<p>I applied to Berkley, Case Western, Pitt, Cornell and Penn. I was accepted to all and chose CMU.</p>
<p>hey, </p>
<p>do you guys mostly use the school's computers for work? </p>
<p>How often do you use your personal computer for actual work? does CMU supply you with any software you may need?</p>
<p>more importantly, how out of place would a MacBook appear in ECE?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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<li>No I use my laptop.</li>
<li>A lot. Though I use the library's computers to print in a hurry since they give you like 40 bucks in printing and when pages are just 5 cents or so a page, it is more pages than I'll ever need.</li>
<li>CMU has its own website that lets you download all the software you need for classes such as minitab, java platforms, etc.</li>
<li>30-45% of the kids here have MACs.</li>
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<p>Hi, I have a question.</p>
<p>How was your Interpretation and Argument class? What was it like?</p>
<p>Mine was pretty weird. We had homeworks of 2 double spaced papers (so about 1 page) almost every time we met on M/W/F (usually one on Monday and then Friday) that counted as Homework. Then we had 2 major papers to do which were like 15-20% of our grade. Finally we had the final paper which was a "contribution" paper that was about 25% of our grade. Class participation was the rest of the %. </p>
<p>They teach you how to write persuasively instead of spit back info and I learned a lot as I got almost all 3's (out of 5) on the first 3 hw's and then got 5's on the rest while acing the important papers.</p>
<p>That's just my experience with it and oh yea I had the topic: "War and Rhetoric". We watched "full metal jacket" and that crazy hunting movie about those guys who were captured in Vietnam. I think its called "Deer Hunter". It was sick... 'GIDDI MAO!</p>
<p>I was admitted to CIT, ECE and will be a freshman next year. I am also an international student. I have some questions to you ..
1.Approximately how many students are accepted to ECE and how many of them are international?
2.I have a question about housing. How do we choose the dorms? (I don't have any info about this, if you could provide me some, I will be very glad.)
3.What should I do to get a very good internship?
4.Is it possible to take merit aid in the second year or following years of university? (They didnt give me any aid now) If it is possible, what should I to do? What are the requirements?
5. I heard that in cmu there is a possibility to finish ECE in 3 years and getting an MBA from tepper in 2 years. Do you suggest me to do this? Is this too hard to handle?
6. Do you suggest me any book to read or study before coming?</p>
<p>I dont have too many time to read the whole forum, so if these questions had been asked before, I am sorry. Thank you very much for your concern and help..</p>