Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) (2023-2024)

[obtuse zodiac]

if you can pay for both then uiuc 1000%

[fallen pike]

startup/vc w bigtech backup

[granite hare]

even though it is cs + math, and not a pure cs major?

[ashen tide]

i thought ED thing helps at every college

[obtuse zodiac]

u said besides stanford cs so no i wouldnt

[granite hare]

my dad told me cs + x is inferior 😭

[fallen pike]

wb princeton

[fallen pike]

it is lwk but it doesnt rlly matter lol

[obtuse zodiac]

like maybe mit if u feel like u need a strong support system

[granite hare]

man is missing out on upenn mtsi

[obtuse zodiac]

eecs in state is marginally better than penn m&t, id say

[fallen pike]

i was thinking abt that too

[granite hare]

princeton is very good for cs

[obtuse zodiac]

princeton is not better than eecs in state UNLESS ur going for quant

[granite hare]

but like if you are going to make 300k out of undergrad....

[granite hare]

radix loves pton

bahahha

[granite hare]

wait lokey caltech is fire

[obtuse zodiac]

but yeah if u really really need a support system, then id say m&t or mit might be worth

[fallen pike]

i mean yea m&t i can climb big tech ladder and go into management quickly

[obtuse zodiac]

but since u got into berk u will probably be just fine on your own

[fallen pike]

i wont get those connections at eecs

[fallen pike]

bay area kid 💀

i think im used to the competition

[granite hare]

abhi with eecs you are set up in life

[obtuse zodiac]

at berk your advisors dont give a shit about u

[granite hare]

like relax for a second LOL

[fallen pike]

yea lmao

[obtuse zodiac]

that's another thing

with penn and mit u can get as much guidance as u want

[fallen pike]

it's better w regents and seed tho

[obtuse zodiac]

oh u got eecs regents?

[fallen pike]

u get priority for the classes housing and advising

[granite hare]

wait ben just curious how would you place schools if you want to go to grad school for cs

[fallen pike]

i got regents finalist so 50/50 odds

with the likely letter thing

[granite hare]

bruh

[fallen pike]

thats why i found out a month early

[granite hare]

do EECS

WTF

[obtuse zodiac]

depends on your area of interest

[obtuse zodiac]

💀

[granite hare]

ai/ml 😭

maybe systems

[granite hare]

computer vision to be more specific for ml

[obtuse zodiac]

probably cmu or mit

take that with a grain of salt tho

[granite hare]

for undergrad*

besides top 4

[obtuse zodiac]

im literally a freshman i dont know shit

[granite hare]

I didn't even apply to top 4 LOL

[fallen pike]

i heard stanford is great for dl research

[obtuse zodiac]

not grad school

?

[granite hare]

smh shame on you ben

[granite hare]

yeah best undergrad if you wanna go to grad school for cs

[fallen pike]

wait go to cs rankings @granite hare

[obtuse zodiac]

for cv im fairly sure cmu and mit are significantly better

[fallen pike]

tells u research output for all the subfields of cs

[granite hare]

cs rankings put UCSD top

[obtuse zodiac]

but for dl in general yea stanford

[fallen pike]

look at the specifics

[granite hare]

but I don't think UCSD clears stanford for cs research

[fallen pike]

i mean ucsd sorta makes sense bc they have so much research funding its crazy

[ashen tide]

how hard is UCSD CS

[obtuse zodiac]

it might in some areas

[granite hare]

I mean i'm in high school, i'm not deadset on something lol

[fallen pike]

i mean like it's a t2 cs program ofc it's hard

[obtuse zodiac]

do not sleep on sd for cs

[ashen tide]

like 5 percent

[granite hare]

but its for grad program, I feel like its high ranking is misleading because it isn't that good undergrad

[granite hare]

would I pick sd over uiuc cs + math?

[fallen pike]

grad program measures good research output tho

[granite hare]

for grad school, yeah
i mean it trickles down to undergrad, but how much???

[obtuse zodiac]

no

[granite hare]

hm what would you pick over uiuc cs + math besides top 4?

gtech cs?

[ashen tide]

what ECs do you guys reccomend me do

[obtuse zodiac]

everything depends on ur goals lol

definitely not gtech

[granite hare]

USAMO

[obtuse zodiac]

gt is basically uiuc but worse

[ashen tide]

and also i have a B from geometry in 7th grade but its on my transcript are colleges gonna care

[obtuse zodiac]

dawg

[granite hare]

even though I didn't get into pure cs, but cs + X?

[ashen tide]

i barely made aime

[obtuse zodiac]

i think so

[granite hare]

debate

[obtuse zodiac]

what did u apply to

also where are you from

[granite hare]

MUN

[ashen tide]

is that yes

[ashen tide]

im a sophomore in hs

[fallen pike]

as someone who was planning to go to gt before berkeley and got rejected at uiuc: 🥲

[ashen tide]

☠️

[obtuse zodiac]

its 7th grade bro it's never that deep

[granite hare]

assuming average high schooler who wants an equal split of industry, quant, and undergrad research

[obtuse zodiac]

dude i got rejected at uci and got into cornell, variance + yp is a thing

[fallen pike]

y r u on a2c bro

its for ppl APPLYING to college

[granite hare]

bro if you got regeants at eecs and got rejected from ee at uiuc, they must have fucked up big lol

[ashen tide]

for insight

how to get a better gpa

especially for precalc honors

[granite hare]

wait just curious where did you get the acceptance rates for uiuc majors @fallen pike

[fallen pike]

study

[fallen pike]

for uiuc?

