<p>hey thanks for looking at this i really appreciate it! I've been really stressed by this whole college thing for some time. like you have no idea how much ive been stressed, but anyways I am interested in Claremont McKenna. I know my SAT/ACT and GPA scores are bad. Anything else I can work on?</p>
<p>GPA: 3.5 unweighted 3.65 weighted
ACT: 25 (retaking)
SAT: 1830 (retaking)
Should get good recs and should write a great essay</p>
<p>ECS
-founded my own business which works with Amazon.com in book sales and distribution
-I love trading stocks and started when I was in grade school
-often talk about starting a business and the importance of academics to kids in underdeveloped communities (having been doing this on a regular basis for 2 years now) through a group that links business leaders to youth.
-berekly model UN
-summer at brown econ class
-taking two college classes at local community college
-work at local store for 10hrs/week
-Vice President (10,11) President (12) of a the teen advisory board which acts as a liaison between teens and the city council</p>
<p>Background:
- I now attend a very prestigious school in a very affluent neighborhood, however I came from a grade school that did not prepare students for this type of a challenging academic atmosphere. It was a fight to be able to go to the high school I do now, but I have always had the dream of attending a great college.
-I went through difficult transitional periods my frosh and soph years but beginning 2nd semester sophomore year have taken the hardest course load and have done extremely well.</p>
<p>Im a hispanic californian and would not need financial aid. Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Your gpa and sats aren't "bad", but if you want a good shot, you should probably do your best to try and raise them. I think at cmc the most important thing is that you're a good match for the school, so they are more willing than some schools to overlook slightly lower stats if they think you'll succeed (and also more willing to reject people with higher stats if they think they won't). </p>
<p>If you don't need financial aid, then you might want to consider applying ED if cmc is your first choice. There are a lot of really good schools out there, try to find some good matches and safeties too.</p>
<p>EDIT: I just looked at some of your other posts. . . it seems you've blanketed the boards of all of the top schools. I would try and pick only a few reach schools and fall in love with some more realistic bets. From what I know, Santa Clara University is a good school and I think it's strong in business with good ties to silicon valley. So maybe you could look into that. Also, I know someone going to UCSB for business.</p>
<p>I think your GPA and SAT are definitely on the low side, but a reach is a reach and wouldn't be called that if it weren't difficult to be accepted in the first place. Submit your application and see what happens.</p>
<p>I just reread my post and putting bad in quotations my have sounded kinda pretentious. I'm sorry. My point is that the average student's SAT is 1500, and the average GPA is supposedly 2.0. And you have some incredible EC's. But if you're only looking at Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, and Brown, you get a very distorted view of what is good. So try not to stress out as much and look for schools that are a good fit for you.</p>
<p>ACT is a little low, even as a first try. not to be mean...just honest! but you do have a lot of ECs that make you unique and interesting. i definitely agree with assassinator...you're the type of candidate who might get by if you do ED and make it clear to the admissions peeps why you think you're a good fit for cmc. good luck!</p>