<p>megan12, congrats on the CMU acceptance and waitlist. My son graduated from SCS last spring and now has his dream job. They have amazing job placement, even for kids in the bottom of the class. I don’t know where my kid placed in the class, but unlike high school he didn’t get any awards. He did work very hard, but he has lived and breathed computers since he was in elementary school. It really was a great fit for him - he had lots of friends for the first time in his life. There are always some in SCS who drop out so spaces do open up. Students I’ve talked to say that as long as you do well in the intro course it’s not hard to get accepted, but obviously it’s a risk. No question that it will be more work than he’s ever done before. The waitlist though, I think, indicates that they think he is perfectly capable of doing the work. And your chances of getting into SCS from another part of CMU is much better than a normal waitlist. Good luck whatever he decides.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info Mathmom. It makes me really nervous to have him go there and then not get accepted into the school. He would have to transfer out of CMU at that point. I heard that last year, they let too many kids in, so they didn’t accept as many this year. That also means that it will be harder for internal transfers.</p>
<p>My daughter was stung by being waitlisted at what she thought was her first choice, and there were several unhappy days. But last night she was accepted at another top choice–a more highly ranked school, so go figure the decisions. She’s happy now. We like that it’s only an hour away.</p>
<p>Our D was unexpectedly admitted to 2 reach schools, so the school she was accepted to EA is out of the picture now. Now she can’t decide which one to attend, BU or Fordham, both great schools. So it comes down to which city she would prefer.</p>
<p>megan, though, does your son know he can double major without getting permission? He doesn’t have to get accepted as a transfer to SCS. My son talked to the dean, who said as long as he gets a decent grade in the class he was currently taking (and I think that means a C), then no problem. The only problem is the difficulty and level of commitment required, so if a kid has that then there doesn’t seem to be any risk. Honestly, if you can afford the time and money, it might be worth revisiting some of these schools that he gets accepted to.</p>
<p>Another rejection in the bag. I’m sad for D</p>
<p>Moonrise - sorry to hear that. We may be in the same boat in about an hour…</p>
<p>busdriver - would he able to take higher level courses without being in SCS? i’m afraid he might get shut out because he’d be in H&SS, and if you’re at the end of registration, it’ll be tough. I do worry a little about him because he’s very shy and quiet and I don’t know how much he’d be willing to fight for his chance. Once we get all our decisions, we’ll sit down and go over everything. I’m just trying to get as much info as I can so I can help him make a good decision. He and his dad actually went back to revisit CMU a couple months back. That’s why it’s so high on his list.</p>
<p>Waiting for the ivies - I’ve been dreading this for weeks!!</p>
<p>Megan, I am confused if your son wants humanities as major and CS as minor. If so, he is in perfect position. I agree with Math,on; when we visited CMU on accepted students weekend, many kids accepted in science college asked how hard to transfer to sCS. It wasclear that many still enrolled at CMU with goal of transferring into sCS, or at least taking many courses there. I defer to math om to know if the kids with minor in CS got the same opportunities as the sCS students.
Excuse typing. My iPad changes spelling of math om.</p>
<p>megan, I think you probably need to talk to someone who is double majoring at CMU, or someone in administration in SCS. My son didn’t seem to think it was going to be a problem to double major, as far as getting the classes. But it would be better to talk directly to someone in the know. There are many of the quiet types at CMU, my kid used to be one of them. Amazing how assertive they can be when they are determined and away from us!</p>
<p>bookworm - he planned on majoring in cs and minoring in humanities. </p>
<p>We definitely plan on going back and talking with people there to get some answers. </p>
<p>Today was a tough day - 4 rejections and 1 waitlist. He lost some of his best choices. He seems fine although a little sad about his #1. I’m the one that’s having a harder time with it. I’m not really happy with the ones he’s left with - they’re good schools - I’m just not sure they’re the right ones for him.</p>
<p>How is everyone recovering from 3/29? What a brutal, stressful day! Waiting until 5 PM, having websites crash, all of the uncertainty was absolutely brutal and stressful.</p>
<p>Thursday was a tough one in our house. Net result was 2 waitlists and 2 rejections. Still one school to come. Son has “resigned” himself that he will have to go to the State University (honors program) where they have already offered him full tuition scholarship. We think it’s a great school (both parents went there) but respect his crushing disappointment.</p>
<p>smithview, will he stay on the wait lists? wouldn’t hurt to do that i wouldn’t think.</p>
<p>staying up till 2am waiting for an email from harvard was awful! only to find out she was rejected! trying to convince myself and dd to love the school that she got accepted too… so far rejected : brown,dartmouth,yale,harvard,georgetown 
accepted : usma at west point, naval academy, cornell, george washington(presidential scholarship) and two of her safety with full ride. now comes a decision time…i am so glad its over :)</p>
<p>^^^
Those are wonderful and impressive acceptances, though I understand the disappointment over the rejections.</p>
<p>We ended up with 3 rejections yesterday and one wl today, it was awful. One school left but we aren’t holding our breath. Still have one great acceptance so we are okay.</p>
<p>advicemom2016 - those are some wonderful acceptances. you should be very proud !</p>
<p>Congrats on all the accepts and hugs on the losses. We still have one more out there, I guess they will wait until April 1. S not in a any hurry to make decisions yet…</p>
<p>Yes, staying on wait lists and has written letters to two of them adding additional thoughts.</p>
<p>SO glad its over with!!!</p>