<p>Does Carnegie Mellon really require 3 years worth of electives? Because I took so many honors and AP classes, and took so many double science classes, that I didn't have room for electives. But it says on the CollegeBoard website that CM requires at least 3 years worth of electives (6 semesters), and I probably have at best 2 years worth if you count health class, computer essentials, computer programming, and computer aided design as electives.</p>
<p>Yeah -- 3 Years of Electives are required for all the schools (more in CFA): Academic</a> Requirements</p>
<p>Don't let that keep you from applying; I don't think it's the sort of thing they care about as long as you were taking other classes. One of my friends here has never taken biology (he's in CS), but he took 2 years chem/2 years physics.</p>
<p>I have taken 2yrs chem, 2yrs phys, 1 yr earth sci, 1 yr bio, 1yr engineering. Of course, everything with lab or research. And I've done original independent research. But the electives thing is killing me.</p>
<p>mmeyers: I checked the link, and it says "3 electives." Does that mean 3 years of electives, or just 3 electives, because I have taken health class, computer essentials, computer programming, and computer aided design. Is that good enough?</p>
<p>What I'm saying is that even though bio is "required", my friend was admitted even though he hadn't taken it. Similarly, electives probably aren't exactly "required", and my high school would count science courses taken beyond the minimum as electives towards graduation, so if you have three classes beyond the other requirements (which you presumably have, since, um, I don't know how else you'd fill 4 years of school), you should be fine. CMU will admit students after junior year of high school, when presumably they've only taken three years of English, and four are "required". That list is not something horribly strict.</p>
<p>Oh, okay, thanks. That's a big relief.</p>
<p>An elective is just anything you didn't have to take for graduation requirements. It can be extra science. It can be another English course. It doesn't have to be art or music or non-academic.</p>
<p>^Oh, that helps too! Thanks mathmom.</p>
<p>Dude, if you're worrying about it, I would definitely call the admissions office. (412) 268-2082</p>