Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) (2025-2026)

[humble parrot]

I mean I applied tepper anyways cause my interest is to go into IB made most sense with my application too

[robust creek]

tepper has really good students but it isn't the same from what ive heard as a stem major

[humble parrot]

Nice

I also got into GT today

Don’t plan on attending tho

[robust creek]

fire

scheller?

[humble parrot]

Maybe I just hate georgia

Yea

[robust creek]

nice

[humble parrot]

Oos international

[robust creek]

yeah CMU def is better

[humble parrot]

Yup

[robust creek]

but thats hella impressive as intl

must be cracked

[humble parrot]

Entrepreneurship heavy

[robust creek]

🔥

[humble parrot]

A factor why I find myself not gonna be able to handle CMU lol

[robust creek]

i think startup culture at CMU is better

[humble parrot]

I’m a weird spike and most of my attention is on my business and taking care of my family

[humble parrot]

Yeah Probsbly

But idrc about startup culture I made money off Shopify not like I did anything revolutionary

[robust creek]

honeslty, i dont think CMU will be as comp in tepper as you think. i think it mainly gets that reputation from CS/cs adjacent

i think you'll p much be fine whereever you go

[robust creek]

honestly IB rankings considered UNC is better

its considered within the target range

[humble parrot]

Yeah but less so for nyc banking from what I’ve heard the rep it usually gets is cause of uncs proximity to banks nearby there

I plan on working in New York

[humble parrot]

Yeah ur right

But maybe I’m wrong from what I’ve read up

There’s still mandatory courses even for tepper which wouldn’t help at all for what I wanna do

Probably will worsen my chances given the difficulty

But let’s see

I plan on going to unc atm

Tryna lower my ego rn

Like my dad can’t fathom me choosing unc over Carnegie Mellon so it’s hurting a bit maybe if I read more I’ll see that I’m capable of being top tier at Carnegie Mellon

[robust creek]

i think if you expand your ambitions outside IB CMU will be better, regardless of how high the GPA is

[humble parrot]

Yeah but I think the ambitions outside of IB that Tepper favors towards will have the same issue that I wouldn’t be able to handle that personal workload

I can’t imagine ever becoming a quant

[cedar turret]

i do not, i’ve heard they can be either challenging or easy

but i do know business is extremely dependent on your schools ranking and shit

and cmu is quite highly ranked

[astral thicket]

i mean IB is not crazy hard to get into if youre tepper, its still a semi-target

i think we had around 15 IB last year according to CMU's official statistics

[dull meteor]

How is the startup culture at cmu

[gloomy kiln]

all startups culture is bs

most ppl r making just for the sake of making startups

thats why most fail

if u can somehow trick investors into giving u money then ur a good sales person

a very small % will be successful enough to make it big every1 just goes on the hype train cuz they think its an easy way to make it big working with other cracked ppl

[dull meteor]

are you currently at CMU?

[gloomy kiln]

i have family friends who go ther

[dull meteor]

okay

what’s your opinion on cmu tepper vs washu ollins

[gloomy kiln]

cost diff?

[dull meteor]

N/A

well

not significant

[gloomy kiln]

90-100k is a lot bro

like if money is not an issue id prob pick cmu

but if ur expecting some startup to pop off and make u millions that wont happen at any college or anyplace no matter who u know

ull need a good idea and every1 who does jumps on startup hype train likely never succeeds theres a reason all the yc companies fail or like 90% within the first 5 years

cuz ppl want to make high risk businessess so that they can make a boat load of money but if the idea is bs it wont ever work esp now every1 just makes some gpt wrapper

[dull meteor]

yes, that’s what i’m leaning toward as well

[dull meteor]

Nah, i don’t have any expectations. I will try my best but anything can happen and scaling a startup is incredibly difficult

[gloomy kiln]

like this is just what i thikn thoo

if u have a good idea its good but dont just think for the sake of startups

also going to top schools u will meet other cracked ppl who are just gonna be more hypercompetitive and top of their own hs's

its just never a good formula to work with

[dull meteor]

i’m hoping the spirit is collaborative lol

my friend at cmu told me that lots of people work together

[gloomy kiln]

yea but

a bunch of hypercompetitive tryhards

ur fogetting ppl have egos and stuff

i think that could def be a reason a lot of startups fail

but also i think because a lot of ppl just jump on the hype train

[dull meteor]

we’ll see i guess

[hot seal]

did they send the wairtlist form?

