chance me for pitzer college! :))

Colleges and Universities A-Z Pitzer College
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<p>hello! Let me know if you think I'll get into Pitzer! :)</p>

<p>ethnicity: indian
applying: regular decision
major: economics, minor: political science</p>

<p>highest act score [but didn't submit since my GPA qualifies]: 28 (33 writing, 28 math)
SAT II subjects submitted: math 2 -- 730</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted): 3.69 (have taken summer classes at community college)
GPA (weighted): 3.89
1 Honors taken soph year, 1 AP and 2 Honors taken junior year.</p>

<p>40% percentile of school
School API ranking: 943</p>

<p>extracurriculars:
1. Calif. Scholarship Federation (4 years active): a service club -- chapter president, prev. secretary; raised membership 10%; 100% life member</p>

<ol>
<li><p>FBLA (4 years): chapter director of competitions, prev manager; raised chapter ranking 10 pts (chapter is 2nd in the nation competitively), wrote 2 award-winning reports</p></li>
<li><p>NCYLS (3 years): an lship seminar -- nominated & sponsored by school as sophomore delegate, later chosen to return as a counselor, then nominated by staff to be a Panel Speaker about leadership/volunteer experiences to 150 people</p></li>
<li><p>ASB/Community Leadership (3 years): Board of Directors (only junior be selected, served twice), prev. a commissioner; raised $400+ for NPOs</p></li>
<li><p>CA State Legislature Internship over the summer (major job experience since econ & poli sci are my majors)</p></li>
<li><p>Karnatic music (5 years); recognition earned by government</p></li>
</ol>

<p>minor activities:
7. US House of Reps Mike Honda student advisory council member (1 year)
8. Government Team/We the People competition: speak/mock trial on gov and politics -- Stanford moot court participant; filmed/campaign volunteer for documentary on Election Day will compete in WTP in December
9. Link Crew Leader (1 year)
10. badminton team (1 year)
11. Speech and Debate (1 year)</p>

<p>awards:
President's Volunteer Service Award Bronze (completed 100 hrs of service in 1 year)
FBLA CA State Champion & 5th place in nation for Business Financial Plan jnr year
FBLA CA State Champion & 5th place in nation for Principles & Procedures test soph year
FBLA 2nd in CA and 6th place in nation for Partnership with Business project
FBLA conferences attended -- 8</p>

<p>essays:
1. people say i'm a "really amazing writer." i wrote essays on 1) dance, which is my passion, but trying out for the HS dance team and forgetting the routine on the stage -- made me a better person 2) short essay on FBLA and my journey in it</p>

<p>recommendations:
3 letters: 1) mandatory counselor letter is my leadership advisor of 3 years who wrote me a great one as she told me 2) teacher rec from French 4 Honors teacher in classes I worked super hard and got As in for the first time in French so she likes me 3) Internship boss who I don't know that well</p>

<p>thanks so much for reading! honesty is appreciated.</p>

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<p>sramesh93,</p>

<p>Just to note, Pitzer does not have a minor in Political Science available, only a major, so you should be careful putting that on your application as it might look like you haven’t throughly researched the academic program. </p>

<p>Otherwise, you look like a pretty good candidate for admission. Because of your unweighted GPA being over a 3.5, you do not have to submit your ACT score, so that’s an option for you. </p>

<p>Are you taking any honors or AP classes this senior year? </p>

<p>Also, make sure you take great care with the Pitzer supplemental essay. </p>

<p>Your ECs look good. Overall, I think you have a good shot. However, Pitzer’s admission pool is getting larger and more competitive every year, so at this point it partly seems like a shot in the dark.</p>

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<p>Id try claremont mckenna, I don’t think pitzer is right for you.
You have the grades and extra curricular for cmc definitely and it sounds like it would be a better fit based on your grades and activities.
My dad is an admissions officer for cmc and he made it sound like you would have a higher chance getting in there.
Trust me.</p>

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<p>Musicmastr - your response to this post and the previous one is odd. You make it sound like Pitzer systematically denies students who are doing well, and I do not buy that. Also, your bias is pretty obvious. You should probably not be talking for CMCs admission, either. I sure neither Pitzer, nor CMC would approve.</p>