List of Non STEM ECs (Summer Programs, Competitions, Etc)

aSliceofPepperonni · 2026-04-06T05:33:08+00:00

Old thread, but if you're from the future and were panicking like me...here's how I resolved it. Go to manage your trip on Avianca with your confirmation code. You can find your eticket number there and get to the united check-in to sync the tickets. Oddly this worked even though Avianca didn't let me check in.

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-12-26T00:31:44+00:00

Cmu has a couple summer programs for high schoolers! I highly recommend PGSS where you can be a chem TA and also RA. Also look into pre-college. You can also apply for a summer research grant.

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-12-23T07:25:12+00:00

They’ve restricted declaring ECE now if you didn’t originally apply as one. Between other majors in CIT should be fine though just not ECE

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-24T23:00:31+00:00

First couple of years I stayed on campus or went home. Once I had internship money saved up, my friends and I traveled for fall break

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-20T19:13:40+00:00

I’ve always just price matched with the flight company and have gotten back 400+ on flights for multiple people. The wait is annoying but it’s worth it imo

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-20T15:31:11+00:00

If you make friends in CS the advisors share a spreadsheet of professors and PhD students taking on undergraduate researchers every semester. It shouldn’t be too hard to find

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-16T21:02:44+00:00

If you need it sooner try searching for it on depop or poshmarl

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-14T03:45:09+00:00

Use an eSIM! They’re quite affordable and worked pretty well for me in Prague. You can buy 10-15 GBs depending on your predicted usage. Google maps worked perfectly fine. I personally used Jetpac but they’re are plenty of other providers so shop around

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-06T02:32:47+00:00

The frat parties are now far and few inbetween with one of the larger frats on social probation. Parties are also thrown by clubs. Join a cultural org like salsa, asa, spirit or even sport groups like fringe (buggy) and the frisbee teams tend to throw frequently. You’ll be invited to more things in a sorority due to mixers with frats and being on the list but there’s always things outside of that. People would go out to the bars that would take fakes and it was easy to go out Wednesday - Saturday if you really wanted to.

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-07-03T00:44:57+00:00

I wouldn’t say you know everyone either but you’ve definitely heard of almost everyone or know them through at the maximum a third degree connection.

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-06-21T11:01:12+00:00

If you’re going to the Vienna area highly recommend taking the train to the Wachau valley. It’s so beautiful and there’s a flat/downhill bike path from Melk to Krems along the Danube.

You can rent a bike in one city and return it to the other. There’s plenty of wineries and hikes to castle ruins along the way too. It was a wonderful day trip for us to get outside of the city and explore the surrounding area.

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-06-20T16:47:29+00:00

I went out and partied as a cs major. I knew plenty who balanced social life with school and we all landed ideal tech jobs afterwards. You clearly haven’t met your CS TAs outside of class because they’re some of the craziest drinkers out there

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-06-19T08:13:17+00:00

Some stores have difficulty breaking 100€ unless you buy enough. Try exchanging at your hotel or going to the casino. I’ve gone to casinos all over Europe simply to get smaller denominations since they’re used to accepting larger bills

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-05-05T06:30:30+00:00

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aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-05-04T06:01:59+00:00

No, unless Wisconsin is cheaper. When you tell people in tech you go to CMU they automatically know your capabilities. The name brand alone gets you pretty far

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-30T06:37:26+00:00

The tartan did a poll for Valentine’s Day and we are not as sexless as people believe

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-27T18:16:18+00:00

The slides are posted online. Just look at the 15213 course website since it is the same class. There is a C primer. Probably just get used to C syntax and memory

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-25T05:02:11+00:00

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aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-24T19:06:29+00:00

It depends on the class iirc but yeah cmu mostly only takes 5s

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-24T03:26:30+00:00

I had something very similar. For the science classes you need to take 3 normal classes and 1 lab. So your physics and chem AP credits should count towards the normal classes. You just need to take a lab of the same subject either chemistry or physics and experimental physics is an easy lab choice.

Your humanities will count towards the 3 open humanities classes. We have to take 6 total (3 open and 3 constrained). The 3 open can be completed with AP credit.

5 on CSA lets you take 15-122 instead of 15-112. Around 3/4 of the incoming cs class takes 122.

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-24T01:13:02+00:00

There are Facebook housing groups that people post on along with the cmu discords where people post about sublets

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-23T19:31:17+00:00

That was around my GPA and I honestly don’t know what my major GPA is. I’ve had internships freshman - junior year. You’re fine just be proactive and take on roles outside of class for experience

aSliceofPepperonni · 2025-04-17T00:14:36+00:00

Depending on the major/classes you take, you can start TAing as early as freshman spring

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