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Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) admissions and applications


Get the inside scoop on Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
MBA program in Carnegie Mellon focuses on candidates overall competitiveness in terms of academic,professional and extra curricular. Interview is...   READ MORE
Alumni
The school is known as very quantitative. These skills should be made prominent on the resume, although not a key requirement, those skills make ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Admissions were similar to most other schools, requiring letters of recommendations and essays addressing why I chose CMU and why I decided to ret...   READ MORE
Alumni
The admissions process was very typical of many small business schools. I did receive a voucher from the director of admissions when they attende...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
It has a great program mixed with quantatitive and qualitative ones. Program consists of well balanced case,lectures and simulation. If you are ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Quality of the classes ranges from excellent to good. Most classes had very good instructors, whereas others had recent PHD graduates that needed...   READ MORE
Current Student
This program is based on numbers, but that is no secret. However, there are several dynamic changes that are happening at the school spurned on by...   READ MORE
Alumni
I will say this. Workload is ridiculous in the first semester and a half. You will need to definitely team up with classmates in order to finish...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Most professional,manufacturing firms are conducting on-campus interviews. Major recruiting areas are operation,corporate finance,consulting and banks...   READ MORE
Alumni
Being a small school allowed students to be helpful to one another, even during the 2001-2003 economic 'collapse' in the US. There are many well rega...   READ MORE
Current Student
Schools are beginning to recruit here for finance as well as the more traditional roles of analysts, sales and traders and consulting.    READ MORE
Alumni
I think we have a terrific relationship with all the recruiters that come to Carnegie Mellon and the COC is doing an good job at getting our name out ...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
There is no on campus housing,however,city of Pittsburgh is full of inexpensive housing close to the school. Town is very safe and quite. One bad ...   READ MORE
Alumni
No housing is provided on campus. Students must look for alternatives around the area. The COC does a great job of getting information to studen...   READ MORE
Current Student
The quality of life here is what you make of it. I have no complaints here.    READ MORE
Alumni
Most folks will tell you there are two areas that you should live in, but really there is only one. Shadyside. That is where most of the bars, r...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
There is not enough time to do social life in Carnegie Mellon. Students have to work hard all night long. If you want to have party,social like a...   READ MORE
Alumni
Great social life. The school sponsors Friday "B**rs" events with free food and drink; it is a good time to socialize and get to meet your fellow...   READ MORE
Current Student
There are plenty of activities here, as long as you're willing to pursue them.    READ MORE
Alumni
From what I hear about other programs, there is probablky a little more time to socialize for them than at Carnegie Mellon, but I would not trade ...   READ MORE

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