CMU (2022-2023)

[abstract tusk]

accept less oos?

or IS

[nova python]

they took that back

[hearty quartz]

i feel like i’ve heard that somewhere

ohhh

nvm

[abstract tusk]

damn

[hearty quartz]

if i get berk i’ll b so happy

[abstract tusk]

ucs turning their back on us in states

[hearty quartz]

fuckckckckck

[abstract tusk]

same ive been manifesting daily

i hate that i am

cuz the eventual rejection will be that much worse

[hearty quartz]

nah u getting in

[ember obsidian]

why berk so late

[ember obsidian]

this year

[abstract tusk]

they a wannabe ivy

[hearty quartz]

they tryna b an ivy

[mental tartan]

sleeper cal admit

[hearty quartz]

exactky

🤣🤣

[abstract tusk]

the copium is so high tho

like ive been asking early berkeley eecs admits how their other ucs went

to see ifi have a chance 💀

[hearty quartz]

how did their other ucs go

[abstract tusk]

honestly most of the early regents ppl i asked didnt do that great at

the other ucs

if they were doing cs

[hearty quartz]

what da fuck

[abstract tusk]

like decent not amazing

like that sev guy in this server

lemme see if i have the pic

[hearty quartz]

this shit deadass a lottery

😭😭😭

for them to decide who gets berk early

they have to look through all the apps right

or do they have some computer generated algo

[mental tartan]

slot machine but you pay $70 per ticket and if you win you get to pay 50k a year

[abstract tusk]

this ist he sev guy

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050860849713127486/1087863732991954965/image.png?width=942&height=179

did ok

didnt get cs at ucla or ucsd

[hearty quartz]

no one got ucla

[abstract tusk]

the secondaries werent really capped i think or not that comp

[ember obsidian]

why do more women get in despite less applying

[hearty quartz]

ucla same rank as ucsd cs and they took no one

[mental tartan]

dont they look at gender

[icy egret]

Because they’re more qualified

[mental tartan]

wait

LOL

yeah they prob are

[abstract tusk]

and the pesron at my school who got in to regents early got waitlisted at legit everything except uci (my school basically a uci feeder)

[hearty quartz]

so we all have a chance lol

[abstract tusk]

shit so random

doesnt make sense to me how someoen gets eecs regents at berkeley and doesnt get ucsd at cs tho

[mental tartan]

copium hitting

[hearty quartz]

imagine ucs talk to each other

[abstract tusk]

like what

a lot of ppl speculate they do

if they do its not much tho cuz lets be fr

they got way to many applicants

[mental tartan]

theyve said multiple times they dont 😭

[abstract tusk]

i mean

[mental tartan]

watch them be lying tho

[abstract tusk]

they could be lying

like

[hearty quartz]

does that mean me getting CS everywhere except UCLA is a bad thing then😭💀

[abstract tusk]

a lot of collegse say they dont admit by major

which is bs

[hearty quartz]

they have to talk to each other

[hearty quartz]

yea that’s cap

[abstract tusk]

idk thats why im wondering if my riverside davis irvine is bad 💀

[hearty quartz]

doesn’t gtech say that

[abstract tusk]

thats also BS

gtech cappin

if they didnt look at major

[hearty quartz]

nah fr

[abstract tusk]

and just chose the best candidates

gtech be 95% CS majors

[hearty quartz]

exactly

[mental tartan]

no cause after davis came out everyone who got rejected was like "davis just admitted average applicants" 💀 ok thanks!

[abstract tusk]

so im average 😎

[hearty quartz]

nothing abt uiuc is average

lmao

someone said it was 2.3 AR for CS

[abstract tusk]

true

[mental tartan]

😭😭no way

[ember obsidian]

not 2.3 AR

[abstract tusk]

my parents are fine with the tuition but i dont wanna be a burden yk

[ember obsidian]

6.7 last year

[mental tartan]

oh

[ember obsidian]

no way it is 2.3 AR

this year

[hearty quartz]

6.7 is still insanely low

lmao

[mental tartan]

yea

[ember obsidian]

yea

[mental tartan]

[abstract tusk]

all my friends have been like

[hearty quartz]

CMU with its 0.0001%

[mental tartan]

idt i can do this anymore

[hearty quartz]

🤣🤣🤣

[mental tartan]

i cant wait any longer 😭😭

[abstract tusk]

having way more luck OOS than in state

[mental tartan]

LMAOO

[abstract tusk]

im socal

DHOT

[mental tartan]

😭😭😭

[hearty quartz]

bro @ a random

[abstract tusk]

srry rando

[mental tartan]

bro applied to 20 schools

*30

[abstract tusk]

ngl i dod too 💀

[hearty quartz]

30??

[abstract tusk]

oh not 30

[hearty quartz]

jesus

[mental tartan]

i saw like 15 pending 😨

i applied 21 💀🔫

[mental tartan]

winter break after ed deferral bruh

[hearty quartz]

wait

u got into MIT ?

