Official Hispanic Students Class of 2018 Results Thread

Carotid
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 22:21:52 +0000

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[]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Claremont McKenna College, ED
[]ACCEPTED: Claremont McKenna College
[]DEFERRED: N/A
[]WAIT LISTED: N/A
[]DENIED: N/A
[]MERIT AID: N/A

[li]ATTENDING: Claremont McKenna [/li]
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Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, IB Spanish, IB English, IB Biology, IB Chemistry, IB TOK
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2014 Horatio Alger Scholar, 2014 RMHC Scholar [/li]
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Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football (Captain), Baseball (Captain), Key Club (President), Pre-Med Club (President), Sports Management Club (Cofounder), Honor Choir, Honor Band, Eucharistic Minister
[] Job/Work Experience: Family Business, 25-ish h/wk (Manager)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100 Hospital Volunteer Hours
[] Summer Activities: Center for Talented Youth – Global Politics at Princeton, Civic Leadership Institute at UC Berkley, Intro to Logic at UC Santa Cruz, Intro to Psychology at Roger Williams
[] Essays: Abandonment of my abusive father. Watching my mother and sister (only family) be held at gunpoint during a home invasion at the age of seven. I discussed how overcoming adversity fueled my motivation. Comments ranged from “very powerful” to others breaking down in tears. :-/
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Very Good, 1 Okay (kinda rushed as I forgot that I needed a second teacher rec)
[] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A [/li]
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Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Neuroscience (not anymore)
[] State: Arizona
[] School Type: Private (on scholarship)
[] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): US-born Mexican
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <20k
[li] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen, Low Income [/li]
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Reflection
[] Strengths: Very strong subjective. GPA went from a 3.2 Freshman year to a 3.9 Senior year after transferring.
[] Weaknesses: ACT, Overall GPA
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General Comments:
If I took high school seriously before Senior year, there is no doubt in my mind that I would’ve been HYP bound. I was missing the objective pieces. Nevertheless, I’m still extremely happy to be heading to CMC and have top graduate programs in my sights now that I’ve learned how to excel.