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CONGRATULATIONS!
We’re so happy to offer you a spot in the class of 2025+ at Carnegie Mellon University, and we couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come. We know you’ll do great things here, and we can’t wait for you to get started.
Here, no one goes it alone. This is where people of all kinds make life better for humankind. We’re the home of the curiously inquisitive. The stubbornly open-minded. The passionate kind. The methodical kind. The ready-to-get-it-wrong-if-it-gets-us-to-right kind.
In short, this is your kind of place.
You’re admitted, but there’s more to do. This book will walk you through the next steps.
LET’S GO.
Visit the You’re Admitted website Share your pride Don’t forget May 3, 2021 FIRST It’s built to get you rolling Alert your friends, family and followers That’s the last day you can enroll. Ready to take your place THINGS on enrolling: and tag it with #TurnTartan. at Carnegie Mellon? Submit your enrollment deposit: FIRST cmu.edu/admitted cmu.is/portal TAKE A CLOSER LOOK 05
Get acquainted, acclimated, downloaded and ready for what’s next.
Now that you’re an admitted Tartan, LOG IN we can’t blame you for wanting to take Experience Carnegie Mellon as an admitted a closer look. In fact, we expect you to. student from wherever you are. See the cool We’re dedicated to helping admitted parts of campus. Connect with faculty. Explore students like you get versed in everything our traditions and hear what Tartan life is really Carnegie Mellon. like, straight from students.
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Save this: 412.CMU.IMIN, or 412.268.4646, if digits Visit virtually are more your speed. That’s your admitted student NEXT Check out our online phone number, your direct line to our admission STEPS engagement opportunities: staff during the month of April, for answers to every cmu.edu/admitted question you have about enrolling. ACADEMICS 06
At Carnegie Mellon, we’re the kind to push the boundaries of what’s known, collaborate and engage with others, and develop our skills all in the name of making life better for humankind. It’s why we’re so committed to HERE FOR THE offering you the support you need to be successful at your studies and MOLD-BREAKERS, everything you set out to accomplish. GRANT-GETTERS, Keep your academic INTERVIEW-CRUSHERS, game on point.
Getting everything out of your courses AND GRAD-SCHOOL- takes more than meticulous note-taking. It’s why our Student Academic Success GET-INNERS. Center offers peer tutoring, academic coaching, study skills, supplemental instruction and collaborative learning groups. However you want to strengthen your academics, you’ll find help here.
Breakthroughs are greater when they’re made by you.
Artificial intelligence. Cultural trends. Sustainable development. If you care about it and can’t stop thinking about it, by all means research it. The Undergraduate Research Office can connect you with advising, fellowships and all-important funding, so you can push frontiers and forge partnerships with other passionate Tartans.
Be prepared for life after Carnegie Mellon.
At the Career and Professional Development Center, job one is to get you ready for day one. The CPDC will help you map your path with college and industry-specific career counseling, graduate school advising, resume and interview assistance, and on-campus recruiting and career fairs.
Make the grade Get into grad school or get the job Make discoveries NEXT Get smart on how we support Learn how the CPDC prepares you for See what other Carnegie Mellon students have STEPS your academic development: post-graduation success: researched and how to get your project started: cmu.edu/student-success cmu.edu/career cmu.edu/uro PURSUEYOU SOMETHING LOVE, AND IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE WORK. OR EVEN PLAY. IT JUST LIKE FEELS YOU. WHAT WE VALUE 11
Collaboration.
The brilliant-thinkers and stunning- Diversity, equity observers who move humankind are and inclusion. the ones who work as a team, and those are the only kind you’ll find at Carnegie We’re dedicated to finding ways to Mellon. Because in real life, there are honor every truth and provide you the no lone geniuses, and the challenges support you need to thrive. Because that need to be solved can only be the answers that move humankind solved together. in good directions are found where perspectives overlap and occasionally collide. Every experience matters, and we can’t do this without yours.
