Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) (2024-2025)

[steel gulch]

cs is not as difficult to double major in as you’re making it out to be lol

[gentle yoke]

Idk I watched a vid from a CMU grad warning people not to come in expecting to get a double major in cs

That’s what an alum from my school said as well when he went to cmu

https://youtu.be/ykC3vb9K8a8?si=IGuStPGJEparzhzb

[steel gulch]

one person’s experience is not indicative of everyone’s

you shouldn’t expect to double major at any school because there’s a lot of red tape

but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible lol

[gentle yoke]

yea of course but like

for a school that doesnt release any stats when it comes to this

you kinda have to look at people's personal experiences with this

[obsidian bobcat]

quick question for people applying CMU: for your first essay, is that where you are supposed to indicate what major your interested in?

for context on commonapp i believe they ask you to signify your interest in that first paragraph but just wanted to confirm here

[gentle yoke]

i think so

thats what i did

[autumn torrent]

yeah

[autumn torrent]

cmu has these weird ahh reqs tho

[jolly cape]

anyone free to review my cmu supps?

preferably a college student

[shrewd gyro]

yes process depends on what u mean by double major however

if you want two separate degrees(dual degree) its much harder and requires a 3.6 gpa in around 6 hard cs classes

additional major (one paper two majors) is 3.0 overall and ofc completing the requirements for the major

[prisma garnet]

how bad is it to repeat the same thing 3 times for different prompts?

1. for my main essay i talk about an extracurricular i had related to my passion for computer science
2. i wrote about that same EC for the "what passion or inspiration led you to choose this area of study?" essay
3. im thinking about also writing that in my "What do you personally want to emphasize about your application" essay cuz that's what i would emphasize but i feel like this prompt is so stupid cuz im just saying the same thing three times 😭 should i talk about something else that's less important to me just to get this prompt done with?

[mild galleon]

uhm

peferbly not

bc you wanna talk about yourself wholey

[solemn minnow]

^

[prisma garnet]

thanks

i got an idea

😛

[solemn minnow]

🔥

[mild galleon]

no problem!!

[agile bolt]

are any of you putting second choice major?

[reef fern]

do they really look at that?

i dont know anyone got into their second choice

[autumn torrent]

lowk same

[reef fern]

dame

im cooked

is it still possible

to switch majors after being deferred?

I believed not applying to SCS solved the issue

apparently not

[agile bolt]

😭 😭 ok thanks

but second choice is only for fine arts right

[steel gulch]

you’re probably thinking of the BXA program

that’s different

[agile bolt]

ohh no i meant second choice major

because in common app it only lets me choose from school of fine arts for second choice

[shrewd gyro]

Not unless you are accepted and choose to enroll

[jolly cape]

i dont need to self report my sat anywhere on the portal right?

all i did was enter my scores in the testing section of the common app

this is what they're going off of right

[shrewd gyro]

Yes that’s fine

[clear swallow]

wait i thought it was like 20%

did it really get that competitve?

[autumn torrent]

idt anything at cmu is like 20% anymore

[reef fern]

yeah i once saw it's ~26%

hope it's true 😭

[autumn torrent]

that one website is super out of date

[clear swallow]

guys if i helped my dad build a house, should i consider addigin a secondary major for the school of architecture

i put is as my first one

[reef fern]

and it seems to not be so reliable

[autumn torrent]

yeah

[clear swallow]

it's prbably like 15% now

[autumn torrent]

you should talk about building a house will be like building a booth for a student org its practically the same thing

[clear swallow]

i'm jst trying to get in to college😭

[autumn torrent]

sigep booth a couple years ago

[clear swallow]

archiecture has a 34% acceptance rate apparently

damn

[autumn torrent]

everyone i know in arch wants to kill themself

[reef fern]

5%

confirmed

[clear swallow]

idk tho should i seriously put archiecture as a secondary?

then i'll just switch out

[autumn torrent]

what they told us at the beginning at the year was a little under 4%

[reef fern]

CS is always the most cooked

but UW CS is even more cooked

like ~1%

[solemn minnow]

bruh

[clear swallow]

their acceptance rate for in-state cs is like 20%

they don't like oos

[reef fern]

dame in-states

[autumn torrent]

thsts like oos ar

[clear swallow]

can i switch out of arch and major in IS?

[autumn torrent]

i mean there’s some prereqs and whatnot u have to meet

idk how hard it is to switch into is

[clear swallow]

iseeisee

[autumn torrent]

no it’s private

they will not gaf

[vale shard]

a lot of private top schools will cover all of your demonstrated need

so it's pretty rare that someone will pay full tuition.

people tend to freak out when they see, like, Ivy's with 80k tuitions, but to be honest most people aren't going to be paying that much.

[solemn minnow]

it sucks for internationals at times tho

like when ur pre-tax income doesnt qualify for aid but you're taxed 50% and have a mortgage to pay off on top of that

[crisp elk]

it'll be so funny

if CMU pulls the same shit they did ed

for rd

[ionic cairn]

whats that mean

[autumn torrent]

they did last year lmfao

[crisp elk]

you'll see

[grave shale]

am i allowed to max out recommendations

[grave shale]

as in, if i submit counselor, 2 teacher and 1 other, what will happen

[grave shale]

can i elaborate on an activity listed in my common app for this

[viscid relic]

thats what i basically did but im not sure

[grave shale]

howd you get this

also @viscid relic how many LORs did you submit to cmu

[viscid relic]

by submitting icon for server in https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1068814960437764157

i submitted the required amt of LOR so i think js one 😅

[solemn minnow]

submitted!!

