Can you chance me?

pevsis
Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:50:58 +0000

This is my first time chancing anyone, so take everything I say with a grain of salt!

First off, definitely look at this page: http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/undergraduate-admission-statistics . Compare your stats with the accepted class, see how you fare. You’re definitely on the low end for all those stats, but like you said, it’s your reach school.

For the extra curricular activities, you definitely seem to have a wide variety of interests, which will probably interest the admissions officers. You also have some pretty interesting science related ones, like that museum exhibit facilitator. I wouldn’t say your ECs are amazingly standout, but they definitely show that you aren’t someone who sits at home and watches TV all day. You seem involved in your community and actively interested in the subjects you want to study, which I’ve heard counts for a heck of a lot with admissions officers.

I’d say that it’ll be difficult for you to get in, just based on your stats alone. But, if you wrote good essays and showed a lot of interest in CMU (which matters to them a lot), I would not count yourself out.

Ultimately, though, my opinion of your chances isn’t any better than your own opinion of your chances. And you must believe that you have a shot, or else you wouldn’t have applied! Best of luck!