CMU (2022-2023)

[earnest timber]

Idk I’m prospective just like you

[tender trail]

Oh my bad

[devout ridge]

Idts

[tender trail]

Idk if I would even like CS I don’t have much experience

I’ll probably try to get a minor and Ill either drop it if I don’t like it, get a minor if I’m fine with it, or double major if I really like it

Try to get a double major at least

[warm trail]

Can you send a loci to cmu

[gaunt atlas]

can you appeal cmu decision?

[devout ridge]

No

[devout ridge]

There’s an update form

When you accept waitlist spot

[warm trail]

Alright thanks

[nocturne storm]

Pretty standard tbh

[ripe viper]

@earnest timber Have you checked out the CS courses that one would take during freshman year? I'm kinda curious about them but don't know where to look 😭

[earnest timber]

I think CMU's Bachelors in CS page has a sample schedule for all 4 years

[hearty delta]

if you took AP CSA and got a 5: fall: 15122 (basically data structures + C), spring: 15150 (functional programming), 15213 (if you want to, this is intro to systems)

this is the path i took/am taking

[nocturne storm]

👀 this is kinda brutal to take 150 and 213 at the same time

[hearty delta]

brutal, but (imo) easier than 150 and 251 cuz i suck at concepts LOL

i am marginally better at programming

[crude barn]

not a lot of people take 251 fresh fall, do they?

that's quite an introduction to cmu haha

[nocturne storm]

I don't think you can do that with very very few exceptions

I think the best you can do is 150 and 213 fall

[hearty delta]

you can skip 122?

[cerulean plume]

How long do you guys think it’ll take for CMU to create a financial aid package for me, the last of my financial aid documents were just received by them today

Like according to their portal

[radiant holly]

stress

[chrome pawn]

How'd it go

[radiant holly]

!!!!!

From waitlisted to this ! so unexpected

[vapid canopy]

YOOOOOOO

fast deadline!

holy god the deposit is crazy

[radiant holly]

I'm gonna accept now lol, i don't want to wait for other schools lol

[vapid canopy]

$1000

[radiant holly]

gotta pay for every action you do in the US I guess? 😵‍💫

[vapid canopy]

stay strong 🫡

[radiant holly]

#💵-financial-aid soon 😢

#✨-celebration-station message
will i join you @vapid canopy ? :0

[vapid canopy]

maybe😝😝😝 im still deciding bc the stress and workload stories are lowk scaring me😭

🫡 im not. the best at math

[radiant holly]

you hesitate between cmu and what other schools ?

[silk grove]

think theyre in the. same boat as. me

deliberating. over cmu. and uiuc

[vapid canopy]

nah im between cmu and UF (for a yr, in state) and then transfer to georgia tech (transfer pathway)

[silk grove]

oh sorry got. confused

[radiant holly]

too complicated for me

[silk grove]

yeah if cost isnt an issue, id go cmu @vapid canopy

[vapid canopy]

its no prob i snoop around uiuc thread despite getitng rejected hahahah

[silk grove]

bigger and better things now

[radiant holly]

so i got admitted to a Master in my country, and it costs me less than 1000€ a year
and... there is CMU with a 1000$ deposit

[vapid canopy]

theyre acceptance deposits are crazy

my parents were like. wtf

[silk grove]

gah damn

[vapid canopy]

usually theyre like $200 or smth but its $800 for me to accept cmu😵

[silk grove]

can u afford cmu comfortably?

[radiant holly]

bank

loan

[silk grove]

ooo

idk man

youll make sm money from cmu

[vapid canopy]

ive got some scholarships (need based) so it shouldnt be like too bad

[silk grove]

depends how much the loans are

[silk grove]

u chilling

[vapid canopy]

ikkkkk im more concerned with surviving the. actual classes over the years LOLLL

[silk grove]

id go cmu over gt

[radiant holly]

we don't have the same concerns lol

classes should be okay... right???

[silk grove]

they are

im not studious

but yk

just. put thee work in

youll survive

theres this s aying my friend sent

1 sec

[radiant holly]

i agree

[silk grove]

The possibility of failure is necessary in order for an accomplishment to be valuable.

Carnegie Mellon is harsh. Built amongst the foreboding gothic towers of a once-great Steel City in the Pittsburgh climate of endless wind and rain, Carnegie Mellon (or CMU, as its grim, studious denizens call it) gives no quarter.

If you arrive as a freshman and find that the courseload or subject matter is too difficult, you will simply begin to fall behind, until you start to fail your courses, and once you fail out of too many, you will be placed on probation and eventually, you will leave. During the first year of every student, if you're not the one who is failing out, you will inevitably know someone who does. It doesn't happen loudly - someone you know will just... disappear. Usually after the first winter break, or some make it through the first year but don't return for the second. Eventually you hear through the grapevine that they transferred to another school, always an easier one (not that there are harder ones). The university has no mercy. You are there to learn and study - the harsh weather and humdrum city life ensure that you do - and if you can't keep up, you will be pitilessly and efficiently removed. Those who survive emerge stronger, hardened, capable.

Carnegie Mellon is Pittsburgh's last steel factory.

[vapid canopy]

i would just feel bad begging my parents to go and then moving far from home just to fall flat on my face hahaha

[radiant holly]

you won't fall

[silk grove]

just gotta put the hours in

[radiant holly]

yep

and chatgpt is here to help... hopefully

[radiant holly]

i was waitlisted, i sent this to all people who were admitted, and now i got admitted

[honest vale]

what's the steel if it's a steel factory

[crude barn]

it's actually spelled as s-t-e-a-l factory

[silk grove]

😭

[honest vale]

Referring to the sticker price

Oh well then it should be a rob factory smh

[nocturne storm]

Yes? (Although everyone I seen do it so far took 151 and 122 in Highschool so...)

[full sierra]

you kinda have to remember that the classes are doable, tons of people before have done it, and tons of people after you will also do it, it will suck for everyone of them but it's not impossible, if they were impossible they wouldn't be a class, they'd probably be an active field of research or something (but you can do that too, join a lab here)

[full sierra]

it's really fucking hard but it's apparently possible, according to anish

and he took fucking 18240 and 18213 freshman spring, but didn't get out of 15122

man's a menace

[tender trail]

Ngl CMU’s acceptance package sucked

[chrome pawn]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[nocturne storm]

2 local pittsburghians did it my year (mainly cos they took 122 in HS but still)

[nocturne storm]

Planning is like 80% of the battle. You need to spread out your hard classes (people take 213 and 251 simultaneously and wonder why they're dying)

Preferably no more than 2 technical classes per sem 3 easier ones may be required some semester

[vapid canopy]

technical classes include like math/science/(any combo of those in elective form) ?

