Voidaaa

Gee, I'm an international student, sadly, from China. I have a friend enrolled in CMU last year. (1) I'm told that this CEE program is totally course based and offers few opportunities to join the research group. (2) Some of his peers are from low ranking Chinese universities (without 985 & 211(Chinese Ivy) titles). He doubted if CMU actually reviewed their application. (3) My classmate? GPA 3.2/4.0. Without great recommendation letters. Can believe it! This program must be a cash cow. That's why I care who will be my peers.

Sorry, I'm not basing that off, but wondering why is that happening for years. My classmate, who is ignorant of mechanics and mathematics, got admitted with his extremely low GPA and GRE scores. Really confusing...

How do you like CMU? I've been admitted to the MMC program, but a bro told me that the professors hardly offered research positions and did their teaching thing only. Is that true?

Rarely anybody was rejected by CMU's CEE Master program, but CMU ranks among the TOP 10 in Civil Engineering! Why?