I want to know what I can expect to get on the ACT when I take it in June so i don’t get my hopes too high. I have somewhere between a 3.5-4.0 GPA, I’m in 10th grade, and I’m in honors classes. (currently taking Chemistry, Algebra 2, Accelerated English, and ACT Prep Courses fyi..since those are the subjects on the ACT)
My best friend has helped convince me to try to apply to Carnegie cuz she knows it my dream school, just like i convinced her to apply to her dream school(Yale). Im almost done and thinking about applying under Early Decision. I would like to know what are my chances of getting accepted based on how I’ve done in high school. Ive already gotten a few acceptances from some backups like Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I’m hoping for the school of Computer Science, but I’ll be happy with CIT engineering school or as a last option with history.
Overall weighted GPA: 3.6-3.8 (my transcript says 3.6 but is subject to change because i got a B and a C changed to A’s for AP US History)
Unweighted GPA:3.2 (also subject to change for reason above, plus its an estimate because the transcripts from my school doesnt give an exact GPA)
Class Rank: 24 of 488 (also subject to change from previous reason; and transcipt has 3 different class ranks for some reason but this is the main one)
Testing:
SAT: CR 590, Math 590, Writing 480
SAT II: Math lvl 2 520, Physics 550, US History 660
ACT: composite 25
AP Testing: AP English Lang 3, AP World History 4, AP US History 5
I’m taking the SAT II’s again in Dec.
Freshman Year: 4.0
Sophmore year: 3.6(approx; got A’s in chem, Algebra 2, and AP world history, and B’s for English 2 Honors. But my GPA is brought down by Spanish from a C and a D)
Junior year:slighly better but about a 3.66-3.8 or higher with the grade change to AP US history.
Classes taken: AP English Lang: C both semesters (but counts as a B with AP credit at my school)
AP US History: A for both semesters with grade change.
Honors Pre-Cal: A both semesters
Honors Physics: a B for 1st semester and an A for 2nd.
Multimedia Tech(elective for school doesnt count for much): A both semesters
1semester of Health(also not important); the other semester was to make up Spanish but still didnt do to well so it once again brought down my GPA.
Current Senior scedule:
AP Calculus
AP English Literature
AP Bio
AP Chem
Economics CP for 1st semester and AP Government for 2nd semester
Art 1
Spanish 2
As for extracurricular/club/volunteer stuff I dont got much because other factors(mainly my family interfered in 9,10, and most of 11th grade so I couldn’t do much).
Upward Bound: 9-12 (about 4-5 hrs per week) for about 7-8 months in the academic year and a residential program at Pitzer college that last 5 weeks, which i have attended for 3 summers.
LLULAC(mentorship program in which I am both a tutor and mentor for a few 5th graders): 11-12 About 1-1.5 hrs per week depending on when the kids have to leave. Total hrs not yet known, but during the summer I was able to volunteer 6hrs for 3 days of the week for 3-4 weeks, plus a few field trips with mentees. (Could have have more hrs during the summer but I volunteered during Senior internship of residential program, otherwise the rest of the time im on Pitzer campus).
Key Club: joined this year
National Honors Society: also this year
I’ve never had trouble with my math or science classes always getting A there with only one B. History Ive been alright at. My main issue has always been with languages particularly Spanish but English has also given me some trouble mainly in writing though(although it is my second language, with Spanish as my first but pretty much forgotten). In my current classes I have a B in everything but an A for AP Lit(kinda weird though, guess its the new teacher) and AP Chem.
I really want to major in computer science but im alright if I can get into the CIT school, and i figure that since my math and science is solid and my major doesn’t require foreign language or English that much It might be penalized as badly if say I applied for a different major.
So what do you figure are my chance of getting accepted at Carnegie, with the School of Computer Science(1st choice), CIT (engineering 2nd choice), or HSS (History final choice)?????
I would appreciate anyones thought on what my chances are, especially any Carnegie alumni,current CMU students, or admissions people. Thnx in advance.
P.S. If you apply under Early Decision so the Letters of Recommendation/Teacher Evaluation have to be mailed/sent before the Dec. 1 deadline?
Yeah I live in Pomona, Cal Poly is 10 mins away. Living in the cold isnt much of an issue for me though.
As for test scores I know they are low, but at my high school this is about the average. The highest SAT score at our school ever has been a 1980.
For the subject tests mainly the physics, the class offered at school may be honors but it really didnt help much for the test. The test knows most students would get lost anyways.
My best friend has helped convince me to try to apply to Carnegie cuz she knows it my dream school, just like i convinced her to apply to her dream school(Yale). Im almost done and thinking about applying under Early Decision. I would like to know what are my chances of getting accepted based on how I’ve done in high school. Ive already gotten a few acceptances from some backups like Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I’m hoping for the school of Computer Science, but I’ll be happy with CIT engineering school or as a last option with history.
