**Claremont McKenna Class of 2019 Official Results Thread**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Claremont McKenna College
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Thought it would be helpful to make a dedicated page for stats.

Results only! Copy and paste the format below:
(Delete all the spaces after all the brackets!!!)

Pick one:
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[ /list]

[ b]Subjective:[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:
[ *] Teacher Recommendations:
[ *] Counselor Recommendation:
[ *] Interview:[ /list]

[ b]Other[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[ /list]

[ b]Reflection[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Schools you were accepted to:
[ *] Schools you were waitlisted/rejected from:
[ *] Schools you are waiting for:[ /list]

[ b]General Comments:[ /b]

Good luck everybody! :slight_smile:

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Accepted!
22 ACT 3.2 UC GPA
Awesome essays. I think that’s what did it.

3

Rejected, but I expected that so it’s whatever. 2220 SAT, 4.03 W GPA, great essays and ECs. GPA definitely brought me down, but that’s life ¯_(ツ)_/¯

4

Where did you guys see your results? I clicked on the link connect.cmc.edu from the email and I didn’t see anything about admission or rejection

5

Rejected:
4.08 W GPA (4.28 GPA 10-12 Grades)
2280 SAT
Great Extracurriculars
Good Essays

6

Rejected:
4.45 GPA W 35 ACT
Lots of extracurrics w/ leadership positions
6 Seasons Var Soccer/Golf (captain 2 years)
Essays were good

No video response or interview, maybe that’s why. Otherwise, confused and mildly upset. :confused:

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 R, 620 M, 700 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/341
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Gov/Pol (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Spanish, AP Stats, AP Art His, AP Enviro.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honorable Mention National Spanish Exam, several regional awards for Tennis, couple of school awards[/li]
Subjective:

[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Club (Secretary), Nat Spanish Honor Society (AP Representative), Nat Honor Society (Social Chair), Young Democrats Club, Youth and Government (President), Tennis (Var 4 yrs, Captain 2)
[] Job/Work Experience: Front Desk Employee at a tennis club, Tennis Teaching Assistant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for a local elementary school, children wheelchair tennis clinics, various children’s tennis clinics, Involved in a program that raised money for a children’s hospital (12 seniors selected)
[] Personal Statement: talked about the absence of my father and how that developed my independent thinking
[] Teacher Recommendations: AP English teacher and AP Art history teacher, both knew me well and I suspect they wrote good recommendations
[] Counselor Recommendation: generic public school rec, she wrote it in two days
[li] Interview: did not do one[/li]
Other

[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li][ b] Intended Major **: undecided, leaning towards internat. relations[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: mid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] not sure, probably my downfall[/li]
Reflection

[list]
[] Strengths: GPA, rigor of courses, teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: test scores for sure, counselor rec, started off in lower classes, didn’t really express my main passions
[] Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected probs because of the above weaknesses
[] Schools you were accepted to: Willamette, Linfield, Lewis and Clark, Pacific Uni, Uni. of Rochester
[li] Schools you were waitlisted/rejected from: Wait-listed: Whitman, William and Mary, Rejected: Pomona, CMC[/li]
General Comments: disappointed, not surprised, put in a lot of effort in high school but apparently just wasn’t enough

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Wait-listed with 2350, 3.93 UW gpa, 13 APs, excellent ECs and leadership and awards, U.S. Presidential Scholar candidate

CMC is smart in that in takes only the most dedicated applicants. I didn’t do the optional video response and never had an interview (none in my region) and probably would not have strongly considered CMC even if I got in unless I received significant finaid. So far I’ve been admitted to UMich, Dartmouth (likely letter), and Bowdoin (Faculty Scholar).