[stone shore]

it is collaborative

[stone shore]

lmao these guys get humbled idt I've ever met people that weren't willing to give help lmao

[astral thicket]

i just dont think hypercompetitive tryhards really exist at cmu

even the olympiad sweats are generally decent people

[stone shore]

as much as you hate SCS idk I feel like we have that sort of competitive culture

compared to berkeley

although I dunno if it's due to the school or selection process

[solemn heron]

are you scs

this is where im depositing probably

[stone shore]

yeah

[astral thicket]

latter

[gloomy kiln]

?

[dull meteor]

yayyy

[dull meteor]

lets go

i was getting worried for a second lol

[vague yoke]

Join the 2030 discord and ask questions in the questions channel

We have tepper students there

[woven steeple]

Can anyone help me deciding between CMU/Berkeley(CS)

[solemn heron]

#954425230896545792

[digital otter]

cmu easily

top cs school, only below mit

unless the price is a big difference

[woven steeple]

OOS for both

[novel rose]

Unless you run a significant price diff then (which at full pay, you wouldn't), go CMU imo

[lapis oak]

is there a disc server for '30

[crude ether]

how likely is it to get off of waitlist for scs

[solemn heron]

cmu does not unwaitlist people

it’s like 4000 waitlisted and 50 get off?

[crude ether]

😭 😭

[cedar turret]

actually 36

[solemn heron]

provisionally committed because waitlists dont move until may

roll tartans 🐕‍🦺

[rich tundra]

Do u know if it’s like a loci or is it a form idk

[cedar turret]

a form

[smoky pond]

when do u get the form? I have yet received anything for that yet

[nova imp]

Hello, I got admitted to MCS for math, and I’m looking to reach out to any current students in MCS who are also majoring in mathematical sciences who are open to answering questions/sharing about experience?

[solemn heron]

you may have better luck in the admit server i can dm it to you

[light dome]

does anyone know how to get more financial aid

[solemn heron]

^

[light dome]

i did not get enough 😭

[solemn heron]

Me neither

[rich tundra]

WAITLIST FORM OUT

[nova imp]

Sure, I’d like to join that

[hot seal]

alr so this waitlist form is like useless

[robust creek]

Nah don’t lose hope gng

[hot seal]

mm

[autumn wasp]

dw guys i won’t be accepting the waitlist form so there’s one less person

[solar kelp]

Is there a chat for CMU Qatar ?

[cedar turret]

no

if you have any specific questions i’ll try to find answers for you tho

i don’t believe we have anyone here from cmuq

[cedar turret]

it’s really a gamble

[cedar turret]

make an appeal with admissions

it should be released tmrw?

if not call the office or email them

you’ll need to provide more information on why you need aid

like a circumstance not on the fasfa or not considered

from what i’ve heard cmu doesn’t increase aid too much but can increase a lil

and it is possible to get a lot more if they messed up

[light dome]

i got mine back already

but they don’t consider siblings in college asw which is cooked for me

[cedar turret]

that’s dumb

cmu general admissions is dumb

[light dome]

yeah i have a complicated scenario but based on what they said when i called them i doubt they will factor it in

[cedar turret]

cmu drama admissions are goated

[light dome]

it’s like a family medical thing my dad has but they only factor in expenses if they already happened not if they are going to happen so it’s cooked

[rich tundra]

ryan do u know any programs for cs undergrads. I'm trying to include them in my waitlist form

[cedar turret]

uhhhhhhh

i don’t

i could probably find out

be more specific, like what types u want @rich tundra

[rich tundra]

Like wdym types

[cedar turret]

program is very vague

are you looking for something academic? something extracurricular?

interdisciplinary?

[rich tundra]

Ohh that

Sorry

Yes extracurricular

Like being involved with cmu and contributing to research projects stuff like that

[cedar turret]

from a scs student @rich tundra

[rich tundra]

Ooo interesting

Thank you!

I need to make sure I get off this waitlist.

