Code to CMU

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Carnegie Mellon University

2. Popular courses and Research Areas

3. Admission requirement of CMU

4. Different Profiles that got a CMU admit

5. Application checklist

6. Ideal timeline for CMU

Carnegie Mellon University
1. Private University in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
2. Research funding: 1.73 billion USD (Third
highest research funding from Dept. of
Defense in the country after MIT &
Stanford)
3. Past & present faculty includes 19 Nobel
Laureates!
4. Along with its US location in Pittsburgh,
CMU also has campuses in Qatar,
Australia & Rwanda.
5. Very popular for Human Computer
Interaction & Decision Sciences
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

POPULAR COURSES
 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Research Areas

Robotics
Embedded Systems

Human Computer Interaction

Artificial Intelligence

Product Design

Nano - Engineering
Admission Requirements

Important Things To Keep In Mind:

Tuition Fees - $42,000 per year

Acceptance Rate - 22.1%

Popular Courses

1. Computer Science
2. Robotics
3. Electrical Engineering
What Kind Of Profiles Get
MS Admits?
Profile 1
Profile 1 : Aditya Kardile

Additional Details

1. MS Course - Electrical & Computer Engineering

2. UG College - Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
3. 1 month course in JAVA
4. Final Year Project - Indian Sign Language to Speech
Conversion Using Matlab & Raspberry Pi
5. No Paper Publications
6. No Internships
Profile 2
Profile 2: Arshita Singhal

Additional Details

1. MS Course – Management Information Systems

2. UG College - Gautam Buddh Technical University
3. 2.5 Years Work Experience as Test Analyst at TCS
Profile 3
Profile 3: Vivek GR

Additional Details

1. MS Course - Robotics
2. UG College - Anna University
3. 1 years Work Ex at E-con systems India Pvt Ltd, Chennai
(embedded systems company)
4. 2 Paper Publications
5. 4 Internships in Embedded Systems
6. 4 Projects in Embedded Systems
Profile 4
Profile 4: Shruti Sridhar

Additional Details

1. MS Course -Computational Finance From ECE

2. UG College -Institute of Technology & Management
University, Gurgaon
3. 2 years Work Ex at Deloitte Advisory Services
4. 2 Internships @ Honda & Accenture
Profile 5
Profile 6: Ujjwal Vaish

Additional Details

1. MS Course - Management in Information Systems (MIS)

2. UG College - Thapar Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Patiala
3. No Paper Publications
APPLICATION
CHECKLIST
QUICK TIPS FROM OUR ASFAs

Start as early as possible – right from college!

Maintain a high academic record, for example, stay in the top 10% of your class.

A high GRE /TOEFL score can compensate for a lot!

Volunteer for social causes, if possible.

Apply as early as possible!

GREedge Admission Tip: If your LOR can also talk about your performance on a project that
you have explained in your SOP, then you build more credibility with the admissions committee.
IDEAL TIMELINE FOR
FALL ‘19

Deadlines
December

The deadlines for CMU end

by 15th of December.
DEADLINES
 IDEAL TIMELINE FOR
FALL ‘19
START GRE
PREPARATION

With a total of 2 hours / Day

and 50 GRE words score a 320+

GRE Prep – April

Start your GRE preparation

from the mid of April.
DEADLINES
DEADLINES
 IDEAL TIMELINE FOR
FALL ‘19
START GRE
PREPARATION

GIVE GRE & IELTS + Give GRE & IELTS – July

START RESEARCH
ON COURSES
Give GRE and IELTS in the
midweek of July.

Course Research – August

DEADLINES
DEADLINES
Start researching on the
courses in your field of
interest.
 IDEAL TIMELINE FOR
FALL ‘19
START GRE
PREPARATION
University Short listing –
END OF August
GIVE GRE & IELTS +
START RESEARCH
ON COURSES SHORTLIST UNIVERSITIES + Start short listing universities
START SOP & LOR
based on your GRE score.

Start SOP and LOR –

September
DEADLINES
Start your SOP master and
shortlist people from whom
you require LOR’s.
 IDEAL TIMELINE FOR
FALL ‘19
START GRE
PREPARATION

GIVE GRE & IELTS +

START RESEARCH
ON COURSES SHORTLIST UNIVERSITIES +
START SOP & LOR Collect Transcripts from
COLLECT TRANSCRIPTS College – September MID
WEEK

Collect transcripts from

DEADLINES
college based on the
university requirements.
 IDEAL TIMELINE FOR
FALL ‘19
START GRE
PREPARATION
Finalize Documents – October

GIVE GRE & IELTS +

START RESEARCH
Finalize the SOP master and
ON COURSES SHORTLIST UNIVERSITIES + variants and also review the
START SOP & LOR
LOR’s.
COLLECT TRANSCRIPTS

FINALIZE SOP & LOR Upload Documents –

UPLOAD DOCUMENTS
November
DEADLINES
Upload all the transcripts as
required by the universities.