[ashen tide]

right

[digital laurel]

ong

[ashen tide]

but

[granite hare]

yepp

[ashen tide]

all the questions are application based

[fallen pike]

they published it

check the stuff i sent earlier

[ashen tide]

actually ill go study rn

thx imma dip boys

[granite hare]

just grind usamo

[digital laurel]

i became an a2c'er junior year of HS when my friend got me into Reddit

[fallen pike]

nah it's just bc of bay area comp everyone around me is cracked asf

[ashen tide]

cya later

[granite hare]

💀
like crawl through all of ur messages?

[ashen tide]

yield protection

[fallen pike]

@granite hare

[granite hare]

thanks abhi

< 3

[fallen pike]

nah no way i got yield protected from uiuc cs lmao

[fallen pike]

yea ik lol

gt is cooler than uiuc tho

uiuc colors are nasty and campus weather so bad

[granite hare]

😭

[weak token]

How do you feel about Berk MET in state over other options like Stanford/CMU/princeton/penn M&T/harvard/columbia? I’m not exactly sure what I want to do but something in management or VC or quant

[fallen pike]

the only ones comparable to met are stanford m&t harvard and princeton

in state the value of met is probably better than all the other ones

unless u get good aid

[obtuse zodiac]

ok again take my opinion with a grain of salt but:
management -> m&t = harvard > princeton = stanford = columbia = berk met > cmu
vc -> stanford > m&t > harvard = princeton > berk met = columbia > cmu
quant -> harvard > cmu = columbia > princeton = penn m&t = stanford >> berk met

[fallen pike]

management in big tech?

ur taking columbia princeton and harvard over met?

[obtuse zodiac]

oh wait big tech

im stupid

[fallen pike]

management -> m&t = stanford = met > harvard = princeton > cmu >> columbia

[obtuse zodiac]

"="

hmm well actually

[fallen pike]

ok well met is better than all of them

[obtuse zodiac]

lemme think

[fallen pike]

so = doesnt even make sense

[obtuse zodiac]

idk where harvard would place

im confident about m&t being the best for tech mgmt tho

[fallen pike]

gotchu

lmao i think i invited half the server

idk why everyone asks me 💀

[fallen pike]

yea

[obtuse zodiac]

yeah i have no idea how big tech mgmt works im sorry

[fallen pike]

i mean like they are all goated tho

like ur comparing 99s to 98s to 97s

should just make a choice based on cost fit and vibe imo

[obtuse zodiac]

maybe m&t > stanford = berk met > harvard = stanford = columbia = cmu

ok tbf cmu is noticeably worse than the others for vc lmao

[fallen pike]

yea

all the other ones are great for vc

a16z recruits so much at columbia

[obtuse zodiac]

the fact ive never even heard of that name 💀

its fine jane street has been on campus five times so far this year alone

[fallen pike]

oh fr?

it's a vc megafund

[obtuse zodiac]

yeah like im sure it's very good for vc

it's just that like

ive never heard of them -> they dont care about cmu

for tech mgmt?

[real quail]

do you think it is possible for intls to get quant trader / swe at hft? @obtuse zodiac

[fallen pike]

i think vc just cares about hypsm or berkeley

[obtuse zodiac]

yeah

well

depends on how cracked you are

are you singaporean

[fallen pike]

if u found a successful company

[real quail]

no

[fallen pike]

then none of it matters

[obtuse zodiac]

korean?

[real quail]

indonesian

[obtuse zodiac]

it's over

[real quail]

it's over like impossible?

[obtuse zodiac]

im fucking around lol

do you have math oly experience

[real quail]

i do informatics oly

[obtuse zodiac]

ioi?

[real quail]

not yet

[obtuse zodiac]

are you on track to make the ioi team and medal?

[real quail]

hopefully this year

[real quail]

yea

[obtuse zodiac]

ioi medal is very very very good for quant/hft

[real quail]

i placed first on this year national olys

[obtuse zodiac]

dont do swe bruh

[real quail]

quant trader?

[obtuse zodiac]

yes

[fallen pike]

damn wtf

[obtuse zodiac]

ioi medalist to hft swe is a massive throw

💀

[real quail]

💀

i'm just scared that bcs im intl the firms wouldn't want me

[obtuse zodiac]

nah

theyre too cynical

they want u

however go to school in europe, china, or US

just get ioi silver/gold and get a cs or math degree from mit

and you're chilling

[real quail]

i don't think im getting into mit though

[obtuse zodiac]

dawg you probably will

[real quail]

what if i'm from other unis other than mit

like uiuc for example

would the quant firms want to hire me

[obtuse zodiac]

apply to harvard, mit, columbia, cmu, princeton, cambridge, imperial, zurich, tsinghua, peking, maybe epfl

uiuc only good for chicago shops

which is like fine i guess like optiver qt is cracked as fuck

[proven rapids]

will alumni lors matter for cmu? i read an article but idk if it will actually help

[obtuse zodiac]

idk

[real quail]

what do u think abt waterloo

[weak token]

I think M&T and MET are equivalent from what I have seen (with a little more data supporting M&T because of how much longer it’s been running for). But M&T is stronger for the finance/Wall Street world whereas MET is stronger for the tech/tech management world

That’s my current opinion but then again that’s being super knit picky either way you’re fine

I don’t really know anything that Stanford has an edge over MET and M&T tbh other than the name Stanford lol. But in the recruiting world programs like MET and M&T take the edge

I guess Stanford is still superior with startups? Even tho that’s what those programs are built for lmao

[digital laurel]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3VikTRR0kD/?igsh=MXY0ZW9sam5qOTdxNw==

cmufence

2/14/2024 - School of Drama class of 2027 Design and Production majors

“For Valentine’s Day ;) plus it’s tradition.”

