Overview
Your application for admission will consist of an application form provided by Carnegie Mellon and documents you will be required to gather from other resources (i.e. high school transcripts).
Application Materials
All application materials must be postmarked by April 1 and be mailed together to the following address:
Summer Programs for DiversityOffice of Admission
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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- High School Transcript - an official, recent high school transcript. This transcript should include as complete a listing as possible of your classes and grades.
- Standardized Test Scores - your most recent PSAT, SAT Reasoning Test, PLAN or ACT with Writing standardized test results.
- Letter of Recommendation (Counselor) - from your guidance counselor familiar with your work habits as well as your academic and/or artistic progress or promise, or your response to teaching/directing and spirit of cooperation in group situations. If appropriate, your guidance counselor or principal can provide information about any socioeconomic, personal or educational circumstance affecting your academic environment, either positively or negatively.
- Letters of Recommendation (Teachers) - from two subject-area teachers familiar with your work habits and/or academic progress and promise, or your response to teaching/directing and spirit of cooperation in group situations
- Activities Resumé - Description of your extracurricular activities and/or work experiences.
- Essay #1 - a one-page, typed statement about what you as an individual would bring to Carnegie Mellon Summer Programs for Diversity to build a widely diverse community and your personal and academic goals for attending the program.
- Essay #2 - a one-page, typed statement describing in detail some special interest, experience or achievement relative to the program you are applying to:
- Summer Academy for Math + Science - statement on your math/science experiences or interests
- AP/EA - describe an academic experience or achievement
- Architecture, Art and Design - describe your experiences in the arts
- Drama - describe your experiences in theatre
- Music applicants must upload the following:
- Statement describing any past musical training and accomplishments,
- Recent audio recording of a solo representative of your level of performance (vocal/instrumental performance applicants) or scores of recent original compositions (composition applicants)
- National High School Game Academy - describe some special interest, experience or achievement
Due to the limited number of scholarships available for the Summer Programs for Diversity, we are not able to admit all applicants. For those students who are not admitted to the Summer Programs for Diversity and would like to be considered for our Pre-College program, please check the appropriate box on the application. Visit the Pre-College website to learn more about the program and fees/costs. Financial aid is only available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Admission & Enrollment
Applicants will begin to receive notification of our admission decisions in early May.