Acceptance at Claremont Mckenna

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi guys,
I am a prospective international student from India looking to pursue a 3+2 program , hence an interest in liberal arts. I dream to go to claremont mckenna, but would just like to know my chances of getting in. My scores are as follows :

ACT : 32 (Sc 32, M 35 , E 33 , R 29 )
SAT Subject - Math II - 750
Rank : top 5 %

Objective

IB (predictive in bracket) : Math HL - 6 (6)
Physics HL- 6 (6)
Chem HL - 6 (6)
Eco SL - 7 (7)
Hindi - 5 (6)
Eng lit - 5 (6)
Total - 35 (39)

Subjective

Headboy of the school

-Extracurriculars : National Tennis players, have come second all over India twice and third one. Captain of the State tennis team . State football player and city captain. Organised MUNs, executive committee member. Chair of MUN (DISEC & SPECPOL) and have received best position paper. Track and field 400m gold medalist x3 , 1500m gold x3, was torch bearer for the year 2014-15

  • Volunteer - built 40 toilets for the underprivileged by raising $4000 through miscellaneous event organisations and public awareness. IAYP silver medalist , in which, as service, I taught underprivileged children various skill such as using the computer, playing football, cricket, as well as reading.
  • scholarship - received an annual scholarship of $1500 for a year from an NGO for excellence in tennis. Have been receiving an annual $1000 from the state govt. for excellence in tennis.

Job/work experience : Intern at a multinational company in HRD department. Also completed a CSR activity with the HRD department, collaborating with an NGO to organise eye camp for underprivileged women.

Essays : I think I have a pretty convincing essay.

Recommendation : Great recommendation from both physics and english teacher who have known me or 8 years.

Strength - extracurriculars

weakness - my secondary year report/ grades

Any suggestion as to what chance I have for getting in CMC ? I have given a detailed elaboration on extracurricular and leadership , because CMC stresses upon it too.

Also applying to : Wesleyan, Georgia tech, Duke, Cornell, Oberlin, Furman (scholarship) , Denison (scholarship ).

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Very, very few students actually follow through on 3-2 programs. Assuming you mean engineering. Just apply to engineering schools. Don’t set yourself up for 5 years of college expenses, and a path that statistically students actually rarely follow.

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@intparent the thing is, I really want to follow both economics and engineering. And CMC is the best place to be for that ! In this case, even if I do drop out of the program, I can still continue with my present major (whatever I choose). I would like to know my acceptance chance , if you could help me.
thank you for your advice though, I am applying to engineering colleges aswell !

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Do you need financial aid? Very few schools are need blind in admissions and meet need for international students. CMC is need aware for international students, so if you need a lot of aid it will hurt your chances. Your ACT is slightly above the 50% mark, but that may not be good enough if you need a lot of aid.

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I am applying for aid, although it will be for 10k MAX, would it still hurt my chances ?