Likes

114

Instagram

for anyone wondering what CMU culture is like

[full kite]

ummmm y'all

"We do not accept supplementary materials."

they say this on the app portal

i'm guessing this means that no app updates allowed?

[tawdry shoal]

they accepted my update

u shud email them

[tawdry shoal]

yup

I said my name and hs

they reply really fast

[frosty coyote]

What is this for? Like deferrals?

[tawdry shoal]

no it’s like award updates

they accepted it surprisingly

[digital laurel]

yes send a letter of continued interest

worked for me last year

[full kite]

was this after ED-ing?

or just rd-ing

also would it be too late to send one in now (its like mid-feb 😭)

[lusty vale]

Mellon

https://tenor.com/view/cmu-carnegie-mellon-melon-carnegie-mellon-university-gif-23247908

[digital laurel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1115114150385942588/1191402660163760239/meme.gif

[lusty vale]

I had that one saved to

[digital laurel]

I got deferred ED2

[lusty vale]

but I sent it to much

[digital laurel]

and sent a letter of continued interest

and got in

so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lusty vale]

I gotta write my WPI loci

I can't believe I got deferred

lmfao

[digital laurel]

did you RD to CMU

[lusty vale]

Yep

[digital laurel]

i see ur in the CMU '28 discord

oh

gl

[lusty vale]

I can't ED

So everything RD for me

[digital laurel]

uh lemme find it

2/20

last year

[full kite]

oh so i still have a chance

should i email admissions

[tawdry shoal]

yes I did that

and they replied pretty fast

[frosty coyote]

I got rejected ED2 is there anything I could do?

[frail sphinx]

When is rd decision for CMU

[inland crypt]

Late march

[loud cape]

Ugh

That’s so far away

[halcyon chasm]

march 31st according to my deferral letter

[fallen pike]

damn that's so late

[somber cipher]

dang decisions come out on weekends?

[halcyon chasm]

ig so

[inland crypt]

On or by march 31

[halcyon chasm]

Yup

But last year pretty sure they did day of

Not earlier

[full kite]

ooh send pic? (does it say "by march 31" or "on march 31")

oh nvm i didn't scroll down 💀

bruh why is it so late

march 31st is faaaarrrrrrr

[loud cape]

Yeahh I can’t wait that long

Ughhhh

[halcyon chasm]

here is their exact quote: "You will receive an admission decision by March 31. "

[obtuse zodiac]

fwiw they said results would be out by 4/1 last year and then they just decided to drop 3/18 💀

[inland crypt]

Loll

[somber cipher]

how strong is cmu alumni connections and job recruiting

[tawdry shoal]

r u majoring in cs?

[somber cipher]

cmu is listed as #1 for tech based companies job recruiting but was curious if this as true as it is stated

[somber cipher]

im doing stats + ml

possibly a minor in cs so ya but im leaning more towards the ml side

[tawdry shoal]

oo machine learningg

like what kinda job r u looking for

ive heard good things about cmus job recruiting opportunities

[somber cipher]

Something in the lines of linguistics as well, so maybe in the fields of computational linguistics

[somber cipher]

Same but idk how it necessarily works.

[worthy anvil]

.

[tawdry shoal]

oo so like nlps

that’s so cool bc im doing something similar

[green axle]

How do i update my application with an award and an EC

[sharp kestrel]

Email them I did it a couple days ago and they responded today

[green axle]

Can u dm their email

Im not sure which one to use and tyy 😊

[sharp kestrel]

admission @ andrew . cmu . edu

[green axle]

Tyy

[lusty vale]

CMU alumni connections won't matter for this

nobody is hiring for ML without a grad degree

[cloud inlet]

Is CMU admission by major?

[worthy anvil]

Yes

If ur CS ur not getting in unless you’ve got a 1600 4.0 gpa with 32 AP courses taken and a cure for cancer

[cloud inlet]

What about Stats + ML

[lusty vale]

scam

We getting in trust

I didn't apply cs

[worthy anvil]

I prolly won’t get in but it’s fine

😂

[tribal light]

I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't true in 4 years

Although it is true as of now

Well mostly anyway

Some companies do hire but usually smaller startups

[inland crypt]

When did cmu come out last year

[worthy anvil]

It’ll be out on the 23rd or 30th this year

So it’s late don’t get ur hopes up

You’ll prolly already be in a state of depression by the time you get this one

[abstract bobcat]

how tough is a stem major like math

[worthy anvil]

Idk

I just know SCS is 3%

so

[abstract bobcat]

i accidentally applied cs

[worthy anvil]

Yeah sucks to be u bud

[abstract bobcat]

but my second choice was math

[worthy anvil]

I did ED so I didnt get a 2nd

lol

[abstract bobcat]

someone said sumn like

they evaluate u for both the options u gave

[worthy anvil]

proll

[abstract bobcat]

so i dont think ill be penalized

[worthy anvil]

I got defer scs

so

[abstract bobcat]

defer is not a rejection!

