<p>i sure wish someone could help us tonight though… :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Humanities and Social Sciences)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 CR, 800 M, 730 W (2260 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chinese w/ Listening, 770 Molecular Biology, 730 U.S. History, 800 Math II
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: Biology (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Macroeconomics (5), English Language and Composition (5), Spanish Language (5)
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW): Can’t be bothered to calculate unweighted… I’ve got a 4.04 weighted (we get a .5 weight for each AP/Honors class)
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn’t rank, but my counselor guesses around top 5-10%
[</em>] Other stats: Not quite sure what this is asking for…
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity swimming for four years, President of Habitat for Humanity, National Honor Society, various other sports not worth mentioning
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Bus monitoring (2005-present), summer camp swim instructor (2008), various hours of lifeguarding
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay was about Harry Potter and the Sorting Hat - how it’s important to recognize nuances in a person’s personality and not generalize 
Supplement essay… I’m having problems even remembering as I haven’t looked at it in more than 3 months. I got accepted for economics at H&SS but that’s a joint degree with Tepper Business… so I wrote my essay on how I got interested in the subject (basically, my dad explained to me the laws that govern Pokemon card trading). Lighthearted, fun introduction that grew into an actual interest.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, but I know both of the teachers really well, so I hope they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read this either, but I actually know my counselor pretty well
[</em>] Applied on: Just after Christmas? My winter break had just started and I was bored so I figured I might as well do the app
[li] Hook (if any): Living overseas? Although this has become something of a cliche[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: North Carolina!..but I live in Tokyo right now
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, international, ~140 kids in the senior class. Ranked one of the better international schools… we send quite a few people to Ivies and other highly ranked schools every year
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Not sure if I’m headed to CMU yet, but we shall see. Congratulations to those who were accepted and good luck to all - perhaps I’ll meet some of you in the future!</p>
<p>has anyone found out through snail mail, or are all of these via online only? i am choosing to wait for the regular mail.</p>
<p>I’m waitlisted for HSS, how do I know if I’m on the priority waitlist or on the regular waitlist?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (HSS)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 CR, 770 M, 770 W / 2270
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 MIIc, 660 Lit
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs:
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UM-GPA:
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank, but in the top quintile
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Badminton team, Basketball team, Art, Piano, MUN
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at some company and did stuff like catalog design, photography, and photo editing.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app was about silence. Somewhat abstract / poetic / rather quirky and weird in general. Supplement was a bit meh. I really wanted to apply for SCS or the arts school, but I missed the deadline for the arts one and I didn’t take a science SAT II that was required for SCS. But I somehow managed to link my interests with my declared department.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Most likely good.
[</em>] Applied on: Day before deadline! Go procrastination.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I sent in an arts supplement anyway, bahaha.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Chinaaa
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private, international. Sends some people to Ivies and other top-ranked school each year.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian.
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Probably not going to CMU since I got into Stanford (aweoirj;awer)… but I really like CMU. Congrats to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>I just want to tell all of the kids who are told that they got in because they have a “hook”…female/URM etc. DON’T LISTEN TO THEM! CMU wants to be the best school in the nation and they decided that this means producing graduates who are multidisciplinary, curious and smart. Look past the stats of the students and see how many of the kids successfully applying for science or SCS also sent in an art supplement or are gifted musicians, or applied for art but have excelled in the sciences. If you just compare stats it looks odd that a really high SAT seems to be trumped sometimes by pretty high but not wow scores. But continue to read the list of ECs and essay descriptions and it starts to become clear that CMU is putting together a class of students with many different talents and backgrounds. My son decided CMU was his first choice when they told him the SCS students will have to minor in something outside of comp sci! Kids who thrive in multidisciplinary, multiethnic, multilingual environments are what CMU is looking for as well as smarts so be proud of your accomplishment!</p>
<p>Thank you, fineartsmajormom! That is beautifully put. CMU does an incredible job in drawing multi-talented and wonderful students, and all admitted students (and their families) should be very proud.</p>
<p>To ignore the fact that the SCS and CIT schools accept more females with mediocre scores is foolish. It’s obvious, in no matter what university, that the engineering schools tend to try to justify their lopsided male-to-female ratio.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but it’s the truth.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, that is just considering the scores of the applicant, not the whole application itself. I am not trying to take away from all of the females here who got in these respective schools. There is more than to the applications of each individual applicant than what you see on CC. Keep that in mind, Geekma92.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to IS</p>
<p>First let me tell you my kind of weird and depressing CMU story.</p>
<p>So I applied ED2 to SCS and RD to IS. The CMU “Where am I in the process” page said that I was “not admitted” to SCS and that I was “withdrawn” from IS.</p>
<p>So I assumed that my chances with CMU were dead. I retook the SATs in Jan and got a 730CR/800M/800W. CMU only got my 730CR/740M/800W.</p>
<p>Well I got into IS with my 730CR/740M/800W. Gah, now I’m thinking that I may have gotten into SCS if I applied RD with 730/800/800.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730CR/740M/800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800M2/770USH/680CHEM
[<em>] APs: Lang & Comp: 5, US Hist: 5, Calc AB: Pending, CS: Pending, Lit: Pending
[</em>] GPA (UW/W): 3.65/3.95
[<em>] Rank: 14/52
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Averagy ECs except for a pretty fancy programming project I undertook.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 years working cheap jobs.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very good essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome. I couldn’t have hoped for better recs.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably average. I didn’t know my counselor, really.
