Official Class of 2011 Thread CMU (Stats Thread)

litnaaaa · March 26, 2007, 4:00pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: MCS and Tepper
* Fee Waiver Used?: ..
* SAT I (by section): 800 M, 600 CR, 720 W
* SAT IIs: Math II: 800 Chem: 780
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8, weighted
* Rank: around 15% of 450
* ACT: 33..(36 S, 35 M, 30 E, 30 W)
* APs (including this year's): US History, Chem, Physics C, Stat, BC Calc
* Senior Yr Courseload: 3 APs, 2 Honors
* Number of Apps from Your School: dozen or so
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): FBLA stuff
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Track, FBLA, Boys State, NYLC
* Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
* Essays (subject and responses): about my interest in magic
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: ..
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
* Strengths: my magic tricks!
* Weaknesses: SAT verbal score maybe...and GPA
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Great essays and showing my interest in the school.
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Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
not definately going yet..but definately considering tepper!! hope you all hear good news.

George_W_Bush · March 26, 2007, 4:24pm

Decision: Accepted HSS - Economics AND
Decision: Rejected - SCS, Tepper
Decision: Waitlisted - CIT - ECE

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: nah
[] SAT I (by section):730m,700w,610cr
[] SAT IIs: 760,710,700
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 93.73% uw
[] Rank: n/a
[] APs (including this year's): 4 labeled
[] Senior Yr Courseload: most rig
[] Number of Apps from Your School: not many (maybe just me?)
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 10th place in a Natl competition, 1st & 2nd in consecutive years in a state competition, 5th in state competition, 4th in region and 8th in region competition - all of these are computer competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:a good amount - they showed i was dedicated
[] Job/Work Experience: entrepreneur & freelancer
[] Essays (subject and responses): huck finn - the ultimate engineer & a boring one on how i want to combine engineering and business
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): New (like a Magnet) HS; 2nd grad class; focus on comp eng & comp sci
[] Ethnicity: Indian (but I didn't specify it on the app; have a white last name)
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: mid to upper class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah
[] Strengths: i liked my huck finn essay
[] Weaknesses: i just don't really stand out from the rest of the crowd
[] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i wasn't bad enough to get rejected
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Yeah...I think I'll be going as an Econ major...(pending I don't get in anywhere else that's good)...hopefully I can double up with ECE or CS.

kctwister · March 26, 2007, 4:37pm

Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: SCS & CIT (ECE)
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 2090 CR 650 M 800 W 640
[] SAT IIs: World History 640 Physics 700 M2 660
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.0 UW (only soph and jr yr - listed on transcipt)
[] Rank: ~top 20%
[] APs (including this year's): World History 4; BC calc, physics C mechanics, english lang. and literature, psychology
[] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 AP, gym, 1 other
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 12
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): ventures scholar, 4th place local robotics comp.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: V/JV tennis, softball, babysitting, French National Honors Society, tech club
[] Job/Work Experience: day camp counselor
[] Essays (subject and responses): awesome
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: PA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[] Ethnicity: african american
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm?
[] Strengths: sat math score, awesome recs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i dunno just ecstatic i was[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
congrats to everyone that got in!!
WOOOOOO!!!

Smartbrotha07 · March 26, 2007, 4:45pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To:Tepper
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:Yes
[ *] SAT I (by section):590m,590cr,600w
[ *] SAT IIs:690 MathII, 410 Spanish
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:5.84 weighted, 3.84 unweighted
[ *] Rank:5/613
[ *] ACT: 23
[ *] APs (including this year's):Currently taking Ap Calculus BC, previously taken 3 AP courses
[ *] IBs (including this year's:Currently in IB Diploma program, have already taken IB Chemistry SL and IB Mathematics SL exams and scored 5s on both
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Very Rigorous
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: Possibly the only applicant
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):National Ventures Scholar, Perfect Attendance (k-12)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:President of Church youth department, started tutoring program at school, FBLA, feeding homeless, visiting nursing home
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):Great
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):First graduating class so no stats
[ *] Ethnicity:African American
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, first generation, great recs, great essay
[ *] Strengths:Grades
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]

bruno123 · March 26, 2007, 5:14pm

Smartbrotha,

Did you really get into Tepper with a 590 SAT Math score? Are you serious ?

