My daughter received an e-mail asking her to write an essay to stay on the Carnegie Mellon waitlist. I never heard of such a thing. She’s cramming for AP exams and finishing final projects so it almost put her over the edge. She did it anyway. Does anyone know how many waitlisted students they anticipate admitting? Also what the odds are? Thanks.
@Laura Wig. Based on my son’s email, the deadline is last night at midnight EST. We are in central timezone so he made sure he submitted before 11 PM.
I suggest you check your email for deadline first as it might have passed.
Complete BS they did this. But good luck I hope it ends with the result you wish for in the end.
I am surprised on how little time they had to write the 500 word essay. I believe he had 3 days at best to write it. The results come out tonight so we will see if the essay was any good 
My daughter did indeed get an acceptance letter from Carnegie Mellon last night around 11:00 PM. This fewer than 24 hours after every waitlisted student was supposed to submit a 500 word essay. How can they possibly have read them all? I guess CMU is known for computer science so I guess artificial intelligence was employed
@"“Laura Wig” I don’t see why they would have to read them all. Were I running admissions, I would rank the waitlisted applicants, and then start reading the essays in order of rank until I found sufficient adequate applicants to fill the slots. No AI required. BTW: this is not an indication that I endorse the extra-essay strategy, because I don’t.
Did your daughter receive anymore emails from CMU after her acceptance? Thank you!
Yes, she got a second e-mail with links on where to go to pay the deposit, etc. and the orientation calendar.
My daughter got in off the wait list too. I am curious how many they are taking this year. Historically, the number has been very low.
I was taken off the waitlist as well. Do you know when we are supposed to receive the enrollment forms after paying the deposit?
Contrats to those admitted from the waitlist. Anyone else admited for SCS?
About a week after paying the deposit, we’re supposed to get an email with instructions on how to setup our andrew ID. I just got an email introduction from my advisor on the class registration process, enrollment forms, etc.
Thank you, I was getting kinda worried that they hadn’t emailed about the enrollment forms yet. I was admitted for MCS. Which major are you doing?
I will be in SCS - Computer Science.