Carnegie Mellon Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) and AP/EA 2018

@bhoangluu Thank you very much for sharing your information. I will ask my son to apply for AI4ALL, but we won’t be disappointed if getting rejected since his EC in CS is not strong.

@JKMSNJ There were 19 students for last summer. I hope they are increasing to ~25 this year.

@jenny001 no problem! If you need any help with the internship / nonprofit stuff, feel free to PM me.

For the essays, there’s a 300-word minimum, but no maximum right?

on the SAMS portal, it says my unofficial transcript has been received, but it’s “awaiting” on my transcript for the high school I attended… is this normal? There is no place to submit my high school transcript beside the unofficial one.

@TheMadScientistX no maximum, but, personally, I don’t recommend writing over 500

Do you know how many students apply to SAMS and how many get in?

It’s decently competitive, with ~10-15 percent acceptance rate. Are you considering attending some other programs instead of SAMS?

@Bing__Boy I just got waitlisted the other day and the letter mentioned that 1600 apply and only 120 are accepted

@sublimekorean No, I was just curious about the acceptance rates. Usually, acceptance rates show how competitive a program is. Did you apply this year?

@Bing__Boy Yea, I just submitted my application yesterday! I really hope I get admitted!

Hi SAMS 18 Alunmi, I am just bored. If you have any questions let me know I’ll try to stick around this thread for a bit. I got into SAMS without a rec letter so if I made it you can too! Try to turn in the app asap they do rolling admissions!

@bhoangluu Thank you for your response, that was really helpful.