chances please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Claremont McKenna College
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<p>So, im currently a male senior from CT (fairly competitive public high school in one of the rich counties) Im curious as to what you think my chances are.</p>

<p>GPA- UW – 3.4 W – 3.7 (low, I kno, but GC wrote about how junior year I missed almost a month of school whilst in 4 ap and 3 honors classes with shingles+surgery which is y my gpa isn’t as high as it could be)</p>

<p>School doesn’t rank...</p>

<p>Frosh and soph years u can only take 2 honors classes, which I did and from there on I have one of the most demanding courseloads</p>

<p>Im Asian… Thai Laotian Chinese Indian</p>

<p>SAT - 1390/2070
Math - 730
Writing - 680
CR – 660</p>

<p>SAT 2
MATH1-720
MATH2-680
USHIST-660</p>

<p>Teacher recs - i read one of them who said i was one of the best she had had in 17 years of teaching and that while i was a junior in a class meant for seniors i emerged the leader and made evereyone else around me perform better... the second one that i sent i didn’t read becuase the teacher doesnt allow it but i asked my GC if i had to send one which would i send and he said it was a tossup... so it must’ve been very good</p>

<p>My essays were actually fairly good... writing is kinda my thing</p>

<p>i got a
5 on the AP English Lang
4 on AP US Hist
4 on AP Psych (self study)
3 on AP Govt (self study)</p>

<p>the thing that im hoping to make up for my gpa are my pretty good ecs...</p>

<p>I am...
-vice president of fbla
-captain of debate (finished 5th at state finals)
-editor of the school paper
-co-founder of my own tutoring business
-One of two students on a regional board to talk about the problems teen face in my community
- two varsity sport (wrestling and track)
- ambassador of intramural football league in charge of arranging playing times
- i umped baseball for a few years
- part of youth chapter of charity organization that sends money to sponsor schools in villages in India
- went to a third world country where mom grew up to help teach english (wrote one of my essays kinda about this)</p>

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<p>very very good chance. good ECs, good recs. you do sports, you show an interest in the world, interest in business, show leadership, good writing. all things cmc looks for. the grade thing sounds like it's taken care of by the gc letter. good luck!</p>

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<p>yeah I hope you do well</p>

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<p>umm, my SAT score just went up a little bit</p>

<p>now my best composite is...</p>

<p>Critical Reading - 720
Math - 730
Writing - 680</p>

<p>for a composite of 1450\2130</p>

<p>how much will that increase my chances, if at all</p>

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<p>wow yeah that is really good
I think that this will just show that your gpa really doesn't describe you</p>

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<p>thanks 2much2do and em</p>

<p>just a couple questions</p>

<p>now that im applying to CMC and using the common app with supplement, theres only that one essay on leadership to answer, right? and shaping "culture and thought"... what if its a character that isnt necessarily as well known as a holden caulfield or a macbeth or hamlet? like, if the character shaped me but the book (enders game) isnt really that well known, is it ok to write about that?</p>

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<p>enders game is quite well known. you should be good to go.</p>

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<p>i know people who wrote about like their high school football coaches...you can write about anyone.</p>