*Tepper ED2 African American Chances*

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Hi, i'm an African American HS Junior, applying to CMU's Tepper ED2 in the fall. Any knowledgeable comments would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SATs:
SAT 1: 2100 (May 6th est.) 720 CR 580 M 800 WR/ pretty high for AA </p>

<p>SAT 2: (est.) Lit. 700-800ish</p>

<p>Grades:
Cumulative GPA: 3.4W 3.3 UW</p>

<p>8th:
Algebra 1: D (ouch)
Spanish 1: D (ouch)</p>

<p>9th
English Honors: A
Honors Gov't: B
Honors Science: B
Geometry: C
Strategies for Success: A (Elective)
Keyboading: A (Elective)
Spanish 2: C
Air Force JROTC: B
GPA: 2.5</p>

<p>10th:
English Honors: A
World History Honors: B
Honors Bio: B
Alg. 2/Trig: B
Gym: A (required)
Entrepreneurship: B
Accounting: B
Food & Nutrition: A (required)
Health: A (required)
GPA: 3.63</p>

<p>11th:
AP English: A
Pre-Calculus: A/B (tottering)
Chemistry: B
Oracle Database Programming: B
General Business: A
US History: A (AP wouldn't fit in schedule)
Oracle SQL Programming: B
Practical Law: A
GPA: 3.6/3.7</p>

<p>12th Grade schedule:</p>

<p>AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP English Lit
Government Honors
Finance
& some other business-related electives..</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Captain, Mock Trial
Junior Achievement
FBLA Member
Class Treasurer Sophmore Year
Class Treasurer Junior Year
Class Treasurer Senior Year
SGA
Work 35 Hours/Week in Restaurant
joining School Newspaper next year</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>National Achievement (tentative)
Best Mock Trial Lawyer 2 Years..</p>

<p>Personal Qualities:</p>

<p>Very Entrepreneurial, started first business at 14 mowing lawns, made about $3,000/Summer; sold first business for $2500 then started </p>

<p>GiZmo Software Distribution, which is the company I own now, pretty successful Sole Proprietorship, making about $2000-$3000/Month</p>

<p>Community Service:
100 assorted hours, mostly at local hospital</p>

<p>So Yeah..that's the profile</p>

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<p>8th grade lol, you can go ahead and not worry about your grades in middle school - and you might even be able to dump freshman year grades into that category though I guess they are glanced at...I took algebra 1 in 8th grade and I couldn't tell you what I got if you had Jack Bauer interrogating me.</p>

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<p>pretty high for AA - pretty demeaning, dont u think?</p>

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<p>I wouldn't consider 580 math high for AA tepper applicants at all actually....good job on writing though. I think you would be a more solid applicant if you either upped your math SATI or maybe did well on a math SATII. Try and do well in calc too obviously. Your business is a definate plus though.</p>