<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2170
[</em>]SAT II: 800 M2 730 Physics
[<em>]GPA: International here… wont really help
[</em>]Rank: School doesn’t rank… Top 15% maybe?
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: Great!
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Not sure, but I think they wrote good ones
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great! Principal wrote it for me
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Submitted an arts supplement
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: India
[<em>]High School Type: Private, Large
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/rejected?: Accepted to UIUC, UCLA and a few more Rejected by Northwestern, Penn,Berkeley
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I just have to find a way to get off the wait list now…</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 ( Cr:730 800 800)
ACT:
SAT II: Math II 800 Chem 790 Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not provided at school
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not provided at school
AP (place score in parenthesis):not provided at school
IB (place score in parenthesis)
Senior Year Course Load: Chinese National Curriculum Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Aside from a few national/regional Debate/MUN, Nope
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (Director General of Club, Dais head in regional level conference); Debate (Captain, Co-founder of Club, Harvard Debate Council China program, NFL member); Mechatronics Lab work; Student Government Outreach Officer;
Job/Work Experience: NUS Internship, website construction for Social and Mobile Commerce Lab
Volunteer/Community service: Translator at AEOtour college fair for UCs
Summer Activities:, Exchange trip to US, Australia, Switzerland;Business Camp ( Best group of consultants, best presentation)
Essays (rating 1-10, details):8, people who looked at it says it’s awesome. PS about my exchange trip to Switzerland and contrast between life in the Alps and life in Shanghai, and conveys that small things in life should be appreciated. I talked about CMU work ethic, studying computer science through games and some other fits.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:1
Teacher Rec #2:1
Counselor Rec:1 ( teachers are not devoting time and barely know anything about the US system)
Additional Rec:
The professor I worked with in NUS
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:120000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Nope
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, international exposure, clear major track
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Has been waitlist/rejection for too long, time for a shift in luck!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted UCI, UIUC, waitlisted Wustl, Northwestern, Rice, Berkeley EECS, CWRU, rejected HMC, Harvard, Cornell, UCLA, Stanford REA
General Comments:
Here I come, #1 CS in the nation! Berkeley and Stanford can suck it!</p>
<p>@Keepyourshirton Saw you on the Berkeley waitlist thread too, Congratulations! You really deserve this - it’s too bad for the other schools that rejected you.</p>
<p>Accepted Tepper School of Business and Dietrich School</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2080 (CR:660 M:800 W:660)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2:790 Chem:790
[<em>]ACT: did not submit
[</em>]GPA: school doesn’t calculate GPA, but at least a solid B+/A- all throughout high school
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc AB (5) Microecon (4) Chem (3)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: awesome!
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I knew both the teachers very well and one of them has been my advisor from all 4 years, so he really wrote about the personal side of me as well as the academics
[<em>]Counselor Rec: New counselor this year so I’m not sure if it was that great
[</em>]Supplementary Material: not really…
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: PA
[</em>]High School Type: Private boarding school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Tennis (captain for 2 seasons), freshmen dorm hall proctor (similar concept as RAs in college), International Student Organization(club head), musical, about 100 hours volunteer work
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholars
[<em>]Where else were you accepted/rejected?: accepted: CWRU, UCI, UCSB, Syracuse Waitlisted: UCSD, UMich Rejected: Princton, Rice, Emory and still waiting to hear from 4 more schools
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]
I was super thrilled when I found out about this. I honestly thought my test scores and GPA are very weak considering that I am an Asian, and I thought my chance of getting into any of my reach schools was very low. My strengths were definitely the rec and the essay, so I guess at a relatively smaller school like CMU that really worked towards my favor.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Didn’t take
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 35 (35 E, 36 M, 33 R, 36 S)
[</em>]GPA: 3.9 UW
[<em>]Rank: School doesn’t report
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Music Theory (5), APUSH (5), AP Micro (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Stats (4), AP Lang (4), AP CS (5), AP Comp Gov (5), AP Chem (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: decent, but perhaps could be better
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I knew one teacher since sophomore year and met another at the end of junior year. Haven’t seen the rec letters.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen counselor rec
[</em>]Supplementary Material: My website (append .com to the end of my username).
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MN
[<em>]High School Type: Public school that graduates ~800 per year
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 4 years on the high school swim team. Senior year NHS. No leadership positions.
