Official Carnegie Mellon Class of 2020 Applicants Discussion Thread

wait is that legit

@design2020 Not on the waitlist… that’s either good or bad lol

(also still typing up a response for your PM :wink: )

It says wait list CIT ECE. So I think I’m in CIT but not my major :frowning:

@MandomeLife dude I think you’re good lol. I wish the best of luck to all of us:)

@design2020 when I click the link you provide, it’s a wait list reply form.

I came up one the wait list form thing. Does that mean I am waitlisted for sure? What is priority waitlist? When do I find out if I actually get in or not, pitt requires me to accept or reject their offer by May 1.

@lynjobes try putting in your info. It may or may not go through

I’m not on the waitlist, but honestly, I’m starting to lose faith in myself. I also do not have the “financial aid” notification button. My portal is not down. I feel like I got rejected.

@Kylemcgrogan If it goes through you are on the waitlist. They sent out waitlist notifications and acceptance notifications yesterday by mail so they should be arriving Friday or Saturday. They will also post decisions online March 26.

thanks @NICE8x for letting me know. I am so crushed right now. Waitlist is rejection for all intents and purposes. I don’t even know what to do. Now it says I am waitlisted for MCS and MTH but makes no mention of program, could that mean I am accepted into other programs in MCS?

@Kylemcgrogan There’s also a faq on the website that says that you should accept an offer from one of your colleges while on the CMU waitlist. If you end up getting accepted to CMU, and you accept their offer, then you’d have to forfeit your other college’s enrollment deposit.

@design2020 What does the screen look like for you? Does it state CFA and/or school of design?

So I accepted priority waitlist for the moment.

So I guess I was either accepted or rejected. No waitlist. I suppose that’s a relief since I’ve been waitlisted by four schools already.

@Kylemcgrogan go for the priority waitlist if you’re really sure about it, that’s what I’m doing…and if it ends up being nothing it’s not the end of the world really. It’s just not meant to be.

@MandomeLife it lists my preferences so I had cfa des first and then cfa art below it. Not that surprised about art bc my interview was rough lol

If it shows that i am waitlisted by ECE, is there still chance that I can get into CIT for other engineering majors? My first choice is ECE.

@design2020 So you were waitlisted for both schools? Or is the option to waitlist just available for design or art?

@MandomeLife yeah both :confused:

@design2020 Ahggghh this sucks. Sucks that you had this to get the news this way. But what’s frustrating is that you deserved to be in CMU – atleast their design school – from how much passion you have for the discipline. There’s still a chance, and CMU waitlisting you says that you’re capable to thrive in their environment.