[</em>] Applied on: December
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NH
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone.</p>
<p>I hope no one will assume my daughter or any of her female classmates was admitted with “mediocre scores.” </p>
<p>While her test scores were indeed but a small part of her application, her SAT scores were 800M/800 CR/790 writing. She received a 790 in chemistry and 800s on the remainder of her subject tests. </p>
<p>Her friends with many talents but truly mediocre scores were neither admitted nor waitlisted.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to CIT</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 640
SAT Math: 770
SAT Writing: 670
SAT Total: 2080
SAT II: 800 Math II, 650 Phyiscs
AP/IB taken/scores: not good but whatever
GPA weighted: 4.62
GPA unweighted: 3.95
Rank or % estimate: top 5%
Subjective:
Essays: pretty gppd
Teacher Recs: Great =]
Counselor Rec: don’t really know
Hook (if any): recruited athlete</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MD
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Math Team, SGA, Special Olympics of MD</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
5 for 5: UVA, UNC, Carnegie Mellon, UMCP, VT. Still UPenn annd Hopkins to go. Tough choices ahead</p>
<p>Accepted to CIT and MCS!!!
SAT I (by section): CR 670, Math 750, Writing 740
ACT: 33
ECs listed on app: lots of music stuff all county band, jazz band, band, piano…
Job/Work Experience: Worked at library for 3 years
Essays (subject and responses): awesome essay, really witty and funny
Hook (if any): girl in engineering?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
State or Country: New York
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female </p>
<p>Really excited!! DId not think i was going to get in…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of HSS and MCS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2350 (780cr / 770m / 800w / 12e)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 mathII, 790 bio-e
[<em>] APs: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4
[</em>] UW-GPA: 3.83
[<em>] Rank: no rank.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: art (10x int’l/nat’l awards, 5x int’l/nat’l/local galleries, classes, workshops, city activities), varsity swim (captain), culture club (pres), service club (pres), another culture club (leader), social program (leader), school summer program (director), school board (elected official), yearbook (editor), research, miscellaneous volunteering.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: a little, but nothing major.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): commonapp was fabulous, and the cmu essay was strong.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent, but nothing out of the ordinary.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: " "
[<em>] Applied on: very late december (12/30 or 12/31, i believe)
[</em>] Hook (if any): none.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: usa
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small, secular, suburban, competitive private
[<em>] Ethnicity: east asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congratulations to everyone! i’m a fan of the “this is the official FAT letter” envelope–it’s pretty cool! although i won’t be attending, i wish everyone the best at CMU and where ever we may end up. good luck!!</p>
<p>**Decision: ** Accepted to CIT, but wait-listed for major (department of electrical and computer engineering)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 M, 750 W, 710 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 MII, 780 Chem, 710 Lit
[<em>] APs: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature (still taking both right now)
[</em>] IBs:------
[<em>] UW-GPA: 3.59
[</em>] Rank: School does not release
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Club soccer, pre-c at carnegie, summer programs at uc berkeley, cello, small amount of community service
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee since 12 years old
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Topic of choice - talked about inspirations while growing up.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good recommendations from a physics and ap literature teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, but nothing too special
[<em>] Applied on: RD
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Highly ranked public school with good reputation.
