RD Application

<p>Ok so I was rejected from CIT for EDI and I decided to apply regular decision for Tepper in Business, IS, and HS&SS for maybe Psychology. The only thing I feel that is hurting me is my SAT scores. They are horrible. Regardless I think I have some strong leadership and EC to make-up for it. What do you guys think?</p>

<p>SAT Scores:
Math 580 Verbal 500
Physics 490 Chem 460 Math1C 570 Writing 540
GPA: 3.65/4.00 (I think that is unweighted...my school does it really weird)
Rank: 11/47 (they rank weird too because people that take easier classes have a higher rank than me. should i let CMU know that?)
School only offers 2 AP course which is AP British Literature in junior year and AP World Literature in senior year or vice versa it depends on what year you are as a junior, but regardless i took AP Brit last year and I am taking AP World Lit this year. My schedule this year consists of:
Honors Psychology/Sociology
Honors Government/Economics
Honors Intermediate Programming in Java
Religion IV
Honors Advanced Biology
AP World Literature
Philosophy(Elective)
Honors Calculus</p>

<p>I am taking 7 solid which is the maximum you are allowed to take and is not recommended to the students to do but I did it anyways to push myself.</p>

<p>I also am going to send 2 more teacher recs and an essay on my community service at the Red Door Program.</p>

<p>A. Academics
* Received Top 10% Award in 9th grade for being in the top 10% of the class
* Was elected by a teacher with 11 other juniors in my grade to be involved in the school’s Student Ambassador Program for my junior and senior years
* Nominated to receive the Innovation Technology Scholarship from Xerox
B. Athletics
* Cheerleading - 9th and 11th grade
* Track – 9th and 10th grade
C. Extra-curricular activities in school
* 9th grade – Key Club
* 9th grade – French Club
* 10th grade – Newspaper Staff
* 10th grade and 12th grade – Morning News Anchor
* 10th grade, 11th grade, and 12th grade – Christmas Play
* 10th grade – Spring Musical
* 11th grade – Homeroom Representative, Student Government
* 11th grade – Young Hands (raises money for the Caring Campaign)
* 11th grade – Yearbook Staff
* 12th grade – National Honor Society, Secretary
* 12th grade – Kids Against Cancer Club
D. Community Service
* 10th grade – Spent 8 hours doing various school projects
* 11th grade – Estimated 20 hours spent helping out for Young Hands, the Red Door Program, and working as a Student Ambassador to my school
* 12th grade – Unknown amount of hours spent helping to raise money for the Kids Against Cancer Club, doing the requirement of 2 service projects per semester for National Honor Society, and participating in the Red Door Program
E. Work Experience
* 10th grade – Pizza Joe’s cook/waiter, 8 hours a week, December 2003 – March 2004
Quit because it interfered with Track season
* 11th grade – Data Entry for various companies in the area, 20 hours a week, December 2004 - present
* 11th grade – Secretarial Work for The Pool Store in Monaca, PA, 20 hours a week, March 2005-May 2005
Quit for my current job
* 11th grade and 12th grade – Sales Representative and Technical Support for Internet Providers, Inc., 28 hours a week, May 2005-present</p>

<p>So I found out today that I was accepted to Allegheny College. My first acceptance letter! At least somewhere wants me! lol</p>

<p>Truthfully courtney, I think you'd be wasting your time applying to Tepper. Your SATs and SATIIs are just too low. Go to Allegheny. You got in and I think you'd be academically much more comfortable there.</p>

<p>Honestly,little chance at Tepper. Average SATs are around 1350 for math and verbal, and you are much too low.</p>

<p>You can also apply to schools at which your SAT score is around the median for all entering freshman. You'd be more likely to get into these schools.</p>