[radiant holly]

I just realized that you are in high school lol, that may explain why you are afraid lol

don't worry, classes are not thaaat hard if you work seriously, imo

[vapid canopy]

hahahaha 🫡 yep also applied and didn't think i would actually make it in, so im like, lowk double shocked LOL

[radiant holly]

I am applying for a MS at CMU, at there is no way someone would hesitate between CMU and UF (in computer science)
this is why I was shocked to see your hesitation lmao

triple shocked

[vapid canopy]

hahahahaha i appreciate everyones help ive lowk been a broken record the past few days just like. asking ppl around

[radiant holly]

we need help and love in this world 🥰

[tender trail]

How many of your think you’re committing here

Assuming I don’t get in anywhere else (I only have Harvard and penn) up I’m p sure I’m coming here

[tulip moon]

If I don’t get in anywhere else, it’s either CMU cs or JHU Hodson

Which I’m really not sure what I should choose

[crude barn]

you'll regret it either way 😉

[tulip moon]

💀

[gaunt atlas]

what is this

[radiant holly]

a MS program

[gaunt atlas]

ah ok

is there a date when they'd release their decisions from ppl on waiting list for fall 2023

[cosmic smelt]

how tough is it to get off the priority waitlist

[radiant holly]

i mean, i got waitlisted one month ago, and got admitted yesterday

i don't know how it works
but i thought it would be : if someone drops out, then the university sends an update to the first person of the waiting list?

[hearty delta]

i think this might be different for masters vs undergrad

for undergrad, there are multiple cycles of offers to get off the waitlist in April (I believe), I was offered a position in the second cycle, and i think they choose based on which type of person they still need in a grade

so it's really just luck

[hearty delta]

waitlist buddies! congratulations 😄

although i'm an undergrad haha

[radiant holly]

haha i don't how different it is lol

but it seems undergrads suffer the same anxiety as grad admissions

[hearty delta]

our deposit was $800, and i was only given 3 days to confirm 😭

otherwise the offer would be sent to someone else

thank god my parents supported me 100% otherwise financially this would be a problem

[radiant holly]

for undergrads ?????????????????

[vapid canopy]

yea i have to deposit $800 to accept hahahah

[radiant holly]

this is so different with my country...
your deposit for undergrad is more expensive than a master i applied in my country

it would be even free for highschoolers to secure your spot for post secondary schools

so weird

[radiant holly]

having parents like this is so >>>
consider yourself lucky!

[hearty delta]

yeah i am really lucky

they worried if i could survive cmu tho lmaooo

[radiant holly]

i survived so why not you :p

[frozen crater]

There's no way I'm going to survive

[nocturne storm]

It genuinely isn't that bad lol

[radiant holly]

nothing is that bad when working enough and having a good environment of work

[nocturne storm]

Honestly the scariest thing is falling into the I take more classes than you/get less sleep than you mindset

[royal oar]

Just manage your time well

O lol forgot who this was

[vapid canopy]

🫡 i am extremely non-competitive so hopefully i wont fall into this mindset

[radiant holly]

why does one need to take more classes in undergrad?

[nocturne storm]

You don't. Ppl just do

its a sort of bragging rights that you have so much work/so little sleep in cmu scs

[frozen crater]

I’ve done that. Taking 4 AP and 2 classes are Purdue this semester

And writing a research paper

[nocturne storm]

also some ppl try to rush through college (eg. Undergrad+Master's in 3 years instead of 5)

[vapid canopy]

😭 ooo thats crazy

[nocturne storm]

as long as you dont end up in this gang you should be fine

on the other hand, this gang generally gets really good results for jobs out of college

Looking at you Janestreet

[vapid canopy]

well is that just because they graduate earlier or just. more experience or what

[timid kayak]

The quant mindset fr

[nocturne storm]

more experience & theoretically more knowledge

Since you taken more breadth and depth in classes by kinda killing yourself

*note this isn't saying that you won't get into FAANG without this mindset

Imo a work hard play hard get sleep mindset is usually the best

[vapid canopy]

yeaa i understand the grindset mentality but also if i do not sleep my eyes will like 💀 HURT LIKE HELL

[torn glen]

did anyone who got into CMU get a welcome email, i'm thinking my accpetance was a mistake...

[vapid canopy]

lemme look

no not like really

the only thing i got was a "join the april kick-off"

[frozen crater]

No, but I got a letter in the mail

[vapid canopy]

yea i got that only yesterday

[torn glen]

ok, I assume those are being sent out, cuz seeing the people here who are cracked, kinda shocked

[vapid canopy]

its ok mehulg hahhahahah i felt that way as well

[frozen crater]

My 1440 SAT ass got in

[vapid canopy]

yup im 1450 i went test optional

[torn glen]

ig its just a dice roll then

[nocturne storm]

its okay, theres always a few really cracked ppl

[vapid canopy]

also i dont have any awards and my activities are like. pretty mid lowk (im a shut-in 😂 hahahaha)

[nocturne storm]

just don't try to outcompete them by working extra hours

[vapid canopy]

yup

[nocturne storm]

Also CMU has really good class support systems (for example Concepts, a hard freshman course will have lots of office hours and tutoring (some even in dorms))

[radiant holly]

i got one, but i am in a master lol

[frozen crater]

Office hours are a W Lfg

[vapid canopy]

🫡 the ppl here the only thing keeping me from folding from all the doompost cmu posts i see when i search the name up

[nocturne storm]

it genuinely isn't that bad as long as you decide it won't be that bad

aka don't expect all A's

don't sign up for OS/Compilers without knowing what you are getting into

[vapid canopy]

nahh nah i dont LOL

[frozen crater]

OS 🥰

[nocturne storm]

👀

[frozen crater]

Compilers 🤨😡🤮

[nocturne storm]

Theres a saying about OS. Pick your partner for the semester because you will be spending most waking hours with them

that class takes 40+h/week

[frozen crater]

It’s a partner class?!?!

[nocturne storm]

Like yes classes at cmu are

[jagged panther]

starting to feel glad I got waitlisted

[nocturne storm]

Well unless you are actually cracked and decide to tackle it by yourself

[vapid canopy]

how come that class is super sought after

[nocturne storm]

because it essentially teaches you how to build an Operating System from scratch

[vapid canopy]

ohhhhhhhhhhh

🐒 damn i lowk want to do that but it might kill me

[nocturne storm]

basically if you want to work in systems, having this class will help you get a job a lot

[frozen crater]

while (1) {}

OS

[vapid canopy]

riight so no more than 2/3 technical classes per semester.. cs electives (such as this one) count as one of those yes?

[nocturne storm]

if your taking OS you are taking 1 technical class

[frozen crater]

Even Microsoft couldn’t make one this good

[nocturne storm]

and preferably the easiest most bullshit geneds or even Student classes you can find

[vapid canopy]

are there required classes every year? ik theres some real hard ones at the beginning (i always see the same 5 numbers listed for this one hahah)

112 or 122 or something

[nocturne storm]

112 is intro to programming

You can get out of it thru AP CS

[frozen crater]

Wait wot?

