Can someone chance me too? Anxious since I am the one group CMU doesnt like and have mediocre standardized testing:
Asian male ED to SCS
SAT: 1520 (M: 800, R: 720)
Math II: 800, Chem: 780
GPA: 4.76 weighted, 3.97 unweighted
Top 2% of class
Senior Year Courses: AP English Literature, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, Linear Algebra through CTY, Multivariable Calculus
Clubs/Activities
Siemens Competition Semifinalist in computer science (machine learning) related project
Attended Pre-College before (One ECE and one SCS course, both A)
Intern at University of California, for Machine Learning
Eagle Scout
FBLA (President, 4 years)
City Youth Advisory Council (President, 3 years)
Model UN
Letters of Rec
Math Teacher: Standard letter - talked about passion for math
English Teacher: Didn’t read, think will be good, good relationship
Research Mentor: Strong letter, my mentor loved me and spent a lot of time and effort in crafting it
Interviewed with alumni and on-site, both went well
I think essays are strong, reviewed extensively
@collegestress777 there’s nothing closer to a lock than you. save some spots for the rest of us :)) also @QuiteAnxious thank you! im sure we’re all highly qualified and get in
Can we all please stop with the chance me posts? I don’t think this is the right time to discuss your chances, especially since everyone is anxious about their own.
If you want to be helpful, post your stuff in the results thread. If you really want to know your chances, see the statistics on CMU Admissions’ website.
I was going to ED engineering because I love the school but then I decided not to because of financial aid & I wouldn’t have wanted to apply to ECE ED because I would not have been able to be accepted to CIT without ECE
@mainer199 Haha no, I was doing Dietrich either way because I want to study statistics. I meant I chose ED instead of RD because I wanted the advantage
The campus was beautiful. I can’t believe people say it’s ugly. Sure, it’s a subjective matter, but I just loved it.
I loved the activities and tradition. I loved Mobot the most because it’s almost like a cliché yet complex Arduino project.
There was no way I would get in RD.
Robotics is offered as a double major.
The start-up culture. I want to make a start-up specializing in hardwired neural networks (also known as neural processing units, machine learning accelerators, etc) that are cheap and can be used for prototyping, along with an end-unit version. If you don’t understand what I’m saying, look up NVidia Volta, Intel Neural Compute Stick, Apple Bionic Processor. I know that since CMU has Tepper, I will minor in Business. Furthermore, the intellectual ability and work ethic is stellar.
