<p>There are not 10 restaurants within a block of campus, and I think it would be both inconvenient and expensive to eat at restaurants every day. The closest restaurants, as I recall, are over the "bridge" on 5th into Oakland or the expensive cafe at the Carnegie Museum of Art on Forbes. Who in their right mind would take a bus to eat breakfast or lunch? (Sorry, just my opinion).</p>
<p>It's a "big" block, but if you started on campus at Scaife Hall by Schenley Park, you cross whatever bridge that is that goes over the ravine (not via Forbes) and come up to Forbes at the Cathedral. It may be 10 minutes but there are >10 restaurants on Craig and Forbes near eastern edge of Pitt. </p>
<p>Don't forget the trucks which are busy for lunch. Not the best nutritionally but a hot meal cheap.</p>
<p>I doubt if too many eat breakfast anyway. They've been up way too late the night before :)</p>
<p>Oh, you mean via Phipps Conservatory and past the Carnegie Library? I never would have thought of that, and it would be a long block to me ;) . I'm sure that students will figure something out that works for them with respect to their daily schedules and locations on campus.</p>
<p>Also, you are probably right about skipping breakfast. It's just the mom in me that wants everyone to have a good breakfast!</p>
<p>Do you know what the heck they are building on the parking lot between Hillman Library and Carnegie Library?</p>
<p>Our kid has wandering feet and a great nose for food. Learn to Forage. The job fair season is coming up and he partakes in the mixers that the companies sponser. </p>
<p>His feet via bicycle and bus has taken him and friends all over Pittsburgh. He knows of all the places for cheap and good eats. Getting off compus is a good thing.</p>
<p>Our son had a car there starting sometime during 2nd year so he and gf (Pitt student) went out a lot to eat esp wkends. With parking tickets etc car was an expensive nightmare much of the time but eventually he got a campus permit so all ended relatively well. Word travels fast about whatever place has half price fajitas after midnight...no one starves.</p>
<p>lfk yes thats the way i meant and yes it's a megablock. As far as the parking lot it'll be much anticipated Schenley Plaza, a bonus for both CMU, Pitt and Oakland in general:</p>
<p>Thanks 2331clk! I am glad to read the news article about Schenley Plaza! I'm sure it will be a welcome addition to Oakland.</p>
<p>There actually are 10+ restaurants within a block. You forget lulu's and subways and the entire line of restaurants on that street running vertical to starbuck's street and that is only THAT side of the campus towards downtown.</p>
<p>Also, on campus food is usually an objective thing because I had no problem eating on campus at skibo, asiana, and benta bowl. </p>
<p>all i know is, I've been to over 20 colleges (from visiting as well as from visiting friends) and CMU is definitely not the worst when comparing food.</p>
<p>Acceptedtocollegealready,</p>
<p>You're right (that's Craig Street), it's just a stretch to call that a block. It is a "block" in that there aren't any cross streets along Forbes Ave between Morewood and Craig, but if you're comparing that walk to, for example, NYC blocks I'd say it's 3 or 4 of them. Might be 5-10 minutes. Still pretty close.</p>
<p>As an update to my original post; here are the admission statistics published by CMU:</p>
<p>programs for the 2004/2005 applicant pool.
