ED1 Chance Me? :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Claremont McKenna College
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Hello, if you could give me an indication of wether or not I have a decent chance, CMC is my definite #1 choice, I’d be greatly appreciative! Thanks in advance;

Personal
White/Male
Living international, but US citizen

Academic-

GPA: 3.5 Cumulative, but STRONG upward trend
ACT: 32 first try (I plan on retaking this for 34+)
SAT: 2180 (I plan to possibly retake for a 2250+?)
IB Diploma Student, taking HL History, Econ and English with SL Physics, Math and French B
Will probably end up with 40-41
Taking AP US senior year in addition to IB diploma
Looking to major in government/poli sci with the legal studies program

EC’s
4 year varsity debate
-Ranked 5th in country
-IASAS debate
7 year MUN
-7 Best delegate awards
-Unanimous victory in ICJ as advocate
-2 years mentoring Middle school
2 years StuCo, 1 as rep, 1 as Senior VP
TEDx Speaker, did speech on importance of reading in secondary education
3 years XC, 1 JV, 2 Varsity, 1 Varsity Captain
2 years Track and Field, 1 JV, 1 Varsity
24 Hour Run team member, ran 50k in 24 hour relay (Planning on 100k this year)
2 years Impromptu speaker
2 years Quiz team
1 year Entrepreneurship club

Perks/Explanations
No financial need required
Adjust well to new environments; 9 different schools attended
Moved from France to Malaysia after 10th grade

Basically I’m an American that moves around a lot for my parent’s job. At the time of graduation, I’ll have spent 10 years living abroad, across three instances. I don’t need financial aid, but would be interested in merit based aid provided that it doesn’t slander my chances. I’m a strong essay writer (predicted 777 in my HL’s) and will be having strong rec’s .

If I’m completely out of my league, any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

Also, any questions for clarification, feel free to ask :slight_smile:

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You definitely have a chance of being admitted and have a very “CMC” set of extracurricular activities. The essay will be very important for you to explain what you will bring to the campus community. Lots of CMCers have lived abroad or are international students themselves, so that could be a good place for you to tell about why your background and perspective is unique. If possible, I’d try to take advantage of alumni interviews as well. I don’t know how often they conduct them outside of the US but it is worth checking into once they release that on the website in mid/late August. The other thing you might consider is reaching out to the track/XC coaches if you have good times, scores, etc… Even if you aren’t 100% sure you want to continue this in college, CMC is a big school for DIII athletes and coaches often have some power in the admissions review.

I hope this helps! Good luck!

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Thanks for taking the time to reply!

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You look like a great candidate. Cool ECs - I did mock trial and MUN in high school and looking to join CMC’s MUN team, too. Good luck!