[cedar turret]

what are your other options

[rich tundra]

well none really

I got waitlisted from uc irvine and san diego

and got into the gt pathway thing

[blissful jackal]

i got waitlisted what should i write in my waitlist form???

[cedar turret]

why are you still interested in cmu regardless of all the other offers you have

[blissful jackal]

yes

im commiting to bu atm, but if i get in from waitlist ill go

[short sleet]

On CMU's waitlist faq it says they've admitted an average of 123 students off the waitlist each year in the past 5 years LMAO

Me when I lie

[cedar turret]

so that’s called a massive fucking lie

what’s the waitlist page they’re giving yall this year

[short sleet]

Ermm I already submitted it and I wasn't really paying attention

Is there something different about them every time?

[cedar turret]

the website? yeah they change the url

it should be in your decision letter

[short sleet]

Oh they didn't do it like that this year

It was a link that they put in the portal and then they took it away after I submitted the form

So unfortunately I can't open it again to tell you what the url was lol

[cedar turret]

that’s dumb

[novel rose]

check browser history?

[cedar turret]

from… a year ago?

that shits GONE

[novel rose]

no for the other guy

[novel rose]

in response to this

[tired moon]

for everyone that signed up for turn tartan day were you given any information through an email after registering ? i just registered for tmr by contacting admissions since the deadline had passed but they didn’t give me any more details besides asking what sessions i wanted to attend

[topaz burrow]

yea they send a confirmation

click view your form submission

and it shows the itinerary

[tired moon]

i didn’t do it through the website tho, i did it through admissions so i didn’t receive a confirmation email or anything

if anyone has the schedule w the times that would be great

[topaz burrow]

don’t have image perms 😔

i’ll dm

[tired moon]

can u dm me ??

[topaz burrow]

if i took calc 3 at my hs do they give credit

[humble parrot]

If u took AP probably

I don’t think u get it if you don’t have it standardized

[stone shore]

no

they would not

[vernal sparrow]

hello dragonvale person

im going to ur school now 😛

[stone shore]

ah fuck

[rich tundra]

hey is it okay to priv dm you?

[north patrol]

waitlist is cooked

they practically take no one

[cedar turret]

yes

[rich tundra]

hey but it isn't impossible there is always a chance

[gritty patrol]

one good thing is a chill class at CMU usually is helpful. It allows you to have more time for other classes

[topaz burrow]

scs acceptance package!!

[vague yoke]

lol ur on the 30 server crazy

[vague yoke]

lol hello didnt know ur from a2c

boosting a2c too lmao crazy

[topaz burrow]

came from cmu server first 😉

[gritty patrol]

lol

[vague yoke]

Crazy

[gritty patrol]

hold up, your a junior already? I swear it wasn't that long ago you were a prefrosh

[humble parrot]

Wdym

[sharp mortar]

IS is stoopid smh

[stone shore]

ong

[rich tundra]

for cmu waitlist, should I just do bullet points or a loci

[tired moon]

who else got sent socks

[vague yoke]

Uh it’s a long story, I can dm?

But it has been a long time now too

[gritty patrol]

Sure!

[vague yoke]

Uh, time has passed so fast lol

[vague yoke]

2-3 business days lol

[gritty patrol]

lol no worries

[earnest jacinth]

ur just jealous

smh

[wraith pawn]

Is transferring to Carnegie Mellon realistic?

[vernal sparrow]

the transfer acceptance rate last year was 8.4%, and the year before that was 5.5%

it is possible

although the odds aren't in your favor

[stone shore]

for CS?

[vernal sparrow]

this is for cmu in general, for transferring into the university

based on the common data set

cs is prob more cooked

[topaz burrow]

🤨

[cedar turret]

it all depends on how close they are to capacity per program, not a set number

[gritty patrol]

hm?

practically everything under the sun was sponsored by the Military

[wraith pawn]

Hmm I see

What are some activities that you would say increase your chances?

[gritty patrol]

are you planning to transfer to SCS?

