#CMU (2022-2023)

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valid dragon
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eh depends on what ur looking for from the college experience

coarse root
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hmm on other treads, people are telling GT CS >> UIUC CS

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and that UIUC is a party school

valid dragon
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if ur a hardcore grinder and like the competitive atmosphere cmu might be a better fit

jagged panther
vapid canopy
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frown competitive atmosphere..

icy egret
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idt u can transfer into cs at cmu

coarse root
icy egret
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wait no way its better than UT cs ??

valid dragon
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no they're equal

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gt cs = uiuc cs = austin cs

icy egret
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i thought UIUC CS > GT = UT CS > UIUC CS+X

coarse root
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GT is a pure STEM school

vapid canopy
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take cost into account 🫡

icy egret
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i think im going w gtech

coarse root
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per rankings, i think GT CS may be same as UIUC CS and both are much above UT CS

tall slate
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what is

jagged panther
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hmm

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well

tall slate
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the priority wait list

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what is it

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what does it mean

jagged panther
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personally I'd pick gtech over uiuc

coarse root
tall slate
valid dragon
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what about ut austin turing?

coarse root
jagged panther
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and also more STEM focus

coarse root
jagged panther
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plus better internship placement at faang allegedly

vapid canopy
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atlanta b ballin

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(i drove past there once)

frozen badger
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UT > UIUC > GT

devout ridge
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but its pretty hard

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gotta take 6 core cs classes

icy egret
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oh

frozen badger
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UT is one of the most fun colleges

devout ridge
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then apply to SCS

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and its holistic review

valid dragon
frozen badger
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we all know what holistic review means

devout ridge
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CMU WILL SEE MY FACE IN 2 YEARS

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IT WILL

coarse root
devout ridge
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THEY WILL REGRET REJECTING ME

frozen badger
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idk tbh

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its fact that UT and UIUC are really good for college life

coarse root
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as they take lot of in-state students

devout ridge
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nah

coarse root
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eg UT takes 80-90% in-state

devout ridge
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GT also takes a lot in state

devout ridge
coarse root
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true but not as much as UT

devout ridge
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not the school

frozen badger
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@coarse root thats not true lmao

devout ridge
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the state law says

frozen badger
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UIUC nonresident is much more selective than GT

devout ridge
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UT must accept around 80% IS

frozen badger
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90%

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By law it has to be 90%

devout ridge
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i made a bet with a kid in CS

coarse root
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yeah true because of state law, UT is not as selective for in-state, so 70-80% of their student population would be mediocre

devout ridge
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if i get in

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he gives me his CMU sweater

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(his sister isa freshman at Tepper)

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now i wont get a free sweater

vapid canopy
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will CMU mail me goods...

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(merch)

coarse root
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UT OOS is very selective for OOS so the 10% admits would be extraordinary but due to state requirement, UT is not as selective for in-state, so 70-80% of their student population would be mediocre.

raven flare
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damn, rejected

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ah well

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got an interesting rejection letter though, talked about having an alumni family

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here's the extra para for those who are interested

image.png
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leaving the thread, gl to all and congrats on making it in to ppl who did!

devout ridge
frozen badger
raven flare
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i guess they do take legacy into consideration? thought it was worth putting here

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ig stats/essay werent enough. +cs ofc

frozen badger
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yeah they do

vapid canopy
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and tour

devout ridge
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the flight

vapid canopy
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oh whaat

devout ridge
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ye

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i checked last week

vapid canopy
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what my family will pay or the school 💀

devout ridge
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in the case i gotin

devout ridge
thorny sun
vapid canopy
thorny sun
vapid canopy
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well for info session at least idk

thorny sun
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Oh that’s cause it’s a carnival 😭

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A bunch of us prospies are going on the 13th xD

vapid canopy
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i have to go the 22nd

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awww

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🫡 rip to my ap scores lowk

thorny sun
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For fun tho cause it’s mainly Ed ppl

fiery lark
subtle crag
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there any difference between priority waitlist or reg waitlist? or am i just getting baited lol

hearty quartz
devout ridge
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by 5/5

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for prio waitlist

hearty quartz
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5/9

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**

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if u choose regular waitlist

subtle crag
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on my decision it said prio waitlist and one of the first to be accepted if rejected

hearty quartz
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ur like 99.99% not gna get in

hearty quartz
subtle crag
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ohhh

hearty quartz
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u will see on april 7 when ppl can sign up for whichever waitlist option u want

subtle crag
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preciate u

crude barn
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reg waitlist is basically no waitlist