BE PART OF A UNIVERSITY SO UNIQUE, OUR COLORS ARE A PATTERN.
Like many you’ll meet on campus, co-founder Andrew Must love Scottie dogs. WE BELIEVE IN: Carnegie wasn’t from around here. He was born in Our mascot is the Scottish Terrier. You’ll Scotland and arrived with little more than his name. see pictures of Scotty all around, and while Interdisciplinary Our school colors are derived from Scottish tartan cloth, there is a real live mascot, sightings are knowledge. immediately recognizable for its intricate interwoven a rare and prized event. Life doesn’t order itself into neat little pattern of many hues and values. You can think of it as silos. It’s only by knocking down barriers a perfect metaphor for the Carnegie Mellon community, between disciplines and learning where individuals come together to make up something from and teaching each other that we can develop the world-changers and bigger than themselves. TARTAN tomorrow-builders Carnegie Mellon Official University Colors is known for.
Brace for swag NEXT You have Tartan gear on the way. STEPS Can’t wait? Swing by the University Stores: bookstore.web.cmu.edu 13
YOU ARE THE MUSIC, ALL YOU NEED IS TUBA. The Beatles, Queen, Mariah Carey, the Tartan Tuba Band tackles it all. YOUR BODY IS THE RHYTHM, YOU KNOW THE TUNE. NOW IMPROVISE.” — SHANE, VOCAL PERFORMANCE 2022+ STUDENT LIFE 14
Into all kinds of things? Join the club.
We could mention the Aerospace Club, but Bhangra in the Burgh might get jealous. Then the Drone Racing Club will wonder why we’re + talking about the Filmmaking Club, when we 400 could be bringing up the Hillel Jewish Students clubs and Organization or SPIRIT, Carnegie Mellon’s Black organizations Student Union. Curious? You can learn about all the clubs and organizations using a tool called The Bridge. 17% of students Cross borders and participate in break boundaries. Greek life Study abroad at Carnegie Mellon is about more than getting your passport stamped. It’s LEARN an opportunity to pursue your academic and 17 personal passions in ways you can only do by NCAA Division III being there. Where’s there? Australia, Cuba, varsity teams Rwanda, Switzerland, United Kingdom and all kinds of other points on the globe. LIVE
Here, our approach to student life comes from two directions: helping you be a successful student, and helping you live your best life. Whether it’s making it easier to make friends, eat well and get rest — or take care of your mind, body and everything else — we’re here to help you find yourself in good company, and in a great place.
Get involved Pack your bags NEXT Explore our clubs See where study abroad STEPS and organizations: can take you: thebridge.cmu.edu cmu.edu/studyabroad ALL ABOUT YOU 17
Ready and able Embracing every individual, for every body. identity and experience.
The Office of Disability Resources is here to Making life better for humankind means understand each person’s needs and devise honoring every truth and making a the best plan for action and success. The meaningful commitment to diversity, equity office works to make campus activities and and inclusion. And through the Center for programs inclusive and accessible for the Student Diversity and Inclusion, you’ll find Carnegie Mellon community and its guests. an open, accepting space where people from all backgrounds can speak, be heard and feel included. You’ll also find guidance and essential resources for students of HELPING YOU DO IS ALL WE DO. every background — including those who Keeping your brilliant are historically underrepresented and those mind shining. who are the first in their family to attend college. The Center also offers programs Mental health is essential health, and and initiatives that increase awareness and Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS) engage the community in support. provides a safe, confidential environment to talk about your personal and academic concerns, and to support your psychological well being — in the moment and along your whole journey.
Live your truth Stay psyched up Clear your path NEXT See how the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion Learn how CaPS is here to help See how the Office of Disability STEPS supports diversity, equity and inclusion: keep you strong and resilient: Resources can help: cmu.edu/student-diversity cmu.edu/counseling cmu.edu/disability-resources 019 HOUSING AND DINING 18 Herbivore. Omnivore. On the menu: Something for every-vore. everything.
