Case Western or Carnegie

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’d like to know what my chances our for these two schools. I’m a rising senior with not a lot of flashy and impressive credentials. </p>

<p>3.5 Unweighted GPA
ACT: 27 Composite. Planning on retaking
SAT: Took once, wrote answers in the wrong section so i had to cancel.
SAT II’s: Didn’t put as much effort in it as I thought. I can definitely do better</p>

<p>Math II - 720
Chemistry - 670
Physics - 620</p>

<p>(Not sure whether two retake SAT II’s or take SAT)</p>

<p>I’ve taken 7 APs so far, not including those APs I’m taking this year. </p>

<p>AP US History - 4
AP Chemistry - 3
AP Comp. Sci. A - 5
AP Eng. Lang/Comp - 4
AP Physics B - 2
AP Statistics - 2
AP World History - 4</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Comp GoPo
AP Eng Lit/Comp
AP Calc BC
AP Bio
Computer Science Special Topics
Humanities
Music Theory
Study Skills</p>

<p>(I’m taking it easy this year. I plan on enjoying my senior year a bit in addition to exploring my interests a bit more.)</p>

<p>ECs
Cross Country runner - Junior and Senior year
Track and Field - Junior and Senior year
Marching Band - Freshman and Sophomore years
FBLA - Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years
1st - Regional Database Publishing and Applications
Science Olympiad - Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years
Beta Club - Sophomore, Junior, senior
Played the flute for 5-6 years
Starting up piano (played for 3-4 years)
I’ve volunteered at the VA hospital in rising Junior summer as well as this summer.
(Volunteered about 35 hours during last summer). </p>

<p>Most teachers like me, but I’m not sure they would write very positive recommendations since I’m thinking that they’ll be brutally honest when writing recommendations. In which case, this wouldn’t very good because junior year, I tend to sleep a lot during class and frequently bomb or achieve “passable” test scores, to my utter humiliation. </p>

<p>Would this be enough to be able be accepted into Case or Carnegie with a moderately a good chance?
I know Case has an acceptance rate of about 70% and Carnegie about 35%-ish (Not sure about Carnegie. I haven’t checked much about their applicant stats yet.)</p>

<p>Thanks for your post!</p>

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<p>You have a reasonable shot at either.
(obviously a better shot at CWU than CMU).</p>

<p>No shot for CMU engineering, however.</p>

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<p>Is CMU engineering that difficult to apply to?</p>

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<p>[Admission</a> > Admission Statistics](<a href=“Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University”>Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University)</p>

<p>The short answer is that with your stats, Carnegie-Mellon Engineering is a reach. Your GPA is below the averages and your ACT (a projected SAT of 1820~) is below the 25th%-tile. The 620 SAT Physics and the "2"s in AP Physics and Stats also don’t help your cause. That’s not to say the CMU is impossible, but it’s going to be tough unless your SAT/ACT jump.</p>