If it is true, that's outrageous considering that last year's mid-50 % range was 710-780 (and has probably gone up this year) !

liana · March 26, 2007, 5:48pm

Decision: Accepted!!!

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: MCS
[] Fee Waiver Used: No
[] SAT I: M: 730; V: 710; W: 730
[] SAT IIs: Bio-E: 750; Math-II: 750; Lit: 700
[] GPA (UW): 3.87
[] Rank: Top 5 out of 60
[] ACT: 32 (didn't submit)
[] APs: -
[] IBs: full IB diploma (4 HLs; double science)
[] Senior Yr Courseload: most challenging
[] Number of Apps from Your School: I doubt more than two
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): a couple academic achievement awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: editor of newspaper, participation in debate team, honor society; generally decent leadership positions in random clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: -
[] Essays (subject and responses): I don't remember my Carnegie-specific essay, but my common app essay wasn't the best essay I've written (more on that below)
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): took summer classes at college and got good grades
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Argentina
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): international
[] Ethnicity: hispanic
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): living abroad - wrote about that in my common app essay and how it influenced my perspectives
[] Strengths: strong curriculum/GPA; also good recs
[] Weaknesses: essay/ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: don't know, but I'm happy![/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who has been accepted so far!!! I'm actually really surprised by this, but extremely happy!!! Great way to start the week! :D

blackeyedsusan · March 26, 2007, 6:04pm

Decision: Accepted CIT (ECE) and SCS

Stats:
College/Major Applied To: CIT (ECE) and SCS

Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): M-750 CR-760 W-740
SAT IIs: M2-800 Physics-740 US History-720
GPA: 11.0/11.0 weighted
Rank: School doesn't officially rank, but top 4%
ACT: N/A
APs (including this year's): APUSH-5, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, AP Literature
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, AP Literature, Journalism, Advanced Photography, Economics
Number of Apps from Your School: ?
Other stats (Awards, etc.): several regional and national/international photography awards

Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper
Job/Work Experience: Research internship last summer with a Computer Science professor at Rice University full-time for 8 weeks, and full-time for 3 weeks during school's interim term
Essays (subject and responses): good
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): research, photography, leadership, legacy

Location:

State or Country: TX
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very competitive private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: too high for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): see above
Strengths: His on-campus interviewer really liked the photography/ Editor-in-Chief aspects
Weaknesses: ?
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: ?

Other Factors:

General
Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CMU is a great school and its ECE program is very strong, but he's received 2 merit scholarships (including a guaranteed research mentorship) at Rice, so it will be a difficult decision. Does anyone know if CMU includes merit scholarship info in the acceptance package or if it comes later? (wishful thinking)

rbanerjee · March 26, 2007, 6:14pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
College/Major Applied To: SCS (waitlist), CIT (accepted-ECE), IS (accepted)
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 760 CR, 760 M, 770 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Physics, 750 Chem
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.99 UW, 4.74 W
Rank: 4/474
ACT: N/A
APs (including this year's): 6
IBs (including this year's): N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, Honors English, AP Government, Advance Math Topics w/ Linear Algebra
Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure, 2 i believe
Other stats (Awards, etc.): 1st place, (Division) VJAS (State science fair)
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Math Modeling, Science Club, Alzheimer's Association, Debate etc.
Job/Work Experience: Didn't write
Essays (subject and responses): Talked about personal aspirations in engineering and how CMU (ECE/SCS) would help me reach them.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Wrote research paper that won a few awards.
Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, extremely competitive in our county (Math and Science Specialty Center)
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Well off
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: Good essays/recommendations
Weaknesses: Really don't know why I don't have an 800 on the math i, not that it matters now :)
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Showed passion in essays
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in, I'll almost definitely be attending (CMU is #1 choice) and hope to see a lot of you there. Go Class of 2011! For those who are not accepted, it is not the end of the world. Just work your butt off somewhere else and know that 20 years from now, it is not going to matter where you did your undergrad. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

