hello! incoming stem grad student here. at my undergrad i would play piano all the time to decompress from academics.
was wondering what the policies were for non music majors to use pianos or music rooms on campus. also, where could one find these accessible pianos? thank you!
Does anyone else feel that the CMU gym is lacking and should have more equipment? I feel like with the amount of tuition we are paying, we should have more than one pec deck, more leg machines, more benches in the free weight area, etc. And not to mention the machines that stay broken for months. It just feels like there's a lot lacking in the gym.
I'm sure most have seen Farnam's latest message, however I think it's important to show what the Fence actually says, because it wasn't simply a rehashing of the original statement. Notably, with the exception of the already censored word, I think this flies a lot closer to the sun.
The fence over the last week:
June 28th: Death to Zionism -removed-
July 1st: Death to Sexism -not removed-
July 3rd: Death to Zionism -removed-
Both zionism related messages were also followed up by an email by Farnham calling it threatening.
Farnham’s issue isn’t that “Death To” is seen as a call to violence, it’s that CMU IS BLATANTLY ZIONIST. You cant claim free speech, then block opinions you don’t like.
All of this is also happening after they removed “No Rapists on Campus” when trump visited.
GET THE BOOT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FARNHAM.
For those who don't know literally every single one of the problematic and drama causing fences have been the work of one singular class of 2028 student. He got suspended last semester for threatening to kill cops at an on campus event, and now that he's back he's causing problems again. The scale of the drama caused makes it seem like a large portion of the student body is fighting against cmu but it literally the work of one singular student and the majority of the student body is sick of it. There's a reason there was little to no fence drama last semester and then it starts again the second he came back. We're all sick of it.
Update: I have been informed that the student in question has since transitioned since she got suspended from campus. So congrats to her for coming out and transitioning, however it doesn't make me think she's any less of a performative asshole who's going to make the entire student body suffer for her actions.
Word on the street is AP score are released to colleges early and can be viewed through university website, anyone know about this for cmu?
What is the difference between these 2 majors in terms of salary post grad. I am trying to transfer out of ECE into one of them and wasn’t sure which one was better. I’m assuming MechE usually makes more but by how much?
The fence, painted with "Death to sexism", appears to be a direct response to the discourse surrounding Farnam's email earlier this week, some of which can found in the now locked thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/cmu/comments/1ujrzfa/farnam_releases_statement_calling_death_to/
In other words, I doubt it is sending a message *only* about sexism. Ignoring personal views, I think it will be very interesting to see where the university draws its line
Is this a good schedule for a freshman MCS student? I'm currently undecided between physics and math and my advisor said a first semester course load like this would be good for that. I signed up for instrumental lessons which can fill the non-technical elective but I do not know what time that would be yet.
Stats & Machine Learning major, but I'm probably going to try to transfer into Information Systems after the first year!
I have like 0 idea on how anything works, so any insight on the course difficulty / workload would be appreciated
In what world do we get to act like an idea somehow represents an entire group of people whether they opt into it or not? Why are we pretending that calling for the "death" of an ideology constitutes a credible threat of violence? If I were a student here in the 80s would I be labeled a "threat to campus safety" if I called for the death of apartheid? Why, instead of a well-outlined policy for free speech, do we get vague gestures towards inclusivity and expression that give the university the de facto right to paint over whatever they want to, citing a "university policy" that "loosely follows" the First Amendment except whenever it's inconvenient for them?
Hi, incoming freshman here! I heard some people say that attempting to get a dual degree in physics and CS is time-consuming and torturous. Is it more reasonable in terms of workload, difficulty, and fulfilling requirements to attempt an additional major in CS instead of a dual degree? Does being in the Computational Physics Track give me opportunities to overlap course requirements between CS and physics? For reference, my home school is MCS and I'm planning to take Matter and Interactions I and 15-122 this year.
im an is major planning to do minor or additional major in cs. i have a macbook pro 2025 m5 chip, 16 gb RAM and 512 gb. is this okay for cs classes?
How large are the desks provided, I want to bring my laptop and a monitor and was wondering whether I should bring two monitors or not since I find that easier to work with
hi! is this schedule good for freshman year first semester? im an incoming mathematical sciences student
Hello I'm an upcoming ECE major and was wondering if I will need a laptop upgrade for college. Currently I have a MacBook Air M3 with 16gb RAM and was wondering if it would qualify for ECE. I checked the website and it says they recommend a windows laptop with 32gb but I do know students SSH to the computers in the campus. I was just wondering since a new laptop would be a big purchase.
Hey everyone,
I’m an incoming freshman at CMU planning to major in StatML.
I have little to no coding experience, but I want to get involved in hackathons and various projects when I arrive on campus in the fall. What skills should I adopt / hone over the summer? Since I can’t really learn everything at once, I’d appreciate any insight on what the most important things I should focus on (ex: Python, Github, idrk..)
