Low GPA.. - Any Chance for Claremont Mckenna College?? (Chancing back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, CC user.
I am a Korean international student who currently studies in Virginia and will be a senior in Fall.
I have decided to apply Claremont Mckenna College (CMC) by Early Decision.</p>

<p>The problem is my GPA is extremely terrible and I am hoping for at least a little bit of chance.</p>

<p>So,,,</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian, Korean International
Sex: Male
Age: 17</p>

<p>GPA: 3.1 UW 3.5 W (W 3.2 - 3.6 - 3.6) (UW 2.8? - 3.5 - 3.1)</p>

<p>Freshman Class (Half Semester in England, Half semester in Switzerland)
- PE
- Honors Bio
- Chem
- Physics
- English
- Algebra 2
- Design Technology
- Art
- Music
- World History
- IT
- some more.. I don't remember exactly
(I am not too sure, I have to check. It's really complicated)</p>

<p>Sophomore Class (in VA)
- English 10
- Honors Chem
- Honors Algebra 2 / Trig ( I had to retake it because of weird system -_-;;)
- World History 1 (Same as algebra 2)
- Sports / Entertainment Marketing
- PE (PE, Health Ed. Driver's Ed, required)
- Spanish 1</p>

<p>Junior Year (in VA)
- English 11
- US History
- Spanish 2
- Honors Pre-Cal w/ Trig
- AP World History
- AP Chemistry
- AP Microeconomics / AP Macroeconomics (semester per each)</p>

<p>Senior Year (Expecting All As or near Straight A)
- English 12
- Physics 1
- Advanced Sports / Entertainment Marketing
- AP Psychology
- AP US Government
- AP Statistics
- AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>SAT (Taken Twice, taking one more time), January, March
Highest Combined: 2170 - 600 CR / 790 Math / 780 Writing (w/ 9 Essay)</p>

<p>SAT Subject Test
Math 2 800
Taking Chem, Korean, US History, and possibly Math 1 or World History</p>

<p>AP
World History 4
Chemistry 3
Economics 3</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities ( I only did ones that I wanted to do.. so I don't have a great number of clubs)</p>

<p>School ( I won't mention too specifically, just names for right now)
President, Korean Society - 3 Years
Fundraising Officer (Treasurer), Model United Nations - 4 Years
President & Founder, Soccer Discussion Club - 1.5 year
Founding Member, Economics Club - 2 years
Might find Electronic Music Club next year.. which is one of my favorite.
Snowboarding (freshman year)</p>

<p>Member of
Key Club - 2 years
Mu Alpha Theta (National Math Honor Society) - 2 years
Might Join FBLA next year.. </p>

<p>Awards
2nd place in a league for local soccer team
AP Scholar (Should be receiving?)</p>

<p>Outside School</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Founder of an web based international organization that is to monitor, publicize corruption issues with soccer. Recruited members from who I met in different countries and some more on internet. Currently working on foundation (its taking a few months)</p></li>
<li><p>Helped the former Korean national soccer team player to establish a soccer academy in Virginia, and dealt with the financial management, planning, consulting, managing, marketing, assisting in coaching and training.. </p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown University Sports Industry Management Institute / Symposium (This thing was amazing, :-o )</p></li>
<li><p>Assistant Coach in a youth team in Virginia that is affiliated with the Italian professional team in Serie A (first division)</p></li>
<li><p>Intern in Korean sports management / enternatinment company and working and researching a possible business model for emerging sports in US and possbiel Korean sports content that could be broadcasted in US</p></li>
<li><p>Intern in</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Volunteer in Korean Nursing University Hospital
Volunteer for Habitat Art Gallery Auction in Korea
Taught English for children in Korea who live in Under Income families</p>

<p>State soccer coach license, taking exam for national level next month
Applied for Soccer Ref license
Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do (First poom)</p>

<p>Native Korean, Fluent English, some level of Mandarin Chinese and Spanish</p>

<p>Hobby: Listening to trance/house/dnb and other electronic music, playing soccer, watching soccer games, reading global news, hanging out with friends (alright,, too general now..)</p>

<p>Other: Lived in Korea, Canada, US, England, Switzerland, and Singapore and studied.</p>

<p>Intended Major (My interest) - Accounting, International Relations, PPE, Finance, Business Administration, International Business, Foreign Policy (Mostly business & international)</p>

