Cmu Puns

It's ranked up there, but I don't see it discussed much when one talks about T20 colleges.

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1475516834703159297

Source: Twitter

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1475581996839669760

I love the campus. Its beautiful! A mix of super Gothic hard-core winter tank architecture like Wean, hamerschlag, and doherty, contrasted with the modernity of Gates and Scott hall. You can tell that the Tepper building was like a mix of the two styles. I seriously love the Tepper building btw, its like a building from the future!!

The makerspaces with the meches grinding away look so cool. Im proud of going here because I'm surrounded by such talented and hard working people. I like to imagine that when I get out into the working world, ill tell people I went to CMU, and because they can imagine what my classmates are like, they think some scrub like me is on their level!

I'm just playing. CMU is my home away from home. The professors have my back so, so much. My department is like a family. I dont like some of them and I think some of them are annoying, but man I love them all. Because everyone in this school seems to have my back!

I didn't always feel this way. I HATED cmu when I first came here. Absolutely hated it. In my first few years here, i wanted to jump off Pausch bridge a few times. I felt so, so, so alone. So homesick and resentful. I had some dark winters at this school.

But I stuck through it. No, WE stuck through it. Together. Every office hour, every frat party where the nerds finally let off some steam, every crappy taste of India plate, every amazing exchange sandwich, every ice cold night waiting to paint the fence, every holding the door open for the person behind you, everything. Every bit of it, we did it and do it together.

Today, I am a proud tartan. So, so proud. I love this school. I love its people, its pride, its passion, its innovativeness, its inclusiveness, its resilience, its accepting of all people from anywhere and any background, its solidarity in the face of adversity, and just, its CMU-ness!!

I love the way CMU embraces all its quirks.

I love the way I've always been able to find a listening ear, as long as I asked humbly and expected nothing. Maybe I couldn't get an extension every time, but im grateful nonetheless.

And I love the way that my experience here has shaped me into the person I am today, for better or for worse.

I love this school. If you don't feel this way, I respect that. But I dont feel the same way as you.

I love CMU. I love it deeply in my heart. So GO TARTANS!!

Edit: more things I love about CMU:

I love going to Schatz and eating until I feel like exploding.

I love seeing freshmen

https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/1475538788378189826

Matchups would have been for 2019 & 2021, so it's almost like this was meant to be. The contract for the series was mutually terminated in 2016.

Source: https://twitter.com/fbschedules/status/779372289049571329?s=21

Oh my god I'm stressed tf out ever since MIT deferral, hoping y'all could calm my nerves a bit lol

Demographics: Male, Asian, CA Bay Area, good high school but not one you've heard of, no hooks

Intended Major: CS/EECS

SAT/SAT II: 1570 (800 M, 770 EBRW), 800 SAT II Math, 800 SAT II Physics

GPA: 3.92 UW, 4.33 W (school doesn't rank)

Coursework: 13 APs throughout hs, all 5's so far. All honors classes (where offered)

Awards:

• USACO Gold
• AIME Qualification
• National Merit Semifinalist
• FIRST Dean's List Finalist
• Lockheed Martin Bay Area CodeQuest 2nd place
• high school's "Best Mathematics Student in Class" award, frosh and junior years

Extracurriculars:

• Captain of school's FIRST Robotics team. Led efforts to develop comprehensive programming training material for Bay Area robotics teams
• President of school CS club/team
• Internship at an SF startup over summer
• Tutored students in math and CS
• Played on school's varsity badminton team
• Volunteered for art summer camp for middle schoolers
• President of school quiz team (but no notable accolades)

Essays:

I'm not known for my writing skills, but I put time into revising them and getting them reviewed so hopefully they at least aren't horrible. I think my Common App essay isn't that great but I really like some of my shorter essays, especially for MIT and the UC app

LORs:

Had a good relationship with teachers and excelled in class but didn't do much past that, so idk. Supplemental letter by the robotics team coach is exceptionally good though

Schools: (applied to all possible EAs, no ED or REA)

MIT (deferred to RD), Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, UCLA, Caltech, Cornell, USC, Georgia Tech, UMich, UC Irvine, UCSD, UT Austin + safeties

Anyone got their CMU fall '22 MS decision? When are they typically delivered?

Because CMU sends too many emails (would be nice if they coordinated between departments). Figured I'd summarize as I force myself to read through all of it.