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highly recommend prio if you can

nova python
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only if its ur first choice

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because its only taking spots away from people really want it

crude barn
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eh if u turn it down they'll just have to wait another day to receive the notice

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as long as ur acting in good faith I wouldn't worry about it too much

opal iris
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prio waitlist is like ed3

minor halo
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how do i get off the waitlist

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for tepper

oak trail
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ED 69

minor halo
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Do they take a decent amount of people from Priority Waitlist?

coarse root
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how many people do they offer waitlist?

minor halo
coarse root
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i got in DS but just curious

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From CMU website, "In 2022, we admitted 41 students from our Waiting Lists. "

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Panda, which major did you apply in?

minor halo
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Tepper business

oak trail
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Best birthday present ever

minor halo
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Is Tepper easier to get into

oak trail
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‼️

minor halo
oak trail
minor halo
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school of arts and sciences?

oak trail
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no

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college of engineering

minor halo
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oh

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I'm trying to get off this waitlist rn

bitter fog
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bros i got waitlisted

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do u think its worth waiting

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or naw

frozen badger
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depends

bitter fog
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i applied scs

frozen badger
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maybe then

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its 1% WL tho

bitter fog
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does priority waitlist cost money or something

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or can i just pick it

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oh and nonbinding

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W

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i'll just do that

minor halo
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is tepper easier than CS To get into

frozen badger
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by a lot yeah

minor halo
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yeah

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what are the hardest majors at CMU lol

frozen badger
bitter fog
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yeah

frozen badger
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no

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its not the deposit

bitter fog
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it says that the 800 is the cmu deposit payment

minor halo
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It's the desposit lol

bitter fog
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so regardless i would have to pay if i got in

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u said chances are 1% tho so more likely no payment for me

frozen badger
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oh tf?

bitter fog
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money W

frozen badger
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i thought I read it was extra for priority

hearty delta
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you only pay the deposit (and have to pay) if you get accepted from prio wl AND want to enroll

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if you get rejected from prio wl. or if you don't respond to your acceptance from prio wl, i believe you do not have to pay

bitter fog
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oh W

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on to the priority waitlist i go

minor halo
bitter fog
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ai

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seems kinda wild tho

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cause i gotta commit to another school

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and then if cmu wants me then i have to debate within 3 days if i actually want to commit there instead

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hmmmmmmm

valid dragon
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nah priority wl is the strat

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unless u have a better school u got waitlisted too that comes out after

bitter fog
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naw i dont have any others

valid dragon
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i'd wait until after ivy day to decide whether or not priority wl

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also if u think $800 is worth that extra bit of chance go for it

bitter fog
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actually i just looked at my financial aid and its like 60k a year 🗿 i think im good

devout ridge
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😭

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Bro

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I’m so sad I got rejected

jagged panther
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well

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don't be sad

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life goes on

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🫡

devout ridge
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Me after Wednesday

edgy sonnet
devout ridge
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3/30 ivy day

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3/31 duke

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4/1 cooper union

jagged panther
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trust

devout ridge
jagged panther
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why

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you should

devout ridge
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I don’t know what this show is

jagged panther
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it's funnt

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*funny

devout ridge
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Therefore spoilers

valid dragon
jagged panther
devout ridge
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Although tbf

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I haven’t watched anime in so long

edgy sonnet
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you can always reject it

valid dragon
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so if you're still waiting for others u have to either let go of cmu or spend 800

edgy sonnet
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and not pay

valid dragon
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but then u lose cmu

edgy sonnet
valid dragon
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and what if u don't get other wl

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cmu really trying to make money off of us tho 😭

hearty delta
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not sure, you have the choice to do more or less, pretty sure you can "easily" get a cs minor at the least

winter oriole
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does cmu pay to fly out admitted students? i was thinking of registering for a visit

devout ridge
winter oriole
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oh wow

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i haven’t seen anything about them saying they do tho lol

minor halo
winter oriole
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math

minor halo
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school of arts and sciences?

winter oriole
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college of science ye

minor halo
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bet

earnest timber
junior vector
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What percent of applicants get waitlisted for cs

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And how many are admitted for cs from the priority waitlist?

minor halo
junior vector
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Yes

minor halo
celest egret
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that’s what I thought lol

hearty delta
celest egret
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yeah

safe salmon
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can someone send their decision letter?