Congratulations to all who were accepted!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] ACT: 34 (34 M, 34 E, 35 R, 33 S)
[] SAT II: 740 (Math II)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but 1 or 2 in (small) class
[] IB scores: Diploma Candidate (Testing in May), predicted IB scores of 7 in History and English (I’m unsure about the rest because we don’t get to see most predicted grades)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Higher Level Mathematics, IB Higher Level Physics, IB Higher Level History of the Americas, IB Higher Level Literature, IB Standard Level Visual Arts A, IB Standard Level Spanish B, Theory of Knowledge
[li] Major Awards: Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key (Poetry) and National American Voice Winner, Harvard Book Award, George Eastman’s Young Leaders Award, Published poet in an international writing magazine, best-in-class awards (Humanities, English, Design Technology), some other things.[/ul][/li]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Orienteering Club (takes up a majority of my time, very committed!), Poetry (Published and nationally recognized), Varsity Soccer, Playing keyboard and singing in 2 bands (Rock and Jazz), classical piano, Academic Decathlon (Founder and/or President of Each Mentioned Club), some other things for fun!
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid performer with band, Working DJ
[] Volunteer/Community service: Athletic Leadership at school, Coaching and event volunteering for orienteering, Volunteer Event DJ
[] Essays: I personally loved my Common App essay personally; wrote about my world defined by film (for the first prompt about “important background”). Liked my supplement as much as I could for such a short prompt; wrote about the similarities between CMC and my school with specifics.
[] Teacher Recommendations: History Teacher (10/10, Said I was his best student in all his 13+ years of teaching), Mathematics Teacher (9/10, I did extremely well in Math, and was one of 3 students in his entire class so we were pretty close. He also had me for physics so it was like 2 recommendations in one!)
[] Counselor Rec: 10/10 (Also my English teacher, so had dual benefits in terms of the recommendation. Very small school, and she’s given me class awards and we hang out and talk a lot, so we’re pretty close. The principal of my school said it was the best recommendation he’s ever read, which was very humbling to hear!)
[li] Interview: Didn’t interview, but did the optional video response because it was only 2 minutes so I figured why not.[/ul][/li]
Other:

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
[] School Type: Private International Baccalaureate
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
[li] Hooks: None![/ul][/li]
Reflection:

[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, academics (almost all A’s—besides some B’s in 9th grade—in extremely rigorous IB course load with 4 Higher Levels), excellent recommendations, dedication to extracurriculars (orienteering, poetry, and band).
[] Weaknesses: No major awards, not a lot of research pertaining to major, didn’t fill out Common Application Activity section very well (wish I would have spent more time on it!), and perhaps specific interest in the school (didn’t get to visit/no interview).
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academics, recommendations.
[] Where else did you apply?:[/ul]
Accepted to: Claremont McKenna (Mathematics), University of Southern California (Biomedical Chemical Engineering Honors with Presidential Scholarship), University of California Los Angeles (Pre-Applied Mathematics with Achievement Scholarship), University of Texas Austin (Biomedical Engineering and Plan II Honors), California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Biomedical Engineering with Outreach Scholarship).

Deferred: Yale-NUS.
Waitlisted: Washington University in St. Louis, Vanderbilt.
Rejected: None yet.
Waiting for: Yale, Columbia, Brown, University of Pennsylvania, Amherst, Duke, Swarthmore, University of California Berkeley, Rice

General Comments:
Not sure if I’ll go here yet, but excited that it’s an option. Good luck to everyone else, and congratulations on other’s acceptances! If you weren’t accepted, don’t worry: you’ll thrive wherever you go because everyone on this site is awesome! :slight_smile:

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[size=4]Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Superscore: 1870 (Reading: 680, Math: 620, Writing: 570)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.4 (In Australia we don’t have GPAs, so this is from rough memory of my transcript)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 500 Startups (Incubator)[/ul][/li]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Work Experience
[] Job/Work Experience: Raised $2M for start-up, with two other co-founders. Been featured in Forbes, The Atlantic, et al.
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~200hr
[] Personal Statement: Barely remember.
[] Teacher Recommendations: Likely OK.
[] Counselor Recommendation: Didn’t know me well.
[li] Interview: None. [/ul][/li]
Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Business[/li][] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Australia
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, entrepreneur [/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Business experience, on the Advisory Board of museum
[] Weaknesses: SATs/Grades…
[] Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Diversity.
[] Schools you were accepted to: CMC
[] Schools you were waitlisted/rejected from: Stanford, USC, Williams College, Pomona
[] Schools you are waiting for: Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Penn. [/ul]

General Comments: Undecided if I’ll go. Will visit campus in the next few weeks. Had my heart set on USC.

