claremont mckenna

Applying to College
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<p>hi guys
I just sent in my Uc apps :) and am moving on to Claremont Mckenna. the more i'm reading about it the more appealing it sounds, but I don't know anyone personally that goes there so i feel like i'm lacking in some information. If anyone could offer me some positives/negatives to student life and classes there i would REALLY appreciate it. Am i going to be super bored? I'm extremelly social and I like to party but I'm also really interested in actually getting a good education. I would seriously love any feedback you can offer.<br>
and do i even have a chance to get in?</p>

<p>i live in southern california white female
go to very academically prestigious public school in irvine</p>

<p>gpa: 3.7 unweighted
SAT: 2190
SAT IIs: math:700 lit:760 us history:680
National merit semi-finalist (maybe finalist? its not released)
senior class vice president
500+ hours of community service through highschool, tutoring in a shelter for abused kids
AIDS awareness club PR grades10-12
class representative grades 9-12
CSF
Honor Roll every semester
soccer and track grades 9-10
student council grades 11-12 (became vp 12th grade)
work 25 hours/wk during school year 11th-12th grade
ASB grade 12, attended 2 leadership conferences
senior load: AP Calc, Ap english, Ap polisci/econ, ASB, cp physics
gpa has constantly improved from freshman year 3.4/3.4, soph year 3.6/3.8, junior year 4.0/4.0</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>You look like a strong applicant. Of course you can never be sure with these things, but I got in with very similar stats and activities as you.</p>

<p>Being bored is really not much of a problem at CMC-- socially or intellectually. Because of the consortium, there are countless speakers, clubs, activities, and parties happening all of the time. CMC especially seems to be populated with the kinds of kids who like to be really busy. There are a lot of people who somehow manage to overload on classes, participate in several clubs, play on a sports team, hold down a research job, and still find time to get into drunken political debates at 3 in the morning. And then go and ace their econ midterm the next day. </p>

<p>Now, it is a tiny school (about 1100), but its proximity to the other colleges, for the most part, minimizes this as a downside.</p>

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<p>my S goes to pomona and is a very social kid... he was concerned, as you are now, that the school might be too small, but that is not the case. there really are lots of opportunities to meet kids from the other colleges. there are lots of 5C parties and such. the only thing that i would say is that if you are looking for the very large environment of a UC, then you may not like the claremont colleges.</p>

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<p>They were very straight with us. What slot at our school do you fill?</p>