Carnegie Mellon University

In general, Carnegie Mellon University is a extremely selective school. Around 34,900 applications are received by Carnegie Mellon University every year. The overall acceptance rate tends to be around 11 percent which equates to 3,859 students who were successful in the admission process of the institution. However, when the term starts, only about 1,800 or 47% of the candidates will have chosen Carnegie Mellon University as their school of choice. The school tends to see 61 percent of the students who applied are men compared to 38 percent who are women. When the term commences, about 40 percent of those accepted women chose Carnegie Mellon University and 59 percent were men. Carnegie Mellon University’s undergraduate application fee is $75. First-year students are requested to submit their ACT or SAT scores to Carnegie Mellon University when filling out the application. Most often, an ACT score of 34 - 36 or a 1,500 - 1,580 SAT score is the range that students have greater chances to be accepted. This institution also allows submissions of Advanced Placement (AP) credits.