ChanceMe for CMU (and others)?
(self.chanceme)submitted3 months ago bycapn_o_my_soul_47
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Demographics: White/Mexican enby (AMAB), 16 years old, military so I have moved around a lot, but attended a public school in Northern Virginia (Fairfax county) for 10th, 11th, and upcoming 12th grade.
Intended Major: Undecided, either Computational Biology or Computer Science (either way, will be applying to the School of Computer Science)
SAT: 1460 (720 RW, 740 M); retaking in August, aiming for around 1520.
GPA: Unweighted is not provided by my school, but I'd assume 3.9+. Weighted is 4.415; unsure of class rank, likely top 5%
Advanced Coursework (including upcoming senior year):
- AP Chemistry (9)
- AP Physics 1 (10)
- AP Language & Composition (11)
- AP Calculus BC (11)
- AP Biology (11)
- AP Computer Science A (11)
- AP Environmental Science (12)
- AP Literature & Composition (12)
- AP Government & Politics (12)
- AP Statistics (12)
- Dual Enrollment Multivariable Calculus & Linear Algebra (equivalent of third semester calculus in college)
Awards:
- Member of Fairfax County all-district band
ECs:
- Marching Band (trumpet section leader)
- Developer for [company name redacted as it is registered under my parents' names] (aka I wrote an app aimed at improving quality of treatment available for use by speech-language pathologists with patients; not yet released, but to be released in September or October)
- Robotics Club (leader of Coding Group)
- Science Olympiad (Got to states in 10th grade)
- Summer pit orchestra (for a musical)
- Code Ninjas Camp Leader (basically teach kids how to code for minimum wage)
- Member of Virginia Winds Academy
Schools:
- Carnegie Mellon University (top choice, will ED)
- Cornell
- Columbia
- MIT
- UVA
- UPenn
- Dartmouth
- Duke
- Vanderbilt
- Johns Hopkins
- UMD
- Purdue
- VA Tech
- UIUC
- UNC Chapel Hill
- Rensslaer Polytechnic
- James Madison (saftey)
- U Mass Amherst (saftey)
- American University (saftey)
- Rutgers University (saftey)
Thank you!
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3 months ago
capn_o_my_soul_47
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3 months ago
This summer will be my first show with The Wizard of Oz and I'll also be doing Sweeny Todd with my school in the fall.