[abstract tusk]

nah

oh the colors

were when i was writing my essags

[hearty quartz]

oh

[abstract tusk]

oops

[hearty quartz]

bro

😭😭😭

[mental tartan]

oh

[hearty quartz]

i was like GOD DAMN

[mental tartan]

😭😭

[abstract tusk]

i havent logged my acceptances and shot

[ember obsidian]

nacho is that u

[mental tartan]

nixmai youre so gullible

[abstract tusk]

bruh my nicname would me MIT CS ‘27 then lmao

[hearty quartz]

i mean

if i see green

ima assume

[mental tartan]

and your spongebob pfp makes me feel bad 😭😭

[abstract tusk]

tru

[hearty quartz]

acceptance

[mental tartan]

he looks so sad

[hearty quartz]

what am i supposed to assume green is rejection?

💀💀

i’ll change it if i get CMU or gtech

🥲

[abstract tusk]

if i get into cmu ill start@logging my acceptances and rejections

if i get berk someone can decide my pfp for a couple months or some shi

[mental tartan]

ive been color coding them 😭

[abstract tusk]

should i consider purdue cs if its cheaper

[mental tartan]

idk if purdue is better

[abstract tusk]

cool thing abt uiuc cs is ur guaranteed into their masters CS program if u graduate cs

[mental tartan]

is it

[hearty quartz]

purdue pretty solid

[abstract tusk]

its worse rankings wise but still p damn good

idk abt placements

[hearty quartz]

UCSD or purdue 😀

[mental tartan]

ucsd

😭

[hearty quartz]

(i’m in instate and want to leave sd)

🤣💀

[mental tartan]

but ik you said you dont wanna be in sd

[hearty quartz]

purdue was so dead when i visited tho

[mental tartan]

more than uc socially dead!?

[abstract tusk]

my mom 💀

[hearty quartz]

is it ivy💀💀💀

LMAOOO

[mental tartan]

NOOO

😭

im so sorry

[abstract tusk]

shes also not happy with uiuc even tho its t5

only t4 allowded

[mental tartan]

thats crazy

tell her to touch grass

[hearty quartz]

uiuc is higher than gtech right

or r they like the same

[abstract tusk]

same

rankings wise

[hearty quartz]

pls gtech

a sort me

accept

plsssss

[abstract tusk]

i pref gtech way more tho

[mental tartan]

atp you should just consider location

gtech sounds nicer 😭

[abstract tusk]

it is for sure

[mental tartan]

(me who knows nothing about getech)

[hearty quartz]

😭😭

[mental tartan]

im just guessing

[abstract tusk]

id be so happpy with uiuc if it was in a somewhat decent location

instead im here manifest gt or berk

[mental tartan]

what about cmu

😭

[abstract tusk]

cmu is great just expensive

[hearty quartz]

cmu is in a decent location

[abstract tusk]

idk whatll happen if i get in

[hearty quartz]

that shi will run ur pockets tho

[mental tartan]

yea

[abstract tusk]

like idk if its worth the extra tuition over uiuc or prdur

[mental tartan]

not really prolly

like

[hearty quartz]

CMU is guaranteed to microsoft

[ember obsidian]

jesus

[hearty quartz]

nah i’m jk😅

[mental tartan]

the cs education at all these colleges are not incredibly different

[ember obsidian]

uiuc

[hearty quartz]

it’s just the opportunity

[mental tartan]

and you dont have to get into a good college to get a good cs job either

[icy egret]

Wordle 642 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[crude barn]

enrollment is roughly exact so perhaps yield rates for women are lower which is why more are admitted

[icy egret]

All this college stuff is making me sad I’m gonna go listen to my Steven universe song playlist 😋

[mental tartan]

also in general there are more women in college afaik

[ember obsidian]

put it in the gc

[abstract tusk]

imma see how@my school does for gtech for@my stats

[ember obsidian]

no. there is a great imbalance

[hearty quartz]

never seen the cmu channel this active

[abstract tusk]

i like how we arent rlly talking about cmu LMFAOO

[hearty quartz]

😭😭😭

[abstract tusk]

tbh

the only part of a2c

i look at

are these threads

[icy egret]

Steven universe started appearing on my TikTok fyp and now I keep listening to the soundtracks

[abstract tusk]

idk what goes on in anything else

[crude barn]

oh huh maybe they are just more qualified then i dunno

[icy egret]

This is mine

[hearty quartz]

LOL

[abstract tusk]

i should join the uiuc thread

[mental tartan]

(no rizz allowed)

[abstract tusk]

and get hyped incase i go

[hearty quartz]

and i should leave it

[crude barn]

anyways i have no complaints about more women enrolling 🫡

[ember obsidian]

mine 💀

[abstract tusk]

oh damn im like right above that accepted EA

[ember obsidian]

im an addict

[abstract tusk]

this is my school for Gtech

[mental tartan]

😭😭😭

[abstract tusk]

theres hope

[hearty quartz]

what website is this wtf

[abstract tusk]

naviance

my school has it its goated

[hearty quartz]

oh it’s just for school

[abstract tusk]

ok but everyone with my stats got in ea

and i got deferred

💀

[hearty quartz]

yea but what major

[abstract tusk]

true probs non cs

[hearty quartz]

cause ur doing CS

[abstract tusk]

but also my school is like

lots offf asians

and lots of CS

[hearty quartz]

mmmm

[abstract tusk]

so a good amt oare probably cs

dunno

[hearty quartz]

ion think anyone at my school

even applied to gtech

[abstract tusk]

theres hope tho

damn rlly

[hearty quartz]

and my class has 600 ppl

😭😭

[abstract tusk]

should i look at CMU LMAO

[hearty quartz]

yea look at CMU

[abstract tusk]

dam

[keen aspen]

gtech's 44% 4 year grad rate:

[hearty quartz]

idek how to read this shit

[abstract tusk]

X axis is act score

Y axis is gpa

blue i think is waitlist

[mental tartan]

just be the 44% 💪

i dont see the problem

[abstract tusk]

dude 44% is crazy

is it that hard?

