Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I figured since COVID-19 is preventing a lot of high school students, especially newly admitted ones, from visiting campus and attending a lot of the admitted student events at Carnegie Mellon that I would make this video to answer some of the frequently asked questions I get when I speak on the School of Computer Science Student Panels during typical admitted student visit day.

Questions answered in this video:

• What background do you need going into SCS?
• How would you describe the workload in SCS?
• How many hours to you sleep on average?
• What was the hardest thing about transitioning to SCS?
• Will I be behind if I don’t have certain credits or classes from high school?
• How large are classes?
• What kind of support systems are there for students?
• What classes should I take? What’s your favorite class?
• What’s your favorite thing about CMU?
• What’s your least favorite thing about CMU?
• Do a lot of people study in groups?
• Where are the best places to study?
• How can you get involved with research on campus?
• What does social life look like at CMU?
• What activities are you involved in outside of classes?