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Decision: Accepted with McKenna Achievement Award

Objective:

[ul]
[] ACT: 35 (35E, 34M, 35S, 36R, 32W)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/271
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (4), English Lang (4), Calc AB (5), US History (4), Euro (4), Chem (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US Government/Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, ASB/Leadership
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar with Distinction, CSF, Arthur Ashe Essay Contest Sectional Winner, National Merit Scholarship Commended, Questbridge College Prep Scholar

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB/Leadership (Class President 9-11, Associated Student Body President 12), Debate Team (Founding member, President grade 11, 11-12), created my own website to help kids find information about college (11-12), Varsity Tennis (9-11, Captain 11-12), USTA Tennis Tournaments (9-11)
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting (9-12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Kids 4 Hydrogen (National Chapter Coordinator 11-12)
[] Personal Statement: Common App essay talked about how I survived a tree falling on my house and how that made me realize that I am meant to do something with my life, 9/10; CMC essay was basically a list of so many things that I love about CMC, was a bit unorganized but what can you really do in 200 words?, 8/10
[] Teacher Recommendations: My Physics teacher wrote about how I was one of the greatest students he ever had 9/10, and I didn’t get to read the rec. from my English teacher but she LOVES me because I was both in her class and her TA last year so it was probably great
[] Counselor Recommendation: My ex-ASB Adviser now Vice Principal wrote my counselor rec. and it was really great, talked about my leadership, family situation, and work ethic, 10/10
[li] Interview:[/ul] interview went SO well. My interviewer and I had so much in common and really hit it off. My dad was getting worried because we took so much extra time talking that people who went in for their interview after I did came out 20 minutes before me[/li]
Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Government/International Relations[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$60,000 w/ a family of 8
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I may be considered first gen? None of my parents graduated from a 4 year[/ul][/li]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, test scores, leadership
[] Weaknesses: was worried that some of my activities would look like “fillers” because I don’t put a ton of hours into them each week, was also worried because there’s a lot of school presidents out there and I didn’t know how impressive it would look as a leadership position
[] Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades and test scores definitely put me in the place to be considered for CMC, but it was definitely my leadership that got me in. I think my “Why CMC” essay conveyed the true passion that I have for my activities and showed that I would take advantage of all that CMC has to offer.
[] Schools you were accepted to: UCSD, UCLA, Wellesley, University of Miami
[] Schools you were waitlisted/rejected from: Pomona (waitlisted-- but who cares now!)
[] Schools you are waiting for:[/ul] Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Brown, Tufts, Georgetown, George Washington

**General Comments: ** I am SO EXCITED! CMC has been my #1 ever since I started researching schools last year and this is absolutely a dream. I was a bit worried because there were so many applicants this year and they were going to accept such a small percentage and didn’t know how my activities would show on my application. The thing is though, CMC accepts a certain type of person, and I have always known that that was the exact type of person I am. I just tried to be myself and show that I truly belong on that campus.

Congrats to everyone else who was accepted! CMC is a truly amazing place.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 Math, 740 Reading, 800 Writing
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 Math I, 700 U.S History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/762
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), European History (5), U.S History (4), Reading and Comprehension (4), Chemistry (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats/IB SL Math, AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP MicroEcon/Civics, IB World Theater
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit, President’s volunteer service award, A couple of minor debate awards [/li]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Committee (Treasurer for 4 years), Debate Club (technically 3 separate clubs; VP and Co-founder), Mock Trial
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200~ hours tutoring, volunteering at a hospital, or volunteering in the library
[] Personal Statement: 10/10. Honestly the best essay I’ve written. Showed a lot of my personality and clearly told my story. Everyone who has read it says it is an amazing essay
[] Teacher Recommendations:
Teacher 1: 10/10. Amazing. The teacher was my Mock Trial coach and class adviser meaning I knew her for 4 years. She is a great writer too.
Teacher 2: 7/10. Meh. I had her for 2 years, she really liked me but didn’t know me as well as teacher 1.
[] Counselor Recommendation: 9/10. Told me he wrote a great rec. I was one of his favorite students.
[li] Interview: It went OK. It wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t terrible either.[/li]
Other

[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Economics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public, large
[] Ethnicity: Asian American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] [/li]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Great essays, good teacher/counselor recommendations, unique hook, started a club and actually grew it
[] Weaknesses: Sat II scores weren’t as great as they could be. 3 in AP Chemistry
[] Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure if I can point to one thing. I think I had a pretty strong overall application
[] Schools you were accepted to: UCI, UCSD, UCLA, USC, CMC, Stanford
[] Schools you were waitlisted/rejected from: None
[] Schools you are waiting for:[/ul] None

General Comments:

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Don’t feel like doing the entire thing, so I’ll do a quick summary.

