What does the following mean;
It’s there in the enrollment reply form. I applied regular decision. What if I decide to enroll in 2 universities?
@InfiniteLibrary You can’t.
Colleges will rescind your offer if they find you have enrolled to more than one college. An enrollment is a final commitment that you will attend that college.
And you also have to pay a deposit.
@HB1999 Ohhh I didn’t know that. So I can’t enroll in more than one university? I don’t mind losing the deposit later.
What if I enroll and don’t go later?
@InfiniteLibrary You’ll lose the deposit. And you can’t enroll in more than one university at a time. Suppose you enroll in one, and then are accepted to another off the waitlist. You can then withdraw from the first and then enroll to the other.
@HB1999 I see. Thank you so much for your replies! It helped a lot 
I’m having a hard time choosing between a university that I really like but is more expensive and a university that is half as less expensive but is my next choice. I needed more time to make that decision which was why I thought of enrolling in both - May 1 is really close!
@bssurly - since I haven’t seen any students reply yet I’ll take a quick stab from a parent’s perspective.
Get excited for sports events? Not very much. The athletes support each other but it’s not a rah-rah sports school. It’s a ‘studies-first’ kinda school, even for the athletes.
Pride for CMU? This is probably very complicated. I think there is but not in the traditional ways you might think of. CMU doesn’t have the general public name recognition of an Ivy, or MIT or a sports school. So will your friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc. be ‘impressed’ by the CMU pedigree? Probably not unless they’re in a field in which CMU is prominent.
But in the fields where CMU is well-known folks might be more impressed, which leads to a bit of ‘pride’, I suppose.
But I sense the real pride comes from the sense of accomplishment/survival/work ethic/learning that comes with a CMU degree. It seems to be a common feeling among CMU students/grads - they know they’ve been through a grinder, survived and are ready to take on the next challenge. It’s a strength of the CMU ‘network’ - they seek each other out because of the shared experience.
Recently I dug out the following text exchange w my daughter from her freshman year for a father of a prospective student. She sent it just after her sorority finished their Booth (which won first place, BTW ;-> ) after many hours and long nights:
Daughter:
It honestly awesome that we can do this, its literally hell but its awesome
Me:
Indeed
Daughter:
But to quote one of my friends (who is engineering) at 5 am this morning talking about booth and cmu in general, “we love to hate the work and suffering”
haha
At many schools students are passive observers/participants of big-time sports that provide ‘pride’. They cheer the athletes. At CMU a broader range of students are actively involved and participating in the ‘big events’, like Booth, Buggy, and all of Spring Carnival.
CMU pride? Sure seems like it to me.
But I may be just a little biased after seeing how my daughter’s thrived there over the past few years, eh?
Has anyone received an acceptance email from CMU yet?
@wormholes I have - international here. Got it yesterday, around 20 hours ago.
@SkepticalOfMost thank you so much for such a detailed answer! does your daughter think that CMU has a pretty good social life/balance between academics and social life?
@wormholes I haven’t gotten an acceptance email yet.
@bssurly Have you checked this out? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1581081-before-you-post-cmu-faq-p1.html 
@bssurly - wow, that’s a tough one and I don’t want to delude you. My first impulse is to say “sure - she’s had a great time!” and she has. But she’s a very driven kid and there definitely have been frustrations and down moments: “why can’t I have a summer at the pool like my friends from HS?”; “Why am I up at 4:00 am carrying lumber and plywood around in the rain?”; “Why did I miss an A by only one point”; “Why is the median score for the first test in 112 50?”
She’s been very involved in a sorority but has found time for other activities like Buggy last year, some additional charity work (and even a boyfriend for a while). She’s made the effort, and perhaps sacrifices, to achieve some balance.
Through College Confidential I’ve corresponded with a mom who had the same worries most of us parents have re stress, workload, balance, etc. and her daughter is now successfully completing her freshman year. She’s not in a sorority but has been involved in a number of cool clubs, the Society for Women in Engineering (is that the right term - its acronym is SWE) and is even working on a Booth with one of the independent organizations.
I think sororities, clubs, and the like are great stress relievers and also help students get exposure to upperclass kids. That’s useful for learning the ropes, so to speak - for learning how things really work - which profs to choose, how internships work, best dorms, apartments, etc. Befriend your TAs and RAs…
You’ll make friends for life in your freshman dorm but anything you can do to get out of the freshman bubble seems to help make life easier as you go along.
I’m going to conclude this ramble by saying that I think the onus is on the student to achieve a good academic/social life balance. The opportunities are there for the taking but if you’re on auto-pilot and ignore them, focusing only on academics, things might be rough.
Socializing at Sports U may be a bit easier - superficially - as everyone beats to the rhythm of the games and has something in common to discuss. At CMU everyone has the stress, pressure, and focus on internships/jobs/grad school as a common denominator.
But there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in non-academic activities if you want to. And jeez, I haven’t even mentioned exploring Pittsburgh, restaurants, the Steelers/Pens/Pirates, Shadyside, etc.
@InfiniteLibrary What would you like to do a major/minor in? Each school/major has its own requirements and process. Some majors, like HCI, require you to submit an application. Others, you just have to take all the courses and declare it once you finish the prereqs. I don’t think I can say much without knowing a little bit more. In general though, a major and a minor is very doable. Double majors are quite possible too, especially depending on what you would like to do.
@bssurly CMU has a lot of school spirit, but definitely not in a sports sense. I think high school football games that have used our field had more people showing up than our games. Granted we are D3. But still. Besides sports, I’d say most people are proud to be a Tartan. It’s not like I walk across campus and feel like no one really likes where they are, is what I’m trying to get at.
Ya’ll where can I find the cheapest CMU shirts??
The campus library is the only place I know but it’s not very cheap! They have a web site.
@BreadCrumb Try ebay.
Hey guys!! We made a discord for everyone who got into Carnegie Mellon this year (class of 2021)! Please join it!!
finally received my packet today in ca!
Does anyone know if there’s a groupme for admitted students?
So what type of grades should I maintain to keep my offer?..