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for rejection^^^

frozen badger
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@hearty delta do u have any stats for this yr

hearty delta
frozen badger
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well

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yeah ur year

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but on the cds it says 2022-2023

hearty delta
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the only thing i know not on the cds is some numbers cmu scs gave us during orientation: scs had a 3,x% acceptance rate, 3 people got in from wl, and stuff about internations + others i forget

minor halo
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@hearty delta is it easier to get off waitlits for tepper

hearty delta
minor halo
minor halo
hearty delta
minor halo
hearty delta
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for a year

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yeah more than that, but you get the idea

minor halo
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so basically out of 10kish applicants like 300 get in a year and 220-250 enroll?

hearty delta
grave falcon
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is this SCS only?

hearty delta
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no this is all of cmu

grave falcon
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ah

hearty delta
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per year, scs has about 250 students enrolled from who knows how many applicants lol

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we have around 600 undergrads in all of scs 🤔

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numbers messed up from different sources

grave falcon
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won't be joining you there :D

hearty delta
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more like 26.7% for all cmu from 2021-22 dataset

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that number might be higher for your year, and acceptances lower

hearty delta
grave falcon
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nor at MIT

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nor at caltech

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nor at uiuc

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:D

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lmao

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i was not in top

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45% of applicantrs

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wtf

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oh

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i dont get it

hearty delta
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19878 is the number of men who applied, not total number

grave falcon
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36 act, top 100 usamts, p good essays imo, etc. and not even a wl?

hearty delta
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oh yeah

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lol

hearty delta
grave falcon
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yeah i'll go to a great college! j not the best

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we'll see mb ivy day will pull thru for me who knows

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i lowk want to go to yale more than any other college so

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prayge

hearty delta
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🙏

brisk bloom
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Hello I have just awoken at 4 pm

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it is time to find out if I got into SCS

tulip moon
grave falcon
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ay jin what's good

tulip moon
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I would trade all of my acceptances for just Yale

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Not much

grave falcon
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fellow philosophy + CS enjoyer

tulip moon
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CMU trippin for not accepting you

grave falcon
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did you get in?

tulip moon
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Ye

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For CS

grave falcon
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cracked

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looking good for yale

tulip moon
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Hopefully

grave falcon
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but cmu way better for cs anyway lol

tulip moon
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Lol true

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But I’m also dedicated to philosophy so

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Definitely choosing Yale in a heartbeat

grave falcon
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yeah makes sense

tulip moon
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If I get in

tender trail
grave falcon
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philosophy imo is more like

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you can study whatever you want on your own time

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it is p much just reading

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while cs u need that degree and name on resume

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if u want to work in cs i mean

tulip moon
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That’s true

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It’s just that I miiiight get into academia

tender trail
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Do you plan to study philosophy for fun

grave falcon
tulip moon
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Definitely at least minoring, probably double majoring

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Yeah

grave falcon
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i see

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p based ngl

tulip moon
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I’m p serious about it

grave falcon
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i've been changing my wallpaper to be the next college decision i have

brisk bloom
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💀

grave falcon
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cmu wallpaper has been changed

tulip moon
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Lmfao

frozen badger
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lol @grave falcon

brisk bloom
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oh wait

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wtf

tulip moon
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I haven’t even looked at a single picture of CMU before your wallpaper

brisk bloom
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im priority waitlist?

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is that rare?

tender trail
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I want to double major but I’m not sure what yet

frozen badger
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everyobne has that

tulip moon
grave falcon
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that's yale

frozen badger
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Thats yale

tulip moon
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Oh 💀

grave falcon
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cmu not that pretty 💀

brisk bloom
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"you will be among the first students admitted to Carnegie Mellon from the waiting list."

tulip moon
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Just proves even more my ignorance of college appearances

brisk bloom
frozen badger
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yeah

tulip moon
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Thouhh Yale is one of the few I actually visited

grave falcon
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priority waitlist is not for everyone i think?

frozen badger
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idk why they put that

tender trail
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physics, math, cs are what I am considering but I applied everywhere as a math major

frozen badger
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its for everyone

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everyone has priority

grave falcon
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ohh wait

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you can choose

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lmao

tulip moon
grave falcon
tender trail
tulip moon
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😮

tender trail
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I don’t think I’m smart enough for pure math

tulip moon
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Imposter

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Jk

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I’m just more of a pure math guy

grave falcon
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cornell pretty

tender trail
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Is priority waitlist binding then?

frozen badger
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no

tulip moon
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Cornell? More like Corn L

frozen badger
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u just lose deposit

oak trail
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CMU? More like CUM

tulip moon
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I learned today that Cornell black listed my school so i hate it now

tender trail
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Do you basically pay to increase your chances?

