<p>My son just received his RD letter stating, "Because of your qualifications, we are offering you the opportunity to be placed on our priority waiting list. If you choose to participate in our priority waiting list option, you will be among the first students admitted to Carnegie Mellon from the waiting list."</p>
<p>Is there really a priority waiting list that provides a "real" chance to be accepted (and soon for decision making reasons) as opposed to the longer waiting list? Thanks.</p>
<p>I don’t know, my son received the same…</p>
<p>Yes there is. Here is a link to the College Data Set info on CMU’s site, the official self-reported stats on admissions and financial aid. They answered yes to prioritizing their wait list:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2013_14/c_firsttimefirstyearadmission.pdf”>http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2013_14/c_firsttimefirstyearadmission.pdf</a></p>
<p>wait, is it weird that I got into Tepper but wasn’t even offered to go on the priority wait list for SCS?</p>
<p>@Tarheel714 Priority Wait List is only for people who applied to 1 school. don’t worry. Did you at least get a waitlist offer or did SCS just reject you?</p>
<p>@Tarheel714 - My son applied to three colleges not one and got the Priority Wait List letter.</p>
<p>My son also applied to three colleges and got the Priority wait list</p>
<p>Actually the Priority Waitlist was from Tepper and there is no mention of the other two colleges. Does this mean he is getting two other notifications or does the Tepper one mean a waitlist for all three??</p>
<p>??? I was wait listed by SCS, and since I didn’t see anything about a priority wait list, I guess I must just be on the regular wait list. @agg999 apparently people are saying that the priority wait list is not only for those who applied to a single school, so I guess that I just didn’t make the cut for priority wait list at SCS.</p>
<p>@Tarheel714 go to the waitlist website they gave you, log in and check if you have the priority waitlist option.</p>
<p>no worries @Tarheel714, and for everyone else not on a priority waitlist, I’m sure I wasn’t on one, but got in within like a week of getting the waitlist mail. I also required a lot of aid…That was to CIT though, and a good 3 years ago. </p>
<p>@Selena731 You got in within a week of getting the waitlist mail? hmm. I don’t quite understand that.</p>
<p>Yup, I didn’t either but I checked the dates of RD decision vs the “Welcome to CMU!” email dates, they’re about 7-8 days apart</p>
<p>EDIT: oops 10*</p>
<p>By the way, I stumbled upon this for anyone wanting more information about the priority waitlist
<a href=“Priority Waitlist-> Is it binding? Help... - Carnegie Mellon University - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1117960-priority-waitlist-is-it-binding-help.html</a></p>
<p>The priority wait list letter says, “you’ll receive a financial aid notification letter within a week of receiving your Wait List decision.” Does that mean within a week of today?</p>
<p>I have a priority waitlist option for SCS and CIT when I check online, can I choose it for both?</p>
<p>What was the approximate chance of getting off the Priority Waitlist of SCS or CIT in the previous years?</p>
<p>My S also got Priority Waitlist invitation, whatever that means. He applied to CIT, Mech Eng major.</p>
<p>According to <a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2013_14/c_firsttimefirstyearadmission.pdf”>http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/pdf/cds_2013_14/c_firsttimefirstyearadmission.pdf</a></p>
<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 4,843
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 1,864
Number of wait-listed students admitted 87</p>
<p>@Rekozh, I belive that answers your question - the chance of getting of the waitlist is less then 5%.</p>
<p>You pay for your spot, correct? Gotta be a money grab…</p>
<p>@Jssaab1 Not exactly. The spot itself is free, but if they accept you off the list then you must pay.</p>