<p>^i agree</p>
<p>i got the advertising email and got accepted to sams as well
my stats weren’t impressive either… haha
-psat 199 (63/73/63) no sat or act scores when i applied haha
-gpa: 3.97 unweighted
-current classes: ap bio&lab, ap ush, ap lang&comp, ap calc bc, h spanish 3, and h etymology
-i live in memphis, tn… think it helped
-asian
-volunteering (went to guatemala last year)</p>
<p>can’t wait to attend the program!!! :D</p>
<p>Need for what?</p>
<p>i got waitlisted, anyone accepted and not going :D?</p>
<p>I don’t really think it’s so much that test scores don’t matter… I think it’s more of what you can bring as a whole.</p>
<p>Nah its definitely not so much grades or test scores im assuming. I only have a 3.5 core, 4.1 weighted, and then an 1840 on SATs. I was expecting to get flat out rejected. Brought a lot to the table though.</p>
<p>I was accepted :)</p>
<p>cheylise, financial need.</p>
<p>Chase: I don’t think financial need is that huge of a factor. I’m fairly certain that this program is much like MITES and puts a very significant weight on the essays. </p>
<p>Essays are everything for admissions to summer programs and to college. So cheylise is right; it’s more about what you can bring to the table than scores, financial need, or anything like that.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>pokm12, the reason I say that is because the rejection letter came with a section on how they had a lot of applicants and only a limited amount of money for scholarships and how the summer programs for diversity has to do with providing opportunities for people. Of course, though, I think essays are important, too, but just how they worded the letter makes me think that they would accept someone from an more indigent background than one from a well-to-do background if the stats/essays were at the same level.</p>
<p>I think recommendations are quite important, too, though–can’t forget that!</p>
<p>uhm, my mom’s income level is around 100,000 a year and I was accepted. it had nothing to do with financial need. it’s about your DIVERSITY. if you were rejected, it wasn’t because you have too much money.</p>
<p>Hm, interesting. I thought the whole point of Summer Programs for Diversity was to offer a limited number of full scholarships to CMU’s summer programs.</p>
<p>I’m attending, I can’t wait to meet all of you going :)</p>
<p>Accepted after waitlisted! :D</p>
<p>Could anyone who was accepted last summer or any summer before that tell me if this program is fun? I was recently accpeted but online it seems as if its all work all of the time. Furthermore are the rules really strict?h</p>
<p>There’s a curfew and a of couple guidelines but as long as you don’t look for trouble, nothing bad will happen. The actual work isn’t very bad either (maybe 30 mins/day tops) if you don’t leave all of your assignments for the day before they’re due. I attended '11 and am definitely coming back this year as a senior!</p>
<p>Sorry for posting on an old thread…but i thought this would be the best place to ask:</p>
<p>SAMS Alumni, what exactly is SAMS beyond classes? Does it provide any research opportunities at the labs there?(I’m itching to do some research on a project I have started on). Secondly, is the program prestigious and or hard to get into? (Compared to other similar institutions around the country). Lastly, are the courses just regular AP classes or way more rigorous? If they are the same classes or the same type of class as offered by high schools, then whats the point of the program? I really hope SAMS provides the opportunity to do some research or a large science project of some sort.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance guys.</p>
<p>@aminebz,
No research opportunities, but you do participate in 2, 3 week seminars in varied disciplines which you will see detailed on the SAMS site; it doesn’t sound like what you are looking for. Last year they reported 800 plus applications, so yes it is pretty selective, but prestigious I’m not sure about that. The “point” of the program, if you read the mission is to help good students become great, and the classes are not intended to compete with hs or AP classes. </p>
<p>Is this program a diversity program? </p>
<p>In other words, are most of the accepted students minorities? </p>
<p>In other words (not to be blunt) do Asians/ Indians/ Whites have a chance? </p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>
<p>Yes, the program is clearly listed under the title of “Summer Programs for Diversity.” </p>