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<p>Well, you’re in the right place :)</p>
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<p>SAMS is open to anyone, but I think preference is given to minority applicants. Don’t let that discourage you (or other Caucasians reading this!). Your race is never a “bad thing.”</p>
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Yeah, it’s free in the sense that you won’t be charged for tuition, housing, or food. But the website says: “Students will, however, be responsible for books, supplies, transportation and recreational expenses. Textbook costs vary from year to year. An estimate would be $150-200. On average, students spend approximately $200 on personal and recreational expenses throughout the summer program.”</p>
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Just fill out the application at [Apply</a> to Carnegie Mellon Summer Programs for Diversity](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/apply.html]Apply”>http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/apply.html). No extra scholarship app needed.</p>
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SAMS is different than AP/EA. If the admissions people think you are too smart for SAMS, they’ll ask you if you want to do AP/EA instead. The SAMS curriculum is listed at [Descriptions</a> - For Rising Juniors - SAMS: The Summer Academy for Mathematics + Science](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/sams-jr-desc.html]Descriptions”>http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/sams-jr-desc.html).</p>
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I don’t think this information is published or otherwise disseminated to the public.</p>
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GPA measurements differ by weighting and scale, but if you are above a 3.7/4.0 unweighted, I would estimate that as the lower boundary. Class rank is a fairly useless concept given that class sizes, course intensity, and ranking systems vary by school. If you’re in the top 10%, I would estimate that you would be at the lower boundary, though if your class size is 10 and you’re number 2, you should still be fine :). Simply put, don’t worry about stats and whatnot - fretting over numbers won’t help you at this point (or really, ever).</p>
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<p>It’s good enough, as francesca1996 said above.</p>