[keen aspen]

for me i'm doing a phd

so gpa matters a lot

[hearty quartz]

these prolly don’t tell full story cause major isn’t involved

[keen aspen]

yeah apparently gtech cs is v hard

idk tho

[abstract tusk]

if i do uiuc im def doing masters since its guaranteed

[hearty quartz]

yea it def is

its t5

[keen aspen]

i keep hearing abt gtech being suicidal and depressing as a whole

so idk if i wanna go there LOL

[abstract tusk]

is it CMU hard where ur always stressed from work

[hearty quartz]

PLS GTECH ACCEPT ME

[keen aspen]

yes

[abstract tusk]

do yall think id have a better time at uiuc than gtech

social and overall happy wise

[keen aspen]

i am not going to cmu if i get in

[hearty quartz]

isn’t gtech in atlanta

u woumd prolly enjoy gtech way more

[abstract tusk]

yeah gtech is better location

[hearty quartz]

actuslly

idek

what part of cali do u live in

[abstract tusk]

i was thinking uiuc would be a less like, overall stressed and workaholic environment

socal

right next to uci

[abstract tusk]

i get very sucked into a workaholic environment and become one of them

so im scared of that happening

[hearty quartz]

ahhh

uci is a nice ass campus

[hearty quartz]

complete opposite of ucla

[abstract tusk]

yeahh

im def not going tho

my mom wants me to go

so she can make sure i dont have too much fun 💀

[hearty quartz]

my mom wants me to go to SD

💀💀💀

we is the same

[hexed jetty]

LMAOOOO WE IS THE SAME TOO

got into UCSD for CS

mom is like i want to send you to california

im an intl btw

but if I get into CMU SCS i will pack my bags and go

[hidden vapor]

exact same reacts 😭

[abstract tusk]

LMFAO

[crimson nest]

Manifesting scs

[still canopy]

manifesting tepper

[hidden vapor]

manifesting mcs

https://tenor.com/view/the-gang-is-all-here-the-gang-spongebob-meme-drawing-gif-15613001

[full sierra]

ffs another comp finance person😭

my friend group has been made up of a surprisingly large portion of these

yeah pretty much 80k per year, if you can get fin aid you should go for it

[hexed jetty]

manifesting scs cs

CMU CS Applicants worrying about the acceptance rate
Meanwhile Theatre applicants

[full sierra]

yoooooo ECE 😎

I've heard a lot of people say Stanford CS isn't that hard but idk really, I haven't taken Stanford courses

[devout ridge]

Neuro?

[urban nebula]

ECE GANG RISEEE

[woven berry]

even if i get in i wont be able to afford

[full sierra]

even if CS goes bust we still got our bread and butter chip design 💪💪💪

ECE really is the hedged bet

[tulip rune]

[crimson nest]

if I get scs I’ll give everyone on this discord server a month of nitro

[rugged forum]

ok

bet

[hearty quartz]

u might wna save that money to pay the 100k a year tuition fee bro

[urban nebula]

ong

[crimson nest]

😔😔

Yeh

[tulip rune]

most normal a2c'r

[mental tartan]

i'm not comp finance idk where you got that from 😭

[icy egret]

man if i get waitlisted after being deferred thats gonna be the ultimate troll 😭

[lime perch]

HOW COULD HE

YEAH IM SENDING MY ARMY

@icy egret YOU WILL GO TO CORNELL.

I WILL KIDNAP U AND BRING U ALONG.

WE WILL EAT COOKIES

AND BUILD SNOWMEN.

[bitter fog]

Bet

[cosmic smelt]

how tough is ece to get in?

i applied for ee i thnk

[nova python]

ece is hard

as hard as cs

[cosmic smelt]

oh

[nova python]

it drags the school of engineering acceptnace rate down

[cosmic smelt]

will my 1540 maybe help me

[nova python]

since they admit by major

[cosmic smelt]

or is that too low

[nova python]

no

[cosmic smelt]

is ee easier then ce though

[nova python]

prob

a little bit

[cosmic smelt]

yeah

praying!

[thorny sun]

Who’s actually going if they get in! 👀

[proven hearth]

me!! it’s my dream school but i was deferred ed😭😭

[thorny sun]

aww what college did you apply to?