starryblaze11 · March 26, 2007, 6:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Tepper (1st choice), HSS, accepted at both.
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 690 Verbal, 740 Math, 700 Writing
* SAT IIs: 740 Math 1, 730 Math 2, 650 Spanish
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.98 UW, 4.81 W
* Rank: 8/324
* ACT: 34
* APs (including this year's): European History - 4, U.S. Government and Politics, Spanish Language, Calculus AB (taking BC test), Physics B, English Literature
* IBs (including this year's: N/A
* Senior Yr Courseload: 5 AP's and band
* Number of Apps from Your School: 1 other one to Tepper?
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, some band ones, and more that I don't feel like listing.
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Band, NHS, Key Club, Academic Challenge team, Student Council, Project Support, track, hospital volunteer, temple youth group.
* Job/Work Experience: Not any actual jobs...
* Essays (subject and responses): Meh. Could've been better.
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: Ohio
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
* Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: It won't get me much financial aid.
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don't know...
* Strengths: Academics, extracurriculars (especially my music ones)
* Weaknesses: Test scores (the SAT II ones)
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Maybe they saw something special in me? I kind of wasn't expecting to get in.
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Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to those who got in, and commiserations to those who didn't.

mathmom · March 26, 2007, 6:46pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats: [ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: SCS
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): M-760 CR-800 W-690
[] SAT IIs: MIIC-800 Physics-800 US History-800
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 102.5 weighted UW 97ish?
[] Rank: 7/642
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs (including this year's): AP Comp Sci-5, APUSH-5, AP Physics C-5, AP Calc BC-5, AP Bio-5. Taking AP Chem, AP Latin and AP Econ this year.
[] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Differential Equations (post BC course), English elective, AP Latin, AP Econ, AP Chem
[] Number of Apps from Your School: no idea
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
National Latin exam, summa
3rd-5th place state level various Science Olympiad events (at least one each year)
Academic Team - made it to nationals (a joke), some first place finishes this year
Top school Math award sophomore year
qualified for AIME every year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, Academic Team, programming for Civ 4's most popular mod
[] Job/Work Experience: Freelance computer programming
[] Essays (subject and responses): adequate
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NY
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Public, SAT around 510 average
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[] Strengths: computer programming
[] Weaknesses: writing
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: very strong academics, passion for programming, excellent recommendation from employer[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone who got in, commiseration to those who didn't, hang in there to the waitlistees!

xXYuNPoOXx · March 26, 2007, 7:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[ ] College/Major Applied To: MCS - undecided
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: not sure
[ *] SAT I (by section): 670 C, 680 M, 770 W essay 12
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 Chinese, 750 Bio, 760 US History, 690 Math IC
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 93.7 on one of those..
[ *] Rank: don't rank
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's): AP Stat, AP Bio, AP English, AP US history, AP Government politics
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: rigorous
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 23
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): various orchestra/violin awards from here and there
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: high school clubs like Live Historian's club, amnesty
international, international club, TREND, NHS, Science League, Track,
Choraliers, Pit band, Chamber Orchestra, music school in NYC, Young
Musicians for Volunteer Action, volunteer at dental clinic
[ *] **Job/Work Experience: work at CCB at Princeton (tutor) and i make bubbletea at a nearby chinese restuarant
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): i worked long and hard for them, but i'm not sure about the quality...depends on how often i got distracted over the course of writing them...
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not sure
[/list]Location/Person:*[ul]
[ *] State or Country: NJ, USA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public school in a rich, white suburban district near Princeton, usually placing in the top 10 for SATs in the state, a "national blue ribbon school", ..for whatever that means and however long ago that was....

[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: pretty much up there, but probably pretty low in the 'hood
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[ *] Strengths: musical skills and ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: SATs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i don't know, but i'm really grateful for it

[/ul]Other Factors: i had my amazing violin teacher write me a recommendation and she had a big profile in the music world, i sent in a CD of two of my pieces
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc *: Um...college admissions are really just a crapshoots. it's a bit unfair how some stranger who has never met you can just alter ur future by one decision that seems pretty insignificant to him/her, and whatever the final decision is, it absolutely does not reflect your personal status or intelligence what so ever.

