<p>Accepted! Good luck to everyone else.</p>
<p>rejected. it was really tough.</p>
<p>decision: rejected </p>
<p>SAT: 2190
ACT: 32
GPA: 4.0 UW
class rank: 1
APs: WH (5), APES (5), LANG (5). taking spanish, stats, physics, lit and gov in spring.</p>
<p>extracirriculars:
-varsity cross country (4 letters) varsity basketball (captain 3 letters), varsity fastpitch (captain 2 years, 4 letters)
-student government (frosh class rep, sophomore rep, publicity chair, class president)
-Honors society (4 years)
-advanced orchestra (4 years. 2 years quartet 1st chair)
-science olympiad (3 years, a few regional awards)
-girl scouts 13 years
-wont list awards but a several for leadership in various activities</p>
<p>volunteer:
-abroad thailand and costa rica working in orphanages and teaching english (2 different summers)
-teen court (jurror)
-community in schools peer mentoring
-multiple local environment groups
-tutoring in after school program
-overall 300+ hours</p>
<p>subjective:
essays: personal about my quirks and a situation where i stood up to authority. supplement on george clooney
teacher recs: really good. had both teachers for 2 years and they knew me pretty well
additional rec: from my coach, also had as a teacher. it was descriptive of my personality.
interview: with admissions officer, went about an hour and connected really well with the interviewer.
accomplishments: additional accomplishments i worked on my community also talked about
hooks: was being recruited. sports coach was advocating for my admission.
applied ED1</p>
<p>not sure why i wasnt accepted, i guess test scores could have been raised a bit. i felt i was in range for everything and application really emphasized my leadership and quirkiness. bummed, but hoping for some acceptances to come in the near future!!</p>
<p>@heycow10 - sorry to hear it. You sound like a great candidate. My DD has similar stats w/o the athletics. She didn’t apply early so hasn’t heard back yet. Did you apply to any other 5C schools?</p>
<p>Yes, I also applied to Scripps and Pomona. Pomona is my second choice, but I will most likely end up elsewhere.</p>
<p>ED1 stats posted on NYT here: <a href=“Early Admissions Statistics 2013 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com”>Early Admissions Statistics 2013 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com;
<p>Apps= 321
Acceptances= 124 (~41% of anticipated class)
ED1 Accept rate= 39% (vs 28% last year’s ED1)</p>
<p>^ Pretty sizeable increase in acceptance rate, I think. The SAT scandal at work?</p>
<p>^Means RD/ED2 will be extra tough :-/</p>
<p>I guess so. I don’t know the exact numbers for 2012 but seeing as there was a 4% increase in applicants and yet -still - this increase in acceptance rate you’re probably right on the money.</p>
<p>hmmm- puzzling. With a 4% increase in ED1 apps, the ‘market’ has not -yet- responded negatively to the scandal, so the ED1 acceptance rate increase is purely a response from CMC admissions. 3 possibilities in my eyes- (1) with a new boss, they are simply changing their policy and getting in line with other schools that seem to lock in a larger percentage of their class early, (2) CMC admissions anticipates some fallout in RD, such as lower yield or less apps, that requires the ED1 acceptance rate increase response to protect their ranking; and (3) they received an exceptionally strong ED1 pool and had a hard time saying no. (Or some combo of these.) </p>
<p>Only #2 is a scandal response…we’ll never know, though! Good news for CMC (but not aspiring applicants) is that, so far, they’ve seen an increase in apps, indeed more of an ED1 app increase than their 5C compatriots Pomona & Scripps (from the NYT data.)</p>
<p>One other personal opinion point…I’ve observed that if an organization can survive a scandal (which CMC most certainly will), such a scandal often serves as a catalyst for much positive change. Furthermore, the period subsequent to the scandal response can be a golden one, although it may not feel like it to the organization as they try to correct their past problems. I for one am quite bullish about CMC’s future, and believe a good kick in the pants every once in a while can be a healthy thing. (Of course, I am a CMC dad, so I am biased.)</p>
<p>I’d like to echo some of Papa Chicken’s points. The atmosphere on campus is electric these days, and barely any of the students think about the SAT scandal. From the amount of kids continuing to “prospie” on campus as well as the tons of people always on tours here, it seems that CMC’s popularity increases year by year. </p>
<p>Last year, even with the SAT scandal, our acceptance rate overall was 12.4%. There doesn’t appear to be fallout regarding student interest in CMC. So why has the ED acceptance rate risen, despite an increase in applications? </p>
<p>I believe that a greater number of very qualified students become interested in CMC as its popularity and prominence increases. These students, knowing that CMC is the place they want to be, apply early decision. Since they are qualified and identify strongly with the school, CMC is more likely to identify with them and to see them as strong fits. Thus, the ED acceptance rate rises as the school’s popularity does. I believe what we have seen this year is an increase in very qualified applicants and a concurrent increase in CMC’s desire to add these kids to the incoming class (also, don’t neglect the fact that a decent number of CMC ED applicants are athletes). </p>
<p>As illuminescent has stated, because 41.33% of the class has already been accepted early decision (ED I, we also have ED II…), the RD admissions this year will definitely be competitive if we see an increase in RD applicants similar to the increase in ED applicants. Don’t let this stop you prospective RD students from applying though, as I personally feel that if you represent an ideal CMCer, you’ll have a great chance at getting in. </p>
<p>Just my two cents, take it as you wish. Good luck to all still waiting to hear back!</p>
<p>Thanks for this information, Papa Chicken. Also, I have to agree with friendlystag. My son was accepted ED1, and the SAT scandal never factored into his decision at all. We talked about it a little bit while it was going on, and it never came up again; we just didn’t care. I felt, like Papa Chicken, that it would probably be a good thing for CMC in the long run. DS was a very strong applicant stats and EC-wise, he had visited CMC twice, and it was all about fit; he really couldn’t imagine himself anywhere else, though I did try to temper that. He applied ED1 because it was by far his number one choice, and he wanted a stress-free senior year, even though we needed financial aid. I trusted in their high financial aid rating, and they came through. CMC’s net price calculator was within $500 of the financial aid offer, which was very generous. It is an amazing school, and consider ourselves blessed that he has this opportunity.</p>
<p>I would also like to mention, since I now live in China, that CMC seems to be opening up a lot more to international students. I’ve heard that the graduating class of 2013 only consists of 4 Chinese students while this time CMC admitted 11 Chinese students during the ED1 Round.</p>