<p>Anyone in this situation?</p>
<p>Maybe specifically SCS too?</p>
<p>Why aren't you going? Money, a different school?</p>
<p>Different school for me. Got admitted to Stanford as an international.</p>
<p>Me, got into SCS, but 50k per year seems so much. I think I am going to attend chapel hill honors program instead. Still waiting on Cornell though</p>
<p>Congratulations on Stanford! It is an awesome school. May I ask what your secret was to getting accepted into two both great schools? What did you do in the area of comp. sci. which stood out?</p>
<p>greycold55: Are you getting merit aid at chapel hill honors program? Do you think CMU will give you financial aid or merit aid?</p>
<p>got into cit, but not goin. either jhu or cornell for me</p>
<p>Well, I didn't even get into CMU (waitlisted), but I'm looking for some hope from people / interested in where other people got in/what CMU financial aid is like...So far though I'm planning on going to Johns Hopkins...</p>
<p>I need Financial Aid or merit scholarships if im going to go to CMU. Most definetly. With a full scholarship to WM its gonna b hard to go from paying nothign 2 50k+</p>
<p>Depending on my other decisions (Cornell and Mudd). If I get in Mudd I'd not got to CMU. If I don't get in Mudd then about 25% to 50% chance (depending on Cornell) I'd choose CMU.</p>
<p>The merit aid decision for chapel hill did not come in yet. I should find out next week. A good amount would compel me to go there. Otherwise, its all in shambles. Lol. I remember telling myself in December that this is a dilemma I would love to have.</p>
<p>Not going to SCS.</p>
<p>Every university has a different atmosphere and lifestyle. Back when I chose to go to CMU, I picked it over Cornell and U Chicago and U Illinois. Academics are the most important factor, but across top schools like most of you were probably admitted, you won't see too much of a difference. Well, actually, CMU is harder than a lot of schools that have the same reputation of being a good school (Northwestern comes to mind), and CMU has really good job placement.</p>
<p>Also, it's probably a good idea to go to the admitted student programs that all the schools offer, but ignore all the programs and just talk to as many students as possible. Remember that you are assigned a host and the host's friends are likely to be similar to the host, so you should go out of your way to talk to a random person or 6.</p>
<p>No school is good for everyone, and not everyone is good for CMU. So go where you feel at home.</p>