[cedar turret]

honestly i have no idea our admissions team is weird

just do lots of interdisciplinary things

[wraith pawn]

Yes among others

[stone shore]

I'm not going to sugarcoat it

it is going to be rough

students at CMU also have a hard time transferring in

[wraith pawn]

Yeah im gonna try to lock in and do a lot of research and win big math competitions over freshman year and the summer

Transfer will probably be Sophomore year.
Stanford, CMU, Harvard, or MIT
I want to transfer to one of those 4

[gritty patrol]

Whats big math competitions

Winning the Putnam will probably do it

[astral thicket]

you need to be top 10% of the CMU CS class to transfer in AS a cmu student btw

note that ~10% of the CMU CS class is USAMO or USACO Plat

[wraith pawn]

Yeah I meant Putnam

I am aiming for like Top 50

Been practicing every day for 2 hours

Top 10 would be the ultimate goal

T50 is realistic tho for studying 2-3 hrs every day

[gritty patrol]

Is T50 realistic though? I just want you to think on this for a bit more. That’s basically claiming T50 best math student in the country

Not saying it’s not but like that’s a strong claim especially given that sophomores juniors and seniors with more uni experience are competing

[wraith pawn]

Nah I meant if I continue to practice rigorously for 2-3 hours a day

I am already seeing improvement and I have been doing it for 2 weeks only. I solved an IMO problem from the 1970s today, which is something I never thought I would be able to do. That’s why I think it’s realistic I might be overestimating tho idk we will see

[rich tundra]

can anyone help me and give any advice about my waitlist letter?

[void prairie]

bro holy shi thanks for the reminder i completely forgot thats due soon

[rich tundra]

cmon bro we need to lock in

[hot seal]

in the box should i try to add in more why us or does it not even matter cuz the chance is so low, like would they go based off of similar pprofile anyway

[vernal sparrow]

it prob cant hurt

[restive sky]

can someone check my resume/stats list, im gonna be applying to cmu as like one of my top 2 choices and i wanna know if im cooked :)

[stone shore]

deadass there's no way to know if you'll get in

like

all that we'd be able to say is that you wouldn't be autorejected but after that we have no idea

[cedar turret]

none of us are the admissions officer that will be reviewing ur app

cmu admissions is so fucking random

[earnest jacinth]

what math competition experience do u have previously?

did u do amc/aime/usamo?

keep grinding man im tryna do putnam this year too

but i do want to let u know T50 is insane

and IMO questions from 1970s are way easier than IMO questions now

[wraith pawn]

None, I wanted to do it but my school never started a program
I asked like every year

[wraith pawn]

Yeah but it's progress
Because a few weeks ago I wasn't able to solve any Oly problem

[hot seal]

wait whens the waitlist reply due the time

bc im getting a comp result at 9pm cst td

[cedar turret]

it should say the date and it’s just by 11:59pm EST that day

[hot seal]

ye it says due today ok thx

[robust creek]

Fuck I have a show today and can’t submit until like 10 pst

[robust creek]

Wait it let me do it at 11pm pst

Oh whatever chances of getting off are like 0.3%

[hot seal]

lwk its not even that deep prob

[hot seal]

yea lmao

[robust creek]

Oh wait you’re going to GT too 😭🙏

[topaz burrow]

there is a scs kid in the admit server abt to jump ship for yale

spots are opening 🤞

[hot seal]

🙏 🙏 lemme in i just submitted a fire loci in the waitlist box yesterday

[hot seal]

ur going? nice
if we dont get off any waitlists and fr end up at gt we can meet

[hot seal]

who

is it @solemn heron

[topaz burrow]

no

[hot seal]

ah

[robust creek]

I might I’m still deciding

[hot seal]

oh

[robust creek]

It’s between the University of Washington and Georgia Tech

[hot seal]

gng theres like 5 days lock in

[hot seal]

its kinda like me: UT vs GT

its like ur in state or gt

[hot seal]

have u made a #954425230896545792 post

[robust creek]

I have

People are saying GT others saying uw

I think if I wanna do CS I’ll go uw

Eng GT

[topaz burrow]

gt is goated they keep spamming my email 😔

[hot seal]

oh what u changed?