Overall weighted GPA: 3.6-3.8 (my transcript says 3.6 but is subject to change because i got a B and a C changed to A’s for AP US History)
Unweighted GPA:3.2 (also subject to change for reason above, plus its an estimate because the transcripts from my school doesnt give an exact GPA)
Class Rank: 24 of 488 (also subject to change from previous reason; and transcipt has 3 different class ranks for some reason but this is the main one)
Testing:
SAT: CR 590, Math 590, Writing 480
SAT II: Math lvl 2 520, Physics 550, US History 660
ACT: composite 25
AP Testing: AP English Lang 3, AP World History 4, AP US History 5
I’m taking the SAT II’s again in Dec.
Freshman Year: 4.0
Sophmore year: 3.6(approx; got A’s in chem, Algebra 2, and AP world history, and B’s for English 2 Honors. But my GPA is brought down by Spanish from a C and a D)
Junior year:slighly better but about a 3.66-3.8 or higher with the grade change to AP US history.
Classes taken: AP English Lang: C both semesters (but counts as a B with AP credit at my school)
AP US History: A for both semesters with grade change.
Honors Pre-Cal: A both semesters
Honors Physics: a B for 1st semester and an A for 2nd.
Multimedia Tech(elective for school doesnt count for much): A both semesters
1semester of Health(also not important); the other semester was to make up Spanish but still didnt do to well so it once again brought down my GPA.
Current Senior scedule:
AP Calculus
AP English Literature
AP Bio
AP Chem
Economics CP for 1st semester and AP Government for 2nd semester
Art 1
Spanish 2
As for extracurricular/club/volunteer stuff I dont got much because other factors(mainly my family interfered in 9,10, and most of 11th grade so I couldn’t do much).
Upward Bound: 9-12 (about 4-5 hrs per week) for about 7-8 months in the academic year and a residential program at Pitzer college that last 5 weeks, which i have attended for 3 summers.
LLULAC(mentorship program in which I am both a tutor and mentor for a few 5th graders): 11-12 About 1-1.5 hrs per week depending on when the kids have to leave. Total hrs not yet known, but during the summer I was able to volunteer 6hrs for 3 days of the week for 3-4 weeks, plus a few field trips with mentees. (Could have have more hrs during the summer but I volunteered during Senior internship of residential program, otherwise the rest of the time im on Pitzer campus).
Key Club: joined this year
National Honors Society: also this year
I’ve never had trouble with my math or science classes always getting A there with only one B. History Ive been alright at. My main issue has always been with languages particularly Spanish but English has also given me some trouble mainly in writing though(although it is my second language, with Spanish as my first but pretty much forgotten). In my current classes I have a B in everything but an A for AP Lit(kinda weird though, guess its the new teacher) and AP Chem.
I really want to major in computer science but im alright if I can get into the CIT school, and i figure that since my math and science is solid and my major doesn’t require foreign language or English that much It might be penalized as badly if say I applied for a different major.
So what do you figure are my chance of getting accepted at Carnegie, with the School of Computer Science(1st choice), CIT (engineering 2nd choice), or HSS (History final choice)?????
I would appreciate anyones thought on what my chances are, especially any Carnegie alumni,current CMU students, or admissions people. Thnx in advance.
P.S. If you apply under Early Decision so the Letters of Recommendation/Teacher Evaluation have to be mailed/sent before the Dec. 1 deadline?
Yeah I live in Pomona, Cal Poly is 10 mins away. Living in the cold isnt much of an issue for me though.
As for test scores I know they are low, but at my high school this is about the average. The highest SAT score at our school ever has been a 1980.
For the subject tests mainly the physics, the class offered at school may be honors but it really didnt help much for the test. The test knows most students would get lost anyways.
Hi, I’m a Sophomore in High school (Oregon). Today I was talking with my mom about my future and college. Since my family really can’t afford to send me to college I have to get a Scholarship no matter what.
In my Freshman yr, which I heard was just as important as Senior yr I kinda screwed up. I got As & Bs but I think I got a C in Algebra and I’m retaking it. Right now I am taking AP History
So the question is how do I get a scholarship? I’m a normal student with average grades. I’m taking golf as a sport also I know that the SATs are very very important.
The school I want to go to is Oregon State University. Is a university a good place to learn how to be a graphic designer? Because my dream job is to be a Graphic Designer. Please help me. I really really want to go to college and I’m not very special in school. I’m a average student !
My Math Plan – In Junior yr I’m going to take Geometry & Algebra 2, so that in Senior yr I can take the next math course which is… I don’t remember. Can you tell me :}
Also how can I study for my SATs and are there any good Pre-SAT online tests I can take?
Please help me ! You can answer this question or e-mail me :}
Thank you !
Hi, I’m a Sophomore in High school (Oregon). Today I was talking with my mom about my future and college. Since my family really can’t afford to send me to college I have to get a Scholarship no matter what.
In my Freshman yr, which I heard was just as important as Senior yr I kinda screwed up. I got As & Bs but I think I got a C in Algebra and I’m retaking it.
So the question is how do I get a scholarship? I’m a normal student with average grades. I’m taking golf as a sport also I know that the SATs are very very important.
The school I want to go to is Oregon State University. Is a university a good place to learn how to be a graphic designer? Because my dream job is to be a Graphic Designer. Please help me. I really really want to go to college and I’m not very special in school. I’m a average student !
