<p>I'll chime in just so y'all don't think Accepted is the only one at CMUwho likes to have a good time :). </p>
<p>Son had a fun time there right from the get go, which was perfect for him, another "work hard play very hard" very social type. Freshman year lived first floor basement in Donner, which was coed but his floor was all male. The partying started during orientation and didn't seem to stop all year, he must have had a wild floor since they did a lot of crazy stuff together both on campus and in the city accd. to S. Several from the floor joined son at the same fraternity which continued the fun times. But CMU's good in that there are plenty who don't partake and that's just fine...in other words it's totally acceptable to study etc on a FRi or Sat night like itstoomuch's son, mine did that enough times when he had to. All the while these partyers mostly maintained good grades, they know what they're there for, but one of his freshman friends actually did flunk out and a couple others went on probation.</p>
<p>A couple other things for activities...he spent 2 summers in PGh for internships and got into going to Pirates games even tho they stink (beautiful new retro-stadium PNC park). Also, he and I (and his gf) saw 4 or 5 Steelers games, including playoff game '04 when the Jets should have won on a chippy fg attempt with 4 seconds left and Steelers won in OT. If you can get to a Steelers game go...the fans are nuts.</p>
<p>Also buggy(for Carnival weekend) is huge esp with some fraternities, like his. Much of frat pledging has to do with brutal 6AM Saturday practice pushing or whatever is your job. Even if not in a frat or sorority there are lots of groups that sponsor buggies, and it really brings groups and the whole campus together.Its a great bonding experience and one of the coolest things I've ever seen, we saw 3 buggy races. They practice for months. And the booths are amazing.</p>
<p>DS does The Fringe (non frat) for the Buggy races. Last year his buggy design did pretty good. </p>
<p>We too are awaiting acceptances for college, In our case, grad school, but not CMU. Score: 1 accept, 3 rejects, 1 to go. He's seen it all and done it at CMU-Pittsburgh. Double degree. Crunch time.</p>
<p>Not to be redundant but I am an ECE/Econ double major who is in a frat, doing research and still has time to be in sports. I party every weekend and have a 4.0 thus far. (I'm a freshman).</p>
<p>Official sports and school sport pride is almost non-existent. Everyone does their own thing and you frequently see people playing tennis, baseball, ultimate frisbee, and football around campus. </p>
<p>However if you want sport pride there is no better city. Almost all of the 10 colleges in Pittsburgh were involved in rioting when the Steelers won the Superbowl. GOOO STILLERS!!!! We care about the Steelers as much as Duke students care about the Blue Devils.</p>
<p>I'm going into Engineering accepted to CIT, but I'm normal. I like to party, meet girls, have a good time. Will I be surrounded by nerds? If so, can I dorm with non-CIT ppl and actually have a life on weekends? thanks</p>
<p>so I'm like...I guess, a half nerd(ette)?
I like CS/math/academics, most my friends are gamer geeks or nerds in general, and I don't like to drink,
but I like to be social, meet new people, stay up late and just hang out with friends.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I have any specific interests to list, I guess, like, shopping, watching movies, exploring, going to like concerts and events like that. I'm pretty involved in extra curriculars here, so I guess I'll get involved in college...but, what is there to do around campus, or is everything in Pittsburgh? -I had a friends who lived in Pittsburgh (didn't go to college there, just lived there) who said the crime is really bad.. his car got broken into a couple of times-
I mean, a college town would be ideal for me, but would Pittsburgh have the offerings of a college town? Like easily accessible malls, theaters, shops, etc. (things a semi-nerd / suburban girl could find interesting, lol)</p>
<p>Or basically, in comparison to UC Berkeley (the only other school I'm really considering), do you think CMU would be a better fit for a person like me? Who doesn't drink, doesn't party/dance, but just likes to chill and have fun...</p>
<p>My D is a sophomore at CMU. Yesterday, she just got back with 7 people from CMU who drove to PENN in Philly for a fraternity BBQ at Pi Lam. THey had a ball...slept overnight in a frat house and had a BLAST! Her friends were two girls and five guys from all over the country and one guy from Mexico City. They are CIT majors, CS majors, my D MCS chem major with a MCS physics major as well. She just got a good internship this summer in flavor chemistry and the name Carnegie Mellon surely got her in!!! If you have a chance to attend this school, don't pass it up. It has it all!!!!!!! Social life, academics, and a GREAT reputation.</p>
<p>CIT is the Engineering School in Carnegie Mellon. The other schools include HSS, Tepper, SCS, CFA, and MCS. There are also interdisciplinary schools such as IS, SHS, and BHA.</p>
<p>one quick question. How close are the dorms. I am inevitably going to send in my deposit quite late as I still need to visit so I may get the all guys dorm. I want to have fun and be social and not be in an all guys dorm all the time. How easily is it to go to the other dorms lounges and hang out or chill with people in other dorm houses?</p>
<p>New House is right by Mudge and Morewood (sandwiched). Right across the street is Global Studies and Forbes. This is section "A" of the grouping of dorms. We also have the "Quad" which is a lot of frats all around Global/Forbes.</p>
<p>The second section of grouping of dorms would be Mcgill/Schlag/Donner. They also have almost all the sororities there. </p>
<p>It would be easier to hang out with kids when they are in the same "section" as you. For example, Morewood/New House is a common one. </p>
<p>However, kids go EVERYWHERE since the campus isn't that huge and it is very compact and cozy. You can walk anywhere basically and kids do come to New House from Hamerschlag and etc.</p>
<p>Pretty big. Not as big as at Vandy/UVA but frats do throw most of the parties during orientation (open to everyone) but this is mostly to get ppl to get interested and then aftewards frat parties compose of 30-50% of the parties you attend. </p>
<p>I may be giving skewed data because I'm heavily involved in a frat so it all depends. Some kids don't ever go to a frat party and are happy with Upitt parties or group parties (ASA, Semi-formals, etc).</p>
<p>Mcgill and Hamerschlag are all girls and all guys, respectively.</p>
<p>All the rest are arranged so that one side of the floor is guys and the other side is girls. You can just walk over to the other side so there is no real separation. Oh and some dorms have one floor guys and one floor girls.</p>