Official ED Notification Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Hey guys,
Thought it'd be nice to post the decisions for future classes. </p>

<p>Let's use this format:</p>

<p>Blue for acceptance, green for deferred, red for denied.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>DELETE ALL SPACES IN THE BRACKETS FOR IT TO WORK</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 790M 760V 740W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760Bio 750Chem 650Math IIC
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 3.55 UW
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank. Top 20%
[</em>] Other stats: I've taken 6 AP classes to date.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm female
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My SAT scores, research
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: IM LUCKY!?
[/ul]</p>

<p>Congrats to those who got in, and good luck to those who don't know yet. Hope to see you all there! CMU 2010!!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 580V 690M 630W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology-730 , Math IC-580 (!)
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take them
[</em>] GPA: 3.9W
[<em>] Rank: hm, top 25%?
[</em>] Other stats: 5 on the AP English Language Exam, 8 AP Classes to this date
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: others say they were pretty good, so I guess I'll say they're pretty good too
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): I have strong leadership roles and participate in a lot of extracurricular activities -- Class President for 2 years, Class Secretary for 1 year, Mathletes, Student Council Delegate, Varsity Tennis Captain, Science National Honor Society Personal Relations Coordinator, along with many others
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania, about 30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My SAT's and GPA are weak for CMU's standard... so to anyone who has weak numbers like I do, don't fear! :)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think it was my ec's that REALLY helped. I guess it showed that I have an active role in my community. I also had an interview with an Admissions Director, so I think that helped as well.
[/ul]Other Factors: Maybe my course load? Taking 8 AP classes over the past 2 years might show that I'm willing to take a challenge in their eyes.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!! Hope to see you in the fall!</p>

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<p>Request: Mention which school you got into?</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SATI: 790M 590CR 700W
[</em>]SATIIs: 800 IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Japanese, (700 Chem)
[<em>]GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.67W
[</em>]Rank: Top 10%
[<em>]Other stats: 280 TOEFL, All 5's on Calc BC, Physics Mech, Physics E&M, Stat, and World AP Exam
[</em>]Current Courses: AP Computer Science AB, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, Multivariable Calculus, Honors English, Honors Wind Ensemble
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Sucked. Common app one was okay but I didnt finish the supplement one. I never mentioned about programming in any of my essays.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't see them. Should be okay
[<em>]CounselorRec: Kinda bad.
[</em>]Hook(ifany): Japanese, moved to US 5 yrs ago, 2 Interviews w/ Admission Officers, Regional Math Awards, AIME, etc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Maryland
[</em>]School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian/Japanese
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My GPA, SAT II, AP Scores, and EC's should've made up for my low SAT I score. I had a major weakness in programming; I bet even those who are not applying to SCS are better than me at programming. But I had a double software development internship this summer (one at NIH, as an independent worker at its tech department) and that should've helped me a lot.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: It's all about luck.
[/ul]OtherFactors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone else who got in. No more apps!! Yay =)</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Accepted (Tepper) [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 720M 730CR 740W
[ *] SAT IIs: 760US 740IC
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA:3.91W 3.23UW
[ *] Rank:37/135
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:Awesome
[ *] Teacher Recs:Good, I guess
[ *] Counselor Rec:Awesome
[ *] Hook (if any):Overcame adversity, leadership positions, awesome extracurriculars
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:PA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:SATs, ECs, Interest
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:Because they liked me?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm so excited[ /b]</p>

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<p>i got accepted into MCS.</p>

<p>this post doesn't do much because you know that the people who got accepted are going to post.. but anybody who got deferred/rejected probably won't. oh well</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1870
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 720, Physics 600
[<em>] ACT: __
[</em>] GPA: 3.9
[<em>] Rank:___
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Personnal
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Strong Relations... so assumed good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Councelor knows me well...
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: US, CT
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Japanese-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Math/programming
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Teacher Reccs...
[/ul]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:** :-D</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:760V, 790M, 690W
[ *] SAT IIs:800 M IIC, 780 Physics, 750 US History
[ *] ACT:35
[ *] GPA:3.85 UW
[ *] Rank:23/585
[ *] Other stats:5's on all APs: AB Comp. Sci., US History, Physics B, English
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good, I guess
[ *] Teacher Recs: I don't know, but probably good
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as above
[ *] Hook (if any): I dunno, maybe EC's
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: Suburban, Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Umm, good grades, esp. in Comp. Sci.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I dunno.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
I got in! Now I'm done with all this college app stuff! Good Luck Everyone else! Hey, if you got rejected it's okay, there's other good places. Please post your info to help future prospective students out.</p>

