What is the CMU experience like???

Brown_man1987
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:12:11 +0000

I really like CMU for its cs program, but I am a bit frightened by its atmosphere. I heard science students only hang out with science students and not art students (and that many such cliques exist), everybody is very competitive about their grades (people purposely skip out on their sleep to beat others), and many other bad things about it. I also heard that the social life sucks and that Pittsburgh isn’t too fun a city (as I would imagine). Can anybody elaborate on their experience at CMU??? Is any of this true??? Thanks.