I’m dead-set on majoring in Cognitive Science. Since CMU has one of the best CogSci programs in the US (due to the course crossover with their AI courses), I’m extremely interested. Would you be kind enough to chance me?
GPA:
4.0 unw for freshman and sophomore years, IB for junior and senior
IB Diploma Predicted scores:
6/6/6/6/4/5 + 3 TOK/EE
History HL, Philosophy HL, English Language & Literature HL, Math SL, Chemistry SL, Spanish Ab Initio SL
SATs:
730 Eng/690 Math, 2nd (and last possible due to scheduling issues) attempt
(Couldn’t take subject tests in my country due to scheduling issues)
ACT:
Forthcoming
ECs:
National-tier debater (won Swedish regional championships, was requested to try out for the Swedish national team in the spring)
Student Council President
Dormitory Council elected member
Academic Honesty Committee member(invited by the dean, one of two students in entire school)
Student-run tutoring organization English department head
Drums, 8 years of experience (rock/alt), extensive performance experience
Sports: (Varsity/JV aren’t a thing in Sweden, it’s just ‘the team’)
Crew Rower, three years (7:00 2k Erg)
Track Team, three years (17.6 110m High Hurdles, 11.6 100m sprint) (All of CMU’s hurdlers are graduating this year!)
Volunteer:
Volunteered at a nutrition clinic in Argentina for a month, handled their IT (in Spanish)
Extensive volunteer activities in Mexico and in the United States (multiple multi-week trips)
Toured prospective students at my old high school during (summer)
Work experience:
Three years of working experience (food service) (summer)
Two months of temporary work at an Optical Manufacturing firm (WebDev, equipment repair) (summer)
Extra information:
Self-motivated international student (Busted ass in my freshman and sophomore years to convince people to let me study IB in Sweden)
Essays are absolutely killer, very focused on my Major of choice
Reference (only submitted one) should be god-tier, written by my Philosophy teacher
Have expressed significant interest in the school, will interview when I return home to the US for Christmas break
Corresponded with the Track coach, and while he said they don’t recruit, he’d “help my application along” (not sure what that means, but it can’t be a bad thing, especially since they need a hurdler)
Corresponded with the head of the department which I will likely Minor in
Submitted an extensive research paper which I wrote this year in the field of Philosophy to their supplement
Probably will mail them my resume, which I spent a huge amount of time perfecting
Great LinkedIn profile (lol why not, right)
Clean Facebook profile
Both parents have advanced degrees (Masters, M.d PhD)
I’m aware that my scores and grades aren’t exactly up to par, but I’m hoping that my EC’s, athletics, and extremely focused interest will tip the scales in the right direction.