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140+
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Buildings in multiple Pittsburgh neighborhoods
5
Miles from Downtown Pittsburgh

Turn Tartan Admitted Student Events
In the spring semester, we will offer various in-person and virtual events specifically designed for admitted students. Learn more about these events below, and keep an eye on your email for an announcement when registration is open.
Open Houses
There will be three Turn Tartan Open Houses throughout the spring semester, offering opportunities to explore campus facilities, meet current students and connect with your academic program and campus organizations. Below are highlights of some of these events.
- Go on a student-led campus tour
- Attend a resource fair to meet the offices across campus that will support your journey as a Carnegie Mellon student
- Attend an academic fair to visit your chosen school or program
- Join your academic school or program for an informational session
- Hear from current students at student life presentations and panels
- Attend an informal mixer to meet fellow admitted students
- Take a Molly's Trolleys tour around Pittsburgh to explore your new home.
Visit Days
Turn Tartan Visit Days will be held multiple weekdays throughout March and April, providing a smaller, more intimate way to experience campus, with events including:
- A student-led campus tour
- Select academic information sessions*
- Lunch on campus with other admitted students
- One-on-one admission counseling sessions
- Attend an informal mixer to meet fellow admitted students
*Please note that academic schools and programs do not have sessions on every Visit Day. Once available, be sure to check each day's schedule to determine the Visit Days in which your program of choice will be participating.
Virtual Events
Can’t make it to campus? There will be a variety of online Turn Tartan events for admitted students during the spring semester, including information sessions from academic departments and other campus partners, live virtual campus tours, chats with current Tartans and plenty of other ways to find out what it means to be a student at Carnegie Mellon.
- Turn Tartan Student Experience Webinars, hosted by Tartan Ambassadors in January and February on topics like housing, activities and clubs on campus, life in Pittsburgh, and student projects and research.
- Turn Tartan Academic Webinars, hosted by the academic schools and programs in April to share more about what to expect as a first-year student in their curriculum.
- Turn Tartan Campus Resource Webinars, hosted by the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, the Division of Student Affairs and more to introduce the teams, organizations and resources available to you as a Carnegie Mellon student.