frozen badger
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no

tender trail
tulip moon
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Yes

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If you break ED

frozen badger
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its kinda like ED for waitlists tho

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u gotta pay the deposit if u get off WL

tender trail
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It seems messed up to punish a bunch of kids for something they didn’t do

tulip moon
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Indeed

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I think schools should just do some disciplinary action if their student breaks it

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So they automatically get rescinded

grave falcon
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what happens if

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you commit to some school by may 1

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but then when they get your year round transcript

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you get rescinded for shit grades

tender trail
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Isn’t it also the guidance counselors fault

grave falcon
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can you go anywhere else lmao

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or is it just community college

tulip moon
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Lol

tender trail
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I think just CC

tulip moon
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That’s kinda my worry ngl

tender trail
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But try to avoid that situation

grave falcon
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bro my physics average

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may not look too pretty this quarter

tulip moon
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I’m barely holding onto Bs in 5 classes

grave falcon
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i am good for everything except physics

tender trail
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My school only reports end of year grades which is nice

grave falcon
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wait a second

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for midyear grades

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all colleges got my 1st and 2nd quarter grades

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but for the end of year thing

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will they see all 4 quarters or just final grade in the class ?

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i should ask my guidance counselor this

tulip moon
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Probably final

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💀

grave falcon
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if it's j final transcript and not report card

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then i am probably chilling

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i have 98 in physics first two quarters

tender trail
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You’re kinda fucked

minor halo
grave falcon
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so if i do bad this quarter i'll still have good final grade

tender trail
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Because colleges need a midyear report

minor halo
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i emailed them they said it was optional

grave falcon
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why'd you delete your message

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lmao

tulip moon
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As optional as essays

grave falcon
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some colleges want others dont care i think

minor halo
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so idk what to do

tulip moon
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Oh then you’re good

tender trail
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The only college I can think of that doesn’t consider senior grades are UCs

grave falcon
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i ❤️ UCs then!

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too bad i didn't apply

tender trail
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Oh yeah you’re fine

minor halo
tulip moon
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Me neither

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Very good choice not to apply

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Considering the bloodbath this year

tender trail
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It’s also a really bad look if you’re unable to get the grades sent

tulip moon
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I’m just chillin while A2C burns

minor halo
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i don't send the grades

tender trail
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I didn’t say it was

minor halo
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How is something a bad look if it wasn't under my control

tender trail
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That wasn’t about you it was a general statement

minor halo
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oh ok

tender trail
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About how if you have midyear grades and fail to send them it’s a bad look

minor halo
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yeah

jagged panther
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wait so

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if I dno't rly have any significant updastes

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for my LOCI

minor halo
jagged panther
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are my chances of getting off waitlist essentially null

jagged panther
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I have a list hodlup

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CS

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all

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actually wait

tender trail
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You should do a LOCI but I think some people overstate how important they are

jagged panther
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lemme dm this

grave falcon
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UIUC & GT damn

jagged panther
jagged panther
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my parents won't pay

grave falcon
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if you're able to get into both UIUC & GT

jagged panther
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unless it's CMU / Iviews

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*ivies

grave falcon
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why did you apply to so many schools 💀

jagged panther
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I lucked out

grave falcon
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cap

jagged panther
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asian male in cs is super ORM

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I thought I wouldn't get anywhere

tender trail
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I applied to 19 schools

jagged panther
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plus i'm from a competitive magnet school lol

minor halo
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no

tender trail
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Currently 7-5-4

grave falcon
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i have 0 defers/waitlists lol

tender trail
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For accept-rejected-waitlist

grave falcon
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only definitive accept/reject

jagged panther
grave falcon
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best cs school i got into is gt, rejected at mit/cmu/caltech/uiuc

jagged panther
tender trail
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I applied to 2 safeties 2 targets and rest reaches

tulip moon
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Gt is on the same level basically

grave falcon
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nah

minor halo
grave falcon
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i mean it's good but

jagged panther
grave falcon
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#1 is its own league

jagged panther
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bc i'm oos

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also I have all the Ivies left

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still

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and berkeley

grave falcon
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i applied to every ivy besides dartmouth lmao

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we'll see how that turns out

jagged panther
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yeah

tulip moon
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Damn

jagged panther
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my parents forced me to

minor halo
tulip moon
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I just did Brown Columbia Yale

jagged panther
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hell

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i'm a terrible writer

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or

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ok

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i'm an ok writer but

grave falcon
jagged panther
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according to m y english teacher