[worthy anvil]

pretty sure it is in this case xd

[abstract bobcat]

i havent been defered yet from a college

just rejected from brown :(

[worthy anvil]

I've been deferred and waitlisted

lmfao

and rejected

[abstract bobcat]

i got into umass upitt and northeastern, then rejected from brown and thas like it

[worthy anvil]

UVA Waitlist
UIUC Rejection
CMU Defer

😭

[abstract bobcat]

idk anyone who got into uva

[vivid sierra]

hey

[abstract bobcat]

my friend had a 1570 and 3.9 and got waitlisted too

[worthy anvil]

I deserved that damn spot lol

[abstract bobcat]

i was gonna apply uva ea

but i was lazy XD

[worthy anvil]

ik people who have like 0 ecs who got into UVA

Like how the hell

[abstract bobcat]

its luck

this whole process

[worthy anvil]

ong bro

[abstract bobcat]

its all luck

im convinced i could get rejected from carnegie then get into like

harvard if i applied

[worthy anvil]

they want diff things

[abstract bobcat]

like its genuinely luck

[abstract bobcat]

true but its so random

u get what i mean

nonetheless

[worthy anvil]

Yeah

[abstract bobcat]

i got no faith in the system :)

[worthy anvil]

Lol

[abstract bobcat]

carnegie is like my top school

and i was checkin what i applied for again

and it said my first choice was comp bio

which i remember

but it said it was under scs

[worthy anvil]

Yeah

So very low chance

🤷‍♂️ anyways gl

[abstract bobcat]

gl to you too

prolly see u in this forum during rd lol

[worthy anvil]

Prolly 😂 thank you

[pliant blade]

comb bio is rlly good here

[tribal light]

yup you default to cs and then you can pick comp bio

[abstract bobcat]

Yea carnegie mellon was already a mega reach

I just made it that much harder

[tribal light]

😭 good luck!

[abstract bobcat]

Thas why i applied 😞

[abstract bobcat]

Ay if i get in to app math instead of cs i am NOT complaining

[tribal light]

just double major in compbio instead!

[abstract bobcat]

Sounds like a problem to figure out after i get in (if i get in)!

[tribal light]

i would say it isn't as bad as you think it is but my app there was too long ago

my info on how hard it is isnt really up to date anymore

[abstract bobcat]

My sat and gpa are below average and my ecs are supposed to carry. So that means i either got a shot or 100% dont depending on who looks at my application

Northeastern accepted me so thats a good-ish sign but im not getting my hopes up esp since i applied for cs

[lusty vale]

scam

[worthy anvil]

Ur a scam

[steep lagoon]

do we know when reg decision comes out?

[narrow hinge]

late march im assuming based on last year

[worthy anvil]

23rd/30th

thats when

[tacit sandal]

Is 42 ib score too low for CS

Only 6 for HL math

I think its over for me

[north otter]

bro what

42 is a goated ib score 💀

[green axle]

Is 4 A stars a level good enough for scs

[north otter]

yes bruh

grade wise ur fine

[hardy light]

it’s not like you can get anything more than 4 A stars if you take 4 A levels so obviously 💀

[north otter]

now u need the ecs

[green axle]

😭

Do they care about gcses?

[outer lintel]

What about 3A* 1B for ECE tho 💀

[quasi quarry]

nah its average

[green axle]

😭

Shouldve done 5

[tacit sandal]

Im international student bro and only 6 for HL math

[north otter]

CMU tends to be more “intl friendly” than most schools

(At the cost of 80k+ per year)

[somber cipher]

Accept my ASS CMU

[outer lintel]

Average A2Cer be like

[outer lintel]

Real

[hardy light]

carnegie mellon added my loci to my application file, now we wait desperately

[tropic garnet]

Did it reflect on the portal or did they just mention it over mail?

[hardy light]

doesn’t reflect on the portal, they just confirmed that the loci has been added to my application file over email

[tropic garnet]

Oh nice (fellow arc user as well!)

[hardy light]

oh awesome, you use arc too!

it's catching on pretty quickly

[hardy light]

are you on windows or mac?

if you’re on windows, I think there’s a waitlist?

if you’re on mac, pretty good, most of their updates and complete app development has been geared towards mac

arc helps a lot with organization of tabs and spaces, you also get previews of some tabs without opening them

but from my experience so far, it does eat away your battery very quickly

I don’t think it’s quite the safari replacement yet (definitely chrome replacement though)

[north otter]

i used to use arc back in november but ngl its kidna goofy in some places

[lusty vale]

arch?

[north otter]

browser

ar

arc

[lusty vale]

oh

wtf

imagine not making your own browser

it is 2024

[worthy anvil]

Real

[lusty vale]

I wrote my own

not engine

just browser

I use webkit

[tropic garnet]

No longer!

However its unusable at the moment

It lacks many essential features

[tropic garnet]

I just wish sometimes webkit didn’t exist

A lot of my css has been broken cause webkit

[lusty vale]

idk anything about that I just use the engine

[tribal light]

[worthy anvil]

Not the same duke

Duke is a small local college near him

Their mascot is a wasp

🐝

[inland crypt]

he got a likely

[north otter]

man im not fully convinced that CMU is actually needblind

like the only person i know who got in applied as full pay

[steady remnant]

okay i know two people that got in full need

[north otter]

hm fair

still

[lusty vale]

I got a likely letter

[vestal tartan]

When results come out do we know?

[upbeat eagle]

yes you will know u got accepted once results come out

[loud cape]

Mhm

[still pendant]

!think

[bitter obsidian]

https://i.imgur.com/p4WatuC.png

[lament sapphire]

You got that gnome-web internet experience

[static peak]

Do decisions for CMU Qatar also come out the same day

[north otter]

does anyone know how it works when you get rejected by one college and accepted by another?

[quasi trout]

Wdym

How what works

[north otter]

like are the offers from each college (engineering, scs, college of science, etc.) totally independent from each other?

[quasi trout]

Yes

[north otter]

oh so you can be admitted into multiple ?

