Last Chance! CMU ED!!

GaussianInteger
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:31:22 +0000

First, I’ll warn you that I’m not at all an expert on what it takes to get in to CMU. However, it seems to me that you have a reasonably good application for SCS. Your test scores are fine, and while your GPA is a little low, I think they’ll take the fact that your high school was competitive into account. I don’t think your AP scores matter that much, although it does look a little odd to have done badly on some of them.

You have a nice amount of volunteer work, and your medical internship looks very very good on an application. Are you a girl? I know that only about 25% of SCS is girls, so if you are, this would help you too.

Overall, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if you were accepted. It’s a very selective program, and thus hard to guess at whether they’ll accept you, but I think you have what they’re looking for. (Keep in mind though, that the acceptance rate is just over 10%, so even amazing applicants will be turned down. Don’t be discouraged if you aren’t accepted.)