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I sound like

grave falcon
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for now doesn't matter

jagged panther
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" a garrulous 50 year old british man "

grave falcon
tulip moon
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What’s wrong w Columbia

grave falcon
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i like brown

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idk i j don't like columbia

frozen crater
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How the fuck did I get into here?

grave falcon
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core curriculum and stuff

tulip moon
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Columbia kids are kind and clever

minor halo
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i applied to all minus columbia

grave falcon
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brown open curriculum >>>>

jagged panther
grave falcon
tulip moon
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That’s fair

minor halo
frozen crater
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Yea

frozen crater
tulip moon
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Persoanlly the Columbia core are all stuff I’d be interested in even in an open curriculum so I’m good with it

grave falcon
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makes sense

minor halo
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Why can't i find any fellow Tepper students

frozen crater
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Thanks! Wanted a little A2C break lol

jagged panther
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@hearty delta

tender trail
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When is my acceptance package coming

late lion
minor halo
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can u send me a link to the discord

late lion
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umich ross!!

minor halo
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Ooh congrats!

late lion
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i actually dont have the discord :')

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thank you !!

minor halo
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Did you apply to Stern or Wharton?

late lion
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rejected wharton

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stern hasnt come out yet

vapid canopy
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🗿 how do i barter for more finaid

frozen crater
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I found 1 CMU '27 Discord but it seems like a deadchat. Is there one that's active

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Trying to weight CMU vs Purdue

late lion
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you can use the school x vs y thread

jagged panther
tender trail
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What major

jagged panther
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well actually

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engineering

frozen crater
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1.5 years at Purdue vs. 4 at CMU

jagged panther
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idk

jagged panther
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ic

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yeah then go purdue

tender trail
frozen crater
tender trail
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How are you graduating in 1.5 years

jagged panther
frozen crater
timid kayak
tender trail
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You can’t transfer those credits?

timid kayak
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I was taking like my 15th Purdue class during the application season

frozen crater
oak trail
frozen crater
late lion
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do ygs know about CMU's aid?? i always got the impression that they didnt give much aid

oak trail
frozen crater
late lion
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cos i thought they didnt meet 100% of all aid

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i believe they were need blind and give need based aid but NYU claims that as well

frozen crater
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Colleges do have a different view of what you need though

late lion
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cos they gave me a hella stacked aid package and i was admitted RD which is sick

full sierra
late lion
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CMU is pretty sick though

minor halo
late lion
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when you get waitlisted at BU, WashU, Hamilton, and UVA but got into CMU 🥰

late lion
minor halo
brisk bloom
late lion
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well tehcnically they didnt, but they also cost less

brisk bloom
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you can grad in 1.5 years

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what am I even witnessing LMAO that is insane

late lion
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i think Ross is 72k OOS in ur first two years and CMU is 83k

timid kayak
frozen crater
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^^

timid kayak
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Actually pretty useful though, I have a much better idea of what to expect and do in college

minor halo
timid kayak
late lion
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stanford is crazyyyy

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congrats man

tender trail
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Likely letter?

timid kayak
late lion
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im assuming rea

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yep

tender trail
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Does Stanford even have likelies

brisk bloom
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it does I think

timid kayak
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Our school is having a banner year rn

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We had 1 Stanford, 1 MIT, 1 Northwestern, 2 Columbia, and 2 NYU

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And that was just early

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I think 2 people just now got into CMU?

late lion
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thas crazy

frozen crater
timid kayak
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I swear we're not a magnet

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Just had a good year

brisk bloom
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I mean yeah thats doable for just a very good normal HS

tulip moon
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That’s crazy

celest egret
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we had 2 Cornells and a UPenn and that’s about it

royal oar
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@frozen crater ur mom is 🥵

timid kayak
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So typical

urban pivot
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how many people usually get waitlisted at cmu?

minor halo
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and we are public school

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in NJ

timid kayak
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Goddamn, that's hella impressive

frozen crater
timid kayak
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Our last year was not quite as good lmao

frozen crater
timid kayak
late lion
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last year for our school was quite impressive, especially for cornell

jolly shore
timid kayak
frozen crater
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ik ik

jolly shore
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@timid kayak do you know mr.carr he went to Stanford

timid kayak
jolly shore
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Ok

thorny sun
frozen crater
jolly shore
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@timid kayak MAKE IT STOP THE VOICES IN MY HEAD THEY ARE GETTING TO LOUD

timid kayak
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For my curiosity what made you think I might know this person, I could be totally forgetting a name so I want to clarify

royal oar
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Wait @frozen crater how are you committed??