🙏

[jolly cape]

i think uiuc straight cs has a 2% oos ar

cs+x is a different story tho

that depends on the x

im pretty sure stuff like cs+advertising, cs+geo, and cs+cs have like ~50% acceptance rates

which, if youre even remotely interested in those fields, could potentially make an op backdoor

[summer yarrow]

for the successful college experience essay, is it too cliche to do a timestamps/day-in-the-life thing

that was how i was approaching it but i saw a sample essay that basically did the same thing :/ so now im worried its cliche

[worldly karma]

how bad is the SCS workload

can i also take physics classes 🥺

[autumn torrent]

lowk a lot

cs freshman year kinda fdevious but u can get thru

[sick otter]

Is it possible to take Business Administration Major with a CS minor at CMU or do you have to pick a minor from Tepper school of business

[river bramble]

you can minor across schools

[sick otter]

thanks

[vale shard]

alright so, people on reddit seem to hate CMU, but I know that's probably just skewed, for those of yall at CMU, how do you like it?

if I got in and went, would the workload really make me feel like, suicidal? and is the social life that bad? surely not

[cinder palm]

applying ece 😱

should i submit a amc10 of 108 (i put aime qualifer as an award so..)

[slender moon]

if we're giving an art portfolio, where do we submit ti?

[autumn torrent]

love it but the workload is a lot

[autumn torrent]

social scene is fine you just need to not shut yourself in your room

you need to seek out social scenes

freshman dorms are pretty decent communities to find fun

and so are greek life and other student orgs

[vale shard]

I see thanks

[vale shard]

fair enough

is it manageable if you have a decent work ethic, or do you need to be a talented prodigy

[shrewd gyro]

It’s not thaaaat bad. It’s a lot but it’s doable and you would feel very supported here I think

[shrewd gyro]

Decent is fine

[vale shard]

I see, thanks. that makes me feel better, but I suppose it's premature to worry about it since I haven't even gotten in yet lol

[patent zodiac]

Is anyone college student willing to read over my CMU why major essay haha (please I'm dying)

[steel gulch]

portfolio applications were due december 1

if you aren’t a college of fine arts applicant then they don’t take portfolios

[slender moon]

Ohhh ok

[autumn torrent]

i mean i’m surviving

[low spear]

cmu and yale both due tonight

cmu essays turned out so fire, fuck yale i guess

[river bramble]

they only accept if you are applying into an art program, you can find it on slideroom

[river bramble]

nah this is only drama and the other performance ones

if you are doing design or art its due Jan 10

[low spear]

bro i submitted this with 50 seconds left

living life on hte edge

[thorn isle]

if i submitted the main portion before 11:59 but submitted the writing supplements at 12 seconds past 12:00 does it count 😭

[thin gale]

Yes, they want your application first and foremost

[spice merlin]

for cmu school of cs it lets u multiselect the departments

can we just click all except for undecided or is that bad?

[spice merlin]

definitely

no reason not to

[mild galleon]

nope

[steel gulch]

colleges don’t really need official transcripts from colleges where you’ve taken courses unless you’re admitted and choose to enroll

[steel gulch]

unless they ask you for it they don’t need it

unless it’s a dual enrollment course it’s not included in your gpa

i would look at cmu’s policy

[jolly cape]

in a similar fashion, i was reminded of a portapotty so i didnt apply to johns hopkins

[severe remnant]

I SAW THAT POST TOO LMAO

[jagged rain]

BXA music pre-screens are getting released i think

[grave shale]

try paying again and email them is the best i can suggest

[mild galleon]

Call them maybe? The team is so nice so it won’t hurt!

[crisp elk]

Ye they hella chill

[lone dock]

has anybody recieved access to their portal yet?

applied on jan 1st and still no activation email

[sick otter]

bascially everyone js check ur email again maybe spam or something or email them

[sturdy rock]

yeah just try going to portal and resetting password

[lone dock]

The account isn’t activated

[sturdy rock]

hmm that always works for me

even if it isnt activated

@lone dock just try it

[lone dock]

Just did, that’s the error I get

I sent an email to admissions, I’ll see what to do when they reply

[jagged rain]

wait does this school have a portal cuz i never got one 😸

just realized

i submitted Dec 1

i applied for BXA program so i have a separate arts platform but i still submitted common app like normal?

[agile bolt]

huh yeah i got a portal

bxa program

i have a cmu portal that's separate from slideroom

[jagged rain]

ummm okay maybe i should contact them.. 😭

my music part is on Acceptd

and that's all

[crisp elk]

does cmu want a loci

[mild galleon]

maybe

[crisp elk]

CMU DOES NOT DO LOCIS FOR DEFERRED ED

[distant olive]

bro where the fuck is the live chat

i cant find it

@crisp elk

[crisp elk]

It's on the ug admissions page

[mild galleon]

guys ask the defer rate ‼️

[distant olive]

Can u send the link

Its not there for me

[mild galleon]

help they don’t always have it on

[crisp elk]

Lemme get home

[crisp elk]

Idt they'd reveal it

Ur welcome to ask tho

[steel gulch]

yea most schools do not reveal those kinds of statistics

[crisp elk]

after I get my rd back I'll ask kindly

[crisp elk]

btw can someone pin this lmao

[crisp elk]

Apparently cmu defers very little

[worldly karma]

allegedly cmu is the only school where deferred ppl have a higher chance of getting in compared to RD ppl

[crisp elk]

Hell yea

[stark lake]

damn

[distant olive]

HELLL YEAHHHH 🙏🙏🙏

[proper sparrow]

allegedly is crazy

[jolly cape]

💀

[summer yarrow]

stanford and yale too

[crisp elk]

So uh

My calculations may not be right

But cmu deferral rate seems to be sub 1%

[mild galleon]

😅😅

better for us then

[jagged rain]

bro i accidentally withdrew my application 🗿

[severe remnant]

no way

[jagged rain]

lmao i like applied to the BXA program for Music and Eng and i passed the music pre-screen, but i realized i wasn't rly interested in the BXA program anymore so i emailed to withdraw the Music portion of the app but i think the whole thing got withdrawn

it's fine tho

[mild galleon]