<p>Rec: Counselor - Should be okay or better
Teacher 1: good, English 11 teacher and Georgetown Grad. wrote my rec for Georgetown university summer thing
asked for college rec before summer break</p>

<p>Teacher 2: Still haven't decided. Choices of APWH, Algebra 2, Spanish 1 (he knows me really well)</p>

<p>Thinking of additional rec.. might get from my assistant coach advisor or school model un club sponsor teacher, or the former Korean soccer national team player..</p>

<p>Essay: about soccer, how it shaped my life.. like international and business mind/perspective.. background..
i can write a lot about what I felt, but i am worried if it's too boring topic...</p>

<p>Supplement: For CMC, I might need to choose leader.. so still thinking. might write about FIFA president or vice-president, UN Secretary general.. or.. mostly people who I know pretty well..</p>

<p>CMC is my ideal school and its focus on leadership, practical liberal arts education, IR, Business, PS, master's program and the satisfaction of students are really interesting. </p>

<p>I am visiting CMC for on-campus interview for next month..</p>

<p>But again, beacuse of my low gpa, I am really worried. I can do really well in senior year.. but early decision would not contain my senior year grade..</p>

<p>SO i am wondering how I can improve my chances.. and what are my stengths and weaknesses.. </p>

<p>And If you can give some general advice, I would appreciate it.
Thank you for whoever takes time to read my post :)</p>

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<p>13.8% admission rate? i dont know it looks hard to get into. Good luck and apply though. you never know, you mite get in. Make sure you write i your essays that you are from Korea. good luck.</p>

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<p>thank you for very quick reply.
Yes… it is one of the toughest schools to get into… But just trying
But again, thank you. I hope that “you never know” can happen.</p>

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<p>My brother goes to Harvey Mudd, so I know how awesome the Claremonts are. It’s tough for anybody and your gpa won’t do you any favors. But they are also schools concerned with the person as a whole, so as long as you can explain everything to them, im sure you have just as much of a chance as the next guy given your interesting experience. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank You, Clark39…
Wow… harvey mudd… yes…
Thanks for a hopeful comment! :)</p>

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<p>GPA is definitely low, but the rest of your ap is very good. Ed should help you there, so apply and there is nothing to lose! Just make sure to explain why your GPA is low and how you made improvements to your study habits and how moving around was tough for you, but that you experienced it you learned how to adjust. </p>

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<p>Thank you patritsfan1 for a thoughtful advice…
I can talk about that.</p>

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<p>Your EC list is awesome, but try to bring up your GPA just a little. your Tests score are set to go. The thing is, Claremont has much more of a holisitic views than other colleges, so they’ll look at you as a person, not just a number. I think you have a great shot, my korean brotha.</p>

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<p>I could see your ECs getting you into Claremont Mckenna regardless of your low grades. Everything besides your grades makes you a great candidate for the school, I think they’ll overlook them.</p>

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<p>I really see that as a whole person, you should be good, do what you can to help that gpa a little, but also main thing NAIL THE ESSAYS!! I really think you have a shot, good luck!</p>

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<p>your Ecs are great! Just focus in on ur essay and get solid recs and u have a shot! Good luck!!</p>

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<p>thank you guys. i dont think ec will get me in. ut i hope it czn improve my chances and make up for low gpa. thank you for hopeful comments</p>

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<p>You have a good chance… your ECs are good as are your test scores. Try to score 50-100 points higher on this fall’s SAT to compensate for your low GPA.</p>

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<p>If you do well in sports-related classes such as certain bio or management classes i think they’ll overlook your faults because you seem to have a passion for athletics. Dont know much about CM but maybe look into other sport-heavy schools.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above poster. Boosting your SATs can help quite a bit. Nice sports and good ECs. You should try other sports heavy schools but you have a chance here due to the long list of ECs.</p>

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<p>Great ECs. I’m sure you can write a great essay about one of those experiences. Do what you can with your GPA and study hard to raise that CR score. A better SAT score is the best thing I think you can do right now. Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks i hope i can do better on my last sat and im not really an athlete but sports especially soccer is my passion and i want to work in soccer industry some day. but thank you guys</p>

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<p>I agree with the fact that boosting SAT can help to counteract your low GPA. And i see you love soccer, same here =). Apply, you never know.</p>

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<p>Very nice resume. If you just get your SAT’s up a little bit, you’ll be fine. Your EC’s are great; it will definitely set you apart from most other people.</p>

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<p>thanks i will work on my sat!</p>