frozen crater
timid kayak
frozen crater
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Yea

royal oar
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Oh

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L

brisk bloom
timid kayak
vapid canopy
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😭 damn im trying to convince my parents to let me go to CMU but its just like. they dont like how its so expensivee 😭 even tho i have aid atm

brisk bloom
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and price for both

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out of curiosity

timid kayak
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It should be fine

vapid canopy
brisk bloom
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what major?

vapid canopy
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cs (looking to work w/ ai)

brisk bloom
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yo

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if u got into CMU SCS

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good job chief

lyric nova
brisk bloom
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but uh how much is the difference in cost

timid kayak
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Yeah lmao CMU CS is an absolute top tier program

vapid canopy
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thing is like idk for georgia tech since i literally got rejected for this year 💀

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so obv no finaid package to look at

lyric nova
vapid canopy
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UF is prob cheap asf since in state and all the florida scholarship things

timid kayak
vapid canopy
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yea

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annoyed but cmu scs yarghhh

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theyre like. lol just apply (to cmu scs) again the next year so you can have a year living close and on your own and then moving further

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☠️ THEY WILL NOTTTT LET ME IN AGAIN

timid kayak
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It does seem like a risk unless you email an AO and see whether you can work something out

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Not sure whether that will work but might be an options

brisk bloom
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CMU SCS is too rng

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cant rely on getting in twice

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also if you get in and dont go and then reapply I think its kind of a bad look

vapid canopy
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ikr

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ong theyre convinced pittsburgh is a shithole 😭

lyric nova
devout ridge
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My fried didn’t realize decisions were today until I asked him

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How did it go

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💀

lyric nova
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Need to start making gpt6 my sophomore year 🧠

digital wing
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is priority waitlist valid??

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idk wtf that means

devout ridge
lyric nova
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5 is gonna come out before I get to sophomore year

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💀

hearty delta
hearty delta
nova python
# digital wing idk wtf that means

It’s not binding but your saying that u r accepting whatever aid they give u and that u will pay the deposit and commit once u r in. Similar to ED. I personally wouldn’t do it unless u r set on CMU 2000% and the aid they give u

shadow terrace
devout ridge
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I googled it

shadow terrace
cerulean plume
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Hey guys

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How do I check aid for CMU, I got admitted to school of engineering

bitter fog
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should be right next to decision letter button

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says view ur fin aid award

cerulean plume
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My fafsa efc is 4 digits 💀

bitter fog
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💀

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ur set

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i got waitlisted and when i looked at my aid they gave me 20k

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my fafsa was high as hell too

cerulean plume
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I don’t see it lol

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Do I have to be on desktop?

crude barn
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what do you define as cs?

bitter fog
cerulean plume
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It says I’m missing a schedule e doc

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I think

bitter fog
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yeah that'll do it

cerulean plume
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But I submitted everything in IDOC

bitter fog
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submit that and then give it like a week

cerulean plume
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Aight

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I gotta find it now lol

wispy orbit
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not enough intrinsically, but u can still do a lot of CS stuff. One of my roommates graduated UC Davis as a stats major, he’s a SWE at Walmart now

cerulean plume
bitter fog
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just a guess

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but i would wait a week

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and then check

cerulean plume
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Okay lol

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Thanks

bitter fog
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congrats on cmu bro

vapid canopy
# cerulean plume

ohh thats weird i had my finaid button below the decision letter (or above, but still. it was there. both on my phone and desktop)

cerulean plume
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I think it’s cause of my schedule e being missing

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What year does the fin aid docs have to be?

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22 eighth?

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Right*

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Not 21?

devout ridge
cerulean plume
minor halo
cerulean plume
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School of engineering

cerulean plume
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My efc is really low though

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Like

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Low 4 digits

minor halo
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Are you in state?

cerulean plume
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OOS

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New York

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First gen if that helps lol

minor halo
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If you don't mind, stats?

cerulean plume
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Uh

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Sure

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One sec

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800 math, 710 reading, rank 5th in my school

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As for activities

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It was two cs related internships

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First robotics

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And then varsity track team captain and varsity tennis

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Mun and chess club president

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Senior Class treasurer

minor halo
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Ooh nice!

cerulean plume
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And then community service stuff at my local mosque

vapid canopy
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woahhh ur cracked

cerulean plume
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For awards I had an award from my internship, mun school level award, all of the placements we had in robotics (semi-finals in NYC regional), letter of commendation, ap capstone diploma

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I wanted to update with a 3rd place trophy for chess (u400 lmao) but there was no updates option

cerulean plume
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Like

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As far as friends go, I’d say like I’m more of an acquaintance with a lot of people rather than having a group of friends

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I don’t think it’s cause of the work i put into stuff

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Just how it ended up being based on the type of person I am

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I did end up with a gf last year so it worked out I think lol

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Still together

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But yeah

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Denied Boston, denied mit, denied Johns Hopkins, deferred and waitlisted northeastern

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Denied stony honors

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Got into GTech tho

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Hope that all answers your guys questions!

minor halo
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Are you gonna commit into CMU?

