<p>Well, I applied 1/1 and my application was complete 1/25. Went into "Folder Pulled, Committe read" since 1/30.. Gettin sort of frustrated because I have other decisions with me and I'm hanging... waiting on this..</p>
<p>Guess the letters should be mailed by around 15th?</p>
<p>some kid in recent thread got an email from a student that decisions go out from 03/21 to 04/21...i didnt get that email yet</p>
<p>Yes. If possible, call the admissions office and ask to be transferred to the HUB. They usually have better people there and they can answer more of your personal questions.</p>
<p>You can even tell them how you have other decisions waiting and you would really like to get your decision (since it has been read since february).</p>
<p>i don't think they are gonna bend the rules and let u know beforehand?? Anyone tried that?</p>
<p>havent tried that one yet, but why not, be a pioneer!</p>
<p>Don't you know why they hold all decisions until late March instead of sending them out earlier? They want to build up both the suspense and the students' expectations. This way, more people may want to accept and agree to pay their whopping $34,000 tuition.</p>
<p>Interesting theory but I'm not quite sure that is their thought process.</p>
<p>If anything, this hurts their yield as many people have already sent deposits in to other schools. </p>
<p>They've done this last year too (no tuition increase) and other schools this year also withhold decisions until they are all ready. CMU is not really "holding" decisions as I work in the admissions office and there are STILL many unfinished applications as well as unfinished decisions. 3,000+ extra apps is more paperwork than you think and I would think this has been the main cause of some of the slowdown.</p>
<p>PS: If your post was sarcasm or a joke then forgive me as i am pretty bad at detecting such things over the internet.</p>
<p>erm.. isn't it like $40K?</p>
<p>Tuition increased 2,500 from 31k to 34k.</p>
<p>excluding other relevant costs</p>
<p>Also I think some people HAVE received decisions from CMU. These applicants are usually very clear rejectees or acceptees. I'm pretty sure most of you will receive decisions in a timely order :)</p>
<p>can u do me a favor and pull up a folder for me? :D</p>
<p>wow, $2500 is a steep hike.. is this annually?
I'm assuming another $9K for housing + meal..</p>
<p>hahaha... not all decisions are out so the names are not categorized in order (alphabetical). It would probably take days to find just your name :)</p>
<p>2,500 is annually yes. We had a discussion about the increase here on this board a while ago. It puts CMU on part with some Ivy league schools as far as tuition goes and overall tuition for the year is about 47k.</p>
<p>However, CMU gives massive aid/scholarship/loans if they like you enough.</p>
<p>I got an academic scholarship and my roommate got about 10k in loans and 20k in grants. He was not really a good student either (First semester gpa below 2.00 and HS gpa below 3.5).</p>
<p>10k for that stats is pretty good!</p>
<p>so you are freshman, and you are on the CMU board and you also help with admissions??</p>
<p>$47K is pretty expensive.. I probably won't be getting much of a financial aid package anyway... considering im filing returns slightly on the higher side.. So this could get expensive :(</p>
<p>unless you suffered massive financial loss or have lots of siblings</p>
<p>to which college are you applying for, ordinaryguy--im guessing tepper, then scs??</p>
<p>nah, CIT... u?</p>
<p>ok. close enough. I'm doing CFA and MCS--they call the combination BSA</p>