Please chance a worried CMU applicant from halfway around the globe!

mosdefinitely · 10-01-2009, 04:58 PM

Hi! I'll get right to it!

SAT: Taking in October, estimating around 2150~2250
SAT II: US History:800, World History:750
AP: US History:4, English Language:5, Environ Sci: 5, Microeco:4 (Taking AP Comp Sci, AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Bio, and AP Stats for Senior year)
GPA: 91.7/100
Rank: Top 50% (of a small class of 81 students)
ECs: Community service-driven, work experience, speech, and some competitive sports with some leadership roles and awards
Recs: I guess they will turn out to be pretty good
Region: Asia
School Type: Private school, sends grads to top schools, extremely competitive (Bottom halves move on to Cornell)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male

Oh, and by the way, I am a US citizen.. if this matters at all.
I'm applying to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences!

mosdefinitely · 10-03-2009, 01:32 PM

55 views and no replies? Does this mean my chances are low? Please help me out!

LongPrime · 10-03-2009, 04:11 PM

You chances are no worse/no better than other qualified applicants. Such inquiries and replies do no more than build or deflate someone's dreams. Most inquiries show lack of confidence and immaturity.

busdriver11 · 10-03-2009, 09:49 PM

Mos, the CMU cc site has been really quiet lately. I'm sure it will pick up in a month or two. It looks apparent to me (based on last years acceptance postings) that you are probably a match for H&SS, but I have no idea about the international factor, whether that helps or hurts-so I wasn't going to give an opinion. I'd imagine others may be of the same opinion, so unless they know about international applications, they might not want to speculate. You may want to look at the accepted posts for last year and see that you look pretty good. Best of luck, I hope you get in.