<p>What are prospective carnegie mellon students like? My dream school is U of C but I’d like to learn more about the school carnegie because I just read several of carnegie’s books. I’d like to know if it is a school to add to my list. Thank you!</p>
<p>Okay, according to my Princeton Review book (nerdy I know) it says…</p>
<p>The workload at Carnegie Mellon can be pretty daunting, so it’s no surprise that the typical undergrad here “is extremely studious and serious about academics.” In terms of priorities, “Extracarricular activies and a social life are far behind academics. Socially, people can be awkward.” Even so, “For every recluse or extroverted musical theater major that you’d expect at Carnegie Mellon, there is a polar opposite. People here feel a need to define themselves some way, to defy etablished stereotypes.” Carnegie Mellon draws a “very diverse student body where most people, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, tend to get a long. Occasionally some cliques from on campus but most of the time everyone is friendly.”</p>
<p>Directly from the book. Don’t know if it helps.</p>
<p>Are you sure you’re thinking of the right Carnegie? Andrew Carnegie, the industrialist, is associated with Carnegie Mellon. Dale Carnegie, who I know has written several books like “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” is not related to CMU.</p>
<p>Wikipedia it. Its like the best source on Carnegie Mellon U.</p>
<p>My parents want me to go to Carnegie. But I am really social and extroverted as well as studious. If it is the environment you just describe. Then It doesn’t seem like the place for me.</p>
<p>I’m a Carnegie Mellon alum and my son is a sophomore at Rice. It sounds you would be a better fit at Rice than CMU.</p>
<p>I think with how CMU is nowadays you’d fit in fine there. They’ve taken on a lot more “holistic” approach the last 5-10 years, so you get lots more well-rounded students. Very few of the people I knew were shut-ins, and most everyone liked to go and hang out with friends. I think the drinking culture there is significantly less than what you’ll find at a lot of other really intense tech schools (it was certainly less pervasive than it is here at Caltech).</p>