<p>My school limits the number of applications to 6, so I have to pick schools wisely. I have decided to apply to schools where I have a chance because I don't want to end up being rejected from all schools. Do I have a decent enough shot to warrant applying?</p>
<p>2280 SAT (800M, 740CR, 740W)
800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
IB: 43/45 Predicted, Full Candidate
No GPA/Rank/APs offered at my school</p>
<p>8 International Math Competition Awards (nothing amazing, average AIME qualifier level (6 points at AIME))
1 National Award for Business
7 School Awards</p>
<p>President/Founder of 3 Clubs in School
Run successful business
Internship at Barclays
Organized 3 science projects
Student Council
2000 hours of community service
Varsity Basketball
10 Major leadership roles</p>
<p>4 Languages</p>
<p>Chinese
No Financial Aid
Great recommendations/essays.
International Applicant.</p>
<p>If you’re not applying to SCS, I’d say you’re in! I mean even if you only apply to SCS, you have a decent chance getting in.</p>
<p>What is SCS? I was planning on Tepper.</p>
<p>SCS-School of Computer Science.</p>
<p>You would be an AMAZING applicant (and matriculant) to Tepper! Please apply and visit Pittsburgh; it sounds like you have a lot to offer to the school.</p>
<p>If your school only lets you apply to six colleges I would get a lawyer and sue.</p>
<p>^ agreed. Although it is China, so the legality of doing that is probably different there. </p>
<p>Other than that, looks to be a very solid shot at Tepper. Nothing too stand-out or special about your application, but the numbers are rock solid and you have the stats to get in. In a case like this it usually comes down to the essay portion of the application; make sure that’s nice and watertight and creative and you should be good to go.</p>
<p>Edit: 2000 hours of community service? Is that a typo or do you just not sleep ever?</p>
<p>Actually, while I agree with steelers’ sentiments and would do the same if that were a situation any of my clients faced…unfortunately this has been done, tried and unfortunately schools decision/policies have been upheld in court…</p>
<p>Several posters and a nytimes article commented on a lawsuit in which a student in a public school sued. That school limited applications to 6.<br>
The school argued that with limited time and funds …G/Cs couldn’t process all that paperwork. The argument was that the limit ensured each student has equal access to the time of the GC in preparing college specific rather than generic resumes. Total bull ****…few GCs I suspect do anything but recycle the letter over and over.</p>
<p>With 6-- that’s a really difficult decision - you have to have 2 safeties in this case…leaving only 4 potential matches - and totally eliminating reach schools…what a drag! Almost a lottery!</p>
<p>I would rank CMU-Tepper as your sixth choice school. CMU accepts many International students and you have that stats to put you in the top quartile. With a maximum of only six applications CMU should be your safety school. You could then apply to five reaches (UPenn, MIT, UVA, Berkeley, NYU, Cornell etc.) I am not ■■■■■■■■ and this is my honest opinion.</p>
<p>Could you estimate how you would rank against the rest of the students in your class?</p>
<p>To be honest, if I get a predicted of 45, I’ll be valedictorian (but our school doesn’t have such a system), and with a predicted of 44, I’ll probably be salutatorian (probably even so if my predicted is 43).</p>
<p>It won’t be so bad though, if I’m not valedictorian for she, if she gets valedictorian, doesn’t have great SAT scores (1970) or ECs (virtually none) though.</p>
<p>Also, 2000 hours is not a typo. I have achieved that amount over the course of the last 3 years.</p>
<p>I’m applying to Wharton ED, UChicago EA, UMich (Ross pre-admit) EA.</p>
<p>Applying EA to UChicago is a big no no. You only have six applications to work with so why would you waste an application on a school with no undergraduate business school.</p>
<p>Also, will Wharton allow you to apply ED if you’re applying other places EA? I thought they had a restrictive ED policy (they catch you applying elsewhere EA, they pull your app, you get blacklisted at other top unis). But that could’ve changed in the past few years.</p>
<p>Wharton does not have a restrictive ED policy and I’m applying to UChicago because I want study Economics there.</p>
<p>I don’t think CMU H&SS is worth applying to if you only have 6 apps.</p>
<p>Why do you say that?</p>
<p>I think you can find six better schools than CMU.</p>
<p>Well, are there six business schools that are better than Tepper? So far I only know Ross and Wharton, for sure.</p>
<p>But the think is you’re not looking at business schools. Economics isn’t really considered as part of a business school. For Example, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Stanford all don’t have undergraduate business schools. Yet all four have some of the top Econ programs in the country. If you want to go to school for Econ you shouldn’t be looking at business schools or business rankings.</p>
<p>Cmu is very strong in economics, wouldn’t you say? Really, are there that many schools that are better than cmu in economics? In your case, CMU might be your safety school. Apply to Tepper, H&SS, and any other school at CMU you can make a case for. And I am most certain, as a foreign student, you would be very comfortable there.</p>