Official Class of 2022 Applicants Discussion Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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@mainer199 I went to Arch pre and also got a faculty recommendation. Not exactly sure what it means.

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1 more night folks

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@wizwind Match

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Itā€™s going to be crazy to finally see a new button on the Where Am I pageā€¦

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I canā€™t wait, but at the same time, I know SCS admission is extremely competitive, so Iā€™ll probably get rejected :confused:

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1 day 16 hours (:expressionless:

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Does anyone know if the acceptance letters go out first and than rejection or all at once?..

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@wizwind All decisions are released on the portal at the same time.

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Anyone know if we can receive our admissions decisions via mail before the online date? Has this happened before?

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@CMUapplicantECE I highly doubt the mail would arrive before the online date. I have no personal experience to back this statement up but I would imagine they send out the mail that day meaning it wonā€™t arrive for multiple days.

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Bluhhhh same @RoleastLanied Iā€™ve got no hooks and SCS is such a frickin low acceptance rate this ainā€™t happening.

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@QuiteAnxious


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Thatā€™s your hook right there.

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Until decisions are communicated, hereā€™s an interesting perspective on CMU students to help you pass the timeā€¦
https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-students-get-into-Carnegie-Mellon-University

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So I did a little digging. The past yield rate for cmu was 29%, and now itā€™s 26%. From reading the above quora posts, it would appear that EDing would help your chances quite a lot. idk I hope it does.

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I thought I had decent chances, but they released that new report thing that stated they no longer considered demonstrated interest. I remember going to an info session sometime in July and the admissions person saying ā€œeveryone one here just earned a check mark on their application for showing interestā€ :frowning:

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@Samaritans yeah same here, sucksā€¦ what program are you applying for?

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@CMUapplicantECE Lol I hope.
@Samaritans We think theyā€™re doing that just for show to make them seem more Ivy because they still considering ā€œDemonstrated Fitā€ which they describe as literally the same thing as demonstrated interested.
@4boyzsmom Ugh I love CMU so dearly I donā€™t wanna be goinā€™ with fools who just want to be at MIT.
If you want a happier perspective on CMU, look at one of the suggestions at the bottom of that Quora page, quora.com/Why-would-someone-choose-Carnegie-Mellon-over-Harvard

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@QuiteAnxious same here. I went all in on my cmu app

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Does anyone know how many apply for ED vs RD?

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Last year: 1,384 ED of 20,497 total applicants.
Source: Common data set 17-18.