💀

[distant olive]

How do u know

[crisp elk]

allegedly they only defer a couple dozen every year

with 10k ed

[distant olive]

Where is this alleged vv

:sob

😭

[distant olive]

I dont think thats very likely, considering a LOT of people were deferred in this server itself

[crisp elk]

I asked the ao office

[jagged rain]

same problem, i had to email them to get it

[agile bolt]

yeah i got the portal really early on

i submitted in jan

[mild galleon]

the sever is highly biased

but i see that

i think w an increased in applicants there will be increased deferrals

but i think they’ll stick to not deferring that much

[distant olive]

yeah, but surely theres more than just a few deferalls in the rest thousands

[mild galleon]

i doubt it

there rlly don’t like deferring

[crisp elk]

Y'all really gonna argue against smth the admissions office said

[mild galleon]

i called them too

they don’t have any numbers

it’s an estimaste

😭😭

[crisp elk]

bro

they aren't gonna be a magnitude off

😭

[mild galleon]

they literally said they don’t have the numbers officially bc it’s in September nor have they officially published those numbers ever

yes, chances are better in RD because they spent more time reviewing your app therefore could lead to an increase in acceptances

and they don’t receive as many apps for ED as other schools in comparison but counting and trying to estimate

is pointless

you won’t ever know the real number therefore you’re only worrying yourself

if it helps then you do you but rlly no point imo

[crisp elk]

I heard from them directly that they usually defer "a few dozen" every year

[mild galleon]

Hi! So I did too, in fact they told me they don't have the numbers

They're just assuming from previous years but this year they expeirneced a large increase in apps

[crisp elk]

well yea but they gave me a ballpark

oh shit they did

[mild galleon]

yes, that was my entire point

[crisp elk]

ok but like

there's no way

like they defer x5 the last year irght

[mild galleon]

ok, now you're assuming

[crisp elk]

surely

[mild galleon]

man why speculate

😭

[crisp elk]

because it's funny

[mild galleon]

every program is different

ECE has a historically ~5.8% acceptance rate, acting has 0.6%

It depends on both your program

and your own application

SCS may have had a higher defer rate in comparsion to idk Deitrch

[mild galleon]

ok guys i have to confess it somewhere bc i slowly am convinced this is the only reason i didnt get rejected 🙏

for my CMU third essay, i wrote a poem about writing my way into where i am + how it was the foundation for me into building a life in america bc i was an immigrant kid w/ ESL (relating it to my writing-based ECs, public-speaking, etc)

[crisp elk]

I wasn't rejected because of stats

😭

my essays were ass

[mild galleon]

😭

my cmu essays were my proudest thing ngl

so far the only school that has come close to that level was cornell

[crisp elk]

CMU essays were by f ar the most ass

[mild galleon]

i mean they had to be somewhat well written either way

[worldly karma]

does cmu track demonstrated interest

or that one thing where you could go to their admissions office to talk to an AO

because i did that before 11th grade and the AO's advice was actually helpful 🪖

[cobalt kernel]

no

[distant olive]

same

[distant olive]

i think my stats were decent for SCS, my essays (include common app) were pretty unique, and ECs were also decent

i was an average applicant except essays

i grinded for them

[mild galleon]

me when i have to wait for march 31st for cmu

[exotic atlas]

do u have proof that AOs said they only deferred a couple dozen?

❤️

isnt that a good thing for the deferred ppl tho?

[crisp elk]

Idk

[exotic atlas]

like if its a few dozen then thats like ~100 ppl away max from getting into cmu

[crisp elk]

I got defer

[exotic atlas]

no thats the exact interface

but few dozen isnt believable

[crisp elk]

You have lune

Like 3k Ed so idk

[exotic atlas]

oh good point

[crisp elk]

So a few doesn't doesn't seem completely unreasonable

Def unbelievable tho

[mild galleon]

this is so unserious help

😭😭

no..

pittsburg girl 😭

what major did you even apply as

ooo u didn’t choose a second

RD kids can do that

😭😭

good luck to you girl

[agile bolt]

wait i thought cmu was in pennsylvania i didn’t know baltimore was a state

oml

good luck all 🔥

ohh

😭

[mild galleon]

😭😭

it is

[agile bolt]

OH 😭 OK GOOF

D

[mild galleon]

pittsburg pennsylvania

very close to ohio

3 hrs away

[agile bolt]

ok ok ok

[mild galleon]

and 6-10 from nyc

[agile bolt]

gotta learn my us geography once i go there 😭

[mild galleon]

no it’s not

10 years here 😢

and i dislike it

CAS IS SO NICE

depends on the person

it feels way too busy

i wait 10-20 minutes for a chai latte

ohh

i rlly like a mix

pittsburg is def a mix

you won’t get nyc

but a glimpse

ah

i worked at NYU and it’s very NYC dream coded

😭😭

it’s ok, college is a move out reason

it’s okay ur ready to cook!!

[crisp elk]

wait what

y'all choose majors

[mild galleon]

erm yes

[mild galleon]

. 🕯️❤️ 🖤❤️ 🕯️
🕯️🖤 🐾 🐾 🖤🕯️
🕯️❤️ 🐾 CMU 🐾 ❤️🕯️
🕯️🖤 🐾 🐾 🖤🕯️
🕯️❤️ 🖤❤️ 🕯️
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

[cedar falcon]

are students here actually depressed or is it a joke

[wicked surge]

they’re actually depressed

[queen sonnet]

inspired by me

[mild galleon]

😭

I really doubt they are

Day 2 of manifesting CMU Deferral -> Acceptance

. 🕯️❤️ 🖤❤️ 🕯️
🕯️🖤 🐾 🐾 🖤🕯️
🕯️❤️ 🐾 CMU 🐾 ❤️🕯️
🕯️🖤 🐾 🐾 🖤🕯️
🕯️❤️ 🖤❤️ 🕯️
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

[warm tiger]

does anyone know how much easier it is to get into information systems over cs

[cedar falcon]

okay yay lol💀💀

[steel gulch]

yea no it’s referred to as pittsburgh’s last steel factory

pittsburgh is already grey and depressing, you add an insanely competitive/grindset school with lowkey not a lot of school spirit and a band with bagpipes and it goes south pretty quick

[cedar falcon]

oh! 😀

[wicked surge]

pittsburgh isn’t depressing

[woeful pendant]

Hey! Can I dm someone currently studying @ CMU please? I had some urgent questions, thank you!

