<p>I got an email yesterday from CMU admissions stating that they recieved my priority waitlist form, and that they will be calling on May 7th between 5pm-9m to notify me of my admissions decision.<br>
Does everyone on the priority waitlist get this email and phone call on the 7th?
From reading previous years threads on this subject, it seems it could absolutely be a rejection or an admittance so I am trying to not get my hopes up.
Does anyone else have any further insight on this?
(I am on list for MCS)</p>
<p>I am also on the priority waitlist for ECE (CIT) but I didn’t get any such email. However as I’m an international student, they will probably email me instead of calling. And everyone gets their priority wait list decision on 7th, so it doesn’t mean anything. They can’t predict your chances of getting in until 1st May.</p>
<p>I’m also priority waitlisted for MCS and have received the email. By chance do you know how many of us are there? Or how many students they accept from the list each year? I’d appreciate any information you can give me. Did you apply for math too?</p>
<p>You can call them and ask how many are there but I don’t think they work today. As for the list, last year they didn’t take anyone (they over enrolled) and previous years, while they still over enrolled (but not to the extent of last year), they took on average 50 kids from the waitlist. I don’t know if that is all from the priority waiting list but I would assume so.</p>
<p>thanks, gibson for the info. I am wondering about all johntheos questions too.
I am only on the waitlist for MCS, hoping to major in bio. Fingers crossed that the CMU’s waitlists have some movement this year.</p>
<p>Yeah from what people have told me about CMU’s intentions and from the people I’ve seen waitlisted I’d like to think there will be good movement so here’s to hopin’; only a few weeks left.</p>
<p>I emailed them last night asking for statistics and for the number of priority wailisted students. I don’t expect an answer until Monday but I’ll let you know as soon as I get one. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>thanks john and gibson. Good luck to you both.
john, I will be interested in hearing anything you find out from that email.
I did hear from a friend that CMU applicants this year were almost 70% female. (?)
I do not know if this is true, but that would also mean that the waitlist
is going to be largely female…that does not bode well for my chances since
i am a girl haha.</p>
<p>Really? 70%? According to this [<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2011_12/c-first-time-first-year-admission.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2011_12/c-first-time-first-year-admission.pdf</a>], last year female applicants were 38%. 70 sounds really off lol.
Also waitlist statistics may look kind of grim according to that document. But I second what gibsonlespaul said.</p>
<p>Here’s the reply I promised. Nothing new or encouraging in my opinion. </p>
<p>Thanks for your email to the Carnegie Mellon University Office of Admission.</p>
<p>We are still currently receiving last minute waiting list reply forms, and we will not know the exact number of spots available for waitlisted students until May 1 when enrollment deposits for accepted students are due. We do not fill any acceptance slots until that date. Therefore, we don’t have the records available for the numbers you request. Additionally, we do not rank students on the waiting list. Therefore, you will never be particularly placed ahead or behind of other students. Instead each college will see how many spots are left and the admission counselors will reevaluate each application based on your original application and any additional material we receive. Your best chances for getting off the waitlist is to just submit supplemental material that demonstrates why you are a good match for our university.</p>
<p>As far as acceptance, it does vary from year to year. Last year, we were unable to admit any waitlisted students. However, in the past we have admitted up to fifty students.</p>
<p>Best regards from Carnegie Mellon’s Office of Admission.</p>
<p>Be sure to visit our student blogs at [Experience</a> Carnegie Mellon](<a href=“http://www.enrollment.cmu.edu/admission/blogs/]Experience”>http://www.enrollment.cmu.edu/admission/blogs/) and post a comment to start a dialogue with a current Carnegie Mellon student.</p>
<p>JohnTheos: Thanks for posting this information. Why CMU has a wait list at all seems a little odd - and almost cruel. All this means is they will call a couple of people on May 7th and e-mail the hundreds of others who have their hopes up, but have already paid the deposit for enrollment and housing at another school.</p>
<p>thanks John for posting that info even though I also find that very discouraging.</p>
<p>Well when I called them, the lady who picked up the phone said there were hundreds on the <em>priority</em> waitlist (and she said it before I even said the word priority waitlist lol its like she was anticipating it).</p>
<p>does anyone know the exact number?