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or only if aid is good

minor halo
cerulean plume
minor halo
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are you waiting for any other decesions?

cerulean plume
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All the ivies

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I’m a shotgunner lol

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Low efc = fee waivers

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Carnegie Mellon was my top choice tho based solely off of programs and rankings

minor halo
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oh

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how many ivy's?

hearty quartz
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guys

cerulean plume
hearty quartz
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is gtech CS worth the extra 15k a year vs UCSD CS

cerulean plume
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Yeah lol

minor halo
cerulean plume
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Co op programs

cerulean plume
minor halo
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stanford too?

cerulean plume
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Nah too many essays lol

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I ran way too late from the deadline

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Like my winter break was spent grinding essays

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I’m ngl tho, my essays for CMU were kinda mid lol

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And my personal statement was mid too

winter oriole
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i just extended my 250s for other schools by 50 words lmao

cerulean plume
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Bro I half assed the essays and then my brother was like just submit it lol

winter oriole
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we got in tho🫡

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all that counts

cerulean plume
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I legitimately thought it was gonna be a rejection today lol

cerulean plume
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I gotta wait on fin aid cause I did a stupid lol

winter oriole
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me when 83k 💀

cerulean plume
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Damn

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That’s the cost with room and board per year?

winter oriole
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ya everhthing

cerulean plume
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Damn

winter oriole
#

we shall see

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hoping to negotiate soon with other offers but

cerulean plume
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I have the Pell grant at least lol

winter oriole
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if all these schools want me full paying then fuck man

winter oriole
cerulean plume
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Yeah, that’s fucked

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Yeah, I gotta wait to see if they give me an aid package

oak trail
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cmu wants my family to pay full price

cerulean plume
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It wasn’t on IDOC as a thing I was missing so I forgot lol

cerulean plume
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Ivy day is next week tho

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9 decisions that day I think for me

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Wbu guys?

oak trail
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I'm waiting for three more lol

minor halo
oak trail
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Upenn, Cornell, and Umich

winter oriole
cerulean plume
minor halo
#

umich is on the 30th?

cerulean plume
cerulean plume
tribal hamlet
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if i do priority wl, do i have to go to cmu if i get accepted?

cerulean plume
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I think so

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Priority waitlist has a high acceptance rate

tribal hamlet
#

oh damnnn

valid dragon
oak trail
lyric nova
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Did CMU release admission stats

cerulean plume
cerulean plume
cerulean plume
devout ridge
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I’m also NY

frozen badger
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especially for cs

cerulean plume
devout ridge
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Oh

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LI

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I’m queens

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You applied to stony I presume

cerulean plume
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I’m looking online

frozen badger
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i think its around 1% for cs

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lmao

cerulean plume
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I think last year 7 people got accepted

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For SCS

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From waitlist

frozen badger
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someone said it was 3

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7 is a lot tho

cerulean plume
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Some single digit number lol

frozen badger
#

well yeah

earnest timber
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It was 3

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I think

cerulean plume
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That’s crazy

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Nvm it said every year it’s been less than 7

cerulean plume
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Rejected stony honors but got in normal

tender trail
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What does CMU send I. Their admission package

urban pivot
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scs impossible to get in off prio right

hearty delta
urban pivot
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is ther anything u can do or just hope

tender trail
hearty delta
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Yes, they might ask u for an additional essay later on, so keep working on ur ecs

tender trail
hearty delta
hearty delta
urban pivot
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also what ab mcs is that a lil easier?

tender trail
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Was MCS your second choice

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And you got waitlisted from both?

hearty delta
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Also wl acceptance might be higher this year than last

tender trail
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SCS probably has a more talented waitlist pool but it depends on yield more

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Yield for the different schools

urban pivot
tender trail
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Lol I’m sorry but there is no way you get into SCS but not MCS

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What was your major in MCS

urban pivot
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ye ik

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math

abstract tusk
tender trail
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I still don’t get why anyone wouldn’t do the priority waitlist

