Please chance me for CMU

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown):600 w, 600 read, 690 Math
• SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1890
• SAT II: Pending
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.93
• Weighted GPA: 7.29
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/600
• AP (place score in parentheses):
AP Human Geography(4)
Ap Psychology(4)
Ap World (4)
Ap Bio<br>
Ap Art History
Ap English
Ap Environmental
Ap U.S History
• IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: Ap stat, Ap chem, Ap physics B, Ap computer science Ap gov,Ap calc BC, Calc for business,
• Number of other EA applicants in your school:0
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Salutatorian, AP Scholar, </p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
• First Robotics Captian
• Relay for life captain
• Founder and president of School Science club
• NHS member
• Beta member
• Robotics Club
• Community Astronomy Club
• Sectretary of Math Team
• First Tech Robotics
• Mouse Team Captian
• Engineering Reasearch at major university
Envirothon team captian
Quiz Bowl team
Boys State Florida
Mentor at risk youth
President FBLA
Co-Founder of comedy Club
Standup comedy (open mic)
Spoken word
• Job/Work Experience: Museum Planetarium presenter, Fixing Ipod Business, Landscapping business, and tutoring service.
• Volunteer/Community service: Museum volunteer, Tutored a girl allowing her to graduate highschool, tutoring online students, Tutoring elementary school students, Taught a summer soccer camp, Church volunteering, Hospital volunteering, senate page, river clean up.
• </p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
• Essays (Include Subjects):
o Activity Short Essay:10
o Essay (Personal/Community essay):10
o Other:10
• Teacher Recommendation #1:10
• Teacher Recommendation #2:10
• Counselor Rec:10
• Additional Rec:10
• Art Supplement: 3</p>

<p>Other
• What did you choose as your major: Astronomy/ Physics
• State (if domestic applicant):Fl
• Country (if international applicant):USA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: 60,000-80,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.: URM, Injury stopping me from playing soccer</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores seem a little weak for CMU. I think you will need an SAT Math score in the 740-770 range, if you want to be competitive in Physics. Also, it seems as though you left the hardest AP courses, (AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics) for senior year. So, admission will also depend on how you do in these courses in the Fall semester of senior year. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Yeah definitely try to work on your SAT math score. It is super low for CMU. However, do not let that discourage you from applying. My SAT scores were low for CMU (and I totally knew I was not in the range), but I applied ED, wrote bomb essays, and was accepted. So scores are not everything. That being said, your SAT II’s should be very good since you are trying to show admissions what subjects you excel in.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is pretty low for CMU. But Hispanic and ranked number 2 in the class? If you raise your SAT by even 200 points, you will probably get in. Hell, you might even get in with your current scores. Good luck!</p>

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<p>First, some advice: CMU uses the common app, which will only let you write about a handful of extracurriculars. Yours kind of seem all over the place, so I’d encourage you to focus on just your top 5 (or fewer) and really try to show achievement in those.</p>

<p>I think you have a chance, but it will depend which school(s) you apply to. If your essays are really that amazing, you’d have a good shot at H&SS. I second everything perazziman pointed out, though. Being Hispanic gives you a good edge, but you need to somehow demonstrate that you’ll be able to keep up in advanced math or English courses (depending on which school you’re aiming for).</p>

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<p>To echo sorcelator’s advice, unless you can bring up your SAT scores significantly, your best shot at CMU is to apply to DC (formerly H&SS). Even there you probably need at least another 100 points in CR and WR. If you’re able to get in and do well your first year then you shouldn’t have difficulty transferring to MCS if that’s what you want to do.</p>

<p>Also, that was good advice by all to include a compelling essay with your application. They get read!</p>

<p>With all that noted, CMU seems like a reach for you. By all means reach, but have some safety schools in mind, too.</p>