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When I opened my mailbox today, I saw a big envelope and got all excited. I thought I got into CMU. It turned out it was just a freaking application letter from the University of Pittsburgh.
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<p>That happened to me to.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - MCS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720 M 710 W 670 V
[</em>] GPA: 3.87
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: luck
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: sincere
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty decent, obviously.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She doesn't know me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): after looking at other applicants on CC, I felt like my ''hooks'' were just ordinary.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: us
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
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Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: sports, music.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted: well-lopsidedness
[*] Other thoughts: go cmu! woohoo![/ul]</p>
<p>[size=+6]Decision: ACCEPTED CAS[/size=+6]
Stats:
SAT: 2250 (C: 730, M: 740, W: 770)
SAT IIs: US Hist 800, Math 2: 800, World History: 720
GPA: 4.78 w
Rank: 6/422
Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Ultimate Frisbee?
Location/Person:
State or Country: WV
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Not too surprised, and I wont be going to CIT, but Im still happy!</p>
<p>What is CAS? HSS or CFA?</p>
<p>Either way, congrats!!</p>
<p>HSS: College of HUmanities and Social Sciences
CFA: College of Fine Art
CAS: <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>the chat that they talk about in the packet, is that going to be one on one with somebody or like a group chat of some sort?</p>
<p>Group chat. It's actually not that helpful (I don't mean to brag but I can offer much more concrete answers than those guys). </p>
<p>Basically if you ask 'em anything they'll give you a politician's answer.</p>
<p>acceptedalready, i have a question...i have this book where it says students at cmu study for about 90 percent of the time</p>
<p>is that true?!</p>
<p>Most untrue goddamn book ever. Burn it and pee on it.</p>
<p>I studied 2 hours today and tomorrow all I have is an accounting quiz, math hw (which was only 9 questions and you can take it up to 20 times for a full 100% online), and to read 3 chapters of an Econ book.</p>
<p>I think I study about 3 hours on avg each day and I pulled a 3.8 last semester and probably this semester too.</p>
<p>There are only time consuming classes, not hard classes. Some of these classes include comp sci classes, Principles of Econ (if you have it with Klepper) and a few other concept/type classes. </p>
<p>Definitely not that hard to do well here. (Though the reputation helps a lot with recruiters :-D)</p>
<p>hhahahhaha...im actually glad to hear your so normal...i was super excited about cmu untill my dad took out THE BOOK again...lol...it was hidden for like months since apps were long due...and i started reading about cmu and it was like oh all students do is study and most are really dorky and all are geeks and blah blah blah but im pretty sure its not too acurate...i cant wait to visit!!!</p>
<p>I don't know if you've read Walden's posts either but he has been doing extremely well too under a double major which includes his main major of ECE. He is in a frat and has plenty of time to do other stuff.</p>
<p>I think people exxaggerate how much they study though and a lot of the times "studying" equals talking on aim and posting online (like me) or watching TV, etc.</p>
<p>*Decision: accepted CAS,Tepper, waitlisted CIT *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130new 2150old
[</em>] SAT IIs: sat2c 800, biology m 790
[<em>] GPA: 3.6 5.1/6
[</em>] Rank:top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: nothing spectacular, i liked them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: teachers liked me, dont know what they put
[</em>] Counselor Rec: counselor knows me?
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public (competitive)
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:fbla 4 years vp(11th) president(12th), varsity swimming 10-12, volunteered at chinese school 70+ hours, volunteered at hospital 100+ hours.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: essay i remember seeing for cmu admissions character was checked as a very important factor
[</em>] Other thoughts: friend from my school that trumps my stats didn't get in. He had no sports but that was it</p>
<p>oh thats another concern...are frats and sororities really big at cmu...im not really into that stuff (i dont think i am atleast) and dont really want to go to a school where it completely dominates</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CIT, MCS, SCS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: (800M, 630V) (760M, 620V, 670W) (780M, 690V, 620W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750Bio-eco 750MathII, 720Chem, 800Chinese
[<em>] GPA:4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank:1/278
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty solid
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Should be pretty good (didn't read)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good...(didn't read)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Lived in Germany, English is 2nd language (moved to US in 7th grade)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[<em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:Sport, Band, Math team, Secretary of Mu alpha theta, Class Council
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted: Diversity? Essays and stat? I really worked hard on that essay...
[</em>] Other thoughts: Very happy/excited right now. When I got home today, my mom was opening the mail box and I ran up to her..and saw the 'fat letter'. I screamed, my mom was like you don't know if you are accepted yet, and she was worried that the letter's a bit 'fat'.. lol[/ul]</p>
<p>"oh thats another concern...are frats and sororities really big at cmu...im not really into that stuff (i dont think i am atleast) and dont really want to go to a school where it completely dominates"</p>
<p>Nope. Organizational parties are bigger and so are off-campus and house/dorm parties. However, if you're in a frat you'll obviously spend a lot of time there and during orientation the best parties are at frats.</p>
<p>is it a big party school?</p>
<p>any idea when it'll reach los angeles assuming that mine was sent yesterday?</p>
<p>"is it a big party school?"</p>
<p>Only if you want it to be. The normal thing to do is to party on friday/saturday. More/less depends on you. </p>
<p>Social life at CMU depends all on the individual. The entire city of Pittsburgh is yours as is the colleges of U.Pitt/Duquesne etc. You can party all weekend at U.pitt if you want and go to school at CMU on the weekdays. People sometimes don't realize that if you are outgoing, there are tens of thousands of college students just down the street (U.Pitt).</p>
<p>riyam, I am in Orange County. Someone in CA already received it today, but I didn't. I am expecting it tomorrow, but I suppose it could come as much as a couple days later. There is also a theory that acceptances are going out before rejections, so rejections may be significantly later.</p>
<p>How long are they sending them out? Someone said until April 1st another said until April 15th...If i had to guess I'd say April 15th because if they got around 20K apps, that means they'd be sending out 10k a week until April 1st pretty much...does that make sense? They told me Monday or Tuesday to exepect it and if they are going until April 1st, then I feel like it'll probably be a rejection opposed to April 15th because next monday or tuesday is still early and still hopeful</p>