weird app, chance me

Colleges & Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I'm a little bit strange, since I'm applying as an 11th grader, and I goto an IB school, so I don't have any IB Test scores to prove my proficiency yet.
Anyways, some stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4/4 (UW) 4.82/5 (W)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1/149</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 (800 math, 680 cr, 720 wr-8 essay)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II:800, Math I:800, Phys (not sure but...):700+ (90% sure it should be)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: AIME Qualifier 2 time, USAJMO Qualifier 1 time, TMSCA 2 Time State Champion in Mathematics, Number Sense and Calculator</p>

<p>Sports: Varsity Table Tennis, 3rd place state winter games tournament</p>

<p>ECs: Metroplex Math Circle Assistant, Copy Editor for Newspaper, Math/Science/Computer Science Team, Class Pres (9, 10), Key Club Pres (11)</p>

<p>Rigorous courses taken/taking:
SL Physics, SL Math, HL Math, English III IB, History of the Americas IB, French III IB, Chemistry SL, Local University Computer Science and Statistics (received A's in both)</p>

<p>Distinguishing Features:
Only USA(J)MO Qualifier ever in an 80 mile radius
Founder of the website Online</a> Math Circle | The World's First Online Math Circle
Very rural background, 2 hour drive from the nearest big city (Dallas)
Applying Early as school in my area isn't challenging enough</p>

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<p>Protip: remove that link. You don’t want people to know your name plus all of this info ^^… Also, it’s very new… so new that not much has been done… so by putting this in your app you’re effectively lying xD</p>

<p>I don’t know how CMU evaluates junior applications… but I must say if they review it in the same manner you have a very impressive app.</p>

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<p>CMU states in their application that they very rarely admit students under the early admit program for juniors.</p>

<p>They are equally reluctant to take students graduate a year early-- but that would be a bit better. Can you complete the high school graduation requirements and graduate a year early rather than simply leaving high school?</p>

<p>Make sure to clarify and distinguish between “I’m leaving b/c I’m unchallenged” (which is still a subjective statement) vs. “I’m leaving b/c I have exhausted all the possible AP/IB classes I can taken in Math, Science, etc.” — the latter being a more reasonable reason to leave High School.</p>