Carnegie Mellon University Visit Report by ihs76

Visit Activities:

Admissions Interview: Yes - Very nice, professional guy. Met with DS for 20+ minutes then came back and visited with both of us. I was impressed. The admissions office receptionist was also nice and helpful.

Information Session: No - Fall break on friday so no session

Campus Tour: Yes - No tour due to fall break. Got someone we know to give us a tour.

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Campus:

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Didn't talk to any random students but the kid that gave us a tour was great and helpful.

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Nice people at the admin office. People were annoyed at the no tour thing and they tried to smooth things as best they could.

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Raining all day. Consistent yellow brick and some modern new buildings.

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Only saw the outside. Seemed standard.

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Bit bland overall without real striking character but pleasant enough. Seemed pretty functional and reasonably compact.

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Off-Campus:

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Quite hilly. Didn't see much in the immediate area that was striking.

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Hard to find ones way around due to the hills. Roads really twisty, windy.

Campus Visit Notes for Carnegie Mellon University

Visit Description:

The day we visited, school was off for fall break (just that one friday :( so it was quiet on campus. No tours/info session but did have interviews. There were a fair number of students around though. Very few women.

Cool and rainy. Definitely nerdier than Hopkins where we were the day before. Felt serious overall. Had the cool white markings on the sidewalk that the robots have to negotiate during their spring festival. Son was impressed with the 7 story physical sciences building. Also has a brand new, state of the art Gates Building dedicated to, you guessed it, computer sciences.

Dorms seemed spread out around the perimeter of the campus. Seemed pretty standard. Beautiful Fine Arts building with lots of character. U Pitt just across the street and it sounded like there's fair amount of mixing back and forth.

Walked in the science building and noticed the profs were in their offices with the door open. Felt friendly. Interesting physics/astronomy posters on the wall.

Nothing spectacular or flashy. Felt very solid, serious and all business. Maybe that's because it was quiet on campus.

Hotel/Lodging Recommendations or Comments:

Stayed out in the New Stanton interchange.

Dining/Restaurant Recommendations or Comments:

Had good Indian food on campus for $5. Could get made to order sushi also.

Other Comments (Transportation, local attractions, parking, etc.):

Parking lot on site.