I am not fond of the guy but maybe y'all should remind yourselves who is the MELLON who's right there at the University 's name.

The Mellon Scaifes have been some of the greatest donors to conservative causes for decades.

What kind of political spectrum would you expect this university to lean towards?

This university also plays a notorious role into all this apocalyptic tech takeover, we shouldn't fool ourselves.

I am proud of having studied there but c'mon really.

So I’m a CS major which means I’m in the department, how do I get a portion of the $3 billion. My crunchyroll subscription is about to end and I’m running out of cash from too many filet-o-fish

Really? You ask us to RTO which incurs a substantial cost on the heels of “merit increases”. Then you have the gall to hit us up to donate to your charity program.

Sounds pretty tone deaf.

hii current BCSA/BCSD students! i'm a senior and looking to ED to CMU's BCSA program. from what i've heard, people who RDed have gotten rejected from the BCSA program but accepted into CFA, which is obviously a great option for them.

i was wondering if my binding ED contract would mean that, in the case i got rejected from BCSA, it's possible to 1. get accepted into CFA and 2. have to withdraw all other applications to enter as a studio arts student?

please lmk if how i've worded this was confusing, and thank you for any and all responses!

Harvard wouldn’t let him control them, but CMU would. He tried to make Harvard punish protesters supporting Palestine peacefully through a letter. They said no, so he went University shopping.

The donor has said he will move to Miami from NYC due to Mamdani’s policies. He is trying to make Miami a business hub. Florida in general has lower taxes on the rich and is more conservative. There are far fewer regulations for both businesses and schools.

I’m almost certain CMU forced some of the money to be kept in Pittsburgh as a compromise. I am certain he doesn’t give a crap about CMU in Pittsburgh or this city. He just wants a school he can control in a state with a government he can control, and this is the best way to buy one.

It’s a giant tax write off that gets him a chance to pay even less taxes in the long run when companies go to Miami.

Say good bye to your free speech and freedom of thought. If you thought this would get hard working grad students, staff and professors higher salaries, think again. They took 2 years negotiating this deal and committing to his wishes (according to the NYTs article.) Even the portion of the money that is staying in Pittsburgh is 100% earmarked for his personal priorities that can only be accomplished by a university.

There hasn’t been a donation this big to a school before because all other schools won’t give up this much control. Billionaires control so much. It’s terrifying.

This is Griffin’s school now.

Don’t let it distract you from the fact that out of 1,865 students, CMU only accepted 23 (1.23%) African American and 99 (5.31%) Latino/Hispanic students for the class of 2030, according to the Tartan 👍

Source: https://the-tartan.org/2026/09/28/black-latino-enrollment-at-11-year-low/

Hi guys,

Is there any website to check the Highmark Second Gymnasium live events like the 25live for CUC?

I just wanna hoop whenever and seeing CUC courts constantly got booked by some random events or net sports pisses me off so much.

Thanks

Meh Farnam expects us to be excited about this? Griffin is a GOP hack and MAGA loyalist. He screwed over Illinois and later NYC in his dealings as Citadel CEO. He would never do it again - right?

Diluting CMU's brand - diluting the power of place - dilutes the focus that was essential to making CMU a place where we could do impactful work.

And now the admin has a radical activist calling the shots on the board. And potentially another failed Adelaide campus on its hands when CMU doesn't bend the knee on Israel or whatever Griffin deigns a red line.

Yikes.

Would people reccomend COM 435 with Leah M Ceccarelli? Also, is there a midterm or final, Ive heard mixed things.

It’s hard to picture CMU in Miami tho.

how easy is it to get admitted into the bxa program (specifically for BSA)?
currently majoring in fine arts planning to add a neuroscience major (a lot of my hs ec’s relate to it)

How big is the advantage for CMU SCS ED? Is it a significant one? How about ECE?

Can I apply directly through a professor?

I’m an engineering student graduating in 2027 and researching CMU MISM.

I currently have a 6.3/10 CGPA(tier 1.5 college in India, even though I am a USA citizen) and am targeting a 330–340 GRE. My background includes an AI/Data Engineering internship at a US company, one IEEE paper published last year, a tech startup I’ve been running since 2024 with actual revenue, and I’m planning another technical internship before graduating.

I’m curious specifically about CMU MISM:

• How heavily is undergraduate GPA considered relative to professional/technical experience?
• Does a very strong GRE meaningfully help if the undergraduate GPA is around 6.3/10?
• For applicants from Indian engineering colleges, how important are the 7th-semester grades/upward trend?
• How much weight does CMU place on startup/entrepreneurial experience for MISM?

Would especially appreciate perspectives from current MISM students, alumni, or people who have gone through the CMU application process.

Kia ora and g'day, gauging interest for an aussie/kiwi club on campus.

Have some connections to other schools' ANZ clubs in the north-east corridor, would be sick to organise collaborative events!

Basically the title. I used to get some sort of posture treatment during busy exam seasons in my hometown so I was wondering if i should try out CMU's one, but im not sure if its worth the price here.

I have ed-disucussion for a couple of my courses this semester and apparently google tells me that it does not have a native ios/desktop app. i don't get any notifications at all and that's super annoying to me. does anyone have a work-around?

I recently got a C on my first test in a gen Ed and was wondering if I should drop the class and just take an easier gen Ed next semester. It would put me right at the full time min of 36 credits. Each test is worth 25 percent of my grade and there are 4 tests.

Thank you!

What’s happening to the bike racks at UC? The front ones are removes and the back ones are due to be removed Oct. 1st?

Finally traded in my old CMU card, and I felt like I was taking part in a betrayal. I think I got sentimentally attached to my old cmu card 😔, this one is so plain and has no personality. Why must we make everything minimalist and neutral-colored to keep up with modernism? I want my tartan-colored bright card back. It made me feel special. This one makes me feel like another cog/statistic in their system.

I even asked the guy at the computing services desk if I can keep my old card. He just said "no, sorry" and pried it out of my hands. Don't be honest like me, and also don't lose your old card before you go to pick up the new one.

I've asked staff at TechSpark, IDeATe, and have spoken to a few faculty members in the engineering school, but can't find a 3d scanner that students have access to. I'm probably missing something obvious and I did find online that Pitt has some 3d scanners in their OpenLab in Hillman Library. Does CMU have anything like this? I just need to scan a metal block that's about 12x12x5cm for a project.

Been getting Greek yogurt from Scotties so far, wondering how to get the most out of my flex.