Do I take a risk at carnegie? Need to know before Jan. 7

zenmasterx
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:09:07 +0000

Well, here’s the deal, I’m really interested in going to carnegie mellon, just dying to. But I really need to be practical and assess my chances of getting in because my grades aren’t spectacular, so I thought I would ask it is vital that make a decision by January 7th.

**GPA: **3.54 weighted
SAT I: 750M 650R 690W
SAT II: 650Bio 620Phy 740Math2C
and good essays

AP classes
Calculus AB - A

Honors
Physics - B
Precalculus - B
AdvAlgebraII - B
Biology - C+
LAI - B
LAII - C+
Chemistry - C+

ExtraCurriculars

FIRST robotics team - ForumMaster

FBLA - future business leaders of America

RedCross

SecondServe Community Tennis Club - Secretary

WorkExperience/Extra

Interned at a web Development firm, I have an outstanding letter of reccomendation from them

Taught children in India how to read and write

Commissioned to make several pieces of webart

Helped create an independent gaming firm to design mmorpg (now closed due to lack of time and work)

Volunteer

50 hours spread across misc activities such as aiding the elderly craft fair, library hours, volunteer hours in india.

I’d like to apply to SCS, but I wouldn’t mind CIT either. I really regret slacking off sophomore year, but there isn’t much else I can do. So what’s your verdict?