who’s waitlisted for H&SS?</p>
<p>I asked them for the number so far, but they avoided answering my question. Hundreds though, when last year they took none seems already a bit too many.</p>
<p>I called CMU for my son who got in Business School and is in W.L of ECE. I got the same replies as the previous discussions here. My son does like ECE, thus, he may go to UMich or UIUC.</p>
<p>Anyone can advise me how difficult to transfer from Business to Computer Eng. if he started from Business and minor in CE, and then transfer to CE as major and buiness will be his minor. Is it possilbe? </p>
<p>Any advice from CMU students with the same experience?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Well they did overenroll last year. I don’t know what the situation is this year and how the waitlist is spread between the different schools.</p>
<p>i’m on the priority waiting list for CIT, and its my top choice. i realllllly want to attend cmu next year. does anybody know how the prospects are for priority waitlisted students? i read that last year they accepted absolutely 0 from the waitlists…</p>
<p>I would say you need to wrap your brain around attending another school. The chances are just about 0 or maybe 1% that you will get in. Did you read this article? [The</a> hopelessness of college waitlists: A guide - The Week](<a href=“http://theweek.com/article/index/226630/the-hopelessness-of-college-waitlists-a-guide]The”>http://theweek.com/article/index/226630/the-hopelessness-of-college-waitlists-a-guide). Also read the previous entries on this thread.</p>
<p>thestates, here is the deal. And I’m only putting this online because my son recently decided he wasn’t interested in CMU, and is picking another college. Otherwise, you’d have to be a good friend to get this info! This is about as good intell as you are going to find.</p>
<p>So about a week and a half ago, we stopped by CMU just to take another tour and visit his brother. When we were in the admissions office, the lady at the desk asked us, “Are you here for the waitlist info session.” Uh…WHAT? There is no information online, or in any mailed info about a “waitlist information session.” At least I didn’t find anything. And apparently very few people knew about this, as there were only 2 other kids there, and on the signup, maybe 8 kids for the last two weeks!</p>
<p>This is what we learned. The priority waitlist is not numbered, not based on stats. They put people on there that they thought could do the work. NOW they will be calling people up based upon interest. How do you show your interest? Email to the email they gave you for the waitlist interest response something telling them how much you want to go to CMU. Prove it. Maybe tell them how you can enhance CMU. Don’t be proud. Get your name on the top of the list. If you can send some interesting picture of yourself that relates to CMU, do it. We were going to suggest to our son that he send a smiling picture of himself dressed in CMU colors, holding our two dogs dressed in plaid.</p>
<p>Okay, maybe not everyone wants to do something like that. But I would send them an email NOW, and maybe another few before May 7th. They know they messed up last year with not enough waitlist spots, too many people took the acceptances, so this year they purposefully accepted less. They intend to call off the waitlist. They left a bunch of spots open in CIT in particular. If you have some awards or something interesting and special, email it (he mentioned that don’t really want more of your great grades sent to them, they already have deemed you qualified). I would also ask to get on all other schools priority waitlist if it’s not too late now, you can always transfer. It gets you more shots because they don’t know where the openings will be. If you live nearby and you have time to visit, I’d stop by, take a tour, make sure your name is on their signup list, and send an email about it. Be passionate. I would also give them your cellphone number to call on ?May 7th, make sure and ANSWER the phone no matter where you are, cuz I think they’re going to run down that list like wildfire. I know internationals can’t leave phone numbers, right? But in the US, they want an answer now, immediately, give me your credit card number.</p>
<p>Like I said, I wouldn’t be sharing this if my son was going to go for it. But if this really is your #1 choice, then go for it!</p>