N2Karaoke1 · March 26, 2007, 7:14pm

Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
* College/Major Applied To: MCS for chemistry, SCS for computer science
* Fee Waiver Used?: nope
* SAT I (by section): Math-770, CR-690, W-660 (oops!)
* SAT IIs: Math IIC-770, Chem-720, Physics-620(oops, again!)
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted, school doesn't weight gpas
* Rank: 1 out of 88
* ACT: 34 composite, 35 math, 35 english, 33 reading, 32 science
* APs (including this year's): only calc ab and literature (both online b/c my school has a poor course offering)
* IBs (including this year's: nada
* Senior Yr Courseload: video game programming, visual basic, ap calc ab, ap lit, zoology, strings, marching band, orchestra, us history ii
* Number of Apps from Your School: only one that i know of
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit scholar (found out today!), presidential scholars program candidate, semifinalist for summer intern with local nasa
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
* ECs listed on app: decent. a bunch of music stuff, a tobacco awareness club, national honor society, etc.
* Job/Work Experience: tutor for middle school students
* Essays (subject and responses): um...don't remember. it's been too long.
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): does being a white female from wv count? especially with the computer science stuff.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
* State or Country: west virginia
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): rural, public hs, not the best academically or athletically by a mile
* Ethnicity: caucasian
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: ehh...about 50-60k
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): just being a girl, i guess
* Strengths: math, science, programming, semi-decent violinist
* Weaknesses: subject wise? probably the humanities! my essays probably could have been better, but i'm not complaining!
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: hard to tell. female comp sci student probably boosted my app
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to everyone who has been accepted! maybe we'll see each other next year.

Brandon_s_mom · March 26, 2007, 7:24pm

Decision: Accepted

College/Major Applied To: MCS
Fee Waiver Used?: No.
SAT I (by section): 800 M, 800 CR, 730 Wr (9 essay)
SAT IIs: 790 Chem, 760 Math 2, 690 USH
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W: 4.23, UW: 3.8
Rank: top ten%
ACT: Didn't take
APs: US Hist (4), Biology (4), Chem (5), Euro Hist (5)
Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit, Honors Spanish III, AP US Government, AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, Religion, Drafting
Number of Apps from Your School: 1.
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Freshman Football, Captain; JV Football; Varsity Football, Captain 12; Varsity Lacrosse

Key Club, NHS, Academic Team; Chess Club; Peer Tutor Grades 9-12;
Spanish Honor Society;
AFCAAM (African Caribbean Americans) Tutor ? founded & chaired its NHS Tutoring Program; Habitat for Humanity; Harry Chapin Food Bank

National Merit Scholar , AP Scholar with Honors;
St Francis de Sales Scholarship winner - a 4-year, 1/2 tuition merit scholarship to his high school for having one of the top 5 scores on his incoming freshmen class entrance exam
Principals? List; Academic honors letterman; Varsity football letterman

County All-Star High School Football Team;
FACA (Florida Athletic Coaches' Association) District 16 All-Star team Honorable Mention
"Ironman" Award - for playing 4 years of high school football
Football Coaches' Award - player who most exemplified the team motto, "Non Exidet" (Latin for "Never Give Up.")

Subjective:
ECs listed on app: above
Job/Work Experience: Some at Target
Essays (subject and responses): 1 about football and another about why he wanted to become a doctor (3 grandparents died before he was 10)
Hook: football player

Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): parochial
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >100,000
Strengths: athletics, SAT scores, and awards maybe? 
Weaknesses: ECs, few leadership positions
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Athletics

Smartbrotha07 · March 26, 2007, 7:42pm

Hey bruno123, yeah I did get into Tepper. I wasn't really aware of how prestigious it was and how hard it was to get into. If it helps, I am taking the most rigourous math courses availiable, and I am excelling in them. The only blackspot on my application was my SATs, but besides that I think I was a pretty good applicant.

dlimhs · March 26, 2007, 8:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: MCS - Chemistry
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 800M 750CR 710W
[] SAT IIs: 800Math2 800 Chemistry 760 USH
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96uw, n/a w
[] Rank: 32/388
[] ACT: did not take
[] APs (including this year's): 10
[] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Bio, AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, German IV, Psychology
[] Number of Apps from Your School: at least 4
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: church youth, school tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: none listed on app
[] Essays (subject and responses): narrative for CMU supplement
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: WV
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: $90,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[] Strengths: academic stats
[] Weaknesses: ECs, leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: high academic stats pulled me through[/li][/ul]Other Factors: n/a
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i wish CMU just released all the decisions all at one time online. congrats to all!

bexline · March 26, 2007, 9:03pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

COLLEGE/MAJOR: Applied and Accepted to HSS and MCS (Chemistry)
SAT I: m780, v650, w600 (I never sent this in)
SAT II: Chemistry 630, English Lit. 620, Math II 680
ACT: 30
GPA: 4.2(w)
RANK: 52/374
IB: 4 HL courses, plus additional math course at university.
COURSE LOAD: Most rigorous
OTHER/AWARDS: I am one of the very few (at the time) 14 year olds to apply.
National American Miss CO Preteen 2004
National Jr. Teenager 2006
4 x Academic achievement winner for NAACP
2 x Service Award Winner for community service over 1000 hours
?ect.

