May as well start a thread for waitlisted students. Is Carnegie your top choice?
I am responding for my child.
Besides UMass Amherst, he only applied to CMU, Princeton, and Cornell. He was not accepted by Princeton or Cornell, but he is quite content to go to UMass Amherst. Although it is highly unlikely to be picked off the waitlist, he did tell me that he would want to got to CMU if offered a spot so I encouraged him to get on the priority waitlist for CMU SCS.
He is already quite familiar with the campus and academic rigor because, two summers ago, he took two classes at CMU as part of the AP/EA program (15-122 and 21-127), and he got an A in both of those classes. Also, he has a friend that is a freshman this year at CMU majoring in Physics who is having a great year (academically and socially) at CMU.
It is with that information that I knew that he would be able to commit to going to CMU if offered a spot off the waitlist.
Good luck to everyone hoping for a spot at CMU!
CMU is my top choice and if I’m admitted off the waitlist, I’ll be attending! 
I got waitlisted and I was wondering when we send the “letter of continued interest.” Also, if there’s some more information about me that I could add on to, should I include that on my letter of continued interest or e-mail them before they ask for the letter? Thanks in advance!
I sent one the day after i got my decision. Will be sending another one this week and then on May 1st
Last year, people on the waitlist received email updates of when the departments were full. Did anyone get an email like that?
I asked about sending letters of interest and was told to not send one right now, and that if they want more info, they will contact you
Has anyone been asked for extra info? Has anyone sent extra info anyway?
Also, has anyone called to find out their rank in the waitlist?
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Don’t send it now unless you have info to add. They won’t know whether they’ll even take people off the waitlist until may 1st, so it’s pointless to do so until then.
How come the amount of waitlisted students drops from 80ish to 7ish after the 2014-2015 common data set
Hi did anyone receive the essay prompt that was supposed to be posted today? Was it supposed to be an email
@sizzledrizzle what essay? I never received a follow up email about additional info 
^^i didn’t receive it either??
Wonder when will the first round of email or call from CMU go out? Will that be May 5, Friday?
I emailed admissions and they said to just wait until we are updated in a couple of days. I guess there isn’t an essay
I just received this news -
Due to the number of students already enrolled in the programs below, we won’t be going to the waiting list in:
• College of Engineering
• College of Fine Arts: Architecture, Art and Design
• Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Information Systems
• Mellon College of Science
• School of Computer Science
• Tepper School of Business
What other programs are left?
@cannotwaitxyz school of drama?