Chances for Regular Decision

Colleges & Universities Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Here are my statistics: </p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: South Asian</p>

<p>SAT1: 2210 (CR:690 M:720 W:800), 2060 (CR:640, M:750, W:690)
SAT2: 800 on Math II, 770 on Biology, 740 on Chemistry, 680 on French
WGPA: 4.6750 (on a 5.0 scale)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 33/329</p>

<p>AP Scores: 4 on Comp Sci AB</p>

<p>Senior Schedule: AP French, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Physics, all others at honours/elective level </p>

<p>EC’s: Math Team, Speech and Debate Team (5-10 hr/week - strong performer at local tournaments), Robotics Team</p>

<p>Volunteering: 90 hrs at hospital, 60 hours at local community center</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Commended Scholar, RIT Computing Medal</p>

<p>Recommendations: one good, one bad</p>

<p>Essays: decent, nothing special</p>

<p>Schools at CMU: SCS, CIT, Tepper</p>

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<p>Your chances would be improved if you don’t send in a bad recommendation.</p>

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<p>My recommendation isn’t that terrible - it just is meh. Besides, I don’t think it is fair to not send it because of the time and effort invested by the teacher in writing it. I guess I should have better “gauged” (of lack of a better terminology) the teacher’s enthusiasm in writing me a recommendation.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t CMU only ask for one recommendation? (Might have changed from two years ago,) If so, you really don’t need to send the less good one in.</p>

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<p>Dear Mathsmom,</p>

<p>When I read your comments I have a feeling that you know a lot. I have a question regarding the stats about students who are not the CC types. Do students have chances even though their scores and GPA are not upto CC standards? Say for example, a student who is working hard and getting all A’s in the junior and senior year, would that have a good impact on the officers?
Thanks</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

<p>I am wondering about my chances and about which schools should I apply to? </p>

<p>My EC’s are slightly weak and my senior grades are poor (C in Statistics YIKES!)</p>

<p>I am thinking: SCS, CIT, MCS</p>

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<p>chi62, I wish I knew more, I’m the parent of a Carnegie Mellon sophomore. I was a student member of an admissions committee (for architecture) when I was a grad student at Columbia, so I have some experience in how at least one admissions committee worked. There was a post earlier this year where a student posted that sophomore and junior year grades are the most important (he’d asked an admissions officer). But really I have pretty much the same information you do - the range of scores and grades they publish at [Admission</a> Statistics](<a href=“Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University”>Home - Computing Services - Office of the CIO - Carnegie Mellon University) Every year a quarter of the class will have at least some of their scores and grades in the bottom quarter, but I don’t know how low they’ll go or what other hooks those lower scoring students may bring to the table. (Sports star, underrepresented minority etc.) MIT also gives a fairly nice breakdown of their acceptance statistics for comparison: [url=<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/]MIT</a> Admissions: Admissions Statistics<a href=“At%20least%20I%20think%20it’s%20interesting%20to%20see%20just%20how%20low%20they%20will%20go%20scorewise.”>/url</a></p>

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<p>Dear Mathmom,</p>

<p>Thanks for that. I got accepted in Drexel for engineering. Can you please tell me the pros and cons about this university? I know that they have a good coop program. But is this a good university? Please tell me from your experience.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Don’t know anything about Drexel - it wasn’t on our radar.</p>

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<p>1st :SAT1: 2210 (CR:690 M:720 W:800),
2nd: 2060 (CR:640, M:750, W:690)</p>

<p>or </p>

<p>2nd :SAT1: 2210 (CR:690 M:720 W:800),
1st: 2060 (CR:640, M:750, W:690)</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>nsrjyst… the second one hehe</p>

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<p>IndianPwnerDude,</p>

<p>big increase , cong !!</p>