Priority Waitlist Questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I am on the priority waitlist for SCS, and have asked to be considered from admission to IS and H&SS.I posted this in another thread, but it received no responses. Any input you could give me would be invaluable.</p>

<p>1) Should I revoke my financial aid package? I got 5k in grants and around 3k in subsidized loans. Waitlist admission is not needs-blind (for obvious reasons) so I'm afraid my financial aid package will ruin my chances of getting off of the waitlist.</p>

<p>2) My GPA is a 3.85/4.00 if you exclude freshman grades; 4 B's in Sophomore year and 1 in Senior year. I got a B first semester of AP Comp. Sci (which I took in 10th grade) but got an A 2nd semester and earned A's in my other CS classes. Given my GPA and CS grades, will I be killed by the competition on the SCS or IS waitlists? </p>

<p>My GPA is the weakest part of my application (aside from essays and possibly teacher recs). I have a decent SAT score (2300+), and have taken 10 AP exams (5's on all). I also have a decent number of EC's and awards. I can post more detailed stats upon request. Tell me what you think guys.</p>

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<p>Why exclude freshman year grades if I may ask?</p>

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<p>CMU doesn’t look at freshman grades.</p>

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<p>Why wouldn’t waitlist admission be need-blind? I don’t think it would be need aware, correct me if im wrong.</p>

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<p>They say on their website that your financial aid package <em>may</em> affect your admission if you are on the waitlst. Their average financial aid package for last year, as reported by them, was ~35k with ~25k in grants so your amount of 5k in grants pales in comparison I don’t think you have much to worry about there.</p>

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<p>Waitlists are not need-blind. That came from a college counselor who got it from an admission rep at CMU.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>bump again</p>