TLDR of TLDR:

• Submit SIO survey asap, link
• Submit booster docs by Feb 16, link
• Take a baseline test when you're back in Pittsburgh and if you're negative you don't need to do anything, if you're positive go here
• Figure out what your course modalities on SIO. IPO/PER/REO (if you're not IPO, Jan 18 to Jan 30 is remote)
• Wear a mask on campus

Edit:

• If you already caught COVID, you do not need to do a baseline test, but you must report your positive diagnosis

Do this:

1. By ???, login to SIO and do the survey. Double-check that your "local residence address, permanent address, mobile phone, and emergency contact information" are correct. [0]

• Commentary: Historically, you get locked out of SIO eventually if you don't do their surveys.

2. By Feb 16, upload your booster documentation to HealthConnect, click Submit Documentation Now. [1]

• You can register for boosters here.
• You can submit requests for vaccine exemption or vaccine booster exemption, but you'll need to do: daily self-assessment, weekly tartan testing, and of course wear a mask. If you fall into this category for some reason, read [1].
• Commentary: Pitt just dis-enrolled people who didn't do any of the above. I wonder if CMU will be as bold.

3. After returning to Pittsburgh, take a baseline test. This can be done through Tartan Testing or an at-home test. [2]

• If your test is negative, you don't need to do anything.
• If your test is positive, follow these instructions.
• Edit: If you already caught COVID, you do not need to do a baseline test. But you must report your positive diagnosis. [2]
• Commentary: It appears there's nothing making y

I was rewatching my video essay submission for CMU's MLT program and thought about checking the Analytics page. I noticed that my unlisted video was viewed (by someone other than myself) on Dec 30th. I speculated that it could be from CMU's Adcom but wasn't sure, so I ventured a little deeper.

On your submission video, you will see the blue "Analytics" button. To find the Traffic sources of your video views, follow this sequence: Analytics > Advanced Mode(top right corner) > Traffic Source(top left) > External (bottom).

It is pretty clear that someone with a cmu.edu domain name has viewed my video. IDK if this may be anxiety-inducing for some, but I think it's a pretty cool way to confirm that my application is truly "Under Review". Although... why anyone would view this video during the holiday season is a question no amount of analytics can solve XD. All the best to those who have applied!

I'm about to go on a campus tour this Monday. Is there anything I should know before heading up there or any local places you guys recommend?

Title. I'm so done now. I have completed everything in the application except my statement of purpose. Every single other school I applied to has the deadline at midnight. (I know it's my fault I should have been more careful, but why noon?!)

How can I make up for this? I sent an email to the admission committee, but does anyone know whether if they would just reject my request to submit the application 7 hours late? In my email I even said to be fair to other applicants, they may throw away my SOP.

I'm so speechless now. I got 3 strong letter of rec, 2 papers, 1 of them a best student paper, and I completely blew my chance to study at my dream school because I didn't check the deadline more carefully. FML.

EDIT: CMU has extended the deadline to 12/13 11:59 PM EST (Yes, they use PM this time). Huge thanks to everyone's support!

My daughter just finished an exhausting first semester at CMU as an ECE major. While she anticipated the academic demands, it was the intense stress culture of the school that was most unsettling for her. Even though she consistently devoted almost all of her free time to studying (and barely slept), she ended up with only a 3.0 GPA this semester. While I feel is this is quite impressive due to the difficulty of her CS/ECE classes and the fact that it is CMU, I'm not sure whether other good schools take this into account. Would schools really favor a 4.0 from a CC over a 3.0 ECE major at CMU? She is not entirely sure she wants to transfer out and may just look to change majors but she wants to keep her options open. Is it still worth applying to other top schools (and even a tier down) with this GPA? Since she is considering transferring within the school (to Information Systems) she will be taking no math or cs classes which should hopefully improve her GPA (although colleges will only see mid-semester grades).

Even if you are aware of approximate dates please do tell

I am a freshman and I met a lot of students, maybe I can help and provide general or specific advice. Comment Below all your questions!

As title says, which would you choose if cost wasn't a concern and if cost is a concern?

Admits at both but no scholarships. I don't know if NYU's sticker price is worth the prestige / will lead to better opportunities.

