Transfer to Carnegie Mellon? What are my chances?

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<p>I am a freshman at Oberlin College working towards a Chemistry major, but I am hoping to transfer to Carnegie Mellon University (Mellon College of Science) as a Chem major for Fall 2011. </p>

<p>I do hate when people post stats because most people just do it to brag, but I was just wondering what any of you thought in terms of chances. </p>

<p>High school GPA: 3.9 (unweighted) 4.6 (weighted)
College GPA: 3.8
ACT Composite: 27
Extracurriculars: I started a campus organization for female science majors to inspire interest in science and math among middle school and high school girls, I work as an assistant engineer at the college radio station, I'm a radio dj, and I'm involved in an activist type club.
Work Experience: 2 shifts at the dining hall, tutor chemistry and physics. </p>

<p>All 4s and 5s on APs including: spanish language, english language, calc ab, art history, physics c mech, and physics c e&m</p>

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<p>I don’t think they’re very good. CMU only accepts 15% of transfers and they want your standardized scores. <a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2009_10/d_transfer_admission.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2009_10/d_transfer_admission.pdf&lt;/a&gt; For freshman admission the scores are very important and your scores are very low. <a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2009_10/c_first_year_admissions.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2009_10/c_first_year_admissions.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m not applying freshman admission. I’m applying transfer. They may not use the scores the same way.</p>

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<p>As a soph transfer, you will only have completed 1 sem/qt, so your HS record (gpa & rigor of coursework) and test scores will be more heavily weighted than what you have done in college.</p>

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<p>anyone heard anything yet?</p>

<p>Im getting so nervous!</p>

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<p>Erin’s Dad, is there a chance the data you’re presenting might be skewed? I didn’t see a specified college anywhere in the chart, which implies that the data represents every school in Carnegie Mellon University. These are the stats for each school, not just a big mash-up of averages:</p>

<p>[Admission</a> > Admission Statistics](<a href=“Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University”>Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University)</p>

<p>Look at MSC specifically, not all of them together. I don’t think I could get into CMU as a whole, or any of the science-oriented schools. However, I have a good feeling about the one I’m wish to attend, H&SS.</p>

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<p>I did get in transfer lol. I’m gonna ironically advise everyone to never seek advice from anyone on this site because no one knows what they’re talking about. I don’t know what motivates us to think that random people we do not know on the internet are somehow reliable sources of information. I don’t know why I even made a chances post. Guess I fell into that trap.</p>

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<p>Congrats!!! That is fantastic!</p>

<p>I am trying to transfer for Chemical Engineering… How did you find out? Mail or Email?</p>

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<p>I first found out through “Where Am I in the Process?” and then mail. Good luck!!</p>

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<p>This is honestly a little frustrating. I called them today to ask, and they said they haven’t made a decision. This is my dream, I cant believe its taking so long to find out.</p>