[icy egret]

ME TOO

we in this together 😭

[proven hearth]

the design school! the info person said that deferrals there are so rare that i didn’t need to worry abt it 😭😭but i have some hope

[proven hearth]

YEAHH manifesting for the both of us 🙏

[thorny sun]

omg that’s so cool! goodluck :)

[proven hearth]

thank u! gl to you too if you applied as well 🥲

[crude barn]

oh wow I didn't know design deferred ppl

[spiral laurel]

Alys omg

😭 my undecided engineering decision coming saturday

Probably didnt get in ngl

[grave falcon]

🍈

eat melons for good luck

[thorny sun]

omg goodluck!! you got thiss

Come see me next yearrr 🥺

[spiral laurel]

Ofc bar

Bae

[grave falcon]

you going to cmu?

[thorny sun]

ya

[grave falcon]

orz

[lilac glen]

Hi everyone, I recently found out that decisions come out this Saturday. Emphasis on recently — many seem to have received some sort of email detailing that this (the 25th) would be the decisions date, but I have not. Am I alone in this?

[devout ridge]

What?

You didn’t?

Maybe it’s in your spam

Someone ik didn’t realize they got it until they checked spam

@lilac glen

[lilac glen]

No no, I’ve checked everywhere.

The email only came out within the past few days right?

[devout ridge]

Bro didn’t apply

[devout ridge]

Monday

[devout ridge]

Did you check the email in which you made the portal with

[mighty berry]

Have you used the "where am i in the status" page to check on your application?

[lilac glen]

To be fair, that might be it.

[mighty berry]

And if so did you use the same email you sent the original application with

[lilac glen]

I had to recreate my Where Am I.

[mighty berry]

Wait

You probably dont want to recreate

Bc on their end that means 2 emails accessing 1 application

[lilac glen]

Got sent new credentials etc. since I consistently had trouble logging in the first time around.

[lilac glen]

Already did this months ago, as was advised by tech support.

[mighty berry]

?? Seems weird but if they advised it then idk

I could only guess the application release was sent to one of the emails you used to access the portal but idk

Since if you only have 1 that isnt the case

[lilac glen]

Anyway I know my application has been processed, even talked about finaid with the associate director. Was just wondering why this may have happened (and if this signifies anything). Seems it might just be this mess-up with the logins.

As long as I can access the portal, I imagine I should be set.

[mighty berry]

Yeah the decision is there anyways

Good luck! :D

[lilac glen]

You too! T minus forty hours~

[crimson nest]

Oh Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science,
My heart beats faster at the thought of thee,
I long to enter thy gates and to advance,
To learn and grow with each passing degree.

With algorithms and coding as my guide,
I dream of unlocking secrets yet untold,
Creating software that can change the tide,
And revolutionizing the world, bold and old.

Oh Carnegie Mellon, my love for you is true,
I'll strive and work hard, with all my might,
For the chance to study at your hallowed venue,
And make my future shine forever bright.

So please accept my humble application,
And let me join the ranks of the elite,
I promise to give my all and dedication,
To make my dreams come true and never retreat.

[lilac glen]

Just strike out the UCLA part of your name and it’ll be perfect 😁

[crimson nest]

Yeahh okkay

[fleet ridge]

Lets simp for cmu

[mighty berry]

Ngl ive been rejected like 4 times in a row i just want to not lose my will to live w/cmu

Like ok im not going to insert difficult school here thats fine but i want to at least be happy at the end of all of this

Me when college admissions

[crimson nest]

Bro chill

I got rejected from Montana tech

how is it only two days

time flies

[nova python]

CS?

[crimson nest]

Yeppp

[nova python]

its a struggle out here

for cs majors

[crimson nest]

why

[nova python]

cause everyone is doing cs so like its way more competitive even if they dont admit by major

[crimson nest]

I only uploaded my 9th transcript that's why they rejected lol

I applied for fun after the Chinese spy

[nova python]

i se

see

[grave falcon]

they definitely do

SCS is SCS

[nova python]

nah I meant in general

[tender trail]

They admit by school not major I think

[hearty quartz]

who?

[tulip rune]

indeed

[devout ridge]

^

I didn’t realize this

So I put physics as 1st choice

Then math as 2nd

🤡

Should have done Econ as second choice

[tulip rune]

whether you're applying CS or AI or whatever, you'll have the same acceptance rate cuz it's just SCS (which is already insanely competitive)

[icy egret]

Did we have the option to put

[tender trail]

I did math 1st stats 2nd

[icy egret]

I don’t think I had a second major

[tender trail]

Because stats is in Dietrich for some reason

[tender trail]

You didn’t have a 2nd choice school?

[icy egret]

I don’t think so

Idr

[tender trail]

They might’ve made you

[devout ridge]

ED1 and 2

Didn’t have the option

Of second choice major

Only RD did

[icy egret]

Oh

Then that

[safe salmon]

Tepper having ~20% acceptance 😱

[tulip rune]

~20% acceptance rate, but also the applicant pool is very limited cuz

cmu is like that

[tender trail]

Did you get deferred?

