This is the official thread for those applying ED to Claremont McKenna College.
List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into?
Ask your questions, the CC community is here to help!
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3.9 unweighted
Track, soccer, xc
Community service
Camp leadership
Entrepreneur/small business owner
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S24 was planning to apply to CMC by December 1 for merit aid consideration, but he might end up switching his application to ED2 in January if he doesn’t get into his first choice ED, since it’s his second choice.
But we are wondering how unlikely it is for an unhooked applicant to get merit, and whether he should be prioritizing merit or just taking the best shot at acceptance.
Basically: Would it be better to either wait until January and apply ED2 straightaway, or alternatively, just leave his app as RD if he applies by Dec 1? Basically, would switching from RD to ED2 in January look bad and/or diminish any chances for merit? Is there much of an admission boost for ED2?
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In a similar situation and would also like to hear other thoughts on this.
Hi! ED1 applicant here, and I had extensive discussions with admissions officers on this subject when I visited. The ED2 pool is super super small and you can’t really extrapolate anything from past pools, though the acceptance rate has always, as you’d imagine, been a fair deal higher than RD but lower than ED1. I don’t believe applying RD lowers your chances at receiving merit aid. However, I wouldn’t recommend ED’ing to any school where you’d have to really on merit aid, which you probably won’t get statistically, to attend.
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S24 applied ED1, does anyone know what time they release decisions on 12/15? Is it 5 PM PST?
Yes, it is 5pm PST or 8pm EST.
Yes, he got the email for the time yesterday. Thank you!
Thanks for confirming this! I added it to the calendar. Good luck to all applicants!
My son got in! So happy for him!
Stats:
3.98 UW/4.74 W GPA
ACT 34 (Math was a 36)
National Merit Scholar Commended
College Board National Hispanic Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
Schoolhouse World Tutor
Medallion Math Scholar (one of two awarded per year at his high school)
Chess Club and highly ranked online player
Multiple research projects
California Scholarship Federation (volunteer hours)
Volunteer for Special Olympics
Club/high school swimmer who swims 6 days/week year round - recruited athlete
Best of luck to all of the other ED applicants!
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Starting a Facebook group for parents of admitted class of 2029 for all 5 Claremont colleges. Search groups for parents of Claremont colleges class of 29!
Congrats!
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