Chances and Advice Please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Claremont McKenna College
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<p>So, in the Chances forum, people seem to underestimate the admission at CMC. I wanted people who really knew CMC to give me a chance. Please help! So, the majority of the profile here is correct, but since I'm a Junior, I've added on just a little bit. I will point out where I'm adding anything.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Household income: ~ $150k
State: California</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT: 2300 (800M, 760R, 740W, 10 Essay) [This is my goal. My SAT currently is 2210.]
UW GPA: 3.8</p>

<p>Sat 2: [Haven't taken any SATIIs, but I believe this is absolutely achievable]
Math 2: 800
Physics: 750</p>

<p>APs: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Art History, AP Literature. [These last two, I will take next year. Everything else is true.]</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Ec's: [Obviously, if it says 4 years, I will do the last of the four next year.]
Tennis (4 years) I suck, our school sucks, I think I count as Varsity.
Community service music group - 4 years (Founder and President all 4 years)
Yearbook - 3 years (Section Editor 1 year, co-Editor 1 year)
MUN - 3 years (Secretary 2 years)
Economics Team - 2 years (Founder and President all 2 years)</p>

<p>Summers:
Foundation for Economic Education Summer Program (2) [Only 1 so far]
HOBY (1 summer)
Forex company intern (2 summers)
[I will be applying to a list of prestigious business/econ related summer programs for this summer.]</p>

<p>I realize it might be hard to chance me since I'm not a Senior yet. Please treat this profile as if I am a Senior. Any advice for my Junior year would also be appreciated, along with a chance. If you happen to know Duke well, then please chance me for that too. Thank you!</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent change. Your SAT’s are already at the top end of the 25-75 range. Your GPA is strong, especially with your AP classes. However, those few B’s might hurt you, but should not be the deciding factor since you’ve taken a very challenging course load.<br>
Your ECs are very good too, and are likely in line with other applicants. All in all, you stand a very strong chance. But understand that CMC, like most top LACs, are very competitive and selective. Each year they reject applicants that seem like sure things. </p>

<p>My advice is to show demonstrated interest, visit the school, attend a college fair and make sure to sign you name and contact info. Demonstrated interest is important, and the school tracks all your contacts. Also make sure you send a prompt and well written thank you note to your guide for the campus visit, your interviewer, your host for the overnight visit, or anyone else you spent time with. That type of “adult” activity is always well received. Since you are in California, you should do an interview and also consider an overnight. You might also want to contact the tennis coach at CMS unless you really suck (your words, not mine). CMS tennis is very strong (usually top 5 in the nation for Division III). If you think you have a chance even to play JV, that might help. </p>

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<p>There is no JV tennis in college and don’t underestimate the level of a top D3 school - those players have been competing for years in USTA events, not minor league high school tennis. If you don’t know the level of players at CMC then you don’t know tennis well enough to consider it and you shouldn’t be calling this coach, you will look silly and insult him if you are as bad as you say you are, particularly if you aren’t even sure if you are varsity or not. No slam intended to you, tennis is just more competitive than you think there. They may have club tennis there…</p>

<p>Putting up chance threads with fantasy scores versus real scores seems a bit odd. Most people put up chance threads to be told they are wonderful, you can see how you fit looking at their accepted scores on their website. That is more reliable.</p>

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<p>@blueskies2day I agree with you as how strong CMS tennis is, but you are mistaken that there is not a J.V… There most certainly is one. He’s already admitted that he’s not a very good player. Certainly playing JV or not playing at all likely won’t help him get in, but it was a suggested angle. </p>

<p>There is no club tennis at CMC, but there’s lots of recreational players.</p>

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<p>Hey 84stag, thanks, I looked on the site but couldn’t find JV so assumed it didn’t exist. I know very few (if any) colleges that have a JV team. Who do they play? Maybe they would play a club team? Or perhaps DIII does more JV than I know. More familiar with D1 sports in general and know some coaches, they stories they tell on the letters they get…Thanks for the heads up, still learning!</p>

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<p>@blueskies2day‌ Thanks for the reply. CMS has JV teams in lots of sports. The sports scene there is really good, among the best in all of D III. The school is building a new sports complex that will be the rival of many D I programs. Their aquatics center, tennis complex, baseball, softball, and soccer fields are first rate. All the student athletes there compete hard but don’t have to make sports their priority. That’s what’s great about D III.<br>
CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) is part of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SCIAC). They play Redlands, Occidental, Cal Tech, Whittier, Cal Lutheran, La Verne, and Chapman. Many of the other schools have JV teams. Sometimes, the JV teams of D 1 schools (UCLA, for example) will play CMS in some sports. You should check out the CMS Athletics website for more info, although there doesn’t seem to be much if anything for JV sports. They do have info on club sports teams.</p>

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<p>@84stag @blueskies2day‌ </p>

<p>Nice discussion up there, and thank you for the comments.</p>

<p>I’m super interested in some of the PE classes at CMS, though, so I’m definitely not interested in any of the DIII sports. They have an amazing selection of PE classes even compared to all the Ivies.</p>

<p>I have a few more ECs planned that I’m genuinely excited about, but until I am able to go through with all of them, I won’t be announcing them here. </p>