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<p>hey guys you migt want to post your schools.</p>

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<p>*Decision: Rejected from SCS *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 730 V 670 M 630 W (I took another one in dec, so who knows)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 IIC 580 Physics (I know..) 670 Lit 680 WH
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 88.1/100 UW
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: not so good common, good supplementary
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be good
[</em>] Hook (if any): well, I thought being female might give me a push. Apparently not.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public (v. prestigious)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Had an internship at Morgan Stanley over the summer programming. Highest level programming courses at school. Weakness: GPA and low sat math & physics.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See weakness + I'm taking precal this year + Calculus AB. w00t doubling up. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:Has been on Sci Oly since 8th grade, won some regional + state awards. On Key Club board, maintain website and maintain website for another friend's club. </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I don't know whether I should reapply to CMU, and this time try for CIT and somehow double major in CS...I really don't know. advice?</p>

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<p>I actually feel very stupid compared to all of you but either way i was accepted maybe more through EC than through general stats.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to IS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SATI: 680M 620CR 600W
* SATIIs: 620 BIO 620 IC
* GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.1W
* Rank: 5th
* Other stats: Top Score Regionals
* Current Courses: AP Calc., AP Physics, AP Bio, AP Literature, AP Govt. and Politics, Concert Band.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Very Good, Polished by Multiple Teachers
* Teacher Recs: All Outstanding
* CounselorRec: Outstanding
* Hook(ifany): none
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Connecticut
* School Type: Intercity Public
* Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese American
* Gender: Male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: GPA, Class Rank, Background, EC, Recs, Leadership Positions, Legacy, ED, IS program (easier to get into), Essays. Low SATs I and II, Chinese American, Male, Little Knowledge of Computer Programming and Few Courses taken directed towards major.
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Legacy and Easy school.
</code></pre>

<p>OtherFactors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congradulations to all the people that were accepted. IM me at AZNPRIDE62388 if you want to start networking. CMU baby!! WOOT! =)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected from CIT</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 500 V 580 M 540 W
SAT IIs: 570 IC 480 Physics 460 Chem
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.65 (my school doesn't weight courses through GPA)
Rank: 11/74
Other stats: was accepted into their pre-college program but couldn't attend because of my dad's illness and current financial problems...had been wanting to go there for 7 years....I packed my schedule this year with Honors Gov't, Honors Economics, Honors Psychology, Honors Sociology, Honors Intermediate Computer Programming, Religion IV, Honors Advanced Biology, AP World Literature, Philosophy(elective), Honors Calculus.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: my essay was very meaningful...it was about my dad being diagnosed with colon and liver cancer this past summer
Teacher Recs: came from a CMU alumni...my AP english teacher grad there in 1996 i think
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): thinking cause i was female it would make up for my SAT scores but guess not....also had family almuni there...my uncle attended there and is currently receiving his masters from there</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: 45 minutes outside Pittsburgh
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: had strong leadership in my school...Homeroom Representative in 11th grade, Student Ambassador of my school in 11th grade(which position is given by being nominated by a teacher), NHS secretary 12th, Track and Field 9th-11th, Cheerleading 9th-11th, Spring Musical 10th, Christmas Plays 10th-12th, French Club 9, Yearbook 11th, Newspaper 10th, Student Anchor for Morning News 10th, Young Hands(Volunteer Service Club) 11th, Key Club 9th...I work all the time at an Internet Service Provider in their call center, about 28hrs/wk. I'm also the only senior this year to be taking 6 Honors/AP courses, and have also gotten college credits from Univ of Pittsburgh for Introduction to Java Programming course.
Previously worked at a Pool Store selling pool supplies at 21hrs/wk
Weakness: SAT scores mainly...and my school doesn't offer like any AP courses. The only AP course they offer is AP English and I took it last year and am currently in it now. I pretty much exhausted their curriculum.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Weak SAT scores?...Admissions are all about numbers from what I heard, so that is probably it, but I am currently making a student connection with a senior at the Tepper School of Business and he had the same SAT scores as me so who knows. He made me feel a lot better from that, and caused me to destroy my plans of burning down Collegeboard lol</p>