However you plan to eat, there’s a meal plan Global cuisines. Pizza and burgers. Salads and for you, and a world of options and locations smoothies. All-day breakfast. Orthodox kosher, across campus. What and when you eat is up halal, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and allergen- to you. With a swipe of your Carnegie Mellon free options. No matter your taste or dietary ID card at any of our 35+ dining locations, you’ll non-negotiables, you’ll find delicious dining at be fueled up and moving, or taking a nap with Carnegie Mellon. a full stomach.
Where a house makes Settle in with this your home.
your fellow eaters, Once you receive your housing assignment, you’ll become a member of one of our sleepers and thrivers. house communities. This is how Tartans connect as individuals, share experiences, build strong friendships and become part of something that feels more than a little like family.
Everybody has a different idea of home, No matter where you call home, and no and no two people share the same exact matter your identity, you’re guaranteed favorite dish. But when you live and dine gender inclusive housing if you choose it. And no matter where you live — a first- on the Carnegie Mellon campus, you’ll year-only residence hall; single-gender or find a place to call your own, and food to all-gender community; or an on-campus make your stomach (and the rest of you) apartment or townhouse, your place is feel at home. right here.
Explore housing Sample dining NEXT Your housing assignment Learn more about your STEPS will be chosen by lottery: meal plan options: cmu.edu/housing cmu.edu/dining LIFE IN PITTSBURGH 21 Be Pittsburgh Famous.
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood? It’s here, created from the mind of Pittsburgh native Fred Rogers. Pop-art godfather Andy Warhol? He’s from here, too. Look around: you’ll be in famous company. Singer and entrepreneur Christina Aguilera. Actor-musician Jeff Goldblum. Pulitzer prize-winning playwright August Wilson. Groundbreaking conservationist Rachel Carson. Dance sensation Maddie Ziegler. And, shown right, Billy Porter: stage and screen supernova, Pittsburgh Public Schools graduate and proud Carnegie Mellon alum.
Pittsburgh is the birthplace of Heinz, their iconic bottle design shown above, as interpreted by Pittsburgh native and renowned pop artist Burton Morris. BE PART OF A CITY BUILT BY Feed your senses. Make your place RESOLUTE REINVENTORS Galleries, museums and stages. in Pittsburgh. Productions, performances and AND As big as our hometown may be, with exhibitions that blur and blend Student Leadership, Involvement, and boundaries between visual, verbal TIRELESS DREAMERS. Civic Engagement (SLICE), you’ll have and theatrical arts. And with the no trouble finding ways to get involved Carnegie Mellon Arts Pass, much and be the difference. SLICE can connect of it’s yours to experience for free. Everyone has an idea of what Pittsburgh is. A steel town. A sports you with partners and projects powered by direct service, civic discourse, social town. Andy Warhol’s hometown. The truth: It’s all kinds of towns. justice and philanthropic opportunities. For every flavor of fandom. It has over 90 neighborhoods, is home to Fortune 500 companies in As activist as you want to be, you’ll have a range of industries, and it’s no stranger to change, transformation a part to play in our commitment to On the gridiron (Steelers), the diamond and spectacular do-overs. In short, it’s a town that expects you to building the best possible Pittsburgh. (Pirates), the ice (Penguins) or the pitch (Riverhounds), you’ve got a pro team step up and make it yours. ready to earn your undying devotion. Of bridges and neighborhoods. Order up, foodies. Pittsburgh sits at the confluence of three major rivers and has been shaped by Pittsburgh is known for ketchup and waves of innovation and immigration. fries, but you wouldn’t know it from our Be and do good Dig deeper and discover Through it all, it’s a surprisingly easy eclectic and irresistible world of pop-up NEXT Get involved: See even more of what place to get around — your student ID food halls, posh bistros, supper clubs, STEPS Pittsburgh has to offer: will let you ride the city bus for free. cozy diners and cuisine from every cmu.edu/student-affairs cmu.is/explore-pittsburgh corner of the planet.
