So I am currently a junior in high school I am really interested in carnegie mellon, specifically because I know they have a great economics and computer science program. however, after doing some research I found that if you want to do computer science at carnegie, you have to apply directly to that school which has a much lower acceptance rate. Is this true? or can I just pick computer science after I am already in the school?
Computer science is its own school at Carnegie Mellon. You have to apply directly to that school. The acceptance rate is about 4%.
My son is a freshmen this year studying both those majors and did not end up applying to CMU for that reason. You could apply to the liberal arts college and try to minor in CS but with turnover and acceptance rate so low in the CS school, you have a small chance of getting in to those classes even it is theoretically feasible. If you really want to double major, I would definitely have some other choices in mind.
yes