[steel gulch]

have you been to pittsburgh

in the winter

[wicked surge]

I live in pittsburgh

[wicked surge]

i’m there right now it’s not depressing

[steel gulch]

speak for yourself

but as someone who grew up in pennsylvania and moved to cali for school winter break made me want to lose my mind

[mild galleon]

i went to visit during the fall and winter and it’s super nice

[gentle yoke]

do i need to send a letter of continued interest if im defered

bc their site says not to for waitlisted students

idk if that applies to defered student

[mild galleon]

no! check pinned!

[gentle yoke]

Thanks

[mild galleon]

cmu 🤧

literally need RD to come faster

[severe remnant]

reaal

[tame vine]

Can it be March soon?

[mild galleon]

late march**

[worldly karma]

i just want to see that CMU AO again

he actually gave me valid advice

WAIT DOES HE NOT WORK AT CMU ANYMORE 😭

[mild galleon]

guys

i think

it’s not worth it anymore

there’s only sm we can do yk

[woeful pendant]

Yeah

Everyone should just withdraw their apps tbh

Specially those applying cs

Even those who applied rd, just withdraw, it's not worth it

[sick otter]

Okay im down someone go first

😁

[woeful pendant]

they'll be so confused

everyone do it

come on

[mild galleon]

😟

[summer yarrow]

this fr

[chilly iron]

hello cmu homies

[mild galleon]

hello

[agile bolt]

hello

[agile bolt]

i love ur pfp :o

[chilly iron]

O thanks, it was an hd-ified opal texture from a minecraft mod i made a long time ago lmao

[agile bolt]

OHH wowie

opal

[chilly iron]

Ya

Am i gonna see you guys next fall 🥺

I might not be at cmu next fall tho 😢

[chilly iron]

Is yours an axolotl bucket

[agile bolt]

yeah !!

[agile bolt]

bet

[chilly iron]

I forgot did those get added in 1.17

I think it was caves and cliffs

[atomic pawn]

cmu admit all of us 😙

i’ve never been up north before so it will be sooo different culture-wise!!

[chilly iron]

We have clouds and rain

Something something second most overcast city in the us or so

Its good for sleeping in

[atomic pawn]

oh u almost done?

what’d u major in 👀

[agile bolt]

oh shoot yeah

[chilly iron]

Computer science (currently a senior)

[agile bolt]

i thought they were older

[atomic pawn]

fun!

i applied ece but i rly want to join y’all’s gamedev club

[chilly iron]

sometimes

[chilly iron]

oh, GCS?

I was part of that for my first semester

[atomic pawn]

yes!!!!!!

[chilly iron]

so i assume you're also into game making stuff?

[atomic pawn]

yes!!!!!!

[chilly iron]

thats kind of how i got into cs

[atomic pawn]

ahh that’s nice

[agile bolt]

omg no way gamedev gang

🥺

i applied for bcsa

[chilly iron]

oh cool i know some people who did something like that

[agile bolt]

!!!! it's so cool

gosh

[atomic pawn]

ahh i haven’t gotten into gamedev in such a while

[chilly iron]

but yea gcs was fun i led a team with my now roommate we made a gps game called manhunt game which was sort of a hide and seek thing

it was kind of buggy but it was a time

[agile bolt]

aw that sounds so cute

[atomic pawn]

my friend group got burnt out from the building aspect so i was solo for a while

[chilly iron]

what engines/libraries did yall use

[atomic pawn]

solo dev not doing that again

[agile bolt]

godot engine my beloved!!

solo dev is kinda fun but i struggle to keep momentum 😭

[chilly iron]

solo dev is fun but its hard when you have homework and life and whatnot too

[agile bolt]

yeah for real 😔

[atomic pawn]

urm i used roblox

💀💀

but i want to go into unity or godot someday

[chilly iron]

my one still alive project has had its updates slow down a lot since i went to college

[chilly iron]

that's something that uses lua right?

[agile bolt]

oh man

[atomic pawn]

yupyup

[agile bolt]

i have a gap few months so i'm hoping to work on game these days hehe

[chilly iron]

that sounds rly fun i sometimes wish i did that

well now im applying to grad school maybe ill do that or smt

[agile bolt]

oooo!

wowie

all the best

[chilly iron]

thanks!

[atomic pawn]

fr

what field are you trying to go into?

[chilly iron]

i used the lightweight java game library

[atomic pawn]

like job field oops

[agile bolt]

that is so cool...

[chilly iron]

computer systems/graphics related stuff ig

[atomic pawn]

🫡

[chilly iron]

any of you guys played wii play before

or are you too smol for that

[atomic pawn]

urm only wii sports resort and that one bowling game

[chilly iron]

academia/research would be cool too in those fields

industry research sounds cool cuz pays a lot but also lots of layoffs nowadays 😔

[agile bolt]

only played wii sports lol

[atomic pawn]

ahh i want to go into general swe and live in the city

but i do want to develop a game sorta like earthbound/mother 3

[chilly iron]

i'm from the ca bay area and id be happy to end up there again lol

[atomic pawn]

yes PLEASE

[agile bolt]

omg that is so cute

[atomic pawn]

cali sounds so fun

[chilly iron]

my parents live there so i can leech off them

[atomic pawn]

ik i could make the next mother 4 😌

[agile bolt]

TRUST

🔥

i'm currently working on a puzzle game!! that's a bit open-world platformer ish

i'm really excited bc we're hoping to launch our steam coming soon page in like a few weeks maybe hehe

[chilly iron]

oh cool steam is awesome

[agile bolt]

!!!!!