[rugged forum]

whats dietrichs acceptance rate

[tulip rune]

also probably around 15-20

[devout ridge]

No

I did RD

@icy egret was

Deferred

[devout ridge]

CMU if it marketed moee

Would be like 10% across the board

[tulip rune]

it's not only that

I almost didn't apply to CMU because the essays are so difficult

"what is a successful college experience"

like wdf

[devout ridge]

I just treated it mostly as a why us

[tender trail]

Same

[tulip rune]

I sort of did

I just talked about stuff I wanted to do in college

and why cmu comes in clutch

btw let nobody ever tell you that you can't write your commonapp about anything

my commonapp was literally about anime

[devout ridge]

Mine was about cardfight vanguard

[tulip rune]

pog

[crimson nest]

mine is about bananas lol

[devout ridge]

@tulip rune do you know how to play

[devout ridge]

🍌

[untold tartan]

sorry more qs about acceptance rate

[tulip rune]

nop

[untold tartan]

anyone know what the updated IS acceptance rate is

[tulip rune]

woah

would you mind DMing me your bananer commonapp

I wanna see how you did it out of curiousity

if not, das fine

[devout ridge]

@tulip rune wanna read my supp

[crimson nest]

After ivy day

[devout ridge]

About successful college

[crimson nest]

[devout ridge]

Experience

[tulip rune]

:stronk:

[tulip rune]

sure

I probably won't have any tips to give cuz i'm not qualified for shit

so i'll just be like: that's cool

[crimson nest]

Can send me too if you don't mind

[devout ridge]

Ok

[rugged forum]

i wish

thats my first choice major

it should be slightly above 20% just based off trends

[untold tartan]

praying that the scales tip in our favor 🤞

[crimson nest]

may i also read it

[devout ridge]

Sure

It’s in a day

Doesn’t mean much

[crimson nest]

yeah i cant believe its so soon

[abstract tusk]

my first choice too and thats my guess

idi if its true but i heard that like

it used to be a lot lower and they 4x the IS program size so they accepted a lot more

and now ppl think IS os bad bc high acc rate

not sure tho cuz dont rlly have source

[rugged forum]

yeah i think they did expand it

[thorny sun]

the "anything additional you want us to know?" was way worse

[icy egret]

I liked that essay

Bc u could do whatever u wanted

[nova python]

same i liked it

[hidden vapor]

same

wrote about how my weekly mentorship sessions with a company's cto led to me getting a full-time swe job and taking a gap

[crude barn]

stay in the workforce man why u wanna go to expensive ass private college

[hidden vapor]

quant + academia

[woven glacier]

Why are decisions so early in the day ‼️‼️

[untold tartan]

so you can have a couple productive cry sessions after

[mental tartan]

so your day will be ruined

[untold tartan]

so you never wake up happy again

i doubt any of us do now tho

[tranquil cape]

They thrive in your morning tears

[tender trail]

early decisions > late decisions

With late decisions it just distracts me for the whole day

[hidden vapor]

I'm on the opposite side of the world. I prefer early decisions because they don't require me to stay up till 6am ☠️

[still canopy]

us

[icy egret]

it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me. it's a sign. they want me.

[untold tartan]

:( me when

[ruby flax]

!cmu

[crimson nest]

Yeah it is

[jagged flume]

thats student run, how would they know you got in?

[icy egret]

its a joke 😚

[jagged flume]

oh ok

[icy egret]

Ong

[tulip rune]

That’s true, but I just copy pasted a different essay for that one … so took me like 2.5 minutes to do that essay

[ember obsidian]

awake so early

sleeping is good for ur health. u should practice it more.

[devout ridge]

^

[grave falcon]

my essay for that

it’s impossible to understand wtf i wrote

it’s so pseudointellectual pseudophilosophical

finna get me rejected single-handedly

i like my successful college experience one a lot

[icy egret]

what does that mean

mine was so basic i feel like 💀

[grave falcon]

i rambled about some philosophical awakening my friend sparked in me

💀

[vapid sun]

So is it gonna be 9 am cuz that seems early for a release. I feel like most are in the afternoon

[crude nest]

yes it was confirmed 9 am est

[tranquil cape]

9 am is insane

I'm assuminimg they don't want their portal to get ddossed?

[dusty cave]

I mean its pretty shitty anyways lmao so would make sense

[crimson nest]

i wonder what other ppl wrote for that

i literally wrote about an experience with writing a sci-fi story for the scholastic writing contest

[wanton trail]

Wrote about an internship I had

[icy egret]

cmu had an "anything additional you want us to know seciont"??

i did not knwo that // or see that...

[wanton trail]

Completely switched up the way I thought about the whole of math
Worked under a CMU grad

[wanton trail]

Optional essay

[icy egret]

ah

[crimson nest]

that was optional??

[wanton trail]

Yeah

[wanton trail]

Yup

Would recommend for sure

[icy egret]

THATS WHAT I WA STHINKING I THOUGHT IT WANST LOLLLL

[crimson nest]

lmao what

that surely didnt sound optional

[wanton trail]

It is from what I remember
IT's something extra which you haven't been able to say so far

[icy egret]

yeah it wa slikie

the phrasing of the prompt

so

[hearty quartz]

i wrote abt a coding workshop passion project i started in my city for elementary and middle school students

[crimson nest]

I see

Was it heartfelt

[tranquil cape]

nothing is really optional in college apps

[crimson nest]

Except teacher recs

[hearty quartz]

tell that to the SAT i didn’t submit

🤣🤣

[icy egret]

just clarifying it was the "Consider your application as a whole. What do you personally want to emphasize about your
application for the admission committee’s consideration? Highlight something that’s important
to you or something you haven’t had a chance to share. Tell us, don’t show us (no websites
please). (300 word maximum)"

[crimson nest]

Yes i know

[tranquil cape]

(no websites please)

i wonder why they added that in

did they get a surge of applicants who just posted links to their random blog

[thorny sun]

The essay was not optional. . .