No shot

[nocturne storm]

Its pretty chill if you know programming previously and hell otherwise

[vapid canopy]

🫡 hell for me then

[nocturne storm]

They will go Very fast

122 is data structures & C

[vapid canopy]

my school didnt offer ap csa so i cant skip it hahaha (had csp tho)

[nocturne storm]

Probably reasonably simple then

first weeks are like ints, loops, strings etc

[vapid canopy]

😂 ehhh im unsure.. the language that csp was in was a little weird even i could tell

it was on code.org and like... i think i searched it up and its like really old javascript or smth? 😭

[nocturne storm]

yea its fine

As long as you understand what a for loop is

and like what integers, strings are

you have a head up

and its python

[vapid canopy]

ah

python

i watched like a little 4 hour course on that on youtube once lol 😭

[nocturne storm]

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~112/schedule.html

[vapid canopy]

my friend used to do tons of stuff on python it was real cool

[nocturne storm]

Like take a look if you want

[radiant holly]

wow people are actually revising before getting admitted lol

[vapid canopy]

ooooo cool

[radiant holly]

have fun bro

python is super cool

[nocturne storm]

I mean since admission came out i think you already know whats up

[radiant holly]

yes true

[vapid canopy]

😂 hahahhaha i just want to know what im getting into since im not 100% confident in my abilities

[radiant holly]

do you choose the courses ?

[nocturne storm]

after the first semester yes

For the first semester for CS, its usually pretty standard

[tender trail]

Is it hard to get into CS courses from MCS

[nocturne storm]

some variation of 15122 or 15112, Calc 1/2/Linear algebra depending on credit, Concepts, English,

[nocturne storm]

which ones?

and no

well not the ones that its not hard as a regular CS major to get in anyway

[tender trail]

Also how much do you feel that professors care about undergrads at CMU

[nocturne storm]

Any class for a minor you should never not get in

[nocturne storm]

A lot

esp for your earlier classes

CMU does this thing where theres Professors, Teaching Professors and Research Professors

[radiant holly]

admidral, are you still in CMU ?

[nocturne storm]

yea

[radiant holly]

what year ?

[nocturne storm]

I've graduated from undergrad last year and I'm doing a 5th year masters

[radiant holly]

oh nice, master in what ?

[nocturne storm]

CS

[radiant holly]

[nocturne storm]

Which btw in case ppl were thinking about it does not make financial sense

[tender trail]

What are the differences

[nocturne storm]

😭

[radiant holly]

MSCS is top tier and so selective

you good

[nocturne storm]

Teaching Professors are hired for teaching ability

[nocturne storm]

Diff program. 5th year CS (basically you dun goofed if you don't get in)

[radiant holly]

dun goofed ?

[nocturne storm]

its exclusive for SCS undergrads though

[radiant holly]

ohh

[tender trail]

Do have anything lined up after graduating from your masters?

[radiant holly]

you were in CMU since undergrad

[nocturne storm]

yea

[radiant holly]

okok

less selective then

[nocturne storm]

I believe the acceptance rate is 100%

or somewhere close to that

[nocturne storm]

backend engineer for a startup focusing on AI

[royal oar]

And a2c mod

Ofc

[tender trail]

Where do most SCS grads go

Like how many go to big tech vs startups

[nocturne storm]

https://www.cmu.edu/career/outcomes/post-grad-dashboard.html

[radiant holly]

meanwhile for us

[nocturne storm]

Over the past 4 years

[tender trail]

Wait isn’t Facebook meta?

[nocturne storm]

yea

it wasnt meta in 2019

add those two up

[nocturne storm]

[radiant holly]

what is the difference between enrolled and accepted ?

[oak trail]

“Enrolled” means that the accepted individual has decided to attend that school, which is also called matriculation.

Like I got in several schools

But I can only enroll at one school, especially given I can’t split into two Rynox’s to attend two schools at the same time.

[nocturne storm]

So looking at MSCS you would say the yield is 35/111 = 31.5%

[radiant holly]

makes sense, but isn't there a limited number of seats ?

[oak trail]

Yes

[nocturne storm]

This is where yield rates (and essentially overbooking) comes in

If they expect 30ish % of people to accept then they would accept 100 people for a class size of say 40

[oak trail]

So they admit a certain number of applicants, of which that figure is contingent on past years’ “yield rates.”

[nocturne storm]

and then accept the rest off the waitlist to account for mistakes

[radiant holly]

oh ok
learning so much through this discord than googling lol

so how does the waitlist work ?

[oak trail]

It’s always good to leave it to the professionals 👍

[nocturne storm]

However, like airlines overbooking, this can cause problems

[nocturne storm]

They want a class size of 40. Accepts 100 people, of which 35 accepts. Then they go and grab 5 ppl from waitlist

[radiant holly]

i thought it would have been: if there are 35 seats, then you accept 35 people, and waitlist 100 people, and reject the rest

[nocturne storm]

CMU would be accepting SOOO many people off the waitlist for that

CMU Yields are generally kinda low so they can over accept by a lot

It bit them in the butt in the 2021-2022 cycle though

[radiant holly]

okkk

[oak trail]

If there is less admitted applicants than expected who eventually decides to enroll at a school, the admission committee would take some number of qualified candidates off the waitlist to fill in the gap.

Yeah basically what he said

[radiant holly]

i thought than people would want CMU more

i can't imagine how so many people would reject CMU in MS

[nocturne storm]

generally if you get into CMU you also have choices

Eg. Stanford CS, Berkeley/MIT ECE

Caltech, Harvard, Yale and so on

[radiant holly]

Eg. Stanford CS, Berkeley/MIT ECE
yep (this is where i also applied to lol)

[nocturne storm]

and given that you cant attend both places, you have to decline 1

[radiant holly]

makes sense 35% is about 1/3
competition between stanford berkeley and CMU in CS

[oak trail]

Which results in school yield rates often not being 100% since there are alway admitted students who ends up committing to another school

[nocturne storm]

Yea theres usually 4 (+ sometimes Harvard) that people pick from: CMU,Stanford,berkeley,MIT

[radiant holly]

i am not used to that system because my current university has a yield rate is over 80%

[nocturne storm]

what sometimes happens though is if significantly more people than expected accept the offer (like in 2021-2022 when the year before a lot of people defferred their accpetances and thus the other top uni gave out far less offers) then you end up with over-enrollment

[devout ridge]

theres a placement test for it

[radiant holly]

harvard for CS lol
only for prestige, not for the program...

[nocturne storm]

the Harvard program is actually really good. Especially for undergrad, it allows you to pursue other interests as well too

[oak trail]

If I get into Cornell, should I pick it over CMU for engineering lol

Given money doesn’t matter that much

[radiant holly]

i mean, over enrollment should be okay right? more students give 50k per year

[nocturne storm]

housing for undergrads and class sizes

[minor halo]

Anybody here waitlisted tepper

[nocturne storm]

You don't want to end up like berkeley where there literally is not enough room in the lecture hall to fit all the students so some people have to attend online from their dorms

[radiant holly]

Arf

[vapid canopy]

would it be better for me to brush up on the material the summer beforehand (💀) or just take the class

[radiant holly]

i can help if you need!

