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Old 10-28-2009, 08:41 PM   #1
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not so great GPA, what are my chances like?

White Male (TX)

GPA and Class Rank
4.01 W (~3.52 UW, had to calculate self, school only does weighted, but im pretty sure its correct)
137/957

Test Scores
ACT = 33 (31E 35M 32R 34S - 9E)

APs
AP World Hist, AP US Hist, AP Macroeconomics, AP Govt
AP Bio II
AP CalcBC
AP English Lang and Lit


Extra Curriculars
Red Cross Club Co-founder (Treasurer -> VP) - 9, 10, 11, 12
Jewish Youth Org (Treasurer) - 9, 10, 11, 12
Vehicle Enthusiasts Founder - 11, 12
National Honor Society - 9, 10, 11, 12
Math Honor Society - 12
Health Occupational Students of Am - 9, 10, 11, 12
Students taking action not drugs - 9, 10, 11
Varsity Swimming - 9, 10

Lots of work exp
~250 hrs community service
Participated in national leadership programs every summer through jewish youth organization
pretty solid essays (from my point of view)
good teacher recs. Had lots of family problems with sister attempting suicide multiple times in my 9th/10th grade years hurting my grades, counselor addressed it in letters of rec
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:04 PM   #2
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:34 PM   #3
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Look at the post below (Chances?) for nospam's response with admission statistics for last year, you'll get a better idea.

What college are you applying to within CMU? What do you think your GPA would be without freshman grades (they don't use that to compute GPA)?
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Old 11-03-2009, 10:25 PM   #4
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took a look at the link, thanks

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
without freshman year, probably 3.55-3.6
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Old 11-03-2009, 10:40 PM   #5
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Well, you never know for sure but it definitely looks like a match to me. If CMU is a strong college choice for you, I HIGHLY recommend you apply for as many of the colleges as possible, consider each choice one more shot, they all consider you separately. Sounds easy to transfer to H&SS if you still desire. H&SS and IS are probably the easier ones to get into, followed by MCS and CIT, I think.
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