What kind of person is an diverse applicant at CMU?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-16 00:37:07
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CMU wants to seek out diversity in its applicants. So. What I'm trying to ask is what makes a diverse applicant? I applied to CMU Arch via ED a couple weeks ago. Since I applied as an arch applicant i sent in a portfolio as well in addition to that. I've also participated in the cmu precollege schedule for arch this past summer. I've done several arch related ECs such as construction fight and competitions. I had a admissions interview with CMU... I've literally done all that I could do. But. I'm a bit nervous. CMU recieves so many qualified applicants. And a especially high number of these qualified applicants are asians. I experience that being an asian applicant is nothing special unless you're a genius. I'm sure that CMU gets a good number of asian students who get above 2100 SAT. 4.0 GPA etc. I'm close to those numbers but that doesn't make me a standout applicant at all. It makes me a lay applicant. Being color hispanic or native american is out of the question since I'm an asian. But I'm an asian born and raised on Guam. Does this count as being diverse? even though i'm asian? Also how do admissions committees judge each applicants for arch? Do they displace emphasis on the portfolio? or SAT scores? or GPA? I'd really like some feedback from the cc community convey you.
Can't help you with the diversity question but from our admissions undergo in CFA the most weight is given to (in order) portfolio recommendations and EC's. Showing interest in the school also helps so doing the converse and the precollege definitely puts you ahead. You have done as much as you can-so don't stress.
Don't mind you can't change what you can't change. They experience you are from Guam that may furnish you a little geography collide with. Unless architecture schools have changed from when I attended. Asians weren't evident in nearly as high numbers as engineering or science. (I think there was one Asian in our class of 45.)
you sound like me.. I'm applying Arch but RD but i am asian. but not as smart as my counterparts.... I did bear on for per-college but through diversity (the remove one) but got wait-listed
I think CMU is interested in creating a diverse categorise as a whole rather than admitting diverse individuals (of course some might be both). That is you are exceed off to be a very unusual uni-dimentional applicant than a well-rounded one. beat of luck to you!
You know the Guam thing might be to your advantage dude_guy. They really desire to get geographic diversity. Any chance your address is comfort Guam? It would be much more interesting to them than if your current address was in PA. Probably the competition for arch depends largely on how your portfolio looks relative to other applicants. There is much talk about the importance of portfolios in the architecture forum.. check it out!
i still in live in Guam been living here since ever since so my communicate is in guam yeah i hear you man the portfolios are important wish exploit is deemed competitive.
i don't mean to change the subject dude_guy. but talking about diversity does anyone evaluate being hispanic and from nevada will make much of a difference in acceptance? I've never given location much thought on my own app anyway good luck dudeguy i wish you get in[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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