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Claremont McKenna College
500 E 9th St
Claremont, California 91711-6400
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Old 06-15-2012, 01:09 PM   #1
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Chance Me!

GPA: 3.88 UW, it should be higher next year.
Nationally Respected High School
I'm from South Carolina. It may be an underrepresented state?
White Male

ACT: 35 - submitting
PSAT: 218 - Still in National Merit Competition - Commended so far
SAT: 1470, 2190 - not submitting

Course Load:
Mostly Honors - taking most advanced courses available.
AP's: AP Bio, Lit, Lang, APUSH, BC Calc, maybe Microecon or Macroecon, Comp Sci
Above AP: Modern Physics

Leadership:
Senior Patrol Leader
Ambassador for School
Co-Founder and Co-President of campus service club

Extracurriculars:
Active in Church/Youth Group (6th-12th)
Ballroom Dance Club (11th-12th)
Spanish National Honor Society (10th-12th)
UNICEF Club (11-12)
Marching Band (10)
Concert Band (6-10)
Coin Club (6-10)
Published Scholarly Article
Physics Research in England
The Service club mentioned above
Award for Leadership in Academics (10th grade - the school gave out two: 1 for a guy, 1 for a girl)

I changed schools between 10th and 11th grade so I had to change some of my extracurriculars.
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Old 06-17-2012, 04:43 PM   #2
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Your raw statistics seem good. Be sure to emphasize leadership in your application. For a school as selective as CMC, admission comes down to fit more than anything.
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