<p>I was chosen by my high school to be a candidate for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to UNC and part of the requirements for the scholarship application process is that I cannot apply Early Decision to any schools. This means I have to apply to Carnegie Mellon regular decision. What are the rates of acceptance for Early Decision vs Regular Decision? Specifically for the Dietrich College?</p>
<p>Basically is it worth it for me to continue on with the Morehead-Cain scholarship, which is extremely prestigeous and unlikely that I get, and not apply Early Decision? OR should I withdraw from the Morehead-Cain scholarship and apply Early Decision to Carnegie Mellon's Dietrich College?</p>
<p>I’d like to know too - my son is planning to apply ED to my alma mater to get a “legacy bonus”, but that school also says the “ED bonus” is not much if you aren’t a legacy.</p>
<p>What’s the situation at Carnegie-Mellon?</p>
<p>(PS - to the OP, would you go to UNC if you did win the scholarship? I got a full scholarship to our local state school, and turned it down because I really did not want to go there after touring the campus.)</p>
<p>@nmj202 I think you should apply RD and whether or not you get in (I’m pretty sure if you were a recipient of a prestigious scholarship, you should be fine for HSS) keep the money because you never realize the financial pressure of college until you’ve been here for a bit. </p>
<p>@rhandco I think that CMU does value legacy whether or not it’s ED (if that’s what you’re asking)</p>