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Is there any catch or downside to it

vapid canopy
#

how do u get on the priority waitlist

urban pivot
nocturne niche
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cause if you get waitlisted to another school

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you can’t wait for a potential offer

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but like what are the odds you get off of two waitlists 💀

frozen crater
#

You make CMU your exclusive waitlist?

tender trail
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I only have 1 waitlist I’ve actually accepted

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State your interest and give updates

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At worst it will do nothing

hearty delta
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For CMU even if they don’t accept it they won’t be mad

tender trail
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As long as your don’t spam them it wont hurt

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CMU doesn’t consider interest at all though

frozen badger
#

@hearty delta where can u find regional aos

hearty delta
#

U might as well just wait to see if u receive an additional essay request later on then, ull be able to update them then

elder osprey
#

is there any data on the CMU waitlist for ECE

tender trail
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No

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Is there anyone here who got into their 2nd choice school

minor halo
hearty delta
crimson nest
#

Quite a few people getting into cmu

valid condor
#

guys does priority waiting list actually mean anythign

nova python
#

it means that u will commit if u get in with whatever aid they give u (not binding tho) but yeah its kinda like ED

valid condor
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so do i actually have a good chance of getting in

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i also didn't apply with any aid, does not affect their decision

vital adder
#

doesn’t mean anything afaik

junior vector
spiral laurel
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If a spot opens

vocal peak
#

This is still going on?

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oml

gritty minnow
spiral laurel
spiral laurel
gritty minnow
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cuz imo the key part of ED is that it’s binding

spiral laurel
#

Valid

buoyant meadow
frozen crater
#

gg

vagrant yoke
#

Did rd come out?

frozen crater
vagrant yoke
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Damn I had no idea lol

frozen crater
spiral laurel
buoyant meadow
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but i got deferred ed 😭

quasi nymph
buoyant meadow
honest agate
#

is the CMU waitlist need aware?

brisk bloom
#

ive heard that it is

mild pike
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anyone know around how many kids are waitlisted just for SCS usually? (just out of curiosity)

devout ridge
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Says in their admissions policy section of their website

crude barn
hearty delta
mild pike
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hmm, on that i was only able to find the number of waitlists for all of cmu but not SCS specifically?

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is there a specific doc i should be looking at?

plucky swift
#

if CMU waitlist’s reply is after may 1

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and you pay the enrollment deposit

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at another uni

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can you go back on that uni if you get accepted or is it binding

bitter fog
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u can

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but u wont get the enrollment deposit back

plucky swift
#

yes ok

bitter fog
#

cmu even says that u should pay to enroll at another uni

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cause waitlist isn't guaranteed

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just be prepared to lose like a few hundred if u decide on cmu in the end

plucky swift
#

yeh fair enough

coarse root
mild pike
#

ah ok i see

crimson nest
#

Is cmu waitlist need aware?

brisk bloom
#

Yes

nova python
#

someone should pin that

crimson nest
#

oh ok then I will have no chance 😭

charred fossil
#

Asking for a friend

crimson nest
#

No reliable recourses just saw someone’s comment on raddit and cc

charred fossil
devout ridge
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Second part

charred fossil
#

Tysm

devout ridge
main kestrel
#

can someone add me to the cs discord server?

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I can pm proof of admission

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i just don't know how to join

thin acorn
#

can I be added to the cmu server

thin acorn
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nvm someone invited me alr

astral wagon
#

Can i also be added?

late lion
#

does anyone know how double majoring in SCS works? i got into Tepper but can anyone just do a double major in CS as long as they finish the requirements? (ik double majoring is gonna be extremely hard when it comes to the courseload but how hard is it to actually start a double major since ik that CMU CS is extremely competitive)

devout ridge
#

before being able to declare a double major

late lion
#

i see i see

devout ridge
#

someone posted a doc here

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about SCS transferring/double major

late lion
#

oooooh thats nice

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at least ik i can actually do a double major in CS and the hardest part is actually having the mental health to go through with their CS curriculum

cosmic smelt
#

Is priority waitlist similar to Ed?

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Would I have an ability to back out

devout ridge
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Pls check the pin

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Hello

primal coral
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Does everyone get priority waitlist?

honest agate
#

Yeah

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Refer to the pin

crude barn
#

im a double in the two

devout ridge
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I couldn’t find the link in the thread

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Found it in my Google drive

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@late lion

earnest timber
#

Surviving as a direct admit is probably difficult enough but transferring sounds like hell

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3.6 GPA 😂

tender trail
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Would minoring in CS has a math major be hard @earnest timber