[atomic pawn]

zamn… publishing on steam is crazy

[chilly iron]

you get so much free (although it isnt really free you pay 100$) promotion

[agile bolt]

it's my first time making a commercial game so im really excited lol

[agile bolt]

JKASHJKASF 🔥

[chilly iron]

the steamworks ui is kind of crap though

[agile bolt]

oughh fr

it's navigatable kinda

[chilly iron]

sort of

oh my god the depots and cd keys and builds

[agile bolt]

😭 😭

i haven't gotten much there yet

can't wait

Ehehe

[chilly iron]

good luck

dont pull your hair out

[agile bolt]

thank you 🤞

[chilly iron]

but i got orders of magnitude more numbers on steam than like instagram or anything so yay for that ig

[agile bolt]

i don't have my hopes super high for the first game but u know dream big

[agile bolt]

oooo wait that's nice

okie dokie

[chilly iron]

are you planning to sell it for $

[agile bolt]

yeah !

[chilly iron]

ah

[agile bolt]

first commercial game 🤞

[chilly iron]

my game is free lol

[agile bolt]

that's awesome

[chilly iron]

maybe it should not have been

but i like free and open source software

[agile bolt]

!!! that's kinda real

i did a bunch of small free games on itch but i think it's time for me to dip my toes in the market if u know what i mean ehe

[chilly iron]

yea that would make sense

[agile bolt]

also that's why i love godot <3 free and open source

[chilly iron]

i think my steam numbers are like 50-100x more than itch

[agile bolt]

oh dang

wait that's actually really awesome

[chilly iron]

yea so steam should be a hit

hopefully

[agile bolt]

hopefully!!!!! omg

wow

super exciting HEHEHE yippee

[chilly iron]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1150566290730254357/1332961344257003552/Screen_Shot_2025-01-26_at_1.31.34_AM.png?ex=6797287d&is=6795d6fd&hm=e2d00a6e69452fd68d2eca00bf10b2725898d54cbe62e1f8172e345cc060785a&

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1150566290730254357/1332961344814579712/Screen_Shot_2025-01-26_at_1.31.51_AM.png?ex=6797287d&is=6795d6fd&hm=05c659b8f84b49197089b66b5ff185234235efee63bf3d0e8ebb3500dda4e6bd&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=2506&height=1138

[agile bolt]

oh shit

that's really good :O

dang

[chilly iron]

factor of 48

[agile bolt]

jeez 🤞

[chilly iron]

yea youll probably get some good fraction of that (might be a little less cuz not free but hey you make money off it)

stonks

[agile bolt]

there's not really any way to transfer itch following onto steam right lol

unless i send like an update on a specific game

[chilly iron]

hm yea

[agile bolt]

but i think we might launch only on steam... not sure

[chilly iron]

you do have like your own itch page too

[agile bolt]

yep

[chilly iron]

you can advertise steam there

[agile bolt]

o true

like this game is a bit different from the usual platformers i make on itch lol so it feels a bit fake to send to itch followers or whatever

but maybe worth a try

[chilly iron]

hey if they like your games theyll maybe want more

[agile bolt]

also wait like your download to view ratio on itch is super high?? wow

[chilly iron]

oh what

oh yea

[agile bolt]

like half the people who view your page downloaded it :o

[chilly iron]

i guess itch people download everything they search for

lol

[agile bolt]

AHJKASa

wow

[chilly iron]

i wonder if thats a free game thing

[agile bolt]

most of my games are played in browser but the one that was for download is definitely a lot lower ratio

might just be a really good page design and stuff hehe

[chilly iron]

i dont know how much page design would matter

[agile bolt]

i mean screenshots/description etc?

[chilly iron]

true

[distant olive]

we're so cooked bro.

[agile bolt]

😭

[chilly iron]

why so

[distant olive]

the wait is killing me

[chilly iron]

tbh getting into cmu is kind of rngesus

[distant olive]

defer -- > reject pipeline

[chilly iron]

hey i did ED2 and i got deferred

but then i got in

[distant olive]

they only have ED1 this year unfortunately

idk why

[chilly iron]

ed2 was a covid thing

[distant olive]

😔

i wudve ED'ed both times frr

ed1 --> defer --> ed2 --> reject

💀

[chilly iron]

defer -> waitlist -> reject pipeline (some unis did this to me)

procrastination 💀

[distant olive]

💀

[chilly iron]

looking at georgia tech and umich i think

[chilly iron]

i got rejected to mit berkeley caltech and stanford lol

[distant olive]

ut austin AOs be procrastinating on those apps ngl

[chilly iron]

oh that one

i almost went to austin

[distant olive]

😭

what were ur choices

[chilly iron]

i got into like 14 or so universities but the two finalists were ut austin (turing scholars) and cmu

[distant olive]

goddamn academic weapon

[chilly iron]

i forgot which ones

[chilly iron]

i applied to like 24 or something

[distant olive]

UCs as 1 or?

