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Why does CMU admit more mediocre candidates if they eliminate demonstrated interest? Visiting campus doesn't really say anything about how talented/hard working
by tylerhou 8y ago
Why does CMU admit more mediocre candidates if they eliminate demonstrated interest? Visiting campus doesn't really say anything about how talented/hard working a candidate is -- all it does is signal that they have enough money and time to visit.
- guard0g 8y agoDemonstrated interest isn't about visiting campus - it's about interviews, essays, standardized tests, maker portfolios, etc...
- akhilcacharya 8y agoI agree. I did a single college tour and that was a school that doesn't take demonstrated interest into account (that I also had no chance to get into). I had only briefly visited the others because they were basically in my backyard.
- desu_ 8y agoYou are right that visiting the campus is a weak signal. However, the decision came with a plethora of other decisions, some probably fair, some more reminiscent of the Asians-have-bad-personalities trick à la Harvard. We're eliminating demonstrated interest as a consideration in our admission paradigm. We'll no longer encourage supplementary submission of materials, including resumes, research abstracts, writing samples, multimedia demonstrations of talents, and maker portfolios. https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/eliminating-demonstrated-interest https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/eliminating-demon...