<p>Why is cmu at a 38% acceptance? I know that it is a great school, and has a great engineering program, but why such a high acceptance rate? what is the engineering school acceptance rate? the early decision one?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>38% really isn’t all that high.
I think engineering is closer to 15-20 percent(I may be wrong)
MT acceptance rates are like 5%
But stuff like business is real high</p>
<p>what is MT?</p>
<p>Musical Theater</p>
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<p>That is just brutal!</p>
<p>its higher than expected because, generally speaking, lesser and higher caliber students apply to CMU because of the perceived heavy heavy work load, etc</p>
<p>similar to Uchicago which has a similar acceptance rate</p>
<p>so your saying that fewer students apply, but the ones that do are very smart. does this mean that there is some harsh drop-off, where an average student would have a tough time getting in?
also, does anyone know about CMU’s science (not engineering, say chemistry) program?</p>
<p>A big issue at CMU is poor aid, most people can’t afford to attend.</p>
<p>^^^Yes, I was going to post the same. CMU is high cost, relatively poor financial aid. Even the merit scholarships are not as good as other privates with similar rank. I haven’t looked at the yield numbers, but I suspect they have to accept a lot of students to get enough to accept the financial terms.</p>
<p>Business at CMU has a high acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Our D was seriously considering CMU for math and science. Was happy with the course options and the fact that she could dabble in music and art without being a major. Was really interested in the buggy races. CMU would have be an excellent fit for our nerdy, quirky, fashionista. The weather might have been unpleasant for her since we live in a place that has a mild climate in winter. As other have said, the merit aid was not comparable to other offers she received and we never pursued trying to see if they would match. These are not the reasons she did not end up attending. She simply got the offer of a lifetime from a school that we never dared to dream that she would be accepted to.</p>
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<p>We did the estimate thing and got a response of less than $3,000. I mean really, why even bother! I seriously hope other schools give more than this.</p>
<p>wow, i had no idea! so i guess cmu isnt ‘need blind’.</p>
<p>According to this relatively recent post from Hawkette, CMU does not appear in the list of schools claiming to be ‘need-blind’. (Note that there is a good deal of debate about whether or not those on this list are truly need-blind for all applicants; the point here is that CMU does not even claim to be.)</p>
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<p>*PS I don’t know where hawkette’s list came from, but you can do some searches and come up with something if this list seems incomplete or questionable.</p>
<p>Need blind and meeting need are very different things. Many need blind schools will accept kids and then not meet their financial need. VERY few colleges meet 100% of need. That’s the key thing to look for when you need aid. And even then, many schools ‘meet need’ with lots of loans for both students and parents.</p>
<p>CMU does not meet need.</p>
<p>CMU is very much need blind and direct about the process. They let good students in regardless of whether they can afford it, but only give enough aid to the people they really want. If they were need-aware, they could let in wealthier students and fully fund everyone.</p>
<p>Hi akrolik,</p>
<p>CMU is one of the few schools that has strong academics with a slightly higher acceptance rate simply because their applicant pool is significantly weaker than other applicant pools. This is because many applicants have realized how poor the aid is at this school and do not bother wasting their time submitting and application because they know it will too expensive to attend (like myself). </p>
<p>Regards,
Google</p>
<p>CMU’s yield is very low, 23.3% according to their own 2008-09 admissions statistics. I assume that means a lot of applicants who are accepted end up deciding they have better options, either because they get into “better” schools or because given CMU’s financial aid they decide another school, public or private, is more affordable and therefore a better value given their own financial circumstances.</p>
<p>Ha the kids who said that business has the highest acceptance rate did not do any research on CMU. Tepper and SCS are the hardest to get into.</p>
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<p>My son who attended would say it’s for two reasons: because it was not the first choice for anyone he knew there (most wanted MIT, Caltech, Stanford) and the aid situation. He had several friends leave because of aid problems.</p>