Official Class of 2014 CMU Decisions Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted SCS!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 710 W, 730 M, 750 CR. Combined: 2190
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 740 Bio Molecular
[<em>] GPA: 3.93 UW
[</em>] Rank: 5/251
[<em>] Other stats: Did Pre-College, the CMU summer program. Had to leave early (terrible) so ended up with a ‘B’ in each class. Took the intro programming class and an ethics class.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty great – had my parents, my counselor, and the English department head at my school edit them, CommonApp essay was about a Church Mission Trip.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 that was magnificent (the English department head) and one that was good (a math teacher I had twice).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing. Said I was extremely high caliber – one of only a handful in his career.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Absolutely none. Except attending CMU Pre-college, I guess.
[/ul]
Extracurriculars:[ul]
[</em>] LEO club, 3 years. Board member in grade 11, President in grade 12. This is a high school version of the Lions Club, and is completely about community service. We’re the most active club in the school, and I was involved in creating a middle school extension of the club.
[<em>] Varsity Water Polo, 4 years. Captain, grades 11 and 12. MVP, grades 11 and 12.
[</em>] National Honor Society, 2 years. Treasurer, grade 12. Upperclassmen only activity.
[<em>] Varsity Swim Team, 4 years. School Record Holder, 4x District Qualifier.
[</em>] Congregational Council, 2 years. Elected by majority vote to a 12 member council at my church.
[<em>] Student Council, 4 years.
[</em>] Debate/Model UN Team, 2 years.
[<em>] Volunteer Peer Tutor, 2 years.
[</em>] Esperanto (culture awareness club) 1 year.[/ul]
Awards:[ul]
[<em>] National Merit Semifinalist (Pending Final Results)
[</em>] AP Scholar
[<em>] Rensselaer Medal Winner[/ul]
Work Experience:[ul]
[</em>]Summer Lifeguard: about 40 hrs/week over the previous summer.
[<em>]Winter Lifeguard: about 5 hrs/week over the school year this year.[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Eastern PA, USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, rural. No students sent to Ivies or anything like that.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[li] Gender: Male.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Not a whole lot… applied ED, obviously. Has been my dream school for years and I wrote about that in my supplement essay. I did some game modding in my spare time, wrote about how that independent sort of learning piqued my interest in computer science.
General Comments: Congrats to all those who got in!</p>

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<p>Don’t Got much time so</p>

<p>accepted
3.52 uw
2270 sat
top 33%
piano some other leaderships</p>

<p>if I can do it, anyone can</p>

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<p>Decision: SCS EDI accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT : none
[</em>] ACT : Composite 33 - Verbal 32, Math 36, Science 31, Reading 34
[<em>] SAT IIs : Math2 800, Physics 780, Japanese w/ listening 740
[</em>] GPA : no UW system. 10th - 4.47, 11th - 4.79, 12th 1st quarter 4.6
[<em>] Rank : no rank. Definitely 10% for Cum Laude, though
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays : Okay. It wasn’t the best on the planet. It was about gender stereotypes. You know the story.
[</em>] Teacher Recs : Got from Physics/CS teacher and English11/Yearbook teacher. I can’t say they were great, but I can definitely say they were very true.
[<em>] Counselor Rec : I really don’t know about this. I had to write up a sheet for the counselor to write the rec, and I almost forced myself to do it. So, fair, I guess.
[</em>] Hook (if any) : A girl applying to CS. Outstanding GPA and rigorous school work. I think that’s about it,really…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country : International, Korean. But attending school in Missouri.
[</em>] School Type : private, prep school
[<em>] Ethnicity : Asian, Korean
[</em>] Gender : Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]Classes :
Sophomore : English10 H, Precalculus H, Physics H, Modern History, Japanese5 H, Intro to Java H, Digital Filmmaking
Junior : English 11 H, CalculusAB AP, Physics AP, US History AP, Japanese6 H, Computer Science AP
Senior : English Lit. AP, CalculusBC AP, Prob & Stat AP, Chemistry AP, Biology AP, Economics AP, Japanese7 H, Yearbook
[</em>]APs : 5’s - Calculus AB, Japanese Language and Culture, Physics C: Mechanics
4’s - English Language and Composition, US History, Physics C: E&M
[<em>]ECs : not that great in general
volunteer work in school library after school(250+ hours) and aftercare in middle school(50+ hours)
President’s Volunteer Service Award Bronze for 2 years
Cum Laude
AP Scholar with distinction
English tutor for Korean middle schoolers
Wellsley College Book Award
Literary book club
graphic arts for yearbook
TA in Physics and Computer Science classes
Several regional math competitions, went to states twice in Math League, won 1st place in the Senior division in the regional.
96 in AMC12 last year, and got Mathmatics Award for placing 1st in the school. Some more regional math and Japanese competitions.
Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2
Managing an website. Also had programming/scripting experience as a part of an amateur game project.
[</em>]Summers :
2008 : went to APEA program in Carnegie Mellon and received a B in intro programming course. Completely bombed the Calculus course that time lol
2009 : went to Europe for 3 weeks through an exchange student program
[/ul]</p>