Rejected. 35 ACT & 3.85 UW GPA. 10 AP’s. Several EC’s with leadership positions in all of them. I did do the video response. My essay was solid, really good. CMC is my first choice, but it crushed my heart. I don’t even know why I got rejected.

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Decision: Accepted with Interdisciplinary Science Scholarship

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 29
SAT II: M2- 750, M1- 710, Bio-680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 42/43
Senior Year Course Load: Math HL, Biology HL, Chemistry HL, Economics SL, Spanish ab, English SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best student in IT- grades 9 and 10; Hypatia contest

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Varsity Swimming (captain), Math club ( vice president), Chess club (vice president), Juxtapose (Student initiative) - Chief editor; Contributor of articles to school’s mag; Interact club
Volunteer/Community service: Did a lot at three different organisations- over 500 hours
Essays: CA- 7/10; CMC- 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see either
Counselor Rec: Also didn’t see
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Nope
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Somewhere in Africa
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Grades, Intense focus on engagement in society, Risk taker
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Main CMC Essay since I knew my ACTs were not so hot.
Weaknesses: ACTs/ Extracurriculars could have been stronger
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m honestly lost/ surprised! I have no idea!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Lawrence/ Cornell (LL)/ Macalester/ Vassar and now here!!! :heart: . Rejected at Denison/Colby/Trinity/Colgate/Dickinson/Davidson

After a series of so many rejections, yesterday was certainly a very very wonderful day. First Vassar and then here. I was so shocked this morning when I opened my portal as this was highly unexpected. OMG plus the full tuition scholarship has totally blown me away!!!

ARRGGGGHHHHH!!! I’m so happy!!!

Congratulations to all others who got in and commiserations to those who didn’t. If you were waitlisted you still have a shot at admission and I hope you get in. To all those who didn’t get in, I know how you feel…in the stretch of 5 days I was rejected from all those schools. It was unbelievable and I decided against checking anymore decisions. But my brother gave me some resounding advice, ‘You win some. You lose some.’ So I’m sure you all have fantastic choices to choose from.

All the best guys :slight_smile:

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Decision: Waitlisted

SAT I (breakdown): 2380
ACT (breakdown): 36
SAT II: M2- 800, Bio-800, US History- 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (?)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 AP’s coming into senior year- too lazy to list
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State President of 2 non-profit organizations, couple awards here and there, stealth start-up in Los Angeles
Job/Work Experience: Paid Internship at United Technologies Corporation
Volunteer/Community service: Around 1000-1200 hours
Essays: CA- 8/10; CMC- 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see either
Counselor Rec: Got to see, was great!
Additional Rec: Great, chairman of non-profit organization I was involved in all 4 years of high school
Interview: Nope, wish I scheduled one though
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Management Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Claremont colleges are just crapshoots for everyone - you either get in or you don’t. Take it as a grain of salt and move on to other options. Let me know if you need elaboration on anything

Accepted: UCLA Regents, USC Full scholarship, UCSD, UCI, Dartmouth (likely), Columbia (likely)

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (700 Reading, 770 Math, 690 Writing)
    [    ] ACT: 33 (32 Eng, 34 Math, 33 Read, 32 Science)
    [] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 US History
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
    [    ] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Calc BC, World History, US History, Lang, Macro, Micro
    [] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, Service Learning, Honors Gov, Chorale, Yearbook
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):School Student of the Year 2014, School Social Studies Excellence Award 2014, Top 10 State Individual Chess, Top 3 State Team Chess, AP Scholar with Distinction, Bughouse Chess State Runner-up, School Math League Champion 2014

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Chess Team (Captain 10-12), Student Council (Co-President), Speech and Debate (Co-Captain), Newspaper (News Section Editor), School Ambassadors Club (President), School Board Created Committee Member
[] Job/Work Experience: Chess/ Math Tutor, State Senate Campaign Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service:Junior High Chess Coach, District League Manager
[] Personal Statement: I thought my Why CMC Essay was pretty good.d
[] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent, one from an AP Lang teacher who worked with me on a school board committee and one from an APUSH teacher who I walk history with and write newspaper for.
[] Counselor Recommendation:Excellent, we talk a lot and she’s the sponsor of a club I’m president of.
[li] Interview: I didn’t have one.[/ul][/li]
Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Government[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Public College Prep
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 80-100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, Rec’s, GPA, AP’s
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores, Essays?
[] Why do you think yo,u were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s such a small class, acceptances and rejections can be very subjective. I think I had a good shot, but maybe Test Scores weren’t good enough.
[] Schools you were accepted to: Arizona State, U of Arizona, Fordham, Georgetown, Davidson
[] Schools you were waitlisted/rejected from: CMC
[] Schools you are waiting for: Duke, Harvard, Yale, Columbia[/ul]

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ACCEPTED.