Can any current NYU student do an ama? :)

Just wondering since a lot of universities are starting to change policy due to covid.

trigger warning: suicide

I am an undergrad studying at the Pittsburgh campus. I have been struggling with depression, anxiety, among other mental illnesses and I have been nothing but transparent with CMU, hoping they could support me. This semester I have been hospitalized twice at a mental institution. After my first hospitalization, there was little support offered by CMU, the follow-up with CAPS has a month's worth of wait time and I felt like no one was there for me. I tried to off myself again because of that and was taken in by the hospital yet again.

To my surprise, the student affairs office sent me a mandate letter basically listing 5 conditions I'd have to follow, or else they will revoke my student status and put me on administrative leave, without ever attempting to reach out to me personally. Besides this, CMU also shared my medical information with my parents' friend without my consent and caused me a great deal of distress while I was in the hospital. I have tried every route before committing s**cide, I have reached out to CAPS, I have called the local support lines, I did everything listed on my safety plan, and I was immediately put on wait for at least 40 minutes. It is discouraging and very upsetting how poorly CMU has handled this, and the fact that they threw a cold mandate letter to my face while I was still in the hospital is just unacceptable.

Can someone please help me because I need support from others right now and I am lost? I need to find some department at CMU that will stand up for me and respect me, could someone please provide some resources (eg. student advocate, legal assistance, where to file a HIPAA complaint, student groups, and club that can help me, etc)? I'm sorry this post is awfully negative, I hope everyone can have a nice holiday and stay healthy.

edit: I am not saying that I expect CMU to be fully responsible for my mental health treatment, I have medical support from the hospital and other organizations and I am very clear on what steps I need to take in order to recover from this crisis. I am simply writing this post because as a student, I feel like I am not receiving support from CMU AT ALL, and not only that, I feel like the student affairs department refuses to even try to understand and hear my perspective. Recovery is already hard enough even with all of the support I have right now. I feel hurt and betrayed as a student and a member of CMU, because I am not getting ANY care from them at all, al

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a technique that allows artificial agents to learn new tasks by interacting with their surroundings. Because of their capacity to use previously acquired data and incorporate input from several sources, off-policy approaches have lately seen a lot of success in RL for effectively learning behaviors in applications like robotics.

What is the mechanism of off-policy reinforcement learning? A parameterized actor and a value function are generally used in a model-free off-policy reinforcement learning approach (see Figure 2). The transitions are recorded in the replay buffer as the actor interacts with the environment. The value function is updated by maximizing the action values at the stages visited in the replay buffer. The actor is trained using the transitions from the replay buffer to forecast the cumulative return of the actor. Continue Reading

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.10066.pdf

Project: https://hari-sikchi.github.io/loop/

Github: https://github.com/hari-sikchi/LOOP

CMU Blog: https://blog.ml.cmu.edu/2022/01/07/loop/

I am studying for the SE, retaking it, and really focusing on masonry design, since that was basically what caused me to fail last time. One of the practice problems is asking for a the allowable axial load of an 8" CMU wall with #5bars, 48"oc it's only grouted where the rebar is. I understand the basic equation for calculating axial load, but it requires calculating the radius of gryation and net area. When I calculate the net area by hand I get a different result then the NCMA Tek 14-01B table 3 gives. Has anyone else ran into something similar?

Am I reading the table wrong? For the table Iook.at the 8" cmu table, look at the section for masonry spanning vertically and then go to the row for being grouted at 48" o.c. From the table I read that the net area is 44.9 in^2/ft. However if I calculate the net area by hand I get 40.65in^/ft, obviously different, I don't know which to use.

The average radius of gryation per the table is 3.33in. If I calculate the radius of gryation from the net sections in the table I get 3.63in. I haven't calculated the radius of gryation by hand, but according to the solutions in my practice exam it is 2.86in.

So basically can I trust the NCMA Tek 14-01B tables for the morning half of the SE Exam?

Edit: I just realized that when I did the hand calcs I did not account for the webs of the non-grouted cmu blocks. I just did the face shells plus the area of the grouted block ever 48in. My hand calcs are more conservative, but using the NCMA Table is more accurate. The frustrating thing though is that this is a morning question, so either right or wrong, no work graded. When I use the NCMA value I get in-between two options, the lower value is right, but I get closer to a wrong value. The value I calculate is 31,200plf, the "correct" value is 27,100plf, but their is an option for 32,400plf. If this is the actual exam should I just choose the closest value that is lower then my answer?