[vapid canopy]

😝

although.... ap csp is quite different from ap cs:a

[radiant holly]

ap ? csp ? cs:a ?

me lost

[vapid canopy]

ap computer science principles (what i took) =/ ap computer science a (what i believe you need to have taken and got a 5 to get credit for the intro class)

[radiant holly]

you say =/
i say !=
we are definitely different

[vapid canopy]

😭 I TOOK CSP LAST YEAR and have not touched coding since then (except for little python tutorials which i have. forgotten hahahah)

[radiant holly]

don't worry i can still help

1st year courses should be okay for grad people like me right? 🥲

[radiant holly]

i have never touched coding before post secondary

[nocturne storm]

I would take the class

It's a really good class

[oak trail]

Bought this to celebrate, likely wearing it tmr to school haha

[radiant holly]

how does the "number" mean in your name ?

CMU '27

[oak trail]

class of '27

[radiant holly]

which means?

[oak trail]

that indicates the year in which you graduate

like for high schoolers

we are the class of '23

[radiant holly]

okkk

my univ is when you get admitted

so i am X20

[oak trail]

ahh

[radiant holly]

which makes some sense as well

[oak trail]

yeah either way works

the US colleges had decided the graduation year to be the norm

[radiant holly]

2027 is in SOOOO long

saying you got admitted in 23 is less frightening

[oak trail]

😭

[radiant holly]

Is there a CMU discord ? Or a discord for grad students 🥲
i feel so odd one out here, thankfully admidral doesn't make me feel alone lol

[nocturne storm]

uhh there are several

[radiant holly]

is it too soon to join? PM?

[nocturne storm]

usually one for each year

[devout ridge]

Did you get a CMU email

You should join the student hub

By using that email

Probably a server for grad students

[vapid canopy]

@hearty delta mmight be able to help u w/ this?

[hearty delta]

oof i'm only in the 2026 and 2027 discords 😭

[radiant holly]

i'm grad, not undergrad lol

Master of Science, i'll graduate in 2025 lol

before you :p

most recent are always the prettier

[torn glen]

can someone send the link for 2027?

[bitter fog]

this is my favorite copypasta

it goes so hard

[oak trail]

is there anyone who will be visiting?

I signed up for the admitted student visit and TASTE

[earnest timber]

Do they give travel grants

[oak trail]

I believe so, for only selected students who demonstrates financial needs.

[nocturne storm]

I would plan tho if what you want out of it

[vapid canopy]

yea im visiting near the end of april

[meager gulch]

does anyone have class of 2027 discord

is there one

[brisk bloom]

There definitely is

I don't have it but they were talking about it before

[devout ridge]

There is one

I was in it

🤡

Then I left after I got rejected

[brisk bloom]

I never followed any school on any social media or anything

Or any class of 27 social medias

Only after getting acceptances I've bothered

[meager gulch]

northwestern still hasnt accepted my follow request😭

[brisk bloom]

The class of '27 one?

Or what

[meager gulch]

yea

like the official one

[brisk bloom]

I didn't bother dealing with that

[meager gulch]

there was like a form they need to verify u got in or some thing

[brisk bloom]

Once I figure out where I enroll I'll do that kinda stuff I suppose

[meager gulch]

makes sense

im like 90% northwestern so

[brisk bloom]

What are you waiting on?

And maybe we'll see each other in the fall

[meager gulch]

princeton lol

maybe cmu, but im thinking nu over cmu for now

[royal oar]

@frozen crater

[potent charm]

congrats! btw are u doingn masters for 1 or 2 years?

oh wait im stupid

i thought masters took 1 year tho so dont u graduate in 2024?

[frozen crater]

Did you get it?

[meager gulch]

nah

[radiant holly]

MS is 16 months + internship

[potent charm]

is it for 1 years tuition? just curious lol

my dream grad school is cmu or mit lol

[radiant holly]

i never thought about it yet lol

achieve your dreams then ! cmu and mit are indeed the dream ^^

[potent charm]

yessir

congrats

[nocturne storm]

yea i ca nsend it

[nocturne storm]

That sounds like 8 months (aka 2 years) where the summer is intern

[thorny sun]

did you get in

[valid dagger]

If i don't get out of the waitlist i will personally dig up carnegie's rotting corpse from his grave and chop off every part of his skeleton and put it all in a blender

[smoky raptor]

Hey

[nocturne storm]

Hi

@earnest timber I would say a lot of people are industry focused

[smoky raptor]

I also made a big mistake overloading

And taking too many hard classes freshman fall

[nocturne storm]

Overloading is a bad word until you know for sure what you're doing

did you get sucked into the more classes/less sleep gang?

[smoky raptor]

Killed my gpa

Yeah and my gpa just fell

[nocturne storm]

Yea

[smoky raptor]

Like I’m still cleaning it up now

[earnest timber]

does GPA matter if you're not doing grad school

like do jobs ask for it

[smoky raptor]

Banks do

[nocturne storm]

A good rule of thumb is never do more than 2 technical courses if you can at all avoid it

3 max

[smoky raptor]

But my background >>> gpa

[nocturne storm]

JS/Citadel will want 3.5++ for sure

[earnest timber]

damn

[smoky raptor]

Nah JS didn’t care from what I saw

Citadel just invited me for expedited interview

[nocturne storm]

the internship?

[smoky raptor]

Yeah

I think if u can just show ur smart they don’t care as much

[nocturne storm]

yea i guess if you have experience then yea they can ignore it

[smoky raptor]

On the other hand

Banks fucking care

[nocturne storm]

yea

[smoky raptor]

But I think CMU name helps

But better to have higher gpa

Than do what ur friends are doing

[nocturne storm]

Im pretty sure some friends got desk rejected by JS for 3.5ish gpa

[smoky raptor]

Bc my background especially for quant was the exception

[nocturne storm]

without experience to show smart and stuff

[smoky raptor]

I think was an outlier compared to most people during resume screening so didn’t care

But I’m struggling now to get interviewed for banks

[nocturne storm]

yea i think banks wont make exception

[smoky raptor]

But banks is annoying that’s so much networking involved

I do also realized that comparing to my Hs friends u learn a lot here

[nocturne storm]

yea def

[honest vale]

what courses count as technical?

[nocturne storm]

all CS courses that aren't hci

[honest vale]

what about math

[nocturne storm]

depends on the class but most do count (sometimes takes less time tho)

[honest vale]

ic thanks

[nocturne storm]

the idea behind this is to limit your stress and info intake

so like linear algebra or calc might not count as a full technical course since it might take 8ish hours a week but something like concepts probably will

[smoky raptor]

I agree and things like math finance algebraic structures passed 200+.

Get a bit harder too

[smoky raptor]

When I first did concepts I legit pulled all nighters

Was horrible

[nocturne storm]

tbh I think i spent 40h+ on concepts

a week

[smoky raptor]

Yep

It was bad

Did u ever do summer courses

[nocturne storm]

No i went home and slept freshman year, research sophie, intern junior

[smoky raptor]

I’m wondering how hard CS summer courses are

[nocturne storm]

double time ones are hell

[smoky raptor]

I was thinking about taking like a CS course this summer and a stat

Course

Or is that suicide

[nocturne storm]

which one?

that sounds fine

[smoky raptor]

I gotta take 15122

And 36226

[nocturne storm]

is 122 a full sem now?

