I am currently a junior in high school. I know I want to go into business and would also like to minor art for Industry Design. CMU (Tepper) is my 1st choice to apply. Here is my stat:
-I currently have a 4.18 weighted GPA (my school does not give unweighted GPA. I am guessing ~ 3.7, As & Bs)
-I am ranked top 10.7% of my class (~1400 students) in a very competitive public high school.
-I have taken almost all honors classes, 3 APs in sophomore year, 6 APs in junior and more APs in senior year.
-I have gotten a 33 on my ACT and will be taking it again.
-On SAT I got 1420 for M+C (2030 overall, will not submit). I have not taken any SAT II test yet.
ECs: I am in National Honors Society (3 years), a Dance Club member (2 years), 3 years Art class including Art 3D AP (I will make a portfolio for my 3D art work this year). I’ve played club soccer for 7 years with year-around intensive training, games and tournaments (my team is D1 team in the most competitive league of the area and is currently North State Rank #4, Region Rank #21, and National Rank #93). I have some leadership roles for few local youth programs and had enrich community service volunteer experience, etc.
I am an Asian male. I’d like to know if I have the best chance at CMU (Tepper) or if it’s a reach/match college for me. Please help to provide your advices.
Thank you for your time and please comment!
bump, please chance me. Thanks.
It’s really kind of useless to chance people. No one but the admissions counselors would know exactly your chances. Go to CMU’s Common Data Set to get an idea of their students stats. Also, do you mean Industrial Design? I would look at their website for more info on how to minor in ID. Design is very portfolio based. My S is in ID at CMU.
@goingnutsmom: Thanks for your valuable comments. I will check out CMU’s CDS.
Yes, I mean Industrial Design. Is it very difficult to get into ID in CMU?
I am going to make my 3D art work portfolio this year. Do you have any advice for making the portfolio? I currently only have the pictures of my art work. Thank again.
There is a recent thread on the most recent SAT stats for incoming class broken down by CMU college. Take a look at it and see where you fall. I think your stats are favorable. Design is heavy portfolio based. My son did a portfolio review on campus and I think this significantly helped him. Good luck !
@goingnutsmom Thanks for the info… I will try to find the thread to get more information.
Does your son major in Design? When did your son have the portfolio review on campus? Thanks.
Yes, he is an ID major. He did an overnight and presented his portfolio as well as had an on campus interview. He applied ED. Read about CMU. It’s known for intense environment across almost all majors and kids appear very focused on what they want. The campus overnight helped a lot to solidify the ED choice.