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 770M, 770W, 760R
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math 2, 760 Math 1, 700 Spanish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Economics, Spanish, English, AP Biology, Math.

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swim captain, year round swimming, yearbook editor, newspaper editor
[ *] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard, swim lessons.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement: excellent.
[ *] Teacher Recommendations: excellent.
[ *] Counselor Recommendation: excellent.

[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: econ
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Southern CA
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: M

[ *] Strengths: essays, SAT, recs.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA

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Accepted. 35 ACT & 3.85 UW GPA. 10 AP’s. Several EC’s with leadership positions in all of them. I did do the video response. My essay was solid, really good. I guess I got lucky. Probably going to Cornell or UCB or CMC.

19

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
ACT: 34 (34E 33M 35R 32S Essay:10)
SAT II: Did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 UW/4.46 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang Comp: 5, APUSH: 5, Psychology: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, CP Calculus, AP Spanish, AP Lit, Honors Abnormal Psychology, Advanced Creative Writing, AP Enviro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ranked in top 20 in nation for marching band

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Marching Band (Color Guard): Many regional level awards, top 20 in nation and winner of Esprit de Corps award
Fencing (4 years)
Gymnastics (3 years)
Stage Crew (4 years) - co-head of lighting
Fencing Club (3 years) (Treasurer and Founding Member)
Ski Club (4 years)
Peer Mediation (4 years)
some other misc. stuff
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 100-120 hours over the last three summers at a horseback riding camp for children with disabilities
Summer Activities: College class in ASL at Rutgers, Volunteering
Essays:
Common App: About how I challenged people’s beliefs about me because as a petite, nerdy girl, I can do lots of push-ups. It was kind of funny, and everyone who read it liked it. I spent a long time on it. 9/10
Why CMC? Essay: Kind of risky. I have very little leadership, so I basically addressed that in my essay and said that I want to become a leader and that I thought CMC could help me achieve that. I also used some humor, so I’m hoping it simultaneously captured my personality. 8/10 if it worked, like 3/10 if it didn’t lol
Teacher Recommendation #1: Not sure. I picked this teacher because he saw me help out other students in his class, but it’s impossible for me to say if he wrote a lot about that in his rec.
Teacher Recommendation #2: I think this one was good. This teacher and I were kind of on the same wavelength, and I gave him a ton of supplemental information to pull from.
Counselor Rec: She likes me, but it was probably kind of bland. She has 239 other kids to worry about.
Additional Rec: N/A
Video Supplement: Did not complete, I was too busy doing other apps, and I really had no clue what to do for it.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Very large public
Ethnicity: White, but chose not to respond
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >250k (did not apply for FA)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, significant achievement in one EC
Weaknesses: Course load rigor could be better, very little leadership, only one substantial EC, very little leadership
Why you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s super competitive and I didn’t have the leadership they were looking for.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Rutgers and the University of Alabama EA, accepted to WashU, Oxford College at Emory, Tufts, BU, and William and Mary RD; Rejected at Pomona, CMC, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, USC, and Middlebury; Waitlisted at American, UVa, and Kenyon

General Comments:

This sounds funny, but I think the adcoms made the right call. After I applied, I kind of realized that I probably wouldn’t fit in at CMC. I don’t have the pre-professional mindset, and I’m not a natural born leader. I thought maybe being around those types of people would help me in some way, but I honestly would probably have felt kind of alienated/intimidated and just hung out with the Pomona kids. I was blinded by my desire to be somewhere in the 5C Consortium and thought maybe I could make CMC work. If I did it over again, I would consider swapping out CMC for Scripps. Congrats to everyone who got in, and I hope CMC is the right fit for you (it probably is, I think the adcoms know what they’re doing).

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Current CMC senior here, Hit me up with any questions!! Claremont is one of the best places in the world, congrats to all that have been accepted and are waiting to enroll!
I remember being in your position, it was a great feeling.