<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO CIT (computer/electrical engineering)
waitlistes at SCS</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 630 CR / 720 M / 670 W
* SAT IIs: 720 IIC / 760 Chem, 710 IC
* GPA: 3.9 UW / 4.5 W
* Rank: 5/330
* Other stats: AP chem - 4, CS A - 5
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: one good, one ok
* Teacher Recs: great
* Counselor Rec: great
* Hook (if any): none
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: MA
* School Type: public city
* Ethnicity: white Irish
* Gender: Male
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<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: lots of clubs, 3 years of V golf+tennis, Math team capt, programming team capt, lots of honor societys and latin clubs
* Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I have good grades, matched what people who got in got.
* Other thoughts: Congrats to everyone, just waiting for the financial form. Wanted badly to get into SCS, now I think I am going to do mechanical engineering instead.
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<p>Stats:
SAT: 510V 760M 550W (international student)
Toefl: 257
SATII 800IIC , 710chem
GPA: junior 3.42, senior 3.83
AP Chem- 5, AP Calc BC-4
Essay: good, teacher recommendations: probably good
a good amount of activities and leadership
Alumni's sister</p>
<p>SAT: 720M 700V 610W
SATII: 790Phys 790M2 790World History
GPA: 3.7ish UW
rank: probably top 10 %</p>
<p>Essays:
Were not good on average, there may have been one decent one out of the three, very rushed.
Recs were probably great.</p>
<p>State or Country: Northern VA (we're better than the rest of VA)
School Type: public
Ethnicity: I put asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
I went to precollege.</p>
<p>Other thoughts:
CS was my top choice, but I also planned on double majoring in math. Hah, now it may turn out that I'll go as a math major and double major in CS. But, uh, still waiting on Harvey Mudd and Cornell before I could make a final decision.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720M (790 Old), 690R, 710W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math IIC, 730 Chem, 700 US History (didn't send to them)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 10/194
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Graduated 2 years early, a bajillion college credits from Stanford, JHU, and a local community college (Somewhere around 20)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Carnegie was my last application so probably more refined and therefor awesome but I don't really remember
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No clue, but probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably useless my GC was a dolt
[<em>] Hook (if any): White kid, in Taiwan, alone, interning at an Electronics company, speaking Chinese
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President of Interact Club, Lead Drama Roles, Section leader of Drumline, Select choral groups, church choir, hardcore snowboarder, Exchange to Taiwan for a year, Internship at Taiwanese electronics company
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Taiwan most definetely, I got a letter from the Associate Dean mentioning it and asking about physics.
[</em>] Other thoughts: I've never taken physics, a prerequisite for CIT.</p>
<p>Friday, March 24, semi-fat letter reached my offspring in California, with a no for SCS, the waitlist for ECE, an acceptance to join "information Systems" programs, and admission to various CIT majors that my offspring did not apply to. It's kind of like applying to veterinary school and getting a letter offering you a place in dental school instead. Has anyone else had this happen? I think the "Official Fat Letter" written on the outside of the envelope is not quite truth in advertising in this case. It would have been better to leave the outside of the envelope blank until the awful truth sunk in.</p>
<p>Included in my letter is the invitation to participate in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Mellon College of Science (I applied to MCS only). Do they extend this offer for all admitted students to MCS? Along with this paragraph in the acceptance letter, there is a separate paper titled "The Science and Humanities Scholars Program", which explains the different aspects about the program aforementioned in the letter (I'm assuming--this language is kind of vague). And on the very bottom, there is a tear-off slip that I should fill out if I'm interested in this program. Is everyone extended this offer or is it just a ploy to get admittees to matriculate? By the way, the first few lines of this paper reads: "Congratulations on your admission to Carnegie Mellon. From your application you have demonstrated exceptional ability in a wide variety of academic areas."</p>
<p>But like I said, I can't tell whether this actually means anything or not. If anyone knows, any explanation would be most appreciated! By filling out the little slip, does that mean I'm automatically placed in the program? What is this "Science and Humanities Scholars Program" like, anyway? Any insight on this would be great, and I hope I'm not seeming like an idiot for not knowing this!</p>
<p>The offer is extended to only top students. It is not a "trick" at all. The program is basically allowing you priority in choosing between any courses in MCS and HSS.</p>
<p>Oceanview: "It's kind of like applying to veterinary school and getting a letter offering you a place in dental school instead. "'
That is not true. :) When you are accepted into other schools, you are allowed to transfer into whatever school you are interested in (though SCS is getting heavily demanded and it depends on space) along with the option to freely double major in whatever major you want.</p>
<p>To KRabble, don't know about Humanities Scholars Program. However, it appears that you cannot move among majors at CMU, as stated in the admission letter "For planning purposes, you should not enroll in one department with the hope of transferring into the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Because of space limitations, it may be unlikely that you will be able to transfer into Electrical and Computer Engineering. . . Unfortunately we are unable to offer you a place in the School of Computer Science."</p>
<p>By the way, oceanview, it's not like applying to vet school and getting into dental school beacuse if you appled for ECE than you applied for CIT as ECE is a major in CIT. That is assuming that you did apply for ECE.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 800M , 740R, 800W
* SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Phys, 770 Math IC, 740 Literature
* GPA: 4.0 UW
* Rank: 1/650
* Other stats: National Merit Commended Scholar, lots of academic honors, All-State orchestra, President of 4 clubs, tons of outside music activities
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: It wasn't wonderful... I applied on December 30th. CMU is not my first choice, so I did not spend a huge amount of time on it. I guess it did the job though.
* Teacher Recs: Very good
* Counselor Rec: Very good, my GC is awesome!
* Hook (if any): White, middle class, from Pennsylvania... I don't think I have any hooks other than my involvement in music possibly.
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: PA
* School Type: Public, urban (average SAT is probably somewhere around 900 old)
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
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<p>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: SAT's, transcript, lots of activities
Other thoughts:
I also received a half-tuition scholarship, so I'm excited right now! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (800M, 720V, 750W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 M2, 800 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Rank: 34/589
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on APs - Bio, Chem, Stat, Comp Sci AB, Calc BC, Physics C Mechanics... Also attend a magnet Science and Engineering program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not bad
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Talked about my band?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: pbulic magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: mostly music related
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: not sure
[</em>] Other thoughts: Happy
[/ul]</p>
<p>I didnt get a letter yet...... do you guys think thats bad? I know at BC ive heard that they send out acceptances last but here at Carnegie it looks like its the opposite : (</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Tepper
Stats:
SAT: 2260 (780 M 760 V 720 W)
SAT IIs: Bio 800 US History 750 MATH 2 770, WORLD700 Chem 670
GPA: 4.6</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: alright.....
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: doesn't know me 2 well
Hook: none</p>
<p>Location:
State or Country: Suffolk, NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>General Comments: Yay! Good Luck to all those who didnt find out yet. Also, to those who got in, did you find out about any scholarships or financial aid yet?</p>