<p>I hope this helps the other international students, since we are always short of stats :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to SCS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050 - 800 Math, 650 CR, 600 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Math 1, 770 US History, 690 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 3.4 UW
[</em>] Rank: My school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I guess, talked about grabbing opportunities
[<em>] Teacher Recs: AMAZING one from my CS teacher who had two masters from CMU. A decent one from a math teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good I guess
[<em>] Hook (if any): Teacher’s assistant to my school’s intro to Computer Science class. Beast recommendations. Under represented minority (Hispanic)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
-Diverse ECs
-Varsity football team. Years 11 and 12
-Spent two summers in asia doing volunteer work
-Made some spending money selling codes I had written.
General Comments:
Welcome to CMU everyone who got in!</p>

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<p>Decision: MCS accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT : CR-740 W-750 M-780
ACT : None
SAT IIs : Math2-800, Chem-770, BioE-800
GPA : 3.3/4.0 (no weighting at my school)
Rank : no rank.
Other stats: Did Pre-C- A in Concepts of Math, B in intro to Electric and Computer Engineering</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays : I wrote a pretty decent essay about how math (my intended major) is related to everything else (e.g. english, music, art etc.)
Teacher Recs : I got a AP Calc teacher from Junior Year and AP Chem teacher from Junior Year. I assume both were good…
Counselor Rec : good, I guess.
Hook (if any) : Did well in Pre-C, taking 2 more math classes for college credit this year (Multivariable Calc and Linear Algebra)… um, decent EC’s
Location/Person:
State or Country : Massachusetts
School Type : Public
Ethnicity : White, Jewish
Gender : Male
Other Factors:
Classes :
Freshman: English unlvl’d, Ancient Cultures unlvl’d, Geometry Hon, Adv. Earth Sci, Spanish 2 lvl 1, Intro to Programming II, Intro to Jazz
Sophomore : English Hon, Precalculus Hon, AP Biology, World History Honors, Spanish 3 lvl 1, AP Computer Science
Junior : American Lit Hon, US History Hon, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, Spanish 4 lvl 1
Senior : Shakespeare unlvl’d, AP Psychology, AP Analytical Physics (Physics C), German 1 lvl 1, Math TA program, Multivariable Calculus (@harvard extension), Linear Algebra (@ harvard extension)
APs : 5’s: Calc BC, Calc AB subscore, Chemistry, Biology. 4: Comp Sci AB
ECs : 3rd Degree Blackbelt in Uechi Ryu Karate (13 years), Piano (10 years), VP in Community service club, Officer in HPA chapter, AP Scholar with Honors, National Merit commended student</p>

<p>Summers :
2008 : Worked at Joslin Diabetes Reasearch center in MIS (IT) dept.
2009 : Did AP/EA program, got an A in Concepts of Math and a B in intro to ECE</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone/Good luck to anyone applying ED2 or regular! SOOO EXCITED FOR CLASS OF 2014!!!</p>

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<p>VislorTurlough I was in that intro to ECE clas over the summer too. that class was ridiculously hard. fortunately John Tran lived on my floor and he and Daniel Deutsch helped me.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED SCS ED 1</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 2030 (580 R, 800 M, 650 W)
ACT: Comp 30: 29 E, 35 M, 25 R, 32 Sc
TOEFL: 113
GPA: 3.74 UW
Rank: top 5%</p>

<p>Location Person:</p>

<p>State or country: Indonesia (ANYONE ELSE WHO GOT ACCEPTED FROM INDONESIA??)
School type: private
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays and rec were amazing</p>

