When I tried to log onto my application portal, it says The application you are attempting to access is not currently available. Please try again later.
I’m not having any issues
So I can see 27-mar-2018 Decision Notification Letter under Admission Documents Sent. I guess the decisions are out?
I don’t see it ohoh
It’s open for me. Applied to SCS, got rejected (anyone else got rejected/admitted to SCS?). It’s kind of hard decoding if it was because I was not “good enough”, or because there were no space. Here is a part of my rejection letter:
“Thank you for the opportunity to consider your application for admission as a transfer student to the class entering in Fall 2018. Our admission committee has carefully reviewed your application and supporting credentials and despite your fine record and accomplishments, we are unable to offer you a place in the School of Computer Science.”
Do you think it’s auto generated, or a person actually writing them?
@KvalheimRacing What we’re your GPA, credits etc…? I’d guess that it’s auto generated.
@KvalheimRacing I am sorry to hear that…I was wondering if there is a “Decision Notification Letter” in Admission Documents Sent section on your application portal?
@rubberducky123 there is a button under admission notification on “where am I in the process”. There is also a “Decision Notification Letter” in Admission Documents Sent section as you mention.
@Vincent1997 I’m an international student, my high school GPA is unweighted at 4.00 (yes absolute max) over 5 years with a finished vocational education as an automatician. On the University of Oslo i have a GPA of 3,66 (completed one year) so not that good, but should be ok. I have taken graduate courses in robotics (which is my preferred major), and have taught robotics as a heavily involved TA for two years at the university. I have worked with robots at factories and in industry, and have worked as a contract software developer for about a year before studying. I have several big maker projects in robotics, and I have 4 recommendation letters, 1 from my physics and math teacher from high school, 1 from one of the most renown and “famous” math professors at the University of Oslo, and 2 references by the most central robotics professors at the University of Oslo, one of which I have worked with in teaching robotics for two years.
But I did get 99 on my TOEFL score, with 22 in writing, and 24 in speaking, so that may be it, but very hard to tell. Had friends reading over my application essays saying it was very good, so it’s most likely not that, and I taught that maybe good writing there could account for 22 in writing on TOEFL.
Have sent a question to the admissions office asking them to elaborate further on the decision.
I have not taken any other tests than TOEFL because it’s not required for international transfer students.
Good luck to you both btw.
@cercit20 did you apply to SCS?
@KvalheimRacing According to CMU admissions website your TOEFL scores aren’t high enough. 102 minimum with 25 or higher for writing and speaking subsections.
@MA2012 I know, which is why i propose that it may be it. However I specifically asked the admissions office about this and they said that it’s an holistic approach, and that no single factor decides an outcome.
Yeah my writing subsection was lower than 25 as well and they told me that the score alone won’t fet me rejected.
@KvalheimRacing When you have ~ 300-400 kids applying for transfer to the SCS most with 3.9-4.0 GPA’s, along with 99% percentile on standardized tests. It is understandable why you got denied if you did not meet the requirements and they only accept 1% or 2%. It is unfortunate, but these universities do not hand out trophies for a good effort. I hope this does not come off as harsh. I am just trying to explain the admissions officers mindset.
@choser I disagree a little bit. I think the main issue is that they don’t care about transfers. Accepting 2-4 transfers is nothing. I might be pessimistic, but I feel as if they just have transfer admissions in case they can get some amazing applicant. Not very the average joe. I am not sure how true this is for CMU, but it’s for sure for Wharton, Stern and Cornell.
Rejected
Mellon College of Science
@Shloak Sucks. Thought you had good chances, sorry man ;(
@Vincent1997 haha yea, it was an uphill battle anyway. Let’s hope for a positive response from the other colleges I applied to. Did you get in?
@Shloak So far: Accepted Fordham, Deferred UW-Madison. Waiting for everything else. How are your other schools looking?
@Vincent1997 This was my first decision. Waiting on Northwestern, Columbia, Cornell, GT and MIT
@Vincent1997 I agree with your point. They are not looking for “Average Joes”. In most cases they are looking for unconventional students who have a chance to add something to the community. The politics that take place at elite universities such as Cornell, Penn, and even Carnegie Mellon, drive their choice to accept such few transfers. We are all just pawns in the game for the most part, hoping to somehow checkmate the system.
I applied to Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, Stanford, Duke, and UChicago. All schools with dismal transfer acceptance rates.
I am a 4.0 community college student with ~70 + credits, studying computer science. I have research experience at two prestigious government funded labs (would rather not mention in order to stay anonymous), along with all of the other extracurricular you would expect: community service, honors society, ect. All accompanied with a good story to tell in my essays, and all the other fixtures you would expect.
And to be Honest, I still do not feel like I am good enough to get into any of those schools that I listed. With such few spots available, the competition is cutthroat - there really is no other way to put it.
Sorry if I rambled. But hopefully this pushes someone who comes across this thread one day. Good luck to everyone!