Chances for CMU?

Colleges & Universities Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Chances at CMU as a biology or biochem major?</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian
College Class Year: 2012</p>

<p>Academics: Total of 5 AP’s at end of junior year, and 9 at graduation:</p>

<p>Taken:
AP Biology (5), AP World (4), AP Chemistry (4), AP Stat (4), AP Environmental Science (?) late test</p>

<p>Will take:
AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Spanish</p>

<p>Rank: top 10%, barely? school does not give exact ranking</p>

<p>GPA: 3.75 (UW) 3.9 (W)</p>

<p>Scores: SAT I: (superscored) 2180
CR:780 M:680 W:720 </p>

<p>SAT II’s: Biology - 750
Chemistry - 700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Envirothon, Model UN, Indian dance team (2 yrs)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: </p>

<p>USABO semi-finalist, Honorable Mention in National Spanish Exam, 1st place at regional science fair in chemistry for project on biofuels, Meritorious Award for High School Mathematical Modeling Contest. Received a full scholarship from hospital to attend NYLF on Medicine</p>

<p>Summer Activities/Jobs:</p>

<p>Have taken 2 college classes over the summer</p>

<p>Currently interning at AstraZeneca</p>

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<p>bumppp…anyone?</p>

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<p>I’ve never known how exactly chances threads ought to be answered. If you’ve looked at the CMU stats you know your stats are good enough. Everything is in the top 50 to 75th% except your math score. Obviously that might be worth improving. You’ve got good ECs. You sound like you are doing something interesting this summer. CMU’s acceptance rate is about 35% so there are no guarantees, but why wouldn’t you apply?</p>

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<p>bump anyone else?</p>

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<p>i think for most of the college, at least i know for engineering, you need a math and a science SAT II… you might want to work on that</p>