<p>Some Extra curriculars:</p>

<p>JV Cross country
Dance competition
School science team
Vice president of service club
… and lots more…</p>

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<p>@pcmb12 Do you go to JIS?</p>

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<p>@ ssssc:
Yes i do… But how did you know?</p>

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<p>I was deffered. I am so happy, I thought I was going to get rejected. I actually have a chance because I had a humungus upward trend in senior year</p>

<p>My profile:
Gpa: 3.4ish/4 (this is why I didn’t get in)
Sat: 2310 (800M, 800W, 710R)
Recs: great
Essays: really great
Ecs: great</p>

<p>I reeealy think I could get in later. I am so excited! I just need to get super straight A’s for term 2, and I’m all set! I had straight A’s term one!</p>

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<p>** Decision: ACCEPTED! **</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math lvl 2-800, Physics-800
[<em>] GPA: -
[</em>] Rank: 2/90
[<em>] Other stats: TOEFL- 113/120
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Good…Talked about saving the world and how cmu was the best place for me and how I could make a difference.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Strong.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): I don’t really know? Must have been something :wink:
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: India
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:Indian
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments: Really excited about getting in! All the best to everyone :)</p>

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<p>**Decision:ACCEPTED TSB **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1890 (730 Math, 580 Writing, 580 Reading)
[</em>] SAT IIs:750 Math II, 680 Biology M
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.93W
[<em>] Rank:28/380
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:My Common App essay was really bad. I had a lot of mistakes that could of cost me admission. However, I emailed them and they let me resubmit my essay. My Why CMU? Essay was really good. I pretty much fit every single detail I knew about CMU in that one page.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:One was amazing and the other was average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see. I don’t know my counselor so I’m guessing it was average.
[</em>] Hook (if any): First Generation Student. My school has an amazing relationship with CMU. When I attended SBW each admissions officer was like “So Hows things going at XYZ High School” We send several kids to CMU every year so I think that helped out a lot.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:PA
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Indian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors: I attended the Sleeping Bag Weekend and I had an On Campus Interview.
General Comments: My essay was really bad and my test scores were not even close to the average. Yet, I think I really showed interest in my supplement and it pulled through for me.</p>

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<p>if kid3020 can do it, anyone can</p>

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<p>I’m so worried now…I still didn’t get any mail or any online decision.</p>

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<p>Decision:ACCEPTED H&SS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT:2130 (790 Math, 710 Writing, 630 Reading)

  • SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 620 Chem, 770 Chinese w/ Listening
  • ACT: none
  • GPA: 3.82W by CMU standards
  • Rank:top 30%?
  • Other stats:
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays:My Common App essay was pretty good. My “Why CMU?” essay was really good. I made sure they knew I was interested and understood my stuff.

  • Teacher Recs: One was pretty good and the other was better
  • Counselor Rec: I’m thinking I surprised my counselor because whenever she doubted my ability to do something, I did it so that must have helped.
  • Hook (if any): Genuine interest, help from students
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:NJ

  • School Type:Public (competitive)
  • Ethnicity:Asian
  • Gender:Male
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: Memorized CMU facts like the back of my hand
General Comments: My interest in CMU as well as my mix of technical skills and the arts were big factors. My GPA is okay and SATs are meh, but I’m decent at writing essays.</p>

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<p>I am surprised you didn’t get in space pope! Which school did you apply to?</p>

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<p>@mrkangaroo123 seriously!</p>

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<p>I applied to SCS. I may have gotten in if I applied to engineering or physics, my other two interests, but really I’m very happy with my defferal. My grades senior year are much better than my grades every other year, so I think I have a very good shot to get in come RD time.</p>

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<p>Haha byuan09, you sound quite arrogant there. How is one to know how great their essay is and how great their recommendations are? Essays are mere opinion and since when do you get to see recommendations? Also, memorizing facts about CMU? Wow, obsessive much?</p>

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<p>What the hell byuan09! your hook is your genuine interest? How is that a hook, everyone who applied ED should have genuine interest in attending CMU! I agree entirely with username2010. You’re definitely way too obsessed with this school for memorizing CMU facts like the back of your hand. Your SAT2s are dismal as well. I could get that chem score if I were high on crack, weed and getting my stomach pumped while passed out from alcohol. I wouldn’t be proud of that Chinese w/listening score either if I were you. Oh well, good job for getting in anyway.</p>