<p>And found that Carnegie Mellon has such a small campus!
I read out two messages from this:
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<li>It’s really small! Tiny!</li>
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<p>yes this is not really news…</p>
<p>Size is relative…Size can be defined by number of buildings, acreage space and/or students…</p>
<p>Olin Engineering puny in all respects-- 4 buildings, 800 students</p>
<p>Everything else in the middle and relative to your own perspective</p>
<p>Michigan and Penn State-- Gigantic GINORMOUS</p>
<p>What’s the point? seems to me that 6000 students with a nicely sized campus can hardly be called tiny…and you seem to use the size reference in a less-than-positive light…</p>
<p>CMU uses their space really well. Here at Caltech I think the campus is roughly the same size (if not a little larger), but there are tons of empty labs, poorly laid out buildings, and just seemingly wasted space. CMU really packs a whole lot into a little space.</p>
<p>You took a tour of the school on google maps? That’s… a first.</p>
<p>One thing that I was honestly surprised about when I first came here is how most of your time as an undergrad could very well be spent in the same handful of classrooms and lecture halls. Doherty 2210 and 2315, Wean 7500, Rashid in Gates, and perhaps a few others. However, what you quickly realize is that the same chairs, chalk, and chalkboards work perfectly well for vastly different topics</p>
<p>meh, I “visited” CMU using Google Maps as well since I live so far away that I can’t just fly into Pittsburgh anytime I want to. </p>
<p>CMU’s campus is quite small compared to other colleges but IMHO, I think it’s quite cozy and yes, it does make good use of space.</p>
<p>I liked the campus size. I really didn’t want something that’d take me a bus to get to one class to another like that of UTs.</p>