[<em>] Ethnicity: japanese / swiss
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
In extra info, mentioned that I have ADHD (dis-attentive type) and asked them to take it into account.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CIT (waitlisted ECE)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR 780 M 800 W (2380)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Chem, 720 Lit, 800 MathII
[<em>] APs: School only offers 1 through junior year. I am taking 6 this year.
[</em>] UM-GPA: 91.65/100
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Started a tutoring program, I have a few insignificant leadership roles in clubs, I am the drummer of a rock band and wrote about that
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at a pretzel place, soccer referee
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Who knows?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Waived the right
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): I am astoundingly good looking and I must have attached at least 15 pictures of myself to all application/ financial aid materials. This probably helped.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Magnet for Science and Engineering
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Carnegie Mellon has a screwed up admission system online. I thought I was waitlisted to the school and then I got a letter telling me I got in. I was bitter for a good 2 days for no reason…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SCS + IS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2310 (740CR 780M 790W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Physics, 800 Math II, 770 Biology
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Didn’t send any, too ashamed
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UM-GPA: 90.71, but my school only releases transcripts
[<em>] Rank:
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of art club, web designer for an organization to help Liberians, art editor for yearbook, minor stuffs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Coauthored a website for a company, interned as a web/graphic designer for a film festival
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about my love for indie games and how that inspired me to want to pursue a career in compsci.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn’t really have a personal connection with either of my teachers, but one writes really good recs and the other one seemed to like me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She liked my artsy side.
[</em>] Applied on: December
[<em>] Hook (if any): I came off as an artistic person; also sent them my portfolio.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very competitive public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Completely shocked because I don’t have any math/science/computer background outside of school, and esp after checking out the competition this year. I’m pretty sure I got slack for being female, but I’m ecstatic nevertheless for getting into my dream school.
Congrats to everyone who got in aka my new classmates! :**D</p>
<p>YAYAYYAYAYYAY</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the School of Computer Science and the Mellon College of Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2300 Total: CR-700; Math-800; Writing-800
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2- 800; Math 1-780; Physics-650
[<em>] APs: Calc BC-5; Comp Prog A-5; Psych-5
[</em>] UWGPA/WGPA: 4.00/4.74
[<em>] Rank: Probably top 1-5, but school/county does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Scholar-Commended, Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Wrestling Captain, Math Honor Society President, Varsity Tennis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tax Assistant, Private Tutor, Sleepaway Camp Counselor
[li] Applied on: December 31st[/li][/ul]
Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 504
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I waited for the snail mail and it was totally worth it to get the ever so amazing “OFFICIAL FAT LETTER” as my means of notification.</p>
<p>Update on mine. Waitlisted to ECE and SCS, but accepted to CIT in general!</p>
<p>Wait, so people are saying they found out the decisions via mail, but some are saying they checked online?? what?</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED!!! (CIT and IS) **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2010 690(Math) 640(Reading) 680(Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 600(Physics) 680(Math I) 650(Math II)
[<em>] ACT: 32)
[</em>] APs: US History 4, English Language -4, Calculus AB -5. Will be taking Environmental Science, Calc. BC, English Lit., Stats, Physics C, Psychology, U.S Gov., Micro
[<em>] GPA: 3.59 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 20%
[<em>] Other stats: National Achievement, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Spanish Club President, Youth Activist, Drop Prevention program, environmentalist, church volunteer, Habitats for Humanity volunteer, and more that I cant remember right now. Got loads of awards and hours for volunteering
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Learning Center (tutoring) for two years, 8 to 12 hours weekly
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about how my education would help me in my personal and professional life. Also talked about my mother who passed and how she has influenced me
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing, talked about my friendliness, growth academically and socially, and how I adjusted to the new Texas culture coming from the D.C. area
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, we just met this year. She seems to really like me now, but back then
.
[<em>] Applied on: Regular Decsion in December
[</em>] Hook (if any): My mother had cancer in 9th grade and I was the only one to look after her, then she died when I was in tenth grade so my grades those two years were horrible. But then junior year and this year Ive had all As and a B or to with 4 AP classes (and 2 Pre-AP) last year and 8 AP classes this year
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, Very Competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I guess I got in because I have performed well these past four years given the circumstances. Its been rough but I am happy that its all over soon enough and I think I have made my mother proud.</p>