Carnegie Mellon Chances

jubilous
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:21:50 +0000

hi everyone
i’m a sophomore in highschool and have started looking at colleges. carnegie mellon stood out to me as a good computer science and business school so i started to check it out. I attend Princeton Highschool and I have been told by almost everyone that we are looked at alittle bit more highly than the average highschool.

Freshman Year:
i didnt do much freshman year. My GPA was a 3.66 I believe. ECs I did was rowing crew and I did a Model UN conference, but i only had time for one conference so im not sure if it makes a difference. For their computer science school I think its important that I take a CISCO Class and got an A in it. I also passed their course one certification

Sophomore Year:
My GPA sadly isn’t as high. Its a 3.4. I am taking AP United States history which is the only AP offered to me. I have a B+ average in it. I took CISCO II this year and have an A. I have continued with crew and have been doing well in it. I am doing community service for the historical society in my town. Over the summer I plan on taking a job with Bestbuy and if i dont get the job there I will take up a networking job through my CISCO teacher probably.

Junior Year:
Hasn’t happened yet. Continue staying with crew and taking up Model UN. Community service is definitely going to continue. I am taking AP Micro/macro economics, AP Environmental, and AP World History. Ill also continue with CISCO III, the last cisco course offered

i havent taken the SATS or ACTS, but I plan on taking both

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