[hearty quartz]

well obv lmao

[wanton trail]

Yeah I was joking

Optional rejection

[tranquil cape]

i wrote this

The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Carnegie Mellon University are several. I feel that Carnegie can give me a better background and a better computer science education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not just another college, but is a university with something definite to offer. Then too, I would like to go to the same college as my father. To be a "Carnegie man" is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerely hope I shall attain.

[devout ridge]

🔥

If I get into CMU

And I see my son writing this

[crude barn]

prob a github or mit maker portfolio link

[worldly grove]

automatic acceptance

[still quiver]

i basically trauma dumped on that essay prompt🗿

[tranquil cape]

hopefully CMU is my savior

been a bad week

[hexed smelt]

fr

[tranquil cape]

both cardinal directions rejected me lol

Northeastern and Northwestern

[warm trail]

it's been a really bad week. jhu, washu, nu

triple rejects

[icy egret]

i got waitlisted at ucla and uci and undeclared at ucsd 😭

[tranquil cape]

i might call off work for tomorrow, its gonna be terrible working while the decision is out

[icy egret]

WAIT

ITS TOMORORW

oh shit 😭

[warm trail]

fuckkkkkkk

[tranquil cape]

9 am EST

[icy egret]

yeaaa

[ember obsidian]

GOOOD LUCKKK

[icy egret]

i did ED1 and i woke up early

[ember obsidian]

I CLEARLY DID NOT GET ANY

[icy egret]

but idk if i will this time

[ember obsidian]

you should

[icy egret]

but if i open it at 6am then no one is gonna be awake to celebrate it with

so mahybe ill wake up normal time

[ember obsidian]

I will 🙂

If u confirm for sure u wake up at 6 am

[icy egret]

u dont have to lol

hm

i will then

[ember obsidian]

Okie me too

[warm trail]

cmu isn't super selective right???

[icy egret]

ill set my alarm rn

[ember obsidian]

Just remind me tonight

[tranquil cape]

i have a little rejection streak going

[tranquil cape]

💀

[icy egret]

depends on major i think?

[tranquil cape]

please tell me you arent doing CS

[icy egret]

i know cs and eng are hard

others idk

bc 20% overall is like hard but not impossible

[warm trail]

ece

[devout ridge]

That’s just as hard as CA

CS

[warm trail]

[tranquil cape]

dw we all getting in

this gonna be my first reach acceptance

and im gonna put CMU '27 on my nickname

[hidden vapor]

💀

it is for most STEM majors

[hidden vapor]

wouldn't take that at face value

I bet CMU's applicant pool is of much higher quality on average than most other T20s

[gaunt atlas]

whats the average gpa and sat of admitted student

[icy egret]

4.0 1600

[tidal meadow]

5.0 2400

[gaunt atlas]

is that superscored sat

[icy egret]

6.0 3200

[icy egret]

No

[gaunt atlas]

rip i only was able to superscore

my base is only 15

[devout ridge]

I submitted my sat

Which is average

1530

[icy egret]

If ur raw score isn’t 1600 ur screwed

[icy egret]

1530 gang

[tidal meadow]

Depends on what school your applying to

[gaunt atlas]

is it easier to get into intercollegiate

[hidden vapor]

MCS gang 💪

[gaunt atlas]

like the bax programs

[icy egret]

SCS gang

Wait

[tidal meadow]

Probably

[icy egret]

What’s mcs

[hidden vapor]

those are much much harder from what I've heard

[hidden vapor]

mellon college of science

[icy egret]

oh

diff from scs?

[gaunt atlas]

yes

[hidden vapor]

yep

[gaunt atlas]

scs is school of computer science

mcs is just gen

[hidden vapor]

has phy, chem, math and bio (?)

[icy egret]

Okok

[gaunt atlas]

is there an average sat and gpa they report for them?

[tidal meadow]

The lower scores are mostly fine arts students

[hidden vapor]

holy fuck that's the worst distribution system I've seen for th SAT so far

[hidden vapor]

idts

[devout ridge]

Me

[devout ridge]

Yep

@hidden vapor

What major?

Math?

[hidden vapor]

math

• stats/ml second choice

[devout ridge]

I did physics then math

Didn’t realize

Oh wait

[hidden vapor]

physics majors scare me

[devout ridge]

They’re both in MCS

I should have done math then stat/ml

Tbh

But hey it’s fine

[safe salmon]

i’m here with my 1450 💀💀💀

applying for business

[tender trail]

That’s probably not too bad

[distant moat]

it’s 9am tmrw right

[worldly grove]

9est

[distant moat]

yup 👍

[astral wagon]

Im not stressed like u guys because i dreamt i got accepted so ik im chilling. Ez clairvoyance dub

[distant moat]

Based

[spare rover]

Chances of rejection?

