Phone Call from Admissions Office?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I got a call from a student at CMU. I asked if everyone gets this phone call she said CMU tries to call every applicant. Do you think someones odds of getting into a college are increased if you say you don't need financial aid and you put down a fairly large family income.</p>

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<p>I got a call from a student at CMU. I asked if everyone gets this phone call she said CMU tries to call every applicant. Do you think someones odds of getting into a college are increased if you say you don't need financial aid and you put down a fairly large family income?</p>

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<p>I have been told that CMU is needblind in admission though they do not guarantee or give 100% of need and do have merit awards. I know plenty of kids who are turned down despite a very large family income and who do not need financial aid and who stipulate it as first choice or apply ED. Some schools there are far more selective than others, but I have not heard of CMU picking on basis of need or lack thereof. The school tended to be made up of kids who came from working class families, in my opinion, rather than trust fund kids. A generality, I know, but there are some schools where it seems like many kids are from rich families. I never got that feeling from CMU, and I lived in Oakland for a number of years.</p>

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<p>Hello, I am an Assistant Director of Admission at Carnegie Mellon and I just wanted to take a moment to explain how our student calling system works. Bascially, this program is in place to connect students interested in Carnegie Mellon with current students here on campus. Throughout the summer/fall, our students call everyone (as many as possible) who has expressed an interest in the university. Once the application deadline has passed, ALL applicants are called. There is no preference given to any specific group of people. Our goal is to reach as many applicants as possible to see if they have any questions about the university or to follow up for any missing application documents. I hope this helps!</p>

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<p>not to sound rude or anything but if all applicants are called..how come some are saying they did not recieve a call from you guys?</p>

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<p>I am not sure exactly how many perspective students are called per year (it varies). We have about 8-10 Carnegie Mellon student callers who work 5 evenings a week and they are only able to call a majority of our applicants. Unfortunately because the number of applications is typically around 14,000-16,000, we are not able to call all students. I know our student callers try their best to reach as many applicants as possible. Their are other opportunities for applicants to talk to current student as well.. I would definitely encourage perspective students to click on "Making Virtual Connections" on our website (<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/admission%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cmu.edu/admission&lt;/a&gt;) Sundays-Thursdays between 5-8pm for IM chats with current students. I hope that helps! Thank you for your question - definitely an important one to address.</p>

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<p>First off i would like to say thank you for even coming on here to talk to us,..i bet you guys are busy at the admissions office,..it means alot to many of us that someone would actually take their time to come here and talk to the students...but just to make something clear,...so not all applicants get calls, its a random assortment, they could be accepted or could be rejected nothing like that correlates?</p>

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<p>are we sure this person actually works at CMU admissions?</p>

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<p>I got the call somewhere in Feb. and I got in today.</p>

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<p>Logitech101-</p>

<p>Thank you for your kind note! This is a particularly busy time for us - lots of work to do but we are all genuinely concerned with our perspective students/applicants and want to help in any way possible.</p>

<p>You are correct - we try to call all applicants but because of the large number we can't get to everyone, unfortunately. The calls are a random assortment. Please check "Where Am I in the Process" or contact an Admission Counselor if you need more specific help.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>