To be or not to be (accepted)? CMU Edition!

Colleges & Universities Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Here’s the profile!
2180/1430 SAT (760m,670cr,750wr)
Taking Math 2,chem, and phys. subjects in a couple of weeks
32 ACTw/wr (34m+e,32r,27sc) (about to retake… I think I’ll get a 34… who knows)
31/617 rank
3.98 gpa
95.1 uw average
99.3 W average
taking calculus BC ap, ap gov/econ, ap stats, ap chem, ap physics c, and ap elit this year
11 AP classes
3 5’s and a 4 so far (taking 7 this year)
NHS,YoungRepublicans,2yrs.basketball,1yr.work,1yr. debate,1yr.academic comp., physics teacher’s aide
one of two NM commended at my school,Ap Scholar w/honors,regional qualifier in my current issues comp.
Prospective major: electrical engineering
*Spent all my time fresh. and soph. year working out and practicing for basketball, but I had to quit when I got a job as a junior b.c. we needed the extra money (my mom dated a conman who ran up tens of thousands of debt on her credit card)… worked 16 hrs. a week during the school year last year and 32 hours a week in the summer
will try to work this into my essay along with how my dad walked out on me at 11 and I’ve been morally supporting my mother like an adult ever since and how we had to go to a local charity and get free food for a little while and how I fell down three times in basketball tryouts and got up and made the team</p>

<p>So will I get in?
PREDICTIONS ENSUE!</p>

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<p>You’ve got a solid chance. Your CR score is low so if you could repeat and raise that it would be a plus. You’ve had plenty of challenging life circumstances but I’d suggest focusing your essay on what you’ve learned to do/manage as a result of those challenges.</p>

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<p>The CR section is so hard though! If I improved my SAT it would be to get an 800 math :)</p>

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<p>You need an 800 in Math, a 700 in CR, and 800’s on all your SAT II to be competitive for ECE.</p>

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<p>Screw that! No CMU for me :)</p>