[quasi trout]

No

[north otter]

oh

[quasi trout]

If you get rejected from first choice

Ur app goes to second choice

[north otter]

so when you get your decision back do they tell u like "you were rejected from SCS but you got into MCS!!!"

[quasi trout]

I think you won’t get the rejection letter from SCS

Just acceptance from MCS

But it will make it clear on the letter u were accepted to mcs not scs

[north otter]

i c

is ur app considered differently if it was rejected from first choice and then sent to second choice or is it like the same

i feel like they do it like: each college evaluates your application -> makes decision -> people who get in their first choice are withdrawn from second -> more applicants fill the gap?

[quasi trout]

right

[quasi trout]

honestly i do not think so?

[north otter]

sweet

[quasi trout]

like i hihgly doubt there are designated AOs for like

this colege vs that college

but that is posssible i suppose

[north otter]

i think i legit have a reasonable chance at MCS for math

[quasi trout]

you probs do

[north otter]

since MCS is like 15-20% ar

and cmu loves le intl money

[quasi trout]

the caliber of the stduent body of math is slightly disappointing, but there are def rlly smart people in math and a lot of great profs

[north otter]

really?

i thought cmu had like one of the top math programs in the country

[quasi trout]

nah they do lol

[north otter]

and the honors math studies progrzm is superb

[quasi trout]

yes that is def true

i mean this is probably true everywhere it's just that math majors arent all at the same level

[north otter]

oh yeah dyk if quant/faang recruiting cares if ur a math grad or an scs grad?

[quasi trout]

idk why i said it's disappointing when it's probably true at every school besides mit basicaly

[north otter]

i mean u could always get the add'l major in cs but still

[quasi trout]

if ur math with double major in cs thats helpful; realistically you are passing the resume screening regardless of if ur scs or math (if uve taken sufficient cs classes) and after that it's just up to your knowledge

[north otter]

ight sweet!!

i really wanna take CMU's functional programing classes

and type theory stuff

[inland crypt]

Is cmu depression

[quasi trout]

the grad outcomes for math (indifferent of if you have a double major) are pretty good, median is above 100k

[north otter]

woo hoo

oh yeha how is the startup scene looking

ik cmu is the least start up focused of the top cs schools

but like is there any sort of startup energy there

[quasi trout]

i dont rlly know many schools that are "startup focused"

besides stanford

[north otter]

really? i thought mit and berkeley also had decent start up scenes ( as well as places like gtech or ut)

[quasi trout]

yeah, the reason ppl may say it's not startup focused is because cs at cmu is a lot of theoretical cs. but, the student body is extremely diverse cs-wise and there are a lot of organizations that do cater to startups

[north otter]

theoretical cs is grea

thats my favorite

[quasi trout]

i mean yeah berkeley probably just cuz of the sheer size of student body, the others i dont know enough

i think the thing is that if you want to do something cs related, there is almost certainly several experts on campus you can talk to and many stduents with similar interests

[north otter]

ah very nice

[quasi trout]

but yes i would say startup culture is not as strong as stanny or berk or whatev

[hardy light]

ah are you RD?

or were u ED2 deferred

[north otter]

im applying next yr

RD

[hardy light]

oh

makes sense

[north otter]

yeah cmu ED is not worth it imo

3% acceptance rate for SCS + only 1 choice of college + 90k/yr 💀

[hardy light]

yep i am aware, i did it anyway though to hopefully wrap up college decisions but oh well got deferred

[north otter]

did u get a second choice onece u were deferred

[hardy light]

nope

[north otter]

damn

[hardy light]

but i mean

I ED2'd for math sciences at MCS

[north otter]

ohh

[hardy light]

idrk what my 2nd choice wd be

[north otter]

i see

i thought u ed2'd for SCS lol

[hardy light]

statistically impossible for me to have gotten in

[north otter]

my choices r gna be SCS -> math (MCS)

[hardy light]

lol

i see yeah

i haven't seen any math admit for ED2 or ED1 so far, it's just weird

[north otter]

rip

[hardy light]

ig math is a popular second choice so it could be possible that they deferred students to shape up the class entirely in RD but that's just a theory

[north otter]

yeah scs is a crapshoot but i think i have a shot at mcs

do you know anyone who did ece/engineering as their second choice?

[hardy light]

ah no unfortunately

one of my friends though did ECE for ED2 along with me

[north otter]

ik its gotten easier to get into ece in the last few years

[hardy light]

he too was deferred and he was a full pay intl

[north otter]

ah rip

not giving ed ppl a second choice is wild

[hardy light]

yeah

idrk why CMU even has ED especially since it has close to no advantage

[north otter]

money

get you stuck paying 90k

[hardy light]

that would make sense if they sharked all full pay intls in ED

but that isn't the case either

[north otter]

ah ig

idk then

[hardy light]

i did apply finaid to CMU though because i am a citizen

[north otter]

ah

i heard CMU finaid isnt that great for middle class ppl

[hardy light]

but i hv generally held a doubt over need-blind policies whether they're actually need-blind

[north otter]

mm

yeah i dont think they give much aid to middle class ppl anyways

[hardy light]

oh, i have not looked into this that much actually

[north otter]

bru

[hardy light]

but yeah, it's kinda hard for middle class students to afford

it's that awkward place where you're too rich to qualify for low-income but too poor to afford the full price

[north otter]

per reddit, CMU is broke compared to other top schools

their endowment is tiny compared to e.g. MIT or Harvard

so they're pretty stingy with stuff

[hardy light]

yeah that's somewhat true

[north otter]

its unfortunate

but yeah

[hardy light]

