Carnegie Mellon Summer Confusion

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>This has been brought up before, but no resolution seemed to be reached.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon’s summer high school drama program seems to be split in two, one half (Summer Programs for Diversity) which is free, and one half (Pre-College) which isn’t. What’s the difference, and most importantly: do I need to be a minority to get into SPDiversity??</p>

<p>Free? [Design</a> - Fees & Requirements - Carnegie Mellon Summer Programs for Diversity](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/drama-fees.html]Design”>http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/drama-fees.html)</p>

<p>Hella expensive? [Drama</a> Fees & Requirements - Pre College - Carnegie Mellon](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/drama-fees.html]Drama”>http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/drama-fees.html)</p>

<p>Thank you! The suggested email address for questions has rudely not emailed me back.</p>

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<p>I applied for last summer. I ended up attending another program, buuuuut I know this much: both programs are the SAME. The “Summer Programs for Diversity” is kind of like a scholarship for the regular summer program. Have in mind that they acceptance rate is a lot slimmer for the Diversity program (it’s free, of course it’s competitive) and if you are truly not in need of “financial aid”, it might be harder to get in. </p>

<p>I’m not sure about the diversity part, because I’m a white female…so I didn’t have much luck on that end…but I know someone who is a lot more “ethnic” than I am, and he didn’t get in either. So it’s more than just diversity. It’s also financial need, essays, recommendations, etc.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much!</p>