Carnegie Mellon University

Pros: academics, diversity, Pittsburgh
Cons: emotional health of student body a concern

AMAZING ACADEMICS: The academic departments at Carnegie Mellon are among the best in the coun ...

Pros: Terrific amount of activities
Cons: None

The extracurriculars here at CMU are great. The number of people involved with the intramural program here is astounding. I never really knew how into IM sports people can be, but it is intense. They have sports you would never think about...

Pros: Above
Cons: Above

Carnegie Mellon is an excellent, unique, and challanging school. It boasts one of the best techincal reputations in the nation and it also is home to some of the best fine arts programs among colleges. The unique combination of its techincal and...

Pros: academia, surrounded by brain power, $1 campus movies, what doesn't kill you adds character
Cons: weather, manic depression

Carnegie Mellon lives up to its reputation as being one of the finest universities in the US. Just by walking through the campus you get a sense of the immense history and pride that goes along with being a student of CMU. As a senior in high school I...

Pros: awesome academics, resources, contacts
Cons: tough to have a life, nerdy, extreme competition

Whether you're applying to schools or just browsing the site, you've probably had hard alcohol before. So let me just start out by saying that if each college is to represented by a type of alcohol Carnegie Mellon University would easily have to be...

Pros: Lively floor interactions, good location on campus
Cons: Not very clean, cramped, can be noisy

Morewood Gardens is one of the bigger dorms on the CMU campus; it is directly across the street from the academic buildings, and across the street from the frat houses, if you're into that sort of thing. I lived in Morewood Gardens my freshman year,...

Pros: A lot of places to eat, different ethnic food choices
Cons: Can get boring, on the expensive side

When I first arrived at CMU in 1993, the food was, umm... terrible. I became a vegetarian because the meat was so bad. No, I'm not kidding.

In 1996, the University Center opened, and with it came several new dining options. My personal...

Pros: there's always someone who'll share your interest
Cons: academic work makes socializing difficult

You've heard the motto, "work hard, play hard." At Carnegie Mellon, there's a lot of emphasis on the former. Work comes first and foremost at CMU, and it's easy to forget about having, oh, say, a LIFE! However, an active social life is an...

Pros: Great Education
Cons: Social life leaves something to be deired

I am originally from New York, and in New York most of my peers had never even heard of CMU. I hadn't heard about either until one day when one of the recruiting coaches for their football team came to my school, to try to recruit me for CMU. When I...

Pros: Professional focus, different types of courses offered
Cons: Classes can be boring, a lot of core classes

Carnegie Mellon is one of the few schools to offer a degree in Professional Writing. They also offer a degree in Technical Writing. Professional Writing and Technical Writing are not the same, as I'll explain later.

I was not a full...

Pros: good education, unique student culture
Cons: bureaucracy, bad food, expense

As a recent alumna of CMU (May 2000), I've had five years of experience with the university. I started out in the College of Fine Arts as a design major, and two years in switched to Cognitive Science. I believe I have achieved a very good education...

Pros: Wide variety of highly ranked programs, diversity of students, student-research
Cons: workload, boy-girl ratio

The Good:

1. Wonderful opportunity to be a part of any number of highly ranked programs: from computer science (usually among the top in the country) to drama (also usually ranked among the top in the country). The whole cast of L.A. Law,...

Pros: Second to none education
Cons: Might sacrifice some hardcore socializing

Carnegie Mellon isn’t a cheap school and there’s a reason for it. The academics here are amazing. While being an Electrical and Computer Engineer (ECE) major biases me, the overall academic caliber is fantastic. It’s a very serious school that teaches...

Pros: good education, unique student culture
Cons: bureaucracy, bad food, expense

As a recent alumna of CMU (May 2000), I've had five years of experience with the university. I started out in the College of Fine Arts as a design major, and two years in switched to Cognitive Science. I believe I have achieved a very good education...

Pros: Excellent school
Cons: Expensive, stressful

I was prompted to write this review in response to a very negative review written by another Epinions member. I hope that other alumni write their opinions as well.

I didn't love CMU. One night, I was finishing a show strike (taking down the...