CMU's ROI on math/ECE/CS is pretty insane though

at least from what their website suggests, the median salaries for CMU graduates in each of these 3 is like 130K+

[misty token]

CMU financial aid was super generous for me

They’re really good about covering the insane tuition

[obtuse zodiac]

bro no way YOURE saying this

[quasi trout]

What are you yapping about now 💀

You had to make an alt account to join A2C because your main got banned my guy 💀

[obtuse zodiac]

idk what ur talking about

👀

[warped sundial]

when did cmu rd come out last year

[worthy anvil]

It’ll be out on 23rd or 30th

[lusty vale]

I heard there are

[quasi trout]

definitely could be

now that i think about it it's a posibility

[lusty vale]

I asked in the CMU Class of 28 discord whether I needed to be more verbose and explanatory with what my technical projects are, and they told me no

and then I said that I wasn't applying to CS and they said I needed to explain it better since I wouldn't have CS reviewers on my app

[worthy anvil]

I didn't go technical in mine cause not everyone in CS does same thing even if they have a background in CS

So didnt explain too much but just enough

[lusty vale]

Yeah, I am getting really fucked by having all CS shit and applying for engineering at every college

I keep getting rejected from my first choice engineering and accepted into my second choice CS

has happened at like all my safeties even tho CS is way more competitive than engineering

[vivid sierra]

that is a weird problem to have

[lusty vale]

I have no grades, but I have an absolutely stacked profile for CS

[vivid sierra]

you might have the most unique app in the country lol

[lusty vale]

so the engineering colleges have a hard time evaluating me for my ability to succeed in engineering

but CS can

[worthy anvil]

CS NERD

[lusty vale]

I think the other person from my school applying to college this year is more unique than me
but they only applied upenn (got in ED)

[worthy anvil]

NERRRRRD

[lusty vale]

You're the nerd

[worthy anvil]

nah bruh

[lusty vale]

I don't want to do CS

[worthy anvil]

ur the kid who got into duke

I dont wanna hear shit from u bud

[lusty vale]

I want nothing to do with CS

[worthy anvil]

Why

CS is cool dude

[lusty vale]

I didn't get in I just got a likely

[worthy anvil]

Sitting at a desk all day

[lusty vale]

Computers are evil

[vivid sierra]

cs is popular but i dont vibe with it

[lusty vale]

Technology is evil

[worthy anvil]

no ur evil

[lusty vale]

I hate big tech

[vivid sierra]

but comp sci is kinda mingling its way into all the other stem fields

[lusty vale]

I vibe academically with CS, but not really with being a software engineer

and I don't want anything to do with most tech companies

[vivid sierra]

i do not vibe with CS lol apcsa was not for me

[lusty vale]

I self studied AP CS A

finished in like 3 hours

pretty simple stuff

[worthy anvil]

lol

[vivid sierra]

academic weapon 🦾

[lusty vale]

but not for everyone

[worthy anvil]

AP CS A is nothing

[lusty vale]

I'm doing a grind year

[worthy anvil]

I legit had like an hour to spare on that exam dude

And it was just me and another kid taking it lol

[vivid sierra]

im kinda pepega at cs

much better at chem and history

[worthy anvil]

history

NERD

[vivid sierra]

ya

[worthy anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-awkward-awkward-dog-staring-dog-patchibana-gif-13086408744970718509

[vivid sierra]

am nerd sorry!

[lusty vale]

@worthy anvil did you end up getting your exams booked?

[worthy anvil]

No dude

they keep telling me no

legit

[lusty vale]

I'm currently struggling so bad

[vivid sierra]

i can still get credit with a 4 on ap csa tho at some schools so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lusty vale]

to get AP Chem booked

[worthy anvil]

And I need AP ART History dude

😭

Or I cant go to a UC

[vivid sierra]

LMAO im taking apah rn

the class

[lusty vale]

I've been told by 11 schools they don't have space

[worthy anvil]

I've been told no

whats ur email ur sending

can u send me it

Maybe im not asking right

[north otter]

oh shi

gl

[vivid sierra]

thankful that my school just hosts the exams themselves

[worthy anvil]

ap drawing?

xd

[lusty vale]

I say "Hello I'm a student at redacted, I'm looking to take x, y, z, AP Exams, would you have space available?" and if they don't respond I just call the desk and ask to talk to the AP Coordinator

[inland crypt]

cant wait to get my cmu rejection so i can leave this thread

[vivid sierra]

🤚

[worthy anvil]

I'm getting in

[vivid sierra]

(i dont think i would choose it over my current options tbh)

[worthy anvil]

Dont play w/ me

I'm getting in!

I am getting in I've got hope

[lusty vale]

I think CMU is my top choice rn

[worthy anvil]

the deferral was a joke

they were just kidding guys

they didnt mean it

[manic viper]

you don't have to become an SWE after studying CS

there are so many roles you can do

[worthy anvil]

cap

[lusty vale]

I know

[worthy anvil]

no theres not

[inland crypt]

to be completely honest same and i wouldnt have gone either way but applied literally bc my dad made me

[vivid sierra]

wait im kinda the same tbh

[lusty vale]

I already have my CCNA and Sec+ and have been offered a network engineering job over at lenovo, but I'm just not interested in working in tech

[inland crypt]

im legit a finance major

tepper is decent and all but

[vivid sierra]

oop i applied engineering but i dont even wanna study engineering anymore

[lusty vale]

MIT/CMU/HMC are all tied for my first choice rn

[vivid sierra]

harvey mudd?