[chilly iron]

no

i applied to 7 ucs lol

[distant olive]

i applied 19 (5 UCs)

[chilly iron]

i gor waitlisted from davis and irvine

lol

but i got into la, sd, sc, and sb i think

and i got rejected from borkley

[agile bolt]

oh dang

[chilly iron]

my friend who is 2yrs younger than me now goes to borkley and we are comparing he keeps saying borkley is better

[distant olive]

goddamn

[distant olive]

nah cmu better trust

dw

my top choices are cmu berkeley cornell ga tech

skull

im so cooked

[chilly iron]

if you get into something its probably fine there are a lot of good schools

you only need one in the end

[distant olive]

i got umich, so im bing chilling rn ig

[chilly iron]

awesome! that's a great one

[distant olive]

atleast i know im going somewhere

[chilly iron]

oh i found my final application list

i applied to: stanford, caltech, mit, ucla, uc borkley, cmu, umich, georgia, nyu, irvine, austin, santa barbara, san diego, davis, maryland, santa cruz, washington*, madison, *purdue **, uiuc, rutgers, san jose state, cal poly san luis obispo, and cornell

italic = waitlist
bold = got in
bold with star = got in but not cs
crossed = rejected

but good luck folks

[atomic pawn]

dangg

i wish i applied to the ucs but 80k oos tuition

[chilly iron]

ouch

[atomic pawn]

going to cali for school was going to be a no for me until i discovered usc and pomona

ahh the waiting game will be a long one though 🙂

[chilly iron]

gl

do somethinf fun

in the meantime

[atomic pawn]

yessir! hope your grad stuff works outtt

[chilly iron]

if it doesnt i think ill be fine anyway - not entirely sure if that's what i want to do with my life lol

but thanks !

oh yea

video game guys

you should take the course 15-466 video game programming

if you get in

rly cool professor and i had the honor of being TA last semester

you get to learn ab the inner working of video games and stuff

[agile bolt]

this is so cool

:O

thank u

[chilly iron]

😀

[mild galleon]

YUP!! (if they accepet me)

[mild galleon]

😁☝️ got it

[compact helm]

oh damn sounds rly fun

how much experience do you need going into it

cuz i see blender and got scared

[chilly iron]

For this one in particular the graphics course is a prerequisite (usually - you can get it waived maybe). It is fairly coding heavy. But he teaches you to use blender (i had no idea how to use it before). But if you want to learn by yourself for fun i made a cheat sheet with most of the stuff i thought was useful for my class when I was a TA: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1281598393096867882/1281827267844243476/Blender_cheat_sheet.pdf?ex=679afa2b&is=6799a8ab&hm=32dd44ca6d4cf311c8e73d01f28f01418cac6c3de6dfe044cc3da716b39e4b11&

[compact helm]

oh icic ty !

[mild galleon]

I’m curious: do you feel like there’s a good mix of events throughout the year or is it singlehandly mostly in one semester? Furthermore, are even the heavy STEM kids participating in the humanities electives? Not just the BXA kids, yk?

[cinder palm]

anyone know how the notarys certifcate of acknowlrdgement works for fin aid

[chilly iron]

What exactly do you mean by events here?

Also some humanities electives are required anyway - all cs people need to take a few at least

[mild galleon]

Like campus activities hosted by the university or some clubs open to the entire public of the campus? Basically like the carnival that CMU has but are there any other events like def smaller on size but is there just a long haul of just nothing to attend apart from clubs and what not

[chilly iron]

Carnival is by far the biggest. There are a few other things that might be organized by your particular college (I'm in SCS and we have SCS day and like an end of semester picnic and activity too). There are other stuff like scottycon and capture the flag with stuff too, although I'm not really the most social person myself lol

[jolly cape]

am i cooked for information systems if i submit a 4 in ap calc and csa

[distant olive]

Tiny bit

[round jay]

day 1 lemme in cmu

[mild galleon]

wait awe thank you

[humble meadow]

Anyone here have experience doing rotc at cmu

[trail night]

do we have to submit FAFSA or CSS to be considered for merit scholarships even if not eligible for Financial Aid?

[mild galleon]

yes, most likely

[mild galleon]

cmu

pls

let me in

ur two class of 2029 requested me to follow me alr

they want me

why can’t you

🤧

[chilly iron]

i dont think cmu has merit scholarships if you aren't eligible for aid

[compact helm]

^

oart of the reason i just gave up on doing taxes css

[distant olive]

Same pls 😭🙏

[compact helm]

lwk need cmu 🙏

[mild galleon]

can all us get into cmu

[distant olive]

ong

we all need it

pls cmu

[tame vine]

When do we expect it to come out this yr? Last yr was 15th?

[distant olive]

they said 1st april

[jolly cape]

they aint doing this to us bruh

not april first bro 😭 😭

[distant olive]

🤡

[tame vine]

Oh that long!

[mild galleon]

they said by

it’s gonna come earlier

15-25th of march

[autumn torrent]

i like it here a lot of people are depressed tho but like jus be happy

[autumn torrent]

on the other hand moving from southern cali to pittsburgh i still love it here

[mild galleon]

omg ur back

[autumn torrent]

yurrr

[mild galleon]

how’s the pittsburg snow

🤧🤧

[chilly iron]

cold but heating up

the snow itself is mostly gone now

it was here a week ago

[autumn torrent]

it’s warm again now snows gone

but it was so nice

[steel gulch]

snow is great when you dont have to drive in it and its cold for long enough that it doesnt turn into disgusting slush

[autumn torrent]

the slush one day made me mad asf

[mild galleon]

awe shucks 😔

i heard more would be coming tho

[mild galleon]

WAIT THESE ARE RLLY NICE

[chilly iron]

Maybe

[mild galleon]

im glad you guys are warm tho 🙏

ny is becoming more and more early spring

[mild galleon]

omg is that the famous cs building

OMG DEER

the bridge

[mild galleon]

wait hello pitt is actually so pretty

[chilly iron]

Pictures grouped by week

[chilly iron]

Dont be fooled, its cloudy more than it isnt lol

But it can be!

[mild galleon]

WAIT U GUYS HAVE A POOL?

