For those who decided on Priority or Regular Waitlist…I need someone to talk to!!!
I decided on the Priority Waitlist…anxiously waiting for more updates and the eventual May 4th!
Is CMU your first choice? @terr24lr
My FA package was somehow revised and I got less than 10K now. Did the same thing happen to you guys?
Basically I’d say unless you know that out of the schools you applied to, Carnegie Mellon is THE school you want to go to no matter what all your other safety schools offer, don’t do priority wait list.
I’ve decided on priority waitlist. I really consider CMU my first choice and I would attend in a heartbeat if I were accepted D:
@ALeynng No, nothing happened to my FA package. Does your new one say it is still tentative? Also, besides paying the $800 deposit, is there a reason why some people wouldn’t take the priority waitlist just because? I mean, it’s not binding and you have a higher chance than if you were on regular waitlist in getting admitted.
@ALeynng yeah CMU is my first choice. I believe the only factor that is “binding” is to pay the deposit within the amount of hours they require regardless if you eventually go or not. However specifically for me, if I get in I’m going
@nicolefranwang at that point it comes down to paying the $800 and being the jerk who took up a spot when your intentions aren’t 100% commitment. plus for arguments sake (not sure if this is true or not) I highly doubt there is a significance between priority waitlist odds and regular waitlist odds. It boils down to factors that are completely out of an applicant’s hands unfortunately 