Undergraduate First-Year Admission Statistics 2004-2005
College Applied Admitted Enrolled SAT-V SAT-M Rank GPA
CIT 3,737 1,775 420 610-710 690-790 7% 3.67
CFA 2,703 677 254 580-680 610-710 14% 3.54
H&SS 2,416 1,288 280 600-700 640-740 13% 3.46
IS 445 192 43 590-690 650-750 18% 3.51
MCS 2,774 1,424 231 620-720 670-770 6% 3.69
SCS 1,734 384 145 650-750 710-800 4% 3.74
Tepper 1,917 401 84 600-700 680-780 7% 3.64
BHA/BSA* 55 46 8 640-740 590-690 4% 3.73
Total 15,781 6,127 1,465 </p>
<p>Mean ACT scores: ACT English: 29 ACT Math: 30 ACT Comp: 29</p>
<p>i n case you find it hard to read, go to the following link for statistics:
<a href="http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission/menuitem.edce48707aab43c019300710d4a02008/%5B/url%5D">http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission/menuitem.edce48707aab43c019300710d4a02008/</a></p>
<p>It'll be a bit harder especially for certain schools this year...Tepper apps are up 28% this year, MCS up 24%, Info Systems up 31%.</p>
<p>If they accept the same numbers from last year and if my calculations are correct :), Tepper acceptance rate will drop from 21% to around 16%, MCS goes from 51% to about 41% and IS from 43% to 33%.</p>
<p>That's so weird that they say the largest increase was in Tepper yet IS seems to have increased the most.</p>
<p>not sure either, might be because Tepper is bigger??</p>
<p>That is definitely true. IS is a very small program.</p>
<p>Here is the original post by TAXGUY on CMU</p>
<p>Check out the first post in this thread.</p>
<p>Do they list the ED vs. RD stats anywhere?</p>
<p>And if it's in the factbook only, what page #?</p>
<p>I remember from my interview the guy said for CS at least, going ED gives about a 50% chance of acceptance, going RD 30% (maybe it was for me individually, maybe not)</p>
<p>I did want to add some additional info based on our last tour of CMU.</p>
<p>Everything that I said when I started this thread, I still believe. However, as a result of our second tour, I need to clarify why my daughter turned them down for reasons that may be applicable to others looking at the school.</p>
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<li>Facilities: My daughter was interested in Communication Design. We weren't shown the design building as part of our first school tour, which we thought was strange. As a result of our second visit, we found out why.</li>
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<p>The school of Design is in an old historic building, which is very nice from the OUTSIDE. Inside, however, is a different story. The freshmen studios were rather untidy and unkempt. Even worse were the Communication Design studios. They were located in the subbasement of the building. Although there were some new studios and equipment in the building, my daughter didn't want to spend two years in a windowless subbasement at a cobbyhole with a computer.</p>
<p>If you compare these studios to places like RIT or Cincnnati, you will understand what I am talking about.</p>
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<li>Atmosphere: Most schools treat visiting, prospective kids warmly. They act like they really want the kids to attend there. CMU has a different atmosphrere. From the tour guides to that of the administratures that we met, everyone was very business-like. There were no warm furries. Their attitude is that "we are Carnegie Mellon. If you want to come here, fine. If not, we have thousands to take your place." Notice, I am not saying that anyone was rude or obnoxious. Many of the people that we met did have a rather cold, aloof attitude compared to that of other schools.</li>
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<p>In addition, we spoke to several students. although most felt that they were geting a good education and had good job prospects, no one spoke warmly about the school. There really doesn't seem to be a lot of school spirit. It is basically a place to work hard and get a good job...period.</p>
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<li>Waitlisted applicants are treated as second rate students. My daughter was not initially accepted. Instead she was accepted off the waitlist. She had the distinct impression that she was a second class citizen. At first, I thought that her feelings were unwarranted,but I found out that she was quite correct in feeling this way.</li>
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<p>First, waitlisted students get last choices on housing since they were admitted last. Secondly, although CMU does tend to negotiate scholarshps based on what was offered by comparable schools, this is NOT true for waitlisted students. We were told that no merit aid of any type is given to waitlist students taken off the waitlist, which is a bizarre philosophy.</p>
<p>Although CMU does note that over 70% of their students get some form of aid, it really doesn't sit well with a parent to know that your kid is on the 30% that is paying full freight and is paying very high freight too.</p>
<p>This is why my daughter declined admission. This information may or may not be applicable to you, but at least you should be aware of this information.</p>
<p>why would they give merit aid to students who are less qualified than those that got in RD... and they do housing based on receipt of deposit which makes sense.</p>