Official Carnegie Mellon Class of 2020 Applicants Discussion Thread

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Rejected. Kind of confused about why - all my numbers were a lot higher than any of the averages. (35 ACT, 2280 SAT, 3.99 GPA, all 5s on the four APs I took.) Portfolio was good, recs were good, great ECs, good essays.

There were some fishy things in my app though. Did anyone get a “New Inquiry Record” in their documents list? And my SAT scores never got there, etc. (ACTs did get there though, fulfilling the testing requirement.) Currently accrediting it to bad luck and applying intl and all that - was hoping someone could give me some advice so I could do better in the Regular wave for other schools.

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@Divinicity @Olenji I’m sorry to hear that. I’m sure you were both very qualified candidates and I have no doubt you fill find success elsewhere.

Would you guys mind posting your stats in the results form?

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@ladse5, what does your letter say?

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@HansenQin302 Asian female, close nuff lol. I guess there’s also that.

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Darn, rejected from SCS… I really wanted to go there

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The Nguggz is so happy to be accepted!

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@creativityhere What school did you apply to?

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@thisisntmyname That they will consider me under regular decision.

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Rejected from DC with 2220 SAT and a 3.86 GPA and a class rank of 8/400. Darn. Whatever who cares lmao still have other chances.

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@creativityhere Whats with being an Asian female? I got the New Inquiry Record thing.

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@ladse5 racism and sexism probably lmao.

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However, if you have interest in making a formal request for consideration under Regular
Decision, please call us to discuss your intentions or email undergraduate-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu
with the subject line “Regular Decision Consideration.”

Should I?

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@Olenji I did it xD because why not :stuck_out_tongue: it’s not like they are asking for anything additional right?

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@Olenji Nothing wrong in trying.

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@ladse5 you did the same?

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I must be missing something - how do I view my admission decision?? The “Where Am I in the Process” link isn’t working for me.

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@JackBlacksStack No. I got deferred.

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@ladse5 oh sorry! I didn’t see your earlier post!

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@QuantumFlux I applied to the school of design in CFA. Highly competitive, but I had a pretty good portfolio and I’ve been Head Designer for the school newspaper for years. Plus I do lots of design work around the school, including some jobs for the school administration. Guess that didn’t help me much.

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I never got an email saying i was deferred or put on RD. How did you guys confirm? Is there anything on the website that confirms admission?