[smoky raptor]

half semester

[nocturne storm]

226 i heard isnt too bad

UHHHH

122 half sem is hell

[smoky raptor]

U can enroll in either

I’m wondering is it worth doing both simultaneously

Bc then I can do modern regression intro to ML and like real analysis

Fall

[nocturne storm]

122 on double time is kinda hellish

Like 20h+ a week

[smoky raptor]

I also had some bad problem solving skills in coding

[nocturne storm]

its doable

[smoky raptor]

So I need to do more leetcode

Before I do 122

Especially if in summer with time constraint

[nocturne storm]

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~iliano/courses/22M-CMU-CS122/schedule.shtml

like look at the calendar

[nocturne storm]

uhh no

nothing to do with leetcode imo

you learn the leetcode help

[smoky raptor]

Is this bad

I’m not sure

Is the coding brutal

[nocturne storm]

no its more like theory

[smoky raptor]

They have to make this easier

No way it can be that compressed

Like time intensively they have to be lenient somewhere I would hope

[nocturne storm]

its like make a queue, stack etc

C0VM is the last hw and its to code up a C0 interpreter

[smoky raptor]

I should review this summer 1 maybe

Conceptually

[nocturne storm]

i think they should go over everything

its just a class every day and stuff

[smoky raptor]

Yeah

[nocturne storm]

If you note writtens are due in 1 day and programming 2 days

[smoky raptor]

that’s brutal if it’s hard

[nocturne storm]

its doable if its your only class

information overload tho?

[smoky raptor]

I might not do 36226 then

It’s within the same period

[nocturne storm]

i think fce was like 21ish during the summer?

lemme go check

[smoky raptor]

Idk I’m used to procrastinating

And learning the entire content in 4days

Which isn’t good

Lmao

[nocturne storm]

also btw you should verify on the server to give advice

[smoky raptor]

Ah i see I’ll do that a bit later lol

[nocturne storm]

Take that of which what you will for 122

[smoky raptor]

Did u ever do real analysis

[nocturne storm]

no. calc 3 was the last thing i took

[honest vale]

is it practical to graduate in 3 years?

provided i (seem to) have 75 ap credits

[crimson nest]

did they release this year's stats

[meager gulch]

Yea

[full sierra]

fuck

[vapid canopy]

is concepts a required class? what reason did u guys have in mind when u signed up for it (since it sounds hellish😭) (also its concepts of mathematics right?)

[radiant holly]

why are you afraid?

[vapid canopy]

🫡 dont wanna bite off more than i can chew

[radiant holly]

it seems so interesting

so why not open your mouth!

[nocturne storm]

It's not as bad as it sounds. It's just the first hard class out of HS

For SCS you take it freshman fall

[bitter fog]

does CMU release stats on how many people get waitlisted and stuff

oh wait

CDS exists 🗿

[radiant holly]

CDS ?

[bitter fog]

common dataset

[crude barn]

holy shit

i thought most cs courses were summer-all?

I would find 122 written 1 day + prog 2 day deadlines tough even now

[nocturne storm]

That's what I thought too I thought they changed it to summer all because of how bad it is

[crude barn]

I took 150 over summer 1 a few years back

and that was already rough

and ofc there's all those summer-all 213 kids

[nocturne storm]

oof. That must be rough (i'm not even convinced that summer all 213 is harder than summer 1 SCS classes tho)

double time 150 or 122 is real bad

[crude barn]

i know the common rebuttal is that you can just spend all your time focused on it as you likely won't have any other courses/obligations during that summer block

tbh I did 150 over zoom so it wasn't too bad -- lectures on a treadmill at home and all

but yeah i'd only recommend taking courses over the summer if you absolutely have to for graduation purposes or know the content already and just want to skip it

[gaunt atlas]

can you do another major at cmu if u got into the school of music?

[meager gulch]

I have the same question

Or can u reapply for interdisciplinary program? Is it easy to get into again

[gaunt atlas]

idt u can reapply

and i was just doing some research on it i think it may be pretty difficult to get another major at cmu do so, especially since they fill enrollment up with priority waiting list and other ppl like transfer so u might just not get the chance to add a major outside of ur school

tbh i might jus go to another school as i wanna study CS too and do a minor in music then

[hearty delta]

transferring to SCS is very difficult, but doable if you're super determiined

[meager gulch]

Makes sense

They have like 30 spots in interdisciplinary program it’s crazy

[crude barn]

yes, but keep in mind music overlap will likely be little -- you'll have a lot of units to go through

[crude barn]

no

[meager gulch]

No to you can’t reapply or no to it’s easy to get into

I was accepted school of music but mot offered admission to bha program

[crude barn]

theres no such thing as reapplying -- do you mean transferring?

or denying admission and waiting until next application cycle

[frozen crater]

I think they just mean switching majors at CMU

[crude barn]

oh then it's pretty straightforward

https://www.cmu.edu/interdisciplinary/apply/internal-transfer.html

[meager gulch]

thanks

its still not guaranteed tho right, theres a chance im not able to do it

[crude barn]

yep there's def more barriers

but i will note graduating in general is also not guarenteed

[nocturne storm]

I mean...

you defenitely can flunk

[gaunt atlas]

so better to go to a university where u got ur major u want

id say then

anways ive heard cmu cs is like insanely heard will be impossible to keep my gpa even a 3.0

[crude barn]

eh not impossible

[gaunt atlas]

i was lookin on reddit a lot of ppl graduated below 3

[crude barn]

more a function of the time you are willing to put in

[gaunt atlas]

yea true

but it depends on how good u are before u go

[meager gulch]

yea i got into northwestern dual degree so im just checking if theres like no way i can do cs again at cmu

[nocturne storm]

A lot of people also get over 3.75

[crude barn]

if you're an annoying person like me who tries to maximize you hover exactly at the 3.0 average for cs courses

then you spend the rest of the time at the gym

[gaunt atlas]

oh dang for cs and music?

[nocturne storm]

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/academics/resources/deans-list-fall2022.pdf <= See here for dean list last sem (note that around 200-250 is the class size per year)

[gaunt atlas]

if so thats insane u should go there

[frozen crater]

If I get up at 8 am and go to bed at 1 am, spending the entire day in lecture and studying can I get above a 3.5?

[meager gulch]

yea

[crude barn]

1 pm or 1 am?

[frozen crater]

I ignored showering because that's not something engineers do

[meager gulch]

yea most likely will but cmu cs is def better so doesnt harm to check

[frozen crater]

Ambiguity 😭 1am

[crude barn]

i'd say 1 pm would be a little bit difficult -- would prob have to do the same on weekends

[gaunt atlas]

yea but tbh i wouldn't risk doing any transfer of major when ur already set at a rlly good university

[crude barn]

there is no need to spend 17 hours a day on just cs

[oak trail]

Is it worth taking $160k of loan for engineering and cs minor at CMU

[nocturne storm]

^Approximately 30*15 so maybe around 40-50% of cs students get 3.75 or above in a particular sem

[frozen crater]

Holy fuck

[crude barn]

if you need 17 hours a day every to maintain a B+/A- average you shouldn't be studying cs at cmu ngl

that can't be healthy for the body and mind

[nocturne storm]

I mean this depends on your alternative

[gaunt atlas]

ok ig so but like the ppl who get in are insanely cracked out of their minds

like usaco plats

[nocturne storm]

(you forgot to factor in 6h+ of procastinating a day)

[crude barn]

starting studying for 451 midterm at 6 pm the night before

after saying how dumb it was i did the exact same thing last midterm

[nocturne storm]

👀 glgl if thats tmrw lol

[crude barn]

nah yesterday

already ate my cake

[oak trail]

Go to Purdue for 45K/year

no financial aids

[nocturne storm]

also aren't u a sophomore?

