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[<em>]APPLIED TO (EA, ED, RD, ROLLING): Claremont McKenna College, ED
[</em>]ACCEPTED: Claremont McKenna College
[<em>]DEFERRED: N/A
[</em>]WAIT LISTED: N/A
[<em>]DENIED: N/A
[</em>]MERIT AID: N/A</p>
<p>[li]ATTENDING: Claremont McKenna</p>[/li]
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Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] 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</p>[/li]
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Subjective:
[<em>] 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
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Family Business, 25-ish h/wk (Manager)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 Hospital Volunteer Hours
[</em>] 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
[<em>] 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. :-/
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Very Good, 1 Okay (kinda rushed as I forgot that I needed a second teacher rec)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
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Other
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience (not anymore)
[<em>] State: Arizona
[</em>] School Type: Private (on scholarship)
[<em>] Ethnicity (Country of Origin): US-born Mexican
[</em>] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <20k
[li] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen, Low Income</p>[/li]
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Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Very strong subjective. GPA went from a 3.2 Freshman year to a 3.9 Senior year after transferring.
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT, Overall GPA
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<p>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.</p>