[crimson nest]

200%

[safe salmon]

did you mean chance of an acception?

[tender trail]

How many of you applied to NU?

[distant moat]

rejected

:(

[shadow geyser]

cmu pls

[silk grove]

bro pls cmu

[odd zephyr]

How did it come out for u already

[urban nebula]

bro i got into Hopkins but rejected NEU

[tender trail]

I meant northwestern

[distant moat]

NU

[urban nebula]

oh lmao

uhhh no didn't apply

too far from home and too cold

[tender trail]

What state are you from

[plucky swift]

!cmu

[desert bear]

It's at 9 AM Eastern
13 hours, 54 minutes from now

[hexed jetty]

CMU I got into GTech CS today so you better show me some love tomorrow

or else im going to atlants

atlanta*

[icy egret]

CMU i got into Gtech CS today but even that admission has not faltered my love for you unlike DC_at_CMU. I will go to you no matter what. Accept me.

[hexed jetty]

hahahahaah bro same

GTech CS just feels amazing

but CMU is the dream school since 10th grade

[mental tartan]

damn

[brisk bloom]

Mane

in 10th grade

[mental tartan]

i didnt know what cmu was in 10th grade

[brisk bloom]

I didnt even know which colleges the ivies were

[brisk bloom]

Yeah lol

[mental tartan]

same 😬

[brisk bloom]

my sister is a freshman and she thought uchicago was a state school xd

[hexed jetty]

bro i was legit like fuck MIT i want CMU

that Computer Science + Military Strategy and International Relations degree is so attractive ong

[icy egret]

i learned what cmu was in last year june

[safe salmon]

dawg i found out about cmu 10 days before deadline 💀

[devout ridge]

I only knew what CMU was bc I have a friend going there

For physics

[crimson nest]

my dad told me of cmu

[hexed jetty]

i obsessed over CMU for an entire year

[devout ridge]

Before junior year

I only knew Umich state schools

And ivies

Except brown and Dartmouth

(I’m from NY that’s where I’m basing state schools from)

[brisk bloom]

dartmouth kinda yuck

sorry all dartmouth users

💀

[hexed jetty]

my CMU essays are 9/8/8 as rated by ChatGPT

[mental tartan]

mfw dartmouth isnt pronounce dart mouth

[brisk bloom]

people who think cornell is the worst ivy are also kinda 💀 sorry

its obviously dartmouth

[mental tartan]

😱

[devout ridge]

My schools student council president got into Dartmouth ED lol

[crimson nest]

i agree although i know nothing about the two universities

[tacit creek]

Where even does one check if there's an update on their CMU decision?

[crimson nest]

dartmouth blows

[brisk bloom]

Im not saying its bad

its literally an ivy

its really good

but cornell is better

[devout ridge]

So true

Although yk what’s the best

COLUMBIA

IS THE BEST SCHOOL EVER

[hidden vapor]

L take. it is bad.

[brisk bloom]

💀

[vivid owl]

so ready for a reject tmrw

[mental tartan]

fr

[safe salmon]

nope! penn is the best! penn takes it all

[hexed jetty]

bro CMU solos everything and everyone in CS

[vivid owl]

still got into a t15 feeder

so we chilling

[hexed jetty]

got into my best choice today

but only my best for the next 13 hours

[vivid owl]

tech?

[hexed jetty]

ye

[vivid owl]

gratz man

[hexed jetty]

gtech cs

[vivid owl]

yeah i figured

[hexed jetty]

honestly this gives me some hope for cmu scs

asian intl male cs acceptance rate for gtech must be sub 10%

[abstract tusk]

gtech cs also gives me hope

[hexed jetty]

heres to us getting into SCS tomorrow

[warm trail]

bombing innocent yemeni civillians xoxo

💀

[hexed smelt]

does cmu admit by major

[devout ridge]

No

By school

[hexed smelt]

kk

[devout ridge]

So since I did

MCS

[hexed smelt]

i think i did psych

[devout ridge]

If I get in

It will say congrats

You have been admitted to the Mellon College of Science

[devout ridge]

In Dietrich?

[hexed smelt]

yes

is that thhe one most ppl apply to

or

[devout ridge]

I think it goes

[icy egret]

They deferred my ED bc they wanted me to experience the acceptance with y’all!!!!

[mental tartan]

fr

good luck firestar

[devout ridge]

🔥

[hearty delta]

if you guys get into cmu 👀

good luck everyoneeee

[carmine wagon]

what time do decisions release tmr?

[mental tartan]

9 am EST iirc

[valid dragon]

AM??