[oak trail]

doesn't qualify for any

[crude barn]

i stg if i have to actually use my first drop voucher on this class im gonna be so angry with myself

[gaunt atlas]

is that worth it

purdue cs

[nocturne storm]

isnt this also uh around 180k?

[oak trail]

yeah

[crude barn]

oh no junior

[oak trail]

but I'll be 80k/year if I want to go to CMU

[crude barn]

taking 451 senior year is zzz

[gaunt atlas]

i got in too but idk how good the opportunities will be as its in the middle of nowhere

[nocturne storm]

fair

[nocturne storm]

brb changing your tag so i also dont forget

[crude barn]

oh yay i got promoted

anyways cs at cmu is much like running a very long distance -- it's more a battle of wills than of pure skill

[frozen crater]

Purdue CS 😩

[oak trail]

wdym

[nocturne storm]

to be fair taking 451 senior year (hopefully after you took 455 complexity theory for your Algo elective) can be chill

[oak trail]

I got in for engineering, though I could always switch if I want to

[gaunt atlas]

i thought its good thou

[nocturne storm]

uh yeah. I would spend less money

[gaunt atlas]

should i switch from cs to engineering

idk engineering is ranked higher

[nocturne storm]

Assuming 160k is for 4 years and not per year

[frozen crater]

What do you want to do?

[gaunt atlas]

well mainly software

[frozen crater]

Do you like physics?

[nocturne storm]

stay cs?

[gaunt atlas]

but i think hardware may be important too

[crude barn]

it's like running marathons -- it's not theoretically challenging (in fact, it's rather straightforward -- just run at a good pace)

[frozen crater]

If you're coming to Purdue and want to do hardware do Computer Engineering

[gaunt atlas]

yea but its in college of science and like w engineering i believe there are more opportunities

[crude barn]

if you take breaks, maintain healthy habits, and get help, you'll finish the race fine

[frozen crater]

There's exactly 1 hardware class at Purdue CS

[oak trail]

hmm

[gaunt atlas]

i wanna do both so i was considering double major

but ive heard thats insanely hard

and its taken ppl 5 yrs

[frozen crater]

Minimum

[oak trail]

Should I pursue a cs minor alongside an engineering major at CMU then

[crude barn]

but while you're running you'll feel like shit and constantly want to quit the entire time, even when you're doing well

that's what running a marathon is like

and what being at cmu is like

[oak trail]

🥲

[frozen crater]

Purdue CS in 3 is pretty easy, but that requires that you grind CS for each of those semesters. That is, not stacking ECE on top

[gaunt atlas]

idk purdue cs is a good option?

[gaunt atlas]

wb ece minor?

worth it at all

[oak trail]

I got in Purdue engineering, not cs

[gaunt atlas]

yea but i believe u can change major

like rn

[frozen crater]

Doing the ECE minor is pretty easy

[gaunt atlas]

i was talking to ppl in the purdue discord server

[frozen crater]

Much better option than double major

[nocturne storm]

[gaunt atlas]

they said there was a major change form

[frozen crater]

Relative to the double major

[crude barn]

hmm what would you recommend for the logics, software, and AI electives

I have databases + foundations of prog as the two for now but please tell me if thats a bad idea/might be better to take in the spring

[frozen crater]

Not in absolute terms

[crude barn]

AI might just do intro to ml like everyone else

[nocturne storm]

its either intro to ML or intro to AI

[frozen crater]

Purdue CompE is really good so that's an option

[nocturne storm]

Highly would not reccomend clogic. that was pain

[frozen crater]

CODOing CS is tricky

[gaunt atlas]

is AI like a major though

[gaunt atlas]

is it better than cs?

ranking wise it is

but idk if should go off that

[oak trail]

yeah, I'm seriously considering Purdue over CMU for that

[gaunt atlas]

they both literally get u the same software engineering job

[crude barn]

oh yeah im just optimizing for ability to get a B + time needed to get that B

[nocturne storm]

any reason what DB vs distributed?

[crude barn]

no fancy things for me I'm re-recruiting in the fall for full-time

[gaunt atlas]

is purdue engineering better than cmu engineering

[frozen crater]

I mean, there's no way to determine that for sure. It depends on what you want to do and what you want to get out. If you just want to do SWE CS is probably better because it's very straight to the point

[frozen crater]

P similar

[crude barn]

mmh not sure tbh -- would you recommend distributed?

[oak trail]

I mean they are ranked equally at #4

[frozen crater]

uh huh

[gaunt atlas]

for undergrad

i thought that was grad school

[frozen crater]

Yeah, that's grad

[gaunt atlas]

i thought undergrad is #9

[gaunt atlas]

hmm yea

but would it be hard to switch from cs to comp e

the only thing i saw was that it would take an extra yr cuz of FYE

[frozen crater]

The requirements diverge pretty quickly

[oak trail]

purdue is #9 while CMU is #7

[frozen crater]

In the first year if you're a CS major you're not taking physics or engineering classes

But that's a must for CE

[gaunt atlas]

oh dang i did not know that

[oak trail]

wait

[gaunt atlas]

i thought cmu was like #1

[nocturne storm]

Uhh i dunno, i just think distributed is more useful than DB for real world applications (like unless you work at a DB company when would you ever need to know how to make a db wheras distributed concepts are used more generally

[oak trail]

no that's doctorate

💀

wait that just indicates the schools offer doctorate degrees

[crude barn]

that's fair -- supposedly DB was easier or so I heard? tbh doubtful I'll remember any of it anyways haha

[honest vale]

ouch, i wanted to do popl concentration

[nocturne storm]

I mean if you like it you like it lol

[nocturne storm]

thats fair. I heard they were similarish but also i didn't think far ahead enough to have a choice lol (Senior spring Distributed lolol)

[gaunt atlas]

bro why is purdue cs #16 when thats more sought out

shouldn't that be higher than engineering?

[frozen crater]

Undergrad rankings are tough since there are not great metrics to compare undergrad success

[clever pawn]

@frozen crater hey sorry for pinging u but may u share ur extracurriculars and do u have any knowledge about the differences in acceptance rates for tepper vs scs

[frozen crater]

All good.