[manic viper]

what are you interested in? obtaining those certs is impressive, but if you're not going to use them they don't mean much

[lusty vale]

I'm going into engineering

[lusty vale]

Yes

[worthy anvil]

@lusty vale

[vivid sierra]

kewl kewl

[worthy anvil]

What the fuck kinda ghetto shit is that

"Great Morning"

[vivid sierra]

borat mf reply

great morning!

[manic viper]

what kind

[worthy anvil]

Fucking great morning

say good morning

or good evening

[lusty vale]

Civil and Environmental

[worthy anvil]

like wtf is great morning

😭

dog

[manic viper]

nicee
why'd you get cyber certs?

[lusty vale]

I had a summer internship at lenovo, they offered me fulltime job, but I needed those certs

[manic viper]

oh wow

[lusty vale]

but it paid less than my current agriculture job, when I factored in that I get free housing here

I would have done it if I wanted to further pursue tech though

[worthy anvil]

I'm officially emailed every HS near me

if they all say no im fucked

Like I am not going to college xD

[vivid sierra]

how many tests do u need to book

(dont think apah is that important in the grand scheme of things)

[manic viper]

going to need to decline them CS slots then

[worthy anvil]

I need to meet my section F req for the UCs

lol

[vivid sierra]

oof

[quasi trout]

Yo guys why yall actually ban him 💀 💀

[somber cipher]

Did bro get banned again 😭

[somber cipher]

does anyone have any info on cmu decision day

[worthy anvil]

23rd or 30th

[fallen pike]

have a friend who got hired for mlre at nvidia with just a bachelors

he’s doing his masters while working rn

the timeline is doable and if your school offers coterm ur chilling

[hazy schooner]

Hoping its the 23rd bc i cant deal with more college decisions after ivy day

Duke is enough

[somber cipher]

Wait they come out on weekends?

[worthy anvil]

No should be Friday of those weeks

[devout shard]

Did anyone who applied to tepper get an email with more info about the program. My friend got one but I didn’t ☠️

[storm pewter]

did any IS applicants just get an email?

[green axle]

Did anyone get an email from scs?

[stoic nexus]

i got one from scs

[near basalt]

Same

Does that mean anything

[stoic nexus]

probably not lmao

[green axle]

Nah its just a general email

[vivid sleet]

that's unfortunate

I was hoping I was special and this was a secret likely letter

[abstract bobcat]

Yea i also got a scs email

And trust i aint him so it def not a likely

[lusty vale]

I did for CoE

I'm pretty sure anyone who consented to contact got one for there program

[abstract bobcat]

^

[lusty vale]

likely letters tend to be kinda blunt

except NEU

fuck NEUs likely letter

[fast mesa]

lol when is cmu decision coming out

late march?

[lusty vale]

prolly ivy day

[abstract bobcat]

Does cmu do likelys

[lusty vale]

Only for art people iirc

[abstract bobcat]

Shoulda done art 😔

[spring badger]

yeah i got the email from scs

my dad is convinced its a likely LMFAO

i told him its not

[fast mesa]

got one too lol

[static peak]

Didn't everyone get it

[spring badger]

Yeah that’s what I was telling him

He went to college in India and there colleges don’t typically market themselves like this so I think he’s just excited haha

[quasi quarry]

I didnt get it

its over for me😭

[static peak]

What's that link for

[quasi quarry]

just a gif

like it was supposed to load

but it didnt

[static peak]

Y are u dming mw

[quasi quarry]

who me?

[static peak]

Yeah

[quasi quarry]

you sure you ain't mistaken?

[loud cape]

Wow

[hazy schooner]

cmu really emailed me "we know u applied but hey here's more shit about us"

LIKE

[inland crypt]

legit everyone got it lmao

[upbeat void]

I got one, it has no significance

[worthy anvil]

I didn’t get one

😞

But I also was deferred ED1

So maybe only RD ppl get it

[quartz pendant]

how much aid does cmu offer

like on average

[upbeat void]

More like:
We rejected your ass, here are the things you should have mentioned in your essays

lmao

[hazy schooner]

even worse LMFAO

[upbeat void]

I dont even remember APPLYING to cmu

lmao

the essays just exist

[inland crypt]

lmfao

[lusty vale]

Everyone who consented to getting communications did

[lusty vale]

100% need

no merit

[quartz pendant]

oh lovely

guess no aid for me then 🥲

[tidal sage]

anyone here applying to the mellon college of science

[hazy schooner]

probably me i dont remember 💀

[abstract bobcat]

Second choice i did

[lusty vale]

The college of melon science

where they study the melon

[tidal sage]

yes i applied as a watermelon major

[lusty vale]

Me too

Watermelon Engineering

[somber cipher]

I think CMU just sent an email abt all the program

I got one for Dietrich

[lusty vale]

Yes

We determined that

we're just being silly

[abstract bobcat]

Yea rhey did

I got one for scs and i am NOT gonna get into cs so its not special i can assure u

[spring badger]

Does cmu admit by major??

I applied comp bio anyways but still

[abstract bobcat]

Its by school

So school of cs school of science etc

[abstract bobcat]

Comp bio is cs i applied that too :)

[spring badger]

Ohhhh

I’m done for

I just rmr writing about comp bio

[abstract bobcat]

Whats your second choice

[spring badger]

Tepper 😭😭😭 it’s so over

[jade brook]

did anyone get the thing about

'hey i'm ur contact at CMU if u have any questions schedule a slot w me"

lowk from the director of admissions 😭

[north otter]

ru scs?

or

[jade brook]

i feel like this is automatic tho no

nah im not

i applied math

[north otter]

ah

ed2

?