<p>Other Factors: I was in the top 10% of my class in 9th grade, and I also was nominated for a scholarship by my Computer teacher to receive the Information Technology Award from Xerox.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm trying to get into EDII for Tepper School but now Univ of Rochester wants me to apply ED for them so I have no idea what to do. I really am stressed from all of this. I have no idea where to go now since I've been striving for this like half my life, but I guess I'll figure something out.</p>

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<p>Still haven't gotten my letter, but on the "Where Am I in the Process?" site it now says:</p>

<p>
[quote]
College Choices
1. College: CFA Dept: DES Program: Decision: Accept

[/quote]

Decision: Accepted to CFA (Design)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800V/700M (Old), 690V/700M/800W (New)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 780 Physics, 750 Lit
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take
[</em>] GPA: 4.45 W, 3.72ish UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/475
[</em>] Other stats: 5 on AP Physics B, IB program with 7 on Physics SL and 5 Foreign Language SL (out of 7)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: common one was horrible, but the school-specific one really good (explained why I want to do design over art, the reason being my personal diversity, which is necessary for design)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: probably really good; I've had all three teachers for at least two years for both honors classes and AP/IB
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good; she is the IB counselor and loves us IB kids
[</em>] Hook (if any): I am part of my school's first graduating IB class, since this is the first time they have offered it, so I have been one of my school's five guinea pigs. Not only is it tough to pioneer a new program (definitely an adversity I've had to overcome), but it also means that all the teachers and the IB counselor love me, so that's why I'm convinced my recommendations rocked. Also, I did Pre-College and was already told at our final evaluation that during my time there I displayed what they were looking for and they encouraged me to apply. In addition, I was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Europe and will be the first person in my entire family to go to college in the US.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas, USA (but I was born in the Netherlands)
[</em>] School Type: Public (2000 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half-white, half-Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My academics are probably better than you need to get into Design, but I wasn't really sure about how they'd take my portfolio; because of IB Art it's very diversified media-wise, which isn't a bad thing necessarily, but I wasn't sure if I'd done as much straight sketching/drawing as they seemed to want. But apparently that didn't bother them.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: All the reasons mentioned above and basically just a LOT of luck!!!
[/ul]Other Factors: Rocking extra-curriculars. I spend my whole life at school doing various things, from Art Club (president 2 years) to Lit Mag (editor-in-chief 3 years) to Business Professionals of America (civil chairperson 3 years) to International Club (co-founder and Vice-President) to Technical Theater (publicity, set painting, lights, sound, props). Mu Alpha Theta, Academic Decathlon, lots of academic competitions, etc.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: The past few days have been some of the scariest of my life. I was really beginning to think I wasn't going to get in! One Pre-College Design friend got rejected and one got deferred, and another Pre-College friend got rejected from Tepper. Two of my best friends from my school got rejected from Princeton and Northwestern, and my boyfriend got rejected from Rice. So I am the first out of all the people I know personally to get good news! It was such a surprise! And a big relief! As far as I'm concerned I'm pretty much done with high school. CMU 2010, here I come!!!</p>

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<p>Xiehan, congrats!! i was sure that you were going to make it!
courtney, i am so sorry for you. but good luck with your applications. im sure other schools are surely as great as CMU is.</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:760 Math, 770 Verbal, 730 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 MathII-C, 700 Physics
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: ~3.6 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but probably top 15 in a class of 250
[</em>] Other stats: 4 on AP US History exam last year, taking BC Calc, AP Stats, and AP Chem this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, wrote about Arrested Development
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nothing, really. I'm a white guy who likes science. Not very unusual.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Private, Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Jewish
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My extracurriculars probably would be a little weak (My only sport is cross-country, etc), but I started a monopoly club at my school, and the admissions officer who interviewed me during the SBW seemed to really like that. My SAT 2's were a little weak, but not especially.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I picked the easiest school to get into
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WHOOOOOO. I guess posting your screen name is the cool thing to do in this section, so I'm EMoney624. Yankees fans, stay away (but not really)</p>

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<p>Hey! I don't think MCS is the easiest... </p>

<p>Anyway, yay! Another jew!</p>