Highlights of my ECs:

• President of my school's debate team and national tournament qualifier
• President of my school's FBLA chapter -- brought it back from the brink after COVID
• Co-founder and director of an HS hackathon -- it was a small event, but we got students from multiple schools in the region
• Co-founder and president of a mobile apps company that's done ~30k in sales and has won some best app awards

[some other ones that are smaller (NHS, SHS, minor research)]

No idea abt the acceptance rates, but I found a source that had Tepper at 11% and SCS at 5% (no idea if these are true, CMU is somewhat reserved with the data it shares I think. Also, business is a slightly less competitive major than CS so that would also have an impact

[clever pawn]

Thank you so much for sharing :D

Yeah thats what I assumed about business and SCS

Im applying as business that's why I wanted to ask

[vocal peak]

Bro I got rejected from UNC, UPenn, NYU, UCLA…. And got WL CMU CS. Is today going to be horrible guys?

[buoyant meadow]

how hard is it to transfer into scs if i was admited for ece?

[crude barn]

https://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu/academics/bachelors/guidelines-transfer-or-dual-degree

[buoyant meadow]

ty

[edgy sonnet]

it doesn’t mean anything in specific tbh like I got rejected/WL’d from all my targets but somehow got into a reach

[astral wagon]

Sorry if dumb question but how different are the job opportunities for ece vs cs. Not like the money/ availability but just as in what people do at their jobs

[vocal peak]

I see

[nocturne storm]

Generally it depends on your ECE track

[crimson nest]

Fuck ivies

[knotty citrus]

Tens of thousands of people are going to get rejected, probably mostly all rejected . There are hundreds of thousands of applications submitted and all 8 of them only let in about 21,000 kids total. All of them have sub 10 acceptance rates,and I think half have sub 5. Take into account ED and also just the demographic facts that you might not be something they need for the colleges to have their well rounded class". They're not looking for a second generation college kid from a very well educated state who's majoring in CS or Biology , they need a first generation kid from Wyoming who's doing education or Spanish.

You gotta understand the competition is ridiculously tight, tighter than a normal acceptance rate would lead to believe, and up to a certain tier ( which I believe most A2C kids are at), your decision comes down to a lot of luck and not because you wouldn't have been able to succeed at that school

[proven ledge]

for the prioity wl

is there a loci box i can submit a loci to

[honest vale]

They had a box last year, not sure if that changed

[humble talon]

yoo is there a discord server for cmu co '27?

[honest vale]

ye you can google it and theres a reddit post for it

[humble talon]

ahh got it ty!

[tribal hamlet]

is it worth it to get into cmu wl or just commit somewhere else

[gaunt atlas]

i mean did u get off the waitlist

[tribal hamlet]

noo i havent even joined the wl yet

[bitter fog]

i mean u can do both

cmu even says u should commit somewhere else and then stay on the wl

[tribal hamlet]

wait so if u get in to cmu from wl do u have to go there?

or can u still go to the one u already commited to

[bitter fog]

u can still go to the one u committed to

wl isn't binding

[tribal hamlet]

oooo okay even the priority wl?

[crude barn]

neither is binding

stay on all the waitlists/commit

unless you can't afford to lose the deposit

[tribal hamlet]

ohhhh okay gotchaa

so the worst case is u lose is $800 deposit?

[crude barn]

well if you're committed now to a diff school you would lose whatever that deposit is if you get off wl

then if you get off another after that you prefer to cmu you'd lose the cmu deposit

[tribal hamlet]

ahhh gotchaaa that makes sense

[crude barn]

generally i think if you send a nice enough email they won't take all your money though

[tribal hamlet]

ohhh fr??

[crude barn]

yeah i know people who said they were withdrawing because fin aid or loans didn't go through or smth

[tribal hamlet]

and wl only opens april 7 right

[bitter fog]

"sorry i got into a better school 🗿 can i have a little money back tho please"

[crude barn]

feels a bit mean to take deposit back from ppl who cant go because they're too poor

[tribal hamlet]

ohhhh right

[crimson nest]

Probably gonna decline cmu offer

GL TO WL PEEPS

[vapid canopy]

where u end up going ? ;)

[meager gulch]

Yea I’m gonna decline as well, gl waitlists

[hearty quartz]

what major r u

[meager gulch]

Cfa

[honest vale]

Probably gonna commit soon

[shadow terrace]

Did anybody get a fly in offer yet?

[storm walrus]

im stuck between cmu and vanderbilt

what should i do

[storm walrus]

nope

[nova python]

Vanderbilt if u wanna be happy lmao

[devout ridge]

For what major?

If it’s CS or Eng

CMU all the way

[storm walrus]

Ohh for CE

[storm walrus]

this is hilarious

[honest vale]

what about price?

[devout ridge]

CMU CE is t10

[storm walrus]

i got fin aid so money is not really an issue

[storm walrus]

yeaaaa but idk what i should prioritize, social life or academics

[vapid canopy]

i am also having that problem😭😭

[crude barn]

if I could make a brief argument for cmu, i have to say that you can have a great social life while learning a lot

if what you mean by that is just having a close circle of friends, being involved in a lot of different clubs and school activities

i won't call myself the most social of people, but i could easily invite more than 50 people to my birthday party, of which all are pretty incredible people

if you're looking for nightlife, great restaurants in walking distance, or high class clubs and bars, this place isn't for you

[honest agate]

If one doesn't apply for financial aid, do they still need to fill out the CSS profile and FAFSA?

[crude barn]

why would you need to fill them out

to not get any money?

[jagged panther]

any tips on writing the CMU LOCI?

[prisma drum]

Has anyone gotten financial aid yet

[edgy sonnet]

huh didnt you get 2 ivies

[crude barn]

focus on the tangible updates and additional achievements you've got since your application

[tribal hamlet]

wait whats the loci for?

[jagged panther]

yeah but CMU is still my dream school

[jagged panther]

kk gotcha

[jagged panther]

for waitlist

[edgy sonnet]

oh nice i hope you get it you got this fr

[jagged panther]

thanks

ohh ok really

icic

ah okok

icic

[bitter fog]

what if u did nothing 💀

[tribal hamlet]

wait is the waitlist open??

[jagged panther]

I think it opens on the 7th

[tribal hamlet]

ooo okay so i dont have to do anything before then?

[jagged panther]

yepp

[hearty delta]

leadership position at clubs, extended research, what did you do in the past few months outside of college apps and school? that kind of stuff

[bitter fog]

can I just tell them how I’ve taken an interest in sculpting recently 🗿

[hearty delta]

you can tell them anything, although imo it's best if it's an accomplishment

[honest agate]

Does CMU have the waitlist prompt again this year?

[hexed jetty]

CMU waitlist but even if it pulls through im committed to berkeley this year

[crude barn]

yeah sure lol that might make for a fun read

[shadow terrace]

Does anybody know when the fly in offers will be coming in? I asked a week ago and they said they would send it last week but I don’t think anyone has gotten anything

[main kestrel]

I havent recieved anything yet but some people at my school did

I asked them where they found it and they said idk

[crimson nest]

you can just choose their regular waitlist

[junior vector]

What’s a fly in offer

[main kestrel]

Basically cmu pays for you plane tickets and accommodation to go visit the school

[coarse root]

cool... do they give fly in offer (free plane tickets and acco) to all admitted students?