[robust creek]

I got int math+cs at GT

Or wtv it’s called

[hot seal]

yea MACS

[robust creek]

Probably similar but I wanna try compe

[hot seal]

i do not think compe is similar to that

[robust creek]

I can always switch back

[hot seal]

oh fr

[robust creek]

No maxs is similar to CS

Macs

[hot seal]

oh yea

[robust creek]

Compe is different

[topaz burrow]

what was the final acceptance rate for macs this yr

[robust creek]

13% Oos and CS was 12 % Oos

I think

But I think CS has better applicants

[topaz burrow]

crazy stats either way

at the cmu scs admit reception they said their flat rate was 7%

[robust creek]

Gotta be lower

[topaz burrow]

u wld be surprised how self selecting it is

[robust creek]

Hmm

[topaz burrow]

calculator app history my love

[robust creek]

I applied to Dietrich ED and got defer -> WL it ended majors statML

😭

Hoping for miracle on waitlist

[hot seal]

ngl imm chill ab this waitlist

atp i like gt cs over cmu

[topaz burrow]

gt cs is still great!!

i was gonna go there if i didn’t get cmu prob

[hot seal]

fr

i rlly be liking the cultutre

[topaz burrow]

but does gt let u use the meal plan on ice cream🤔

[hot seal]

lol

yk always gotta look on the bright side

gt food will force me to learn how to cook and not get fat

[topaz burrow]

or just take my cmu spot if i get off a wl 😛

[hot seal]

lol

the wl chain

[vernal sparrow]

haha i see it too

[cedar turret]

yales cs ranking

[topaz burrow]

maybe he wants to change his major 🤷‍♀️

[vernal sparrow]

major ranking isnt everything

[robust creek]

i deadass had a dream i got off the WL

😭

[topaz burrow]

that was me with yale 😭

[hot seal]

i had a daydream i got off the WL

[smoky pond]

Does anyone know when the WL drops?

[rich tundra]

BRO SAME

[cedar turret]

random

it rlly depends on the college itself, there isnt one specific date

[wanton cape]

yo wtf did everyone have this dream too

actually mine mightve been cornell waitlist i cant remember

[rich tundra]

Has anyone heard anything?

[blissful cobalt]

hey guys does anyone know when does cmu release their waitlist

[earnest jacinth]

i have friends who were accepted off waitlist during summer break last year

[topaz burrow]

welcome

[earnest jacinth]

so fire

[rich tundra]

So im cooked

[hot seal]

nahh i mayhaps have been the first

[robust creek]

Nothing yet pls Dietrich

[rich tundra]

I’m fried

[simple heron]

I think it’s mostly only people who applied ED and got waitlisted

[rich tundra]

That’s what I was seeing so hopefully rd is next?

[hot seal]

o yea i eded, then got deferred then waitlisted

[robust creek]

I applied ED nothing so far

But I’m not SCS or engineering

[robust creek]

Fuck me

How is engineering not full 😭

[ocean garden]

It's the largest school

[robust creek]

It wasn’t meant to be I guess 😭

Lowk have been wanting to study stats but didn’t get into a single program so engineering it is

[ocean garden]

You can always change or do a minor/double major in it

[vernal sparrow]

how are you communicating with them? is this email?

[robust creek]

My school doesn’t offer a minor or double major

[robust creek]

Live chat, this was a friends screenshot

[ocean garden]

GT doesn't have a stats major??

[robust creek]

No

[ocean garden]

Is there at least a stats department

[robust creek]

Math major yes, stats major no

[ocean garden]

Well math and stats are quite different

[robust creek]

No, math dept… closest thing to stats is industrial engineering

[robust creek]

Exactly

[ocean garden]

Wait looking at the catalog, it looks like a pretty standard stats major

They just put it in the math department

Looks more like an arbitrary thing (like CS being in engineering school)

[robust creek]

No, there is a concentration in stats

Not a major

So it’s not like a standard stats major coursework

[ocean garden]

Ohh

But at least there's still a lot of stats classes

[robust creek]

I guess

StatML would have been tuff but it is what it is

[ocean garden]

Well you can always do stuff adjacent to that

Your major isn't that relevant

[robust creek]

Well statML is cool because I could do major easily right? Like 200 credit major so it’s feasible to double in CS or business

[ocean garden]

Yeah I think all Dietrich majors are designed like this

In general, not too hard to do an additional major at CMU

[robust creek]

Oh ok nice