<p>I'm sick of waiting for a decision from CMU. I'm sick of going to their "page" and seeing the same gosh darned thing on there. I'm sick of looking at my e-mail and seeing no communication whatsoever regarding a decision. Oh, and I think I'm sick of CMU. And I'm just the mom.</p>
<p>You're the mom? I don't don't understand why you think that this is on you or something. Like it's your kid's future. Your life is mostly set from here on out. I think you need to look at your kid; is he/she stressed? Why are you even in a position to view the decision? This is one thing that you should not impose on.</p>
<p>Just because you're sick of CMU doesn't mean you get to screw it up for you child. Maybe you should think about them first.</p>
<p>err... I'm really not trying to be a jerk... it's just... touchy subject.</p>
<p>Maybe she's just venting a bit... waiting is tough for kids and moms.</p>
<p>cmonyuk: Your response is very strange. I don't know what you're talking about: "screw it up"????? My son already has three other excellent offers, thank you. It's just that CMU lacks communication skills. I find this frustrating as does my son. They are supposed to be so techy. I don't think it would be so difficult to send out an e-mail keeping applicants informed. Gosh, you're weird!</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously cmonyuk, show some sympathy. I'm not even a parent (I'm a senior in hs), but I can still relate to sonssecty.</p>
<p>The college admissions process is a thing for the whole family. Why else do you think some colleges insist on sending mail first before revealing online decisions? So it gets HOME first. It's a family experience.</p>
<p>And even those colleges that release admissions online - notice how it's usually at 5 or 6pm at night? Coincidence that's probably around the time a normal parent gets off work? I think not. (I do, however, prefer online decisions. Mainly because my parents aren't as knowledgeable as sonssecty probably is, so I want to know as soon as they make their decision) </p>
<p>"I think you need to look at your kid; is he/she stressed?"
If sonssecty is "just the mom", then yeah, I would assume he/she is in fact, very stressed.</p>
<p>"Why are you even in a position to view the decision?"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
If may be the child's life, but it is still the parents forking over possibly $150,000-$200,000! Parents deserve some say in their child's life (of course it is up to the child to decided whether or not he/she will listen).</p>
<p>I can relate to sonssecty because for something as important as college decisions, a school should have when/how a decision is released down to a science. (And that's leaving out all the other problems in this fickle college admissions game) </p>
<p>So cmonyuk, chill out. She is after all just ranting and raving. Allow her some thread on CC to do that.</p>
<p>remind me not to post on Fridays and Saturdays.
Frankly, I'm surprised by the quick response.</p>
<p>CMU is great. And I'm sure my mom stressed out a lot too. I just don't like it when people stress out for me. I hope you see where I'm coming from...</p>
<p>I think I read way too much into that post.</p>
<p>cmonyuk, I do see where your coming from. After all, I am just like any other teenager and I do get frustrated with my parents all the time. As you can see, I can argue for both sides of the fence, though, lol.</p>
<p>Don't be surprised by the quick responses...after this week of receiving college decisions, I've averaged like 3-4 hours of sleep a night. I just don't want to go to bed. Can't sleep. Insomnia. Whatever.</p>
<p>By generalizing the aftermath of the college decisions, it's almost as if the colleges are trying to pull people apart. Angry applicants and parents complaining about rejections, friends bickering b/c one got in and the other didn't, etc. I, for one, am really glad to see this process come down to its end.</p>
<p>I, however, can't speak for sonssecty, who is still waiting for some resolution. All I can say is, hang in there and be patient.
But if you're just really angry, keep this quote I found in mind:</p>
<p>"Don't get yourself arrested and make your day worse! If you need to vent, just smash something that's already broken! You can't get in trouble for wrecking the unsalvageable!" ~R. Stevens</p>
<p>CMU may be a tech school, and for this reason they are very interested in keeping your privacy secure. As information becomes more transparent, the likelihood of your privacy being violated increases. </p>
<p>Be patient with CMU and I guarantee that you will not be disappointed.</p>
<p>i see where cmonyuk is coming from. im a senior in high school, and i agree whole-heartedly with sonssecty. my friend got a decision from cmu 2 weeks about and yet... im here typing about how frustrated i am with cmu. i havn't gotten anything from cmu since i gave them my application. the stuff on my home page at cmu says the same thing as it did 2-3 months ago and i have no idea if my decision has even been mailed out yet. yes... i am frustrated and all i can do is vent my anger on this forum.</p>
<p>We were lucky to hear in the first wave, but I have to say I really dislike CMU's system of not notifying everyone at once. It was bad enough that Caltech only uses snailmail and it took 6 days for the rejection to reach us.</p>
<p>i actually think cmu was pretty thorough with their "page". the only school i know of or applied to that was so increadibly accurate with communication with me. had dates/times of communication dating back THREE YEARS before precollege even.</p>
<p>btw i got upset when my fam wanted to check my decision/pages for/without me, but i also realized....they put a lot of effort into what was going on in my life too, not to mention the expense. so whatever. patience is a virtue.</p>
<p>CMU is very bad when it comes to marketing and customer relations. When my daughter applied to various schools, including CMU, she got all kinds of literature about most of those schools including letters thanking her for applying. CMU was the only school that sent us nothing. </p>
<p>In fact, I called CMU about this and about scholarship matching. I will never forget the statement that an admission representative said to me, "We are Carnegie Mellon. We don't need to send this type of literature to prospective students. If someone doesn't want to come here, we have plenty of students who do."</p>
<p>This statment summarizes CMU's attitude better than I could ever state. This was one reason why my daughter didn't go there.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't take taxguy's comments to heart. After reading his older posts, it seems he has some innate distaste for CMU. Although I do believe that CMU is not for everyone.</p>
<p>I hope that anyone who is thinking about CMU as a prospective student comes for a campus tour. Even if you don't want a tour, I'm sure you can ask any student walking on campus for some information about the school.</p>
<p>Perhaps when taxguy's S/D was looking at CMU, things were different. But, since I started here I've slowly realized the amount of school pride that has been increasing over the months. With Bill Gate's donation for a new center for Computer Science to Microsoft's most recent donation of 1.5million to foster "Computational Thinking" - the students are beginning to realize how much this school cares. </p>
<p>Nowhere else will you find a top notch engineering, computer science, music and drama school all in one package. The diversity on campus is great and prepares you for the diversity in the real world.</p>
<p>I completely agree with cmonyuk. I haven't posted on these forums in so long, but I felt it necessary to reply to this message. sonssecty, you make me laugh in that you call him weird. You are on here crying about how a university has yet to render a decision for your child: first of all, it isn't your business to be so caught up in whether or not a decision has been made. Sure, you should be helping your child in the selection process, but it isn't something you need to be ranting about. Let them find out the decision on their own. Please try to be mature and patient about the application process, and don't call other people weird on these forums just because they recognize your terrible habits of trying to dominate how your child will select what university they will want to go to.</p>
<p>ToddB, do you go to CMU?</p>
<p>Can we be friends?</p>
<p>go CMU, whoo!!</p>
<p>a thank you letter lol</p>
<p>+1 for the second post, the student should handle these issues but i understand the concern</p>