[main kestrel]

Idk bc i haven’t recieved one yet despite being admitted

[coarse root]

hmm

[acoustic aspen]

CMU LET ME OFF THE WAITLIST PLZ

[grave widget]

lmao the waitlist hopium is abt to go so wild

is engineering waitlist doomed?

[acoustic aspen]

i also have the same inquiry

[knotty citrus]

So why are you on the waitlist

[minor halo]

what major

[minor halo]

major?

[acoustic aspen]

electrical and comp engineering

let me off the waitlist cmu

[minor halo]

Where are u going as of now

[acoustic aspen]

boston university 🙏🏾

they clutched up

[grave widget]

the hopium is so high

indeed i believe this random paragraph of text on the vast internet

[nocturne storm]

50% seems wrong

[grave widget]

damn it seems a little off

i wonder why

[bitter fog]

this is insane hopium

no way its 50%

[minor halo]

depends on the major

which major are u

[grave widget]

comp eng 💀

[crude barn]

it is 50%

either you do or you don't

1/2

[vocal peak]

Honestly

What are my realistic changes at getting off the waitlist at CMU for SCS?

[knotty citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/toss-coin-flip-gif-26540302

[grave widget]

💀

damn I got such a good chance

[knotty citrus]

50 sounds reasonable IMO

How many actually got "Priority waitlist"

[crude barn]

everyone who is offered waitlist are given the two options

[knotty citrus]

I don't think I was

[grave widget]

damn

50% doesnt seem too good then

[knotty citrus]

Priority is nonbinding that wouldn't even make any sense

[knotty citrus]

Yeah I'm reading the letter they definitely didn't let me decide between priority and regular

"It is important for you to know that every year some students are successful in gaining admission from the
waiting list. Because of your qualifications, we are offering you the opportunity to be placed on our priority
waiting list. If you choose to participate in our priority waiting list option, you will be among the first
students admitted to Carnegie Mellon from the waiting list. "

[crude barn]

interesting -- there's no choice between the two offered?

perhaps they've changed it

[knotty citrus]

I mean I'm not sure if they might give me the option for either waiting lists, but to me priority wouldn't make any sense if everyone had the option to go to priority

[grave widget]

yeah

[grave widget]

i got this same line

[crude barn]

that is always what I said, as well

show up to the next waitlist meeting and lmk what they say: https://admission.cmu.edu/portal/waiting_list_session

[knotty citrus]

Have you signed up for this and have you gotten a confirmation email.

I signed up but I haven’t gotten anything

[crude barn]

i'm a current student haha so I didn't sign up

i assume they'll send a zoom link the day of?

[primal coral]

Wait so if priority waitlist is non binding why do you need to send the $800

[honest agate]

I'm pretty sure that is to commit

[devout ridge]

I love him man

I really wanted to learn how to become an industrialist man

😭

[junior vector]

was there anyone who didn’t get the option for priority waiting list in their decision letter

[coarse root]

what percent of waitlist students do you think will select priority and what percent would select regular?

[crimson nest]

majority will probably select priority

so don’t put too much hope on the priority waitlist

[coarse root]

they'd have to make decision within 3 days and pay $800, so why would majority select priority?

[plucky swift]

i think wl is also need aware

[coarse root]

hows wl need aware?

[plucky swift]

if u need fin aid i think they take that into account

but it's not a dealbreaker

[grave widget]

oh what

damn wraps

i was on the hopium train for 2 days

[mild pike]

the cmu website isn't letting me sign up for the waitlist webinar 😢

bruh...

[bitter fog]

should be above your admission decision

there’s a section with “now that you’re waitlisted” or something similar and it should have a button to view your financial aid letter

if u don’t see it then u might be missing some important document so send an email

[astral hare]

Hi everyone! I got waitlisted by CMU, and I have some questions about the waitlist update. can anyone help me with this? I posted my concerns on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/12d8u7k/waitlist_cmu_ucla_nyu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
Thank you so much !!! 🙏🏻😭

[fallow plinth]

yo post is toast

[vapid canopy]

😭

[astral hare]

Sorry I don’t quite get your meaning.

[crude barn]

it was removed by the mods

according to the message it was because you had the word "help" in the title

[astral hare]

Oh so sorry I’m gonna post it again. Or maybe can I send a screenshot of the post?

[crude barn]

whatever floats ur boat

[astral hare]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/12d8u7k/waitlist_cmu_ucla_nyu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

I’ve edited my original message too ! Thank you so much !!!

[crude barn]

to answer ur 3 questions:

• I don't see what is the issue with being a nerd? cmu might be one of the nerdiest schools period :/ messy is a possible concern but that's on arrangement and execution, not the facts themselves
• yes to all.
• you have word counts on updates generally. if not, keep it under a page -- use that as guideline for how much to include

[astral hare]

Thank you so much !!!

[fallow plinth]

I called them and they just said they're behind on finaid

[nova python]

Like they don’t have much finaid left?

Or they do?

[fallow plinth]

No they're just behind on processing

[tribal hamlet]

r u guys gonna do priority wl tmmr??

idk what to doooo

[devout ridge]

Yes do

It

[grave widget]

Where is the additional info prompt for priority waitlist?

[jagged oyster]

I don’t think they have one

[grave widget]

Oh ok

[tribal hamlet]

when does wl open?

[honest agate]

April 7

[tribal hamlet]

ohhh okay so tmmr morning i sign up??

does it matter if i sign up on april 7 or april 8?

[honest agate]

It doesn't matter, I don't think they even start looking until the due date, May 1st

[tribal hamlet]

ohhhh okay bettt

[fallow plinth]

💀

how does this even work

[warm trail]

wait is there even a waitlist updates form or what

[coarse root]

hi, are you thinking to pick CMU over Cornell?

[fallow plinth]

Yes

[coarse root]

cool.. Cornell is an Ivy and ranked #4 in CS

[fallow plinth]

Couldn't care less about Ivy branding or rankings

[plucky swift]

bro just take the ivy and leave some for the rest of us xd

[warm trail]

🌽

[brisk bloom]

4?

I'm pretty sure it can't be higher than 5 considering there are Stanford, MIT, CMU, Berkeley

[fallow plinth]

Splitting hairs

[nova python]

Waitlist MFs out here making sure others don’t choose cmu lmaooo

[hearty quartz]

does cmu take locis

[earnest timber]

lmao same thing happening to me

[acoustic aspen]

dont choose cmu guys! a friend of mine told me the school is bad! commit somewhere else ❤️

[honest agate]

no

[hearty quartz]

i lowk wna try emailing them

[devout ridge]

👎

[hearty quartz]

dayum wtf

[oak trail]

COMMIT TO CMU

BEST SCHOOL EVER

[vapid canopy]

real?

[bitter fog]

bro i had to put that i like sculpting now in my update form cause i had nothing else 💀

cmu '27 looking more and more like a dream...

[honest agate]

does anyone know where to find the waitlist update form on the cmu portal?

[devout wolf]

they sent an email w the waitlist update form

https://admission.cmu.edu/register/waiting_list_update

[open gorge]

is this true

what if i send them a loci anyway

also, do yall know how likely it is to get in if youre on the priority waiting list?