What are my chances at CMU?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I'm a junior and I was just wondering what my chances were at getting into CMU SCS? I'm thinking it's like a mid-reach?</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (Male)</p>

<p>SAT: 2150 ( 640 CR, 800 Math, 710 Writing) going to retake
SAT II: Math 1 - 800, Math 2 - 800
(going to take Physics and possibly Chemistry)</p>

<p>Honors/APs (All of them were As except for like one)
AP US History
AP Computer Science
AP Language and Composition
Honors Physics
Honors Chemistry
Honors US History I
Honors Computer Science I
Honors Computer Science II
Honors CompSci Math I
Honors CompSci Math II
Honors Spanish IV</p>

<p>Notable Senior Courses:
AP Calculus BC
AP Literature
AP Chemistry
Honors Computer Science IV
Honors Tech Design</p>

<p>Voluteering
-25 hours Teacher Assistant
-90 hours Hospital work</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-CSAW (CyberSecurity something Week) - 1 year
-American Computer Science League (placed 6th in the world in 2012) - 3 years
-Science League Physics I and Chemistry I - 2 years
-National Honor Society
-Accepted into Spanish Honor Society (couldn't do it due to schedule conflicts)
-Varsity Tennis - 2 years (I do tennis outside of school too)
-Basketball Manager - 1 year
-Chinese School (combined total 30 awards over 9 years)
-Technology Student Association - 2 years</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
-Computer Science Student of the Year (for my school)
-Computer Science Achievement Certificate
-CompSci Math Achievement Certificate
-Nominated by school for Governor School (2 students per school)
-Honor Roll every quarter of high school thus far</p>

<p>I think my main standouts for SCS are my ACSL club, Computer Science courses for four years, and a couple awards for Computer Science. </p>

<p>I'm looking to get my SAT to around 2250-2350 and I'm going to take the ACT. Plus I might go to the CMU summer program (I was accepted last year but I didn't go, a mistake on my part).</p>

<p>Is there anything I can improve/add to help my chances at CMU?</p>

<p>And one last sidenote, how do you think I might rank up against schools like NYU, RPI, Cornell, UCLA, and UC Berkeley? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Oh and GPA is 3.8 unweighted and rank is top 1% (number 5 in school)</p>

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<p>What’s your weighted? Match for now.</p>

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<p>about 4.85 but we use a different scale</p>

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<p>You’re an accomplished candidate.</p>

<p>NYU - low match
RPI - safety
Cornell - high match
UCLA, and UC Berkeley - matches</p>

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<p>SCS is extremely competitive so its very difficult to chance people for it. Based on your stats however, I think you have a good shot if you show interest and write strong essays.

Yes. To boost your chances: (1) Get a summer job as a software engineer or a CS researcher (paid is preferable); (2) Visit campus and take a tour; (3) Do an interview with an admissions officer; (4) Do sleeping bag weekend; (5) Apply ED to CMU </p>

<p>As for the other colleges:</p>

<p>NYU - 6/10
RPI - 3/10
Cornell - 8/10 since you’ll be applying to COE
UCLA - 5/10
UC Berkeley - 5.5/10</p>

<p>where 10=Impossible and 1=Complete Safety.</p>

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<p>What other colleges do you think would be around this range? I was thinking maybe Cooper Union and Georgia-Tech as well.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you get your SAT up, then you will be fine. You are already a strong candidate for SCS because of the classes you have taken about CS and the extracurriculars of course. If you get your SAT up, then your chances will improve drastically. At 2150, I would say CMU is a High Match.
NYU: Low Match
Cornell: High Match
UCB and UCLA: Match</p>

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<p>You’ll make it! But why don’t you go to MSU? Or U or M? Lol</p>

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<p>Dometic Looking Good-Teriffic Ec’s
International-Much tougher road.</p>

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<p>Oh I live in the U.S. forgot to mention that, I’m also first generation.</p>