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Whether it’s adding your message to the Fence — the most-painted object in the world — or challenging the limits of physics and reason in a push-powered buggy, even Carnegie Mellon’s traditions defy tradition. See for yourself below, and see yourself here. We certainly can.
BAGPIPINGmajor offered
EXPLORE THEABSURDLY HABITAT OF THE LOGICAL AND TRADITIONALLY NONTRADITIONAL.
Get into Buggy Build a world in a box Stand by your words NEXT See how fast human-powered This is no pillow fort. Discover the Paint your organization’s message — and STEPS humans can go: Spring Carnival challenge called Booth: stand guard over it — on the Fence: cmu.edu/buggy cmu.is/traditions-spirit cmu.is/traditions FINANCIAL AID 25
YOU’VE WORKED HARD TO GET THIS FAR. LET’S SEE HOW FINANCIAL AID CAN HELP YOU GET HERE.
If cost is coming between you and a Carnegie Mellon education, we’ll help you determine the resources to make it work.
At Carnegie Mellon, we’re committed to If your parents are divorced or separated, meeting the demonstrated need of our or don’t share the same household, please undergraduate students and finding follow these guidelines: ways to make an education affordable for you, and fair for all. It’s a fine balance • Your custodial, whether biological or adoptive of understanding what you need and parent (the parent with whom you reside finding the options that work best. most of the time during the 12 months prior to application), must file a FAFSA and And it all begins with CSS Profile. submitting* the following documents: • Your noncustodial parent (biological or adoptive) must complete a second CSS Profile. • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) We look forward to reviewing • CSS Profile your requested documents and finalizing a financial aid • 2019 federal tax documents, via College Board’s Institutional Documentation Service offer, but for that to happen, (IDOC) you’ll need to submit them to Carnegie Mellon through IDOC.
Submit your financial aid documents * Already submitted your documents? NEXT The sooner you send them the better: Excellent! Your financial aid offer should be STEPS ready soon. Check your status at your Where pages.collegeboard.org/idoc Am I in the Process? portal: cmu.is/portal 27
CARNEGIE MELLON TEACHES US TO TAKE RISKS,TO GROW AND TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY AGAIN.” — SARA, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022+ SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION 28 TOP GRADUATE SCHOOLS
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From the very beginning, and every day since, Carnegie Mellon students and faculty members have shared a singular focus: making life better for STARTING 400+ all people and advancing the whole of humankind. SALARIES UNIQUE EMPLOYERS Not a small mission, but one that begins Average starting salary for 2020 graduates with the success of you and your fellow with a Carnegie Mellon bachelor’s degree. have hired 2020 Carnegie Mellon graduates Tartans. And whether it’s expanding and
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YOU’VE NEVER BEEN THE KIND TO TURN BACK. #TURNTARTAN TODAY.
Carnegie Mellon sees so much in you. We see the dreamer and doer. The reliably unpredictable. The subtly charismatic. Most of all, we see an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind mind. And here at Carnegie Mellon, it takes people of all kinds to move humankind. It takes you. 1 2
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Tartans, All In. • Wash Your Hands Carnegie Mellon University does not Everywhere. discriminate in admission, employment or Further, we’ve enhanced cleaning administration of its programs or activities The Carnegie Mellon community takes methods and made significant on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, age, sexual orientation, a shared responsibility approach to improvements to the HVAC systems gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, living on and off campus. As part of across the university. We’ve also modified belief, veteran status, or genetic information. the university’s strategy to mitigate the campus spaces including classrooms, Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and is required not to spread of COVID-19 in our community, residence halls, dining facilities and more, discriminate in violation of federal, state or all students are subject to quarantine following guidance from the Centers for local laws or executive orders. requirements upon arrival to campus, Disease Control, the Commonwealth of Inquiries concerning the application of and and weekly asymptomatic testing Pennsylvania Department of Health and compliance with this statement should be throughout the semester. the Allegheny County Health Department. directed to the university ombudsperson, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, 412.268.1018.
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