<p>Just wondering how many people got waitlisted from CMU so far from CC board ??</p>
<p>I got waitlisted for CIT and MCS
3.55 uw GPA (killer) v580m800 32 ACT (35science and math)</p>
<p>Who is going to accept the waitlist option ??
CMU is still my #1 choice even though i got into an excellent engineering school (illinois). I REALLY want to go to CMU so bad....</p>
<p>Just accept it. I think you have a good chance to get off it. Perhaps you could talk with the admissions office.</p>
<p>Definitely keep up your GPA and send in additional recs/essays/etc. ANY kind of rec telling the school that your 580 is not representative of your academic skills would be extremely beneficial.</p>
<p>english isn't my first language
so i had a rough time on the verbal part</p>
<p>you should have taken toefl</p>
<p>I did take Toefl
I don't remember the score, but it was near perfect score
I didn't submit it because I thought 29 on the Verbal part of ACT is good enough to show that I can at least speak english lol</p>
<p>OMG are you serious? SEND IN THE TOEFL and tell them what you just told us.</p>
<p>by when do you get off the waitlist and when does the WL closes?</p>
<p>i was waitlisted................I will get on the waitlist and visit.</p>
<p>i was waitlisted from HSS and Tepper. I still haven't gotten my actual letter yet, though....? I checked my status online. However, I did recieve this letter about the financial aid. Something about a reduced income form</p>
<p>My friend's dad (used to work at CMU) is a personal friend of the President ? Dean ?? of the office of admission and said he would write a nice letter for me....hopefully that will help me get in</p>
<p>If I call the office, do they tell us why we were waitlisted and what we could do to improve our chances? </p>
<p>Do normal waitlisted people have a decent chance of getting in ?? I know its about 70~80% for priority waitlisted but I would like to know the average % of the waitlisted list.</p>
<p>Usnews says</p>
<p>Qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 2,709
Applicants accepting a place on waiting list: 271
Students enrolled from waiting list: 120 </p>
<p>Does that look about right ?</p>
<p>waitlisted for tepper</p>
<p>this kills me, CMU was my last chance to not go to penn state (main campus)</p>
<p>Luckyboy22, you and I are in the same boat. I got waitlisted to CIT, and the only other (worthy) school that I got into is U of I for ECE. I'm in a pickle b/c I live in Illinois, so I get in-state tuition, which saves me a good 20,000 dollars. But I don't know if I'm the 'big school' type of person... Some one help me out! What do you reccomend I do? Should I go all out for CMU?</p>
<p>Doesn't hurt to try, why not?</p>
<p>ok i got priority waitlisted and i really really wanna go
I asked my teachers for another reference but becasue they are so "strict" (a subsitute word for a word that got ***'ed), their views have not changed about me and cannot write anything that might benifit me further.
what else can i send in? i didnt get any more awards or anything. personal essay?</p>
<p>waitlist here. (iuno if i'm going priority yet)</p>
<p>CMU was and still is my #1 choice, i really love everything I read and hear about it</p>
<p>2290 SAT (800M 770V 720W), top 11.5% (this is what killed me), 5's on AP's, strong ec's, research, from Moscow originally</p>
<p>When I find out how much finaid I get at CMU, I'll decide whether to go priority waitlsit or regular waitlist. Money isn't exactly somethign to be thrown around, and I can just go to Rutgers :/</p>
<p>"what else can i send in? i didnt get any more awards or anything. personal essay?"</p>
<p>Send in the essays and even getting your parents to write you a recommendation can help. Focus on how the school matches you perfectly, yada yada yada.</p>