[autumn torrent]

i love our campus sooo much

[mild galleon]

so is nyc tbh mostly

[chilly iron]

Its a decommissioned one

Not at cmu

[mild galleon]

awe shucks

[chilly iron]

Also yes

[mild galleon]

it was my favorite to visit during my tours

[autumn torrent]

phipps is mad nice and right across from cmu

[chilly iron]

Cmu has one in the university center indoors

[mild galleon]

ooo yea it was rlly nice when i went in

tons of windows usually

[chilly iron]

You should try navigating doherty hall 👍

[autumn torrent]

doherty isn’t that bad

[chilly iron]

Nice photos

[mild galleon]

lwky these photos make you all look tall 😔

[autumn torrent]

got the hang of it in a semester

[chilly iron]

Including floors C and D?

[mild galleon]

everyone i met at cmu is tall is this a trend

[mild galleon]

😔 heard rumors..

ALSO ALL THESE PICS ARE SOO NICE

[autumn torrent]

ok those are a little tricky

[chilly iron]

Im not even in the photo what makes you say that

[autumn torrent]

nah i’d say we trend a little shorter tbh

[mild galleon]

just from the height its taken at

[autumn torrent]

i’m literally 5’7

[chilly iron]

Lmao my height is a bit on the high side

I am 5ft 16in

[mild galleon]

guys im 5'3" 3/4

u guys are tall

[autumn torrent]

yeah but i’m a dude so…

[mild galleon]

Isnt that avergae or smthing

[chilly iron]

Yea

[mild galleon]

wait i had to convert this

[mild galleon]

💀

[autumn torrent]

my dorm

[mild galleon]

URS IS SM BIGGER

THAN THE ONE THEY SHOWED US

[autumn torrent]

the stever ones are the smallest on camus

[chilly iron]

I live off campus heh

[mild galleon]

wait calm

[autumn torrent]

but stever is the best place to live lowk even the dorms are the smallest

[mild galleon]

is it the one

with the ping pong table

and near the

statues art place

[autumn torrent]

yes the third one on morewood

[mild galleon]

OH YEAH

[autumn torrent]

that’s stever that’s the one they show on tours

lowk put that as first preference if u get in

[mild galleon]

wait gotchu

[autumn torrent]

it’s the most social dorm and everyone makes lifelong connections there

[mild galleon]

awee

[autumn torrent]

even though the rooms are small

[mild galleon]

i rlly wanted the one w the cafe

midnight one

[autumn torrent]

i’m currently hanging with my friends in stever rn

i spend 99% of my time here

[mild galleon]

hmm intresting intresting

[autumn torrent]

and everyone is always out in the lounge and talking and studying together

[mild galleon]

lwky it looked like a fun dorm

[autumn torrent]

all the other dorms people mostly keep to themselves

[mild galleon]

yeah some guys were doing some calc 1 hw when we walked in

and losing ping pong badly

it lwky made the "cmu depression" vibe seem a little fictional

[autumn torrent]

stever o week

will delete soon

[mild galleon]

omg the pig pong tbale

[chilly iron]

I was in residence on 5th my first yr

[mild galleon]

WAIT THAT KID WAS SO GOOD

[chilly iron]

Its nice cuz you get a bathroom for 2 (3 now) ppl

[autumn torrent]

yeah there was this 9 year old destroying everyone

[chilly iron]

My room

[autumn torrent]

it’s lowk far tho no?

[chilly iron]

Depends what from but yea a bit farther

[autumn torrent]

i live in etower rn so it’s like mad close to campus

[mild galleon]

wait that is sm room

[chilly iron]

You get more room if you dont use uni housing

And you pay similar

[mild galleon]

yea i realized that when talked to the tours

[mild galleon]

ALSO IM ODDLY SURE I HAVE A SIMILAR SWEATHER

TO THE STRIPPED ONE

😭

[chilly iron]

The cmu bedsheets lmao

[mild galleon]

wait

etower

is the one

w the cafe

and connected

to another dorm

similar building

[autumn torrent]

it’s the blanket from the store lol

[mild galleon]

right

its fire

[chilly iron]

Real

[autumn torrent]

yeah connected to gardens and has stacked underneath

[mild galleon]

if i get into cmu im buying those scotty earings

[autumn torrent]

stacked is lowk mad unhealthy but i jus ate it

[chilly iron]

Do you guys have preferences for like semi suite vs shared bathroom

[autumn torrent]

i don’t mind shared

[mild galleon]

^

[chilly iron]

Have you been to the real stackd in oakland

[mild galleon]

😔 i got told its great study food for a reason

[autumn torrent]

yeah lol me n my friends go there a bunch

[autumn torrent]

nah it’s mad greasy 😹😹

[chilly iron]

Its soooo much better than the cmu one

[autumn torrent]

they also serve bevs…

[chilly iron]

The cmu stackd is a mad disappointment really

[autumn torrent]

bevs at stacked oakland >>>

[mild galleon]

im thinking oakland cali

[autumn torrent]

yeah took a while for me as well just cuz i’m also cali

shady grove 🙏🙏🙏

[chilly iron]

Me too lmfao

[autumn torrent]

personally tho i prefer vivas

[mild galleon]

wait was it hard to accustom to pitt in ur opinions

[autumn torrent]

nah

[chilly iron]

Oh ive never been there ive been to mero's other things like chickn and meltd but never viva

[autumn torrent]

lowk pretty easy i dont mind the cold days as much as some of my other friends

[mild galleon]

even up the hills??

