***Carnegie Mellon University Class of 2020 RD Decision ONLY***

@dbjs70 thank you!!

why is everything coming either when i’m on the plane or when i’m not home for a week

looks like they are only mailing to accepted and wait listed people

@lol2468 If you applied to more than one school, how will the FAT letter arrive? If you get into two schools, do you get two separate packages or just two combined into one? Also, what does FAT stand for? I’m guessing For Admitted Tartans?

I have no idea tbh. I just got the email notifying me about decisions.

@ChocolateCoin, not a bad guess on FAT…

Update fron Twitter: 2016 cross-campus acceptance rate is 21.7%

FAT packet arrived today!

@srrr7 Congrats! What is your major? Can you please share your stats?

Just received my FAT packet in NY today!!! Applied to Tepper.

Got my FAT packet! San Jose, CA. Couldnt believe my eyes as I walked up to the mailbox.

Here’s a better formatted decision template to Copy/Paste, lol
You can c/p here: a note pad . com/notes/9yn42x
(remove the spaces)

Decision: Accepted

Accepted into School of Design!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 | Verbal: 710 Math: 700 Writing: 700
[
] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: N/A
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): APLAC (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Two music courses, studio art, european literature, one semester of Economics and one semester of AP Gov, AP Calc (dropped it second semester)
[
] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA National Awards, All-State Honor Choir

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[
] Volunteer/Community service: Not a tremendous amount. Did design work for the community and volunteered yearly at a Jazz music festival.
[] Summer Activities: Went to Pre-College at California College of the Arts
[
] Essays: I think they were decent…
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea. Teachers liked me.
[
] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[
] Interview: Had an alumni interview locally, which went fairly well. I signed up for an in-person portfolio review on campus but had to cancel.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[
] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Competitive Public High
[
] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Portfolio, Essays, academics were alright but not great.
[
] Weaknesses: Academics weren’t top notch, crappy drawings.
[/ul]General Comments: I really flip flopped on whether I thought I could get in or not. I’d say my portfolio was top-notch, with lots of great graphic design. My drawing skills were pretty poor but I still got in. Demonstrated a fair amount of interest. Just so happy I got in!

Hi just wanted to ask did you get an email about ur decision or u checked on the portal? Just checking to see if not getting an email=rejected
too scared to look
CONGRATS BTW!! YOU DID IT!!

If i didn’t get the mail today, does that mean I was denied?

Wait can someone explain to me what the priority wait list is? Like what are my chances of getting in to the school if im on the priority wait list?

@vpm3660 priority waitlist means that if they choose to accept you later on you have to go to CMU (and you will withdraw any other school’s deposit/confirmation). I would say you are definitely increasing your possible chances because you are telling them that CMU is your first choice as compared to regular waitlist which shows your interest isn’t solely for CMU

Oh ok thank you @terr24lr . Do you have any estimate to how many individuals are offered priority waitlist?

So does the result come out in about two hours I suppose? or is it tomorrow at certain time?

Got an acceptance letter in the mail today. I was really surprised because I thought decisions would be posted on the portal before they started mailing.