ECS: Dancer for 12 years, Artist, Pageants, Tutor, 6 foreign languages
ESSAYS: Good for me?not a great writer.
TEACHER REC: Very good
COUNSELOR REC: Very Good
HOOK: Minority, 14 year old, beauty queen.

STATE: CO
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: African American
GENDER: F
PERCEIVED S/W: As a 14 year old I have accomplished more than most 18 year olds. I am also a dancer.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE ACCEPTED: I?m a nice person with big dreams?

OTHER FACTORS: I know a lot of people think that age is a negative, and sometimes it may be, but you have to make it an advantage?and maybe I was able to do that. Congrats to every one else!!!
I was also invited to scholar?s weekend on their dime. Here I come MA.

megtoast · March 26, 2007, 9:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: HSS
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): V710 M730 W750
[] SAT IIs: Lit770 Math I 750 Math II 700
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.6 (w) ...My school's weird that way
[] Rank: 1/89
[] ACT:
[] APs (including this year's): 6
[] IBs (including this year's:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP US History, AP Bio, Psycology
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Jazz Band, Concert Band, Chorus, Lead in school play, NHS, Cheerleading, J.E.T.S
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at local library, Hostess
[] Essays (subject and responses): Above Average?
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): poor area/school[/li][/ul]Location/Person:

State or Country: MA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $60k-80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Academics, Great Recs
Weaknesses: Leadership, ECs
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I dunno, but I'm really excited!

N2Karaoke1 · March 26, 2007, 9:31pm

??? scholar's weekend in massachusetts? that makes no sense with cmu in pennsylvania. maybe i'm misreading something...wouldn't be a first.

gojets · March 26, 2007, 10:06pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: MCS: Physics, CIT: Mech Eng
[] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[] SAT I (by section): 790 M, 750 CR, 740 W
[] SAT IIs: 790 Math Level II, 770 Physics, 760 Chem, 760 US Hist
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 UW, 4.8-4.9W
[] Rank:top 2% of 640
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs (including this year's):5's= Phys B, US Hist, World Hist, and Eng Lang. 4: Chemistry. This year: Calc AB, Eng Lit, Psych, and Bio
[] IBs (including this year's: None
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc AB, Advance Zoology, AP Eng Lit, AP Psych, Orchestra, Honors Econ, Princeton Model Congress, AP Bio
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Idk, 4-5
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): too lazy to list them
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] ECs listed on app: Quiz Bowl Captain, Science Bowl Captain, Karate (Jr. Black Belt), Chamber Orchestra, Youth Court, NHS, Cross Country
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Busboy/Dishwasher
[] Essays (subject and responses):good
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):idk
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[] State or Country:NY
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public
[] Ethnicity:whitey
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk
[] Strengths: SATs, APs
[] Weaknesses:Uh, EC's?
[] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My strengths
[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Also a "Science and Humanities scholar"

elsewhen · March 26, 2007, 10:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: CIS & MCS -- accepted to both
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 780CR 780M 740W
[] SAT IIs: 790 MathIIC, 760 Chem, 740 Lit, 710 USH
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9UW, 5.0W
[] Rank: in the top 6 / 495
[] ACT:n/a
[] APs (including this year's): BC Calc, 4; APUSH, 5; Chem, 5; APCS AB, 4; English, Statistics, Physics E&M, US Gov.
[] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: easier than junior year... 4 APs 1 honors
[] Number of Apps from Your School: tons
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AIME qualifier, NMF, NHS, Brown Book Award
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Chemistry Club pres, Varsity Swimming, Model UN, Academic Games
[] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard for 2 summers
[] Essays (subject and responses): common app was on my habit of collecting useless facts in my head and how that helped when i auditioned for jeopardy; cmu was about interest in chem e and superconductors.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none, really
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: PA (Pittsburgh)
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public; highest SAT average for a public school in western PA
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): well i talked to the swim coach, but i'm no phenom.
[] Strengths: solid interest in chem and chem e
[] Weaknesses: a few b's junior year
[] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: well-rounded?
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congratulations to everyone who got accepted!

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