's pointless to have those at all</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yah
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: MCS Biology
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Demographic: Asn Female</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone, and congrats!!
PS: I really hope this formatting works, lol</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):M-740, CR-600, W-640.
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Phy-790, M2-800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None actually done, just taking all the AP courses possible during senior year.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very hard, all AP's
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Paper (E&C), Senior Class Committee (Class Leader), Community Service (Team Leader), Varsity Volleyball (Vice-Captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Organizing events, and trips basically
[<em>] Summer Activities: Non-credit courses in Robotics, Forensics, Computer Engineering, etc.
[</em>] Essays: About a event that changed my life (unique)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good (At least, I think)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Mediocre
[<em>] Additional Rec: From an International Organization
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT
[</em>] Intended Major: Civil Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Egypt
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pharaonic, I guess?
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Not sure
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ ] Strengths: Essays, Recommendations, SAT II scores.
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT Scores, Rank, GPA, and mainly anything else to do with academics. . .
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Have no clue. . .
[/ul]
General Comments:* Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

<p>@AKDigger On which day did you get in? I'm just wondering cos you're international too.</p>

<p>On Tuesday. . . I think. . . They send out decisions in waves, and has no indication on your decision.</p>

<p>@AKDigger and other international applicants</p>

<p>Did u receive an email before you received the letter?</p>

<p>no, I did not receive an email, I learnt through CC that the decisions were posted, check then found the word "accept" under "decision.".. If anyone has any questions, please ask.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted! (HSS)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 620 CR: 700 Writing: 710 (12 on essay)
[</em>] SAT II: Lit: 650 USH: 730
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25 percent (very competitive academic school)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US: 5 Lang: 5 Euro: 5 Gov: 4 Microeco: 3 Macro: 2
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Calc, AP Human Geo, AP Psych
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar w/ distinction, Medal for academic excellence, various dramatic awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club, Thespian Honor Society, Art Honor Society, Academic Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Subway, GameStop, telemarketing
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
[</em>] Essays: AMAZING (I think this is how I got in!)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: FANTASTIC (1 from former Wharton professor and 1 from CMU alumni)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Going to, having issues atm
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: HSS
[<em>] Intended Major: Philosophy/Poly Sci
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[<em>] School Type: Academic choice
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, lived on my own for a large portion of jr. year
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: class rank, sat scores, extracurrics
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: I wrote a fantastic essay and I had some seriously awesome recs
[/ul]General Comments: I want to go if I can figure out how to pay for it! WOW! I can't believe I got in :D</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted to CIT *</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I 2300 (breakdown): 800 M 760 CR 740 W
[</em>] SAT II: Physics 770 Chem 780 Math II C 800 World History 770 Biology - M 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank : 2
[<em>] AP : Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Phys E+M (4), Phys M (5), APUSH (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Stat, AP Euro, AP French, AP Lit; then, at county college, Calc III (A), Diff EQ (A)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I wish...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA and Ac Dec (Presidents), French Club (Treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Sylvan Learning Center
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly autism volunteering for children - 300 hours at a summer camp as an assistant sports director, a year as a swim instructor, and this fall as a soccer coach
[</em>] Essays: Common app was pretty good I thought. My CMU essay was decent, but pretty bad. I basically wrote "I love Biomedical Engineering. This is why I am apply to CMU, to study Chemical Engineering"
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Who knows? Good, I hope.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn't know me
[li] Additional Rec: Math Teacher at County College</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: CIT
[<em>] Intended Major: Chem Engineering
[</em>] State : The great NJ
[<em>] School Type: Crappy Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Indian (Emphasize the SOUTH)
[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: - (Rather not answer)
[</em>] Weaknesses: - (Many, I'm not good at pool, I'm out of shape, I don't run enough...)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I was freaking out over the phrase "General Correspondence" and the Blank Line in my CMU Report. So... yea.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>I didn't see this earlier because I kept looking for the Blank Line to say "Accepted" or "Rejected" or something. I'm pretty excited. I just texted my parents that I got in, and the first thing my mom said was "You would have got MIT too". My parents have been freaking out about choosing to apply to CMU instead of MIT. Heh, right now, I'm glad I picked CMU. Honestly, I have been in this Blank Line/Wave/General Correspondence paranoia craze. So, it's good to know my decision =). I hope other kids in my school get in here as well.</p>

<p> Decision: Accepted HSS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Bio(740), US History(750), Math II(720)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(4), US History(5), Euro History(5), AB Calc, English<br>
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics - 8 yrs (team lead), Student Government, Model UN<br>
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 year same job (15 hrs/wk), 2 jobs during summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] CMU college/s applied to: HSS
[<em>] Intended Major: Global Politics/Economics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, strong commitment to a few activities
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not that many EC's, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:<br>[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those accepted. Good luck to those who were waitlisted or denied.</p>

<p>Yay Dramatical and S1732 for being in HSS together! Seriously, there's not many of us on here and I feel relieved there are more of you than the previous posts on here have indicated.</p>

<p>Whew for the like, 3 of us accepted to HSS...haha! </p>

<p>I take it that the HSS program is really small?</p>

<p>Actually, I don't think that HSS is that small. Last year, HSS enrolled 260 students (out of 1185 that were admitted, WOW). IS, SCS, MCS, and Tepper all enrolled fewer students that HSS did. CIT is the biggest, with 423 student enrolled last year. </p>

<p>Here's the site: Admission</a> Statistics</p>

<p>so you know that I'm not just pulling these numbers randomly out of thin air, haha. I mean, I'm a little concerned by the lack of emphasis put on humanities & social sciences, but whatever; it's still a good school. The interdisciplinary thing is pretty unique, and I like the general student atmosphere. Do you think you'll come to CMU, Dramatical?</p>

<p>I think CMU's yield numbers may be misleading simply because they do not (correct me if i'm wrong) account for students who were admitted to more than one school within the university. i.e. a student who turns down HSS can still accept a spot at CIT or SCS if they applied and were admitted to all 3. True, they are not enrolled with HSS, but they are still attending CMU</p>

<p>Yeah, that makes sense, because HSS's matriculation is uuberlow as it stands, statistics-wise.</p>