[mental tartan]

yes

[valid dragon]

da f

[mental tartan]

☠️

[shadow geyser]

no acceptances besides state schools

cmu

u gotta pull through

😭

[vivid owl]

1% cs acceptance rate inc

[valid dragon]

f

[warm trail]

do you ever look back at your essays and realize that they are complete utter horse poop

[mental tartan]

yea

except i avoid that by not looking at them

[abstract tusk]

not allowing myself to look back at my cmu essays cuz of this

[brisk bloom]

I reread them and I think theyre p;retty good

so

hopefully thats a good sign

but also not sure if Id go if I got in

[warm trail]

...alright bro

💀

[brisk bloom]

IDK

I applied SCS

so

luckily

I probably wont have to worry

about whether Ill go

[warm trail]

this guy lol

[junior vector]

wait @brisk bloom did you change from JHU

[brisk bloom]

Yes

[warm trail]

💀

[mental tartan]

💀

[junior vector]

💀 why

[brisk bloom]

💀

At least the speaker that they send to admits

will partially pay for the insane application fee

bro

HOw the fuck can the app fee be 80 dollars

for all these places

actually daylight robbery

Real asf

I have no idea

I havent gotten it yet

[junior vector]

so why’d you choose northwestern over jhu

[brisk bloom]

I like location, campus more etc,

bunch of little things

and well I havent officially committed yet hence the "?"

STANFORD HAS MY HEART

[vivid owl]

crazy

couldnt be me

[brisk bloom]

Also sorry 💀 I guess that came off a bit weird

likely letter to a t20 although I wont say which

so its not official yet

[icy egret]

unrelated

but that is a huge pet peeve of mine.

when someone clearly implies they dont wanna share smt and then ppl start guessing

i know its not intentional but personally it pisses me tf off 😭

[vivid owl]

its prob duke

if it was ivy they'd say ivy

[icy egret]

i mean

yeah...

i mean its a pretty common tendency i think

but i just notice it

[frozen badger]

??

secretive

no

[brisk bloom]

I think so

[icy egret]

unless u murdered someone

probably not

[brisk bloom]

but its like getting rescinded

u have to like

fuck up

[frozen badger]

i mean its obv cornell or columbia

[icy egret]

or atl super unlikely

why r u guys speculating when they literally said they dont wanna say

wtv

T-12.5 hours 🤩

im waking up bc my friend wants to be there too

and ik that if i wake up naturally ill check the second im concious

[vivid owl]

im not waking up till like 10est lmao

great way to start the day

[brisk bloom]

Im awakin' at like 4 PM bruh

[grave widget]

first time i dont gotta fr wait for a decision

bouta wake up and see the rejection letter

[brisk bloom]

💀

good luck

doesnt sound like a good way to start the day

[vivid owl]

same

[grave widget]

reality is often dissappointing

[tender trail]

Hope I get into CUM university

[vocal peak]

I just pray I get into CMU

ngl will hurt if I get rejected

I applied with no aid

[tender trail]

You mean you didn’t apply for aid or you had no financial contribution?

Either way CMU is need blind

[vocal peak]

I didn’t apply for aid

[vocal peak]

I know

[tender trail]

CMU doesn’t have any merit money right?

[vocal peak]

Nope

[jagged flume]

not for internationals though

[still canopy]

Tepper 🛐

[woven berry]

when i wake up and get cmu reject i will be going back to sleep

[humble talon]

lmao same

[crimson nest]

same

[hearty parcel]

Yep

[crimson nest]

bro i dont think i'll be able to sleep today

[tranquil cape]

i think this is my worst decision yet

i learned so much about CMU during junior year when i applied to their Pre-college programs

hopefully it showed in my essays

[left lynx]

my friend is picking me up for an indoor drumline competition right at 9am

gonna be a very depressing car ride

[devout ridge]

AHHH

CMU IS LESS THAN 10 HOURS AWAY

[glad falcon]

is anyone else's portal down

[devout ridge]

no

i tried about 10 min ago

it worked

@glad falcon

tried again

worked

[untold epoch]

No, mines working

[glad falcon]

okay maybe my login is just fucked LOL

[tranquil cape]

my portal is working

this chat is oddly calm/quiet lol 💀

according to this student article

http://thetartan.org/2022/5/2/news/admissions22
CMU is gonna accept way less people and waitlist way more this year

Decreasing the number of admits this year by 600 is recognition that Carnegie Mellon’s yield could go up. This gives admissions the opportunity to take more students off the waitlist in case that yield does not match last year’s.

[brisk bloom]

bruh

that is crigne

[tranquil cape]

keep in mind, the 600 figure is last year

so its gonna get even lower this year

since yield is going up

[brisk bloom]

no

its out lol

I got in

[tranquil cape]

its the US News effect

[brisk bloom]

like

normally

[tranquil cape]

if CMU wanted higher yield they should offer free subscription to the US News Top CS school ranking

they have CMU as #1 lol

[crimson nest]

oh god

[tranquil cape]

im feeling strong waitlist energy rn

im just gonna go to sleep

[crimson nest]

ig i should hope for the best

[tranquil cape]

i have all my reaches as rejections on my prediction column in my spreadsheet

doom so then you are numb when it goes wrong or really excited when it goes right

[vapid canopy]

so true

[vocal peak]

i am intl

does it at all increase my chances?

[vocal peak]

lmao same

[brisk bloom]

being intl...?

[vocal peak]

yeah :(

and not applying for aid

[nocturne storm]

yes given that they don't give aid