[autumn torrent]

viva los tacos is so goated

[chilly iron]

Just get a good jacket that wont let the cold into your butt

[mild galleon]

bc lwky i come from a pretty walkable area

[chilly iron]

Also depends how cold youre used to

[mild galleon]

😔 bye bye hollister jacket i guess

[autumn torrent]

yeah it’s pretty walkable for the most part and bus is solid

[chilly iron]

You can use it for warmer days (those exist)

[chilly iron]

Yes you have to be ready to run on port authority time though (add 5-10 minutes)

[autumn torrent]

yeah get a nice carhartt or like a good puffer or somethn good

[mild galleon]

rlly i heard its delayed a bit

intresting

[autumn torrent]

usually 3 minutes in my experience tbh

[mild galleon]

its probs better than the MTA here tho 😭

[mild galleon]

i usually like to only have one jacket per season for space

[chilly iron]

O

[mild galleon]

bc i usually get rlly fat jackets

but theyre not covering anything below the wiast so

[autumn torrent]

get a good rain jacket as well sometimes it just starts raining

[chilly iron]

Umbrella is essential to have at all times

[mild galleon]

oh i hate umbrellas

[chilly iron]

I stick it in my backpack lol

[autumn torrent]

rlly? i lowk jus rawdog it with the rain jacket

[mild galleon]

^^

i usually just put a hood on or smthing

[chilly iron]

Whatever works but it sometimes starts raining randomly

[autumn torrent]

or just let it rain on you cuz it’s hardly ever like a torrential downpour

[mild galleon]

are they long or

[chilly iron]

Its usually fine until you get one of those insane downpours (more common in spring) and then youre getting soaked

[autumn torrent]

yeah when i toured last year it was pouring

[mild galleon]

i survived the subway, streets, and my schools flood of 2024

[autumn torrent]

for turn tartan day

[mild galleon]

oh srsly

weather rlly said welcome to pitt 😭

[autumn torrent]

yeah shi lowk was od

[mild galleon]

THATS NOT BAD AT ALL

[chilly iron]

Youll prob be fine

[mild galleon]

this was us for like 2 days last yr

[chilly iron]

This was in april

[mild galleon]

i cant find a photo in my phone

but

[chilly iron]

Oh yea thats kinda terrible

I dont think we flood that bad ever

[mild galleon]

the subways were actually so bad too bc my friend saw a rat swimming

on the tracks

[chilly iron]

Lmfao

[mild galleon]

pitt public transport is a much needed improvement i think

[chilly iron]

I wonder is this a poor infrastructure moment or is it just particularly terrible rain

[mild galleon]

its the latter

[chilly iron]

Ah

[mild galleon]

i mean we had smthing similar

the other year

but this yr

our bathrooms flooded entirely

and we couldnt evacuate

cuz the flood was outside too

[chilly iron]

My experience in pittsburgh is a lot of times when it rains its pretty light

[chilly iron]

Thats terrible

[mild galleon]

they were new too 😭

[chilly iron]

But also like you will almost always see some rain or snow on the 10 day forecast

[mild galleon]

WOOHOO

SNOW

[chilly iron]

Oh also spring in pittsburgh is

I will quote a professor

"Spring in pittsburgh is spring, on average"

Ie you will get freak snow into april sometimes but also you will get rly warm days

Its like wild

[mild galleon]

yeaa

we had smthing like that here

so at elast weather isnt a worry

thankfully

[chilly iron]

Well you get to play the fun game of "i wonder what the weather is today"

And checking your phone daily

[mild galleon]

i forget to

i usually play the first

and wear smthing inbetween

😔

until the rain hits

and i forgot a hood

[chilly iron]

Yesterday it was 18c

Today evening it was -2c

[mild galleon]

omg

oh..

wow

😭

at least you get both expeiernces

[chilly iron]

This winter was particularly cold in the first few weeks tho

It went down to like -23c one day

[mild galleon]

....

yo nvm

[chilly iron]

The snow lasting on the ground is pretty rare tho

[mild galleon]

oh

WAIT WERE THE DEERS NEW

apparently deers barley visit

[chilly iron]

That was the minimum tho on average it was a lot warmer

[chilly iron]

The deers were in schenley park

Which is nearby

[mild galleon]

rlly i heard

some were walking

[chilly iron]

But ive seen deers on campus before

And also in residential areas

[mild galleon]

near the art/sciencey buildings

[chilly iron]

Fairly late at night tho

[mild galleon]

yeah it was lwky kinda funny

[chilly iron]

There are a lot of deer here

There are also a lot of rabbits

[mild galleon]

RABBITS

?

[chilly iron]

Yes

[mild galleon]

I LOVE THEM

[chilly iron]

Bnuuies

[mild galleon]

thats actually adorable awe

the most we have is the biting pigeon 😔

[chilly iron]

Lol

[mild galleon]

maybe a few geese

awe but cmu rlly does sound awesome overall

[mild galleon]

OH MY GOSH

ITS SO CUTE

[chilly iron]

Ikr

[mild galleon]

wait a little off topic, is it hard to join a club

[chilly iron]

Im not the best person to ask

[mild galleon]

its so peaceful tho i cant

[chilly iron]

But i dont think so

I mean my first semester i led a game creation society thing

With my now roommate

[mild galleon]

wait hello

thats so smart

bc doesnt cmu mandate cs classes

and a project is game design

if i remember my tour guide correctly

[chilly iron]

You just have to pitch if you wanna lead a project but joining one is easy

[chilly iron]

Uh maybe for 112?

The super intro python course

[mild galleon]

yea i think so

[chilly iron]

I didnt take that

[mild galleon]

she said she took it her freshman year

[chilly iron]

Lol

You dont rly code many games in courses other than 112

(And video game programming)

[mild galleon]

awe

oh??

i rlly wanna be able to learn practial coding more than the theory of code itself

so it was like the few preferences that made choose ece ngl

but im glad theres smthing to pick up

[chilly iron]

Oh dont worry there are a lot of things to code that are practical and not games

[mild galleon]

yippieeeee

this made me only more excited for my decision 😔

[chilly iron]

You have to pick a concentration in cs if you do cs

[mild galleon]

oh yeah

like ai

or the other ones

[chilly iron]

You may like systems if you like heavy coding

Ya

[mild galleon]

the enginnering public policy one in CIT seemed intresting too