Hello, I am a freshman student in high school and I am interested in Carnegie Mellon even though my user name is CooperUnion. I would like to get a general idea of the grades and SAT scores of some students who have gotten into the school. For whomever provides any information at all, I greatly appreciate it.
This is my take from SCS and Tepper, the two most selective programs academically (I know how strong CFA is, but you don't need high grades if you have talent)
Generally speaking, top5% of class is a much more reliable indicator than those GPA numbers, which are across the board.
If you want to get in, i'd say ~2100 SAT for a match and 2200+ SAT for good to "in" chances, but have some ECs while maintaining a good GPA of at least 3.7+
I just got accepted to Tepper with 3.97UW GPA and 2250 SAT =D I considered myself a pretty confident match for the program.
I had SAT scores below the average (but a relatively high ACT score), my SAT IIs weren't amazing (average), and my grades were pretty great (3.87, mostly APs and honors). Basically, CMU looks at people at a whole, not just as test scores and grades. My ECs are waaay above average, my essay was personal and well written, and my portfolio for the architecture school was of high quality.
I just got accepted to CFA, Arch, btw.
Um... I don't think I said that it wasn't O_o. And I also got accepted to Tepper. Having said that, the CMU arch department is one of the best in the country.
Tepper is more competitive than CIT because they accept very few applicants and if you don't show interest in business in your essays or your four years in high school odds are you won't get in.
Hey! Whoaness Im a Senior in a Private high school and am applying ED to CMU Arch. i did their Pre-College program and got high marks and a really good recommendation from Don Johnson? maybe you know him haha. Anyways, my current ACT score is 29, and i will be taking that again as well as the Math 1 and Physics..hoping to get aroudn 650 on each....what were your scores? i have a pretty good portfolio and in it includes a couple self portraits...arch models that i designed...photographs....what did you include in your portfolio? My GPA is around 3.3 unweighted...i only took 1 AP my whole highschool...yikes and a lot of honors courses which i got mostly B+s in and some As. I was wondering also what your highschool curriculum was like? Any help would be much appreciated!!! Thanks so much
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I might be applying ED and I have taken 2 Ap's 10th grade, 4 11th grade, and am scheduled to take 5 12th grade. i think it really depends on the school you are going to, does your school offer a lot of aps?