My Math Plan – In Junior yr I’m going to take Geometry & Algebra 2, so that in Senior yr I can take the next math course which is… I don’t remember. Can you tell me :}
Also how can I study for my SATs and are there any good Pre-SAT online tests I can take?
Please help me ! You can answer this question or e-mail me :}
Thank you !
A little over a year ago I took the PSAT and did horribly. I was extremely unprepared and I did not even have the motivation to do well – especially since there was a lot of Algebra 2 stuff in the math section (I am taking Algebra 2 this year).
I’m now going to retake the PSAT in October, I’m buying a few test prep books, and a week or two before the test, I’m going to join a SAT prep course class.
I really want to aim for scores between 600-660.
Do you think with this preparation, I could do it?
I take the online tests, but honestly, it’s hard enough to focus on the screen – so I make careless errors. Haha, it’ll sound stupid, but it’s easier taking a test on paper than it is the computer.
Well I am a sophomore in an IB course high school. My ultimate goal is to get in to a great college (hopefully Ivy League) and then go into the medical field. My current cumulative unweighted GPA is 3.87 [Got 1 B last year 
]. My cumulative weighted GPA is 4.20. Last year I took 2 AP classes. And this year I am taking 4 AP classes. All of my other consist of all pre-IB (same thing as honors) as well as honors classes like algebra 2 and geometry last year. I intend to keep taking all the AP classes that I can as well of course the required IB curriculum. I am doing two sports cross country and track. I also do volunteer work for CAS hours for IB. I am currently still thinking of doing something that I am passionate about that will be good for the community. I am thinking of trying to host a local 5k run with charity toward a good cause. One thing that I am worried about is the SAT and ACT test. So my question is what are the best books to get to prepare for those tests in the next upcoming year. I have researched, but everyone says something diff rent. Maybe one of you used a book and has personal experience of doing well on those test. I need at least a cumulative 2000-2100 on the SAT and around a 29-30 on each of the ACT parts. I know this will all come from hard work. But I understand this is for my future. So I am willing to work hard. Any suggestion from you guys would be great. Any comments are welcome. Thanks in advance.
Alright, will note that.
Hi—
I am a sophmore in high school, doing geometry right now and I’ll Algebra 2 over the summer. SO I was wondering when would be the best time to start SAT courses? I’m not sure how SAT works like when we have Fall SAT and we have to take it 3 times or not? Im confused and would like help in explanation of this SAT process.
Thanks –
im a sophomore this year, taking geometry,
i also wanted to know that taking geometry will hurt my scores in the SAT since i didnt take Algebra 2 yet,
if so should i do so over the summer? (take Alg 2)
anyways, when is the best time to take SAT courses?
in the summer or during school (like after school classes)
THANKSS
i want all of our proffesional opinion about something this is the data i copied from collegeboard about admission from this university called notre dame de namur 11% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
11% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
16% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
14% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
37% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
10% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
1% had h.s. GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
Percent applicants admitted: 97% Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Critical Reading: 430 – 530 93%
SAT Math: 450 – 540 93%
SAT Writing: 430 – 540 93%
ACT Composite: 18 – 24 30%
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences
Predentistry B
Premedicine B
Prepharmacy B
Preveterinary Medicine B
History
History – General B
Law & Legal Studies
Prelaw B
now this is my resume what are my chances i want your opinionAcademic ProfileAcademic Profile
G.P.A- 2.944
Units Courses
1.English – 4 years (College Prep) 4 units
2.Math – 5 years (Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2/Trig, Pre Calculus) 5 units
3.Science – 6 years (Chemistry, Biology, AP Biology, Physics, Earth Science, Physical Science) 6 units
4.Social Science- 5Years- (Honors World History, AP United States History, AP Economics/AP Government, AP Psychology) 5 units
5.Electives- 4 years (Physical Education, Drama 1, Computer/Technology, Health) 4 Units
6.Foreign Language- 3 Years (Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3) 3 units
7.Total Units- 23
SAT SCORES
Sat Reasoning test or SAT 1
Math-580
Critical Reading- 570
Writing- 530
Sat 2
Math level 1 – 530
United States History- 610
Biology E- 510
Majors Interested in
1.Biomedical engineering
2.Pre-Dentistry
3.Pre-Medicine
4.Pre-Law
Volunteer Activities/ Extracurricular activities
In all : 115 Community Service Hours
1.Washington Hospital- 84 hours working in Newborn Children’s Section as the first picture volunteer photographer and also working as a volunteer clerk in the sleep clinic.
2.Key Club- Working in charity carnivals and Fundraisers
3.Chinese Chess Club- Worked in Fundraisers
4.Interact Club- Worked side by side helping manage and constructing things for community events.
5.American Red Cross Club- Helped manage and work in Charity functions for donations to orphans in Africa and the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
6.Environmental Club- Worked recycling trash
7.Tutoring- Tutored kids after school for Math and English
8.Speech and Debate- went to tournaments to give speeches.
9.Link Crew- Worked as a team with one another person in helping groups of freshmen fit in and find it easy to do well in High School.
Awards or Honors
I was in the waiting list for the presidential volunteer Service Award.
Sports
Tennis Team: –
Junior year in the Varsity Tennis Team