[jade brook]

no

[north otter]

oh

[jade brook]

idk

[north otter]

im curious whats ur second choice lol

[jade brook]

if i schedule a 30 min one on one w her and get rejected im gonna laugh fr

[north otter]

Lmao

[jade brook]

like in schools?

[north otter]

shoot ur shot king

yeah

[jade brook]

cmu isnt my first choice

but id be very happy to get in

[north otter]

no i meant

within cmu

like u have two choices

[jade brook]

i dont remember😭

[north otter]

rippp

[jade brook]

was it choices for schools or majors

i def applied physics as 2nd option

[north otter]

i think schools

but

[jade brook]

if it was majors

[north otter]

maybe

[jade brook]

ummm then idk

[north otter]

idk

im gna do scs -> math mcs

lol

[jade brook]

applying was a blur to me fr

[jade brook]

scs is so crazy

[north otter]

a2c shotgun moment

[north otter]

shoot my shot fr

[jade brook]

nah u got thattt

bless

[quartz pendant]

how competitive is cmu math

[north otter]

20% acceptance rate to MCS

[quartz pendant]

instate, oos, or total

[jade brook]

does cmu account for instate/out of state status?

[jade brook]

id assume total though

[quartz pendant]

seems…. marginally…. better than cs odds

[jade brook]

isn't it significantly better 😭

or am i j not catching the irony over text

[quartz pendant]

i mean its still sorta low 😭

tbh idk how low cs is

oh

7%

[tribal light]

is this still accurate?

they dont update as much

[tribal light]

not a public school

so in state generally doesn't matter

[trim sand]

Anyone BXA RD?

[vestal tartan]

hey does anyone know when decisions are out?

[quasi trout]

They don’t update at all

Everything is speculative

Cs is probably like 2% and math is probably like 12-15

So yes math is a lot easier for whoever asked

[tribal light]

CS is probably not that low, at least previously CMU's yields are kinda bad

[quasi trout]

well yes yield is bound to be bad lol

[loud cape]

Does anyone know what is the information systems acceptance rate?

[tribal light]

nearer to the CS one than the Heinz one its under

imo, all speculation tbf

[hardy light]

Math overall is a lot more competitive

since most SCS applicants do second choice as Math

[tribal light]

kinda easy to double major/minor in cs from math too

[hardy light]

I see, I honestly didn’t have any plans of double majoring when I did ED2 because CMU had the exact concentration I wanted in math: computational & applied math

but oh well, deferred, hopeful for a W in March

[tribal light]

theres also the BS Computational Finance option

[hardy light]

yeah that’s a very cool major too, if I do end up getting CMU, I might pursue a double major with that

[worthy anvil]

Last year it was 3% I believe

7% ED

But 3% RD

[quartz pendant]

oh wait

mathematical sciences

that’s what i put as my second choice major

is that the same thing as math or different

[hazy schooner]

can people get into second choice majors here? Idrk how it works

[north otter]

Is that just pre quant lmaoooo

[hardy light]

yes

https://www.cmu.edu/admission/majors-programs/mellon-college-of-science/mathematical-sciences#mathematical-sciences

here's more info

[quasi trout]

Not really

[tribal light]

Some ppl do go into quant but that's not the only thing

[north otter]

eh ig

idk much abt the other math sci majors/scs majors tbh 💀

[lusty vale]

I didn't

[storm pewter]

nah but seems like a good sign!

[pliant pawn]

anyone have an idea what the deferred acceptance rate is?

[worthy anvil]

If ur a good candidate you’ll be accepted

Simple as that

[pliant pawn]

im cooked

[hardy light]

are you SCS/MCS/CoE?

[pliant pawn]

yea

scs

[worthy anvil]

😂

I’m SCS

So I hope ur cooked

[hardy light]

cooked 💀

[worthy anvil]

🙏

[worthy anvil]

Nah if he’s cooked then I might not be

[pliant pawn]

I dont think I have a chance

[hardy light]

I was MCS for ED2, now we wait 💪

[worthy anvil]

🙏

I pray for ur downfall

[pliant pawn]

Ik like 3 other ppl who got deferred from my school and one my friend got in ed1

[worthy anvil]

My LOCI was good so maybe I’ll get in

[worthy anvil]

You’ll get in don’t stress

[pliant pawn]

they dont take LOCI?

[worthy anvil]

I sent one

[hardy light]

officially, they don't mention anything

[worthy anvil]

And it was added to my file

So

😂

[pliant pawn]

it says on their website they dont accept any

[hardy light]

but I sent one and they emailed back that it was added to my file

[worthy anvil]

Nope

[pliant pawn]

bruh

[worthy anvil]

They say for waitlist don’t send one

Not for deferral

😘

[pliant pawn]

bruh

[worthy anvil]

I got same thing

Exact same email

Lol

[pliant pawn]

yall are also national merit scholars right

[worthy anvil]

With formatting errors and all

[hardy light]

yeh it's probably just a copypaste

[worthy anvil]

No

[pliant pawn]

im assuming everyone is

oh

[worthy anvil]

I’ve got an 1170 sat

Lol

I don’t qualify for shit

[hardy light]

💀

[pliant pawn]

maybe not cooked?

or still cooked

[worthy anvil]

I’m chilling

[pliant pawn]

idk

[worthy anvil]

😂

My loci was fire

If I don’t get in they are the ones missing out

[hardy light]

fr

[worthy anvil]

Ur fine

[pliant pawn]

what are your stats?

im 1530/4.3

[hardy light]

solid

i am 1560/44 ib pred

[pliant pawn]

bro my buddy is 1570/4.7

[worthy anvil]

I’m a 3.98 with a 1170