[<em>]Awards: National AP Scholar
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/rejected?: Accepted to U Minnesota, U Wisconsin, U Illinois, UCLA, USC; Rejected from Duke, Harvard, MIT (deferred EA), Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, UChicago (deferred EA), UPenn
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I just wasn’t too impressive, I guess. SCS is extremely competitive and I’m surprised that I even made it to the waitlist. Congrats to those who were admitted![/li][/ul] </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2323 (730 cr 800 m 790 w)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 33 (27 Reading 36 Math 35 Sci 35 Writing Essay Sucked)
[</em>]GPA: 3.85 UW 4.15 W (we have a crappy weighting system)
[<em>]Rank: 3/160
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP 4: US World 5: US History, Chem, Physics, English Lang, Calc AB)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: It was alright but not fantastic by any means.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Don’t know, but one of the teachers is an alum
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but likely poor
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[ <em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Location:
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender M
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Swim team all year (captain), rest were all fairly week, worked a summer job 2 years
[<em>]Awards: NMF
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/rejected?:</p>
<p>Accepted (honors programs): Pitt OSU RIT Gannon MiamiOH WVU
Accepted: UVA CWRU RPI FIT Drexel PSU
Rejected: Cornell, Pton, PSU Honors
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Probably not attending unless they match what RPI gave me (20k/year) due to cost[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>@Keepyourshirton Congrats, glad you finally got into one like CMU after being rejected at so many that you deserved to get in! I was actually wait listed at CMU for Computer Engineering and Accepted at Berkeley for EECS, unlike you haha. Are you planning on taking CS classes in Tepper Business school?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted at Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences AND Tepper School of Business</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150: (640 CR, 770 M, 740 W)
ACT: 31 (not submitted)
SAT II: 750 Math, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Physics (5), Latin (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, Economics, AP Biology, Astronomy, AP Calculus AB, Jazz Band, English IV: Non-Linear Narratives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics (President, Chief Financial Officer) (4 years), Political Mania Political Magazine (Editor, Writer), Piano, Drums, Boy Scout (Eagle Scout)
Job/Work Experience: Robotics Teacher for Summer Camp, Camp Counselor
Volunteer/Community service: Mentor at Project Excellence for Underprivileged Students, Volunteer for St. Vincent de Paul, Upper School Ambassador (Counselor for 8th graders)
Summer Activities: Microeconomics at Brown
Essays: I thought they were decent although since Northwestern’s is shorter, it may have been less compelling.
Teacher Recommendation: I did not see any of them but I assume they were good.
Counselor Rec: Good I think
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: English/Filipino
Gender: M
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Strengths: Extracurricular Activities
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades towards the end and SAT were not the best they could have been and therefore they wanted to wait to see if I could improve my grades by the end of first semester.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted at ASU/Barrett, UCLA and University of Michigan and rejected from Washington University, Berkeley, UPenn, Cornell, Northwestern, and NYU</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=yellow][ b]Waitlisted SCS and CIT[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2370 superscored (800 CR, 780 M, 790 W) -took it twice
[ *]SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Physics
[ *]ACT: did not take
[ *]GPA: 4.38
[ *]Rank: school does not rank
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Physics C Mech, AP Physics C E&M -all 5s
[ *]Minor Awards: NMF, NJ Science League top 10% Physics 1 (2011), Chem 1 (2012), Physics C (2013), some other stuff
[ *]Major Awards: USAPhO Semifinalist 2013, Columbia SHP (technically an activity I guess)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Commonapp: 7.5/10 -it was ok, nothing spectacular; CMU Supplement: 9/10 -I thought it was really good. Had just a slight touch of humor and really discussed why I like CMU and how it fits in with who I am.
[ *]Teacher Recs: Teacher 1: Loved me but I don’t think he’s the greatest writer in the world, so 8/10? Teacher 2: Didn’t know me that well but she is an english teacher, so 7/10-ish.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Large school (750 students in my class) so not great I suppose-6/10.
[ *]Supplementary Material: N/A
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I thought USAPhO would be kind of impressive…
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: NJ
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Columbia Science Honors Program, Track since sophomore year, Science League through all of high school, Science Olympiad since sophomore year (our team kind of sucks though so it’s not too impressive), Badminton Club since sophomore year, Robotics Club this year (was recently formed), NHS, Science/Math Honors Society, Volunteered at Rainbow Medical Association, Red Cross Leadership Conference, Teen Volunteer Association (volunteer group at public library)
[ *]Other: I had an impressive Junior/Senior year schedule. Like I took Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra as a Junior and I’m taking Differential Equations and Analysis this year along with AP Bio, AP Chem, and other stuff.
[ *]Where else were you accepted/rejected?: Accepted: Cornell, Georgia Tech, Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins, Rejected: MIT, Princeton, UPenn, Duke, UC Berkeley EECS
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] I really thought I was a competitive candidate for alot of the schools I applied to. Kind of disappointed especially when you see people who seem to have less impressive applications get in and you don’t.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone accepted! 1 question for those accepted into SCS. I know it’s highly competitive and I’m planning to apply Early Decision next year. But how much computer science / programming background did you guys have? I have similar stats to many of you who were accepted, but I don’t have much experience with Comp Sci. I’m taking AP CS next year and am doing CMU’s AP/EA computer science program over the summer. Do students need a strong CS background to be accepted into SCS?</p>
<p>@boots2 So would taking BC / Multivariable calc and doing math contests be stuff they’re looking for? I’m a strong math student but I probably won’t be outstanding compared to the rest of the country. Do most admitted students have like AIME qualifications or 800 SAT Math I and II?</p>
<p>I understand the AMC 12 score is a box to fill out in the application. And if you qualify for the AIME that much better. Our son took the AIME and SAT Math II. He is an incoming Freshman to CMU</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2060 (690 M, 680 R, 690 W)
SAT II: 710 Math I, 710 US history
ACT: 29
GPA: unweighted: 4.0, weighted 7.6
Rank: 1 of 270
Other Tests (AP): AP Euro (3), AP Lang (4), AP US (5)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Gov</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: common app (9/10)</p>
<p>Personal:
Location: Philadelphia
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: indian
Gender: F</p>
