ECE Online Decison - 'Waitlist'

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<p>There is a trick to doing ECE at CMU even when your not admited to ECE that I heard from a current student.</p>

<p>You just enroll in engineering without a major, take ECE courses, and then go pester the department about how good you are at ECE and how you deserve that major. They will let you in if you have good grades at ECE courses, or so I’ve heard.</p>

<p>I plan on pulling this stunt IF I get into CMU but NOT ECE, decided to go there over other schools AND <em>EVER GET A FREAKIN DECISION</em>!!!</p>

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<p>Yes, I got accepted to CMU but not into my desired major at CIT (was waitlisted). They want a short essay or something out of me which I will send back this week, but yes, it is possible. Hopefully I get into my major (Computer Engineering).</p>

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<p>shave31, your statement is too broad. What we know is that at least three people were waitlisted cit(ece) only, showed such online, but got package which says they are cit(admit). Third thread I found was from CoolCalculator</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/677712-waitlisted-only-electrical-computer-engineering.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/677712-waitlisted-only-electrical-computer-engineering.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>wbkidd00, were you in similar situation (in terms of online was waitlist only, no admit)?</p>

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<p>No letter in the mail today, ugh, maybe tomorrow.</p>

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<p>Hey!
You guys are talking about getting in to CIT but not ECE. Do you think it works like that for MCS and HSS or is it just CIT?</p>

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<p>pretty much…what does this translate into:</p>

<p>1 MCS BSC Waitlist
2 HSS PSY Waitlist</p>

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<p>I think it may only be CIT ECE because ECE is extremely popular, highly ranked, and therefore difficult to gain admission to.</p>

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<p>mk. gah. i don’t know. biology is a really popular major in the science department so maybe i should just cross my fingers.</p>

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<p>imagine carnegie was playing a big joke on all of us… and waitlists were really acceptances =D oh gosh, that would be awesome.</p>

<p>but really now, what’s the deal with the promised letters that aren’t coming? i’ve expected this letter since march 20. this has been such a long wait.</p>

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<p>@all:imagine carnegie was playing a big joke on all of us… and waitlists were really acceptances</p>

<p>Or, all the acceptances were really rejects: </p>

<p>[UC</a> San Diego sends wrong e-mail to rejected students | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times](<a href=“Archive blogs”>Archive blogs)</p>

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<p>I got flat-out wait-listed. Dunno if priority or not, will see when I get mail ( I called ).</p>

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<p>on the pg it says letter sent on the 26th… i havn’t gotten it…yet</p>

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<p>Priority wait-listed for all majors except CIT ECE.</p>