White male, Junior (skipped a grade if that matters), unweighted GPA like a 3.9 but likely am able to get it to a 3.96. Weighted GPA surpasses 4.7. Currently schedule: AP US History AP Calc BC AP Physics C (both e&m and mechanics) AP Lang Intermediate Keyboarding (needed an art credit) AP Spanish Honors Biology

PSAT score is a 1430, haven't taken the SAT or ACT yet

ECs: Member of Engineering society in freshman year, along with programming club Member of NHS since 9th President/Founder of the programming club for the 2021-2022 year Work a job doing software development Member of a Civil Air Patrol squadron, participate on their cybersecurity competition team and am pursuing my private pilot's license I mess around with software engineering and have a few potential internships this summer Piano for an hour a day. Golf around 2 hours a week.

I want to major in CS. Stanford net price calculator says 86k/yr, so not sure if I'm going to be able to afford this, just want to check out my options.

I'll have taken 15+ APs by the time I graduate

I'm also self-studying AP CS A

I can get two solid recommendation letters (one from my honors bio, the other from my old apush teacher, who is awesome and will give me full recommendations. Honors bio teacher sponsored the programming/computer science club, and I'm probably the best kid in his class)

Thanks!

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my discord is elitepixel4#6278 pls add me i also have unit 1 and 2 i can help on

may you recommend me classes like "Chinese calligraphy" (that easy) but not a too long waitlist to boost my GPA a bit? Thanks

Demographic: Asian (Chinese) Male, California Resident

Intended Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 4.0 (UW), 4.78 (W)

SAT: 1550 one sitting (770 English, 780 Math), 1560 Superscore (770 English, 790 Math)

Course Load: 7 ap classes (11 AP tests in total, all 5s except one 4), ~15 dual enrollment classes

ECs:

Marching Band:

- High School Band Drum Major (senior) - Helped lead my high school marching band's reformation after COVID, responsible for training, discipline, and general morale

- Played Alto Saxophone for 3 years (freshman, sophomore, junior)

Robotics Team (FRC):

- Team Captain (Senior/junior) - Organizes the team for practices, competitions, and other events. Coordinates various sub-teams to keep everyone on task and on schedule. Directly manages business (looking for donations and sponsors) and logistics (designing/purchasing merch, getting people and things to places).

- Member: here I have had a chance to work on a little bit of everything, from CAD for various subsystems, to writing software (Java) for the robot.

Civil Air Patrol:

- Squadron Cadet Commander (senior) - Leads and organizes the cadet component of my local composite squadron (12 cadets).

- Group Cadet Advisory Council Chairperson (senior/junior) - Organizes activities for all cadets within my local tri county area.

Swim Team:

- Swam 2 years JV, 2 years Varsity

- Varsity club representative (senior) - Helps the Coach organize finances and represents the club at Varsity club events.

Aerospace Club:

- Founded and leads this club as President: organized rocket launch parties, discussions surrounding aerospace topics, and created classes on aerospace related fundamentals.

AP Physics C Club:

- Founded and leads this club as President: Our school does not offer AP Physics C courses, and this club just helps support the group of students interested in taking the tests. Gave lectures on relevant material, proctored practice tests.

Concert Band:

- Played Alto Sax with my high school marching band, which performed at Carnegie hall.

Physics Tutor:

- Tutored for my AP Physics teacher for 3 years, over 150 hours of tutoring.

Awards:

National Merit Commended Scholar

AIME Qualifier

AP Scholar with Distinction

NHS Member

Squadron Cadet of the Year

Billy Mitchell Award

Commander's Commendation Award

AS in Mathematics

Essays: 8.5/10

Recommendations: 7.5/10

Colleges: Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia,

My plans for the next couple of days have been COVIDed, so let me know if I can answer any questions. Probably a little late so sorry about that.

I'm a first year, CMU SCS student.

There's a lot of advice on A2C that I don't agree with. It seems to come from people who have never attended CMU SCS for the most part. However, people have different experiences so I will only describe those of me and my friends in the program. I have no idea why I was admitted, and everyone I know says the same thing. This is not false modesty. In general we all had class ranks and test scores in the average range for SCS, however, some did not submit scores. We went to pretty average high schools. There are some students who did olympiads and such, but most of us didn't or didn't do well. And most didn't have any really impressive awards. We all took challenging HS courses, but some didn't take Calc. God knows how our LORs were since few of us ever saw them. Some of us had jobs in HS, I don't know anyone who did research that was at all impressive and no publications, although I am sure there are students here that did that I don't know.

My only advice for applications is to apply to CMU SCS only if you really want to go here. It is not for everyone. We are almost universally geeks. In our free time, we love stupid, useless projects or discussions on pretty much any topic, the more bizarre the better. Bragging is universally looked down upon, we are not trying to impress each other, but we love learning and exploring, usually topics outside of CS. We also enjoy our classes. They are hard but really fun, but you have to love learning and being challenged. If this sounds like you, then make sure this shows in your application. Try to describe yourself more than try to impress. Get personal and vulnerable. What makes you different? I think lots of students create applications that fail to show why they did the things they did in HS. This helps differentiate you from all the other applicants, all of whom probably have the same scores and GPAs as you do. Try not to write the essays that everyone on A2C is writing, they all probably sound the same and CMU is only able to take 1 out of each 25 applicants. Or at least that was the math last year. CMU also loves collaboration.

The one academic thing that I think you need to specifically show is that you enjoy math and are good at it. CS is math and I think the AO's focus on this. They don't seem to care whether you've ever wr

Is there a version of tinder/bumble for CMU or maybe someplace you can actually meet/chat with new people?

I can't be the only one feeling out of place here. Other than hanging out with people from my own country, I think if I had the chance to just chill with people from different cultures (including and not limited to the US), I would feel more comfortable and settled in.

And yes obviously, all of us are or are gonna be super busy. Even better to have a group of folks to have fun with when you can actually find time.

EDIT: Dropping my bio here, who knows what reddit can come up with -

Can 10/10:

• out binge you
• out smoke you
• out dance you

Planning on going for a drive this weekend. Know some cool places or wanna tag along?

I'm looking for famous/successful businesses started by CMU alumni. All I could find was this, but I'm looking for more well-known businesses.

Can anyone help? Thanks.

Edit: I found what I was looking for https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University

pm :)

I got accepted to CMU today. So excited. It pays to leverage your contacts and network.

Bored SCS student here, wondering if any of the folks here know of any legends/myths about SCS and its faculty/students (something like a guy who did an insane no. of CS courses in one semester).

That's all!

Knowing some people in the program, it looks like the admission committee has sent out their acceptances for this year. It appears numerous posts on GradCafe confirm this as well.

People applying to CMU MechE, did you hear from this program? Did they finish sending interviews because it had been radio silence for me.

Asking as a vaccinated individual lol

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Serious question and this is not my situation, but I’ve heard from many people that a PhD isn’t a good financial decision but something you should do if you want to do cutting edge research. That said, assuming a PhD from one of these schools would get you into Google Brain, DeepMind or allow you to be a quant at a hedge fund, wouldn’t that be the best financial decision? (If you’re a genius who could actually get into one these schools for a PhD)

Does anyone know when CMU releases ED2? They say by February 1 on their website but some people last year got it way earlier.

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Failed an inspection today because the bottom most line of CMUs didn’t have a opening where the rebar occurred.

What’s the purpose of these holes to expose the rebar at the bottom? What exactly is the inspector looking for?

Apparently so many people missed the noon deadline they extended it to December 13 at midnight. Good luck!

I graduated in 2021 with B.E. CS from BITS Pilani Hyderabad with a CGPA of 8.63. I have 1 research paper in the field of Deep learning which is being reviewed currently. Other than this as work experience I have 3 internships. One at Infibeam(local company) and others at Microsoft and Amazon. I currently work at Microsoft as SDE. Apart from this I also have a startup which I co-founded and worked on for a year. GRE: (150V, 170Q, 4 AWA) and Toefl:110.

In achievements I have 2 hackathon winnings.

1. 3rd best overall at HackHarvard
2. All India Rank 1 at Deloitte TechnoUtsav Hackathon

I wanted to rate my chances in these 3 unis especially which are my dream ones: Stanford, CMU and Columbia. I have applied to the other unis too but the wait is killing me so yea. Any inputs are appreciated. Thanks ☺️