#REA to Notre Dame or ED Claremont McKenna

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proud ruin
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I have a 3.42 weighted GPA and my first choice major is computer science, with accounting/finance as backups

Similarities: Both have choir programs and NCAA or intramural golf which I’m interested in, and I’ve had an uncle and three cousins that attended both schools, OOS tuition is pretty close

Notre Dame pros: I’ve never been to Indiana so it might be a new experience for me, if I get deferred I could write a LOCI and probably state that I’ll commit if I get accepted, instead of possibly just getting denied if I apply RD, and I haven’t visited campus but from what I’ve seen the campus looks pretty

ND has an actual computer science major

I feel like applying REA would demonstrate interest in ND to AOs, especially since I have family members that went there

ND cons:

Larger than Claremont McKenna

Indiana has winter weather, which basically causes me to start from scratch every spring with golf, and this wouldn’t help especially if I play regularly and/or intramurally, and there isn’t really any benefit to applying REA unlike ED

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CMC pros:

I am from California and would like to get back there

Smaller than Notre Dame

Applying ED would give me a tiny bit better chance of getting in

CMC is Division III so I could actually walk on/try to get recruited for the golf program there

At least one dorm is dry, and I hate alcohol/drugs

CMC cons:

Lower acceptance rate than Notre Dame

No actual CS major; I would have to try and go through the CS major at Harvey Mudd which I think has a lottery system

I don’t think the dorms are very modern, correct me if I’m wrong

tidal shoal
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I would REA to ND bc banking on enrolling in Harvey Mudd is risky. If you don't mind me asking, why not ED HMC?

proud ruin
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I mean I’ve never had an interest in HMC, it definitely isn’t on my college list either, plus I’d have to make another supplemental essay for it and I don’t know as much about the campus other than that it has an actual CS major, compared to CMC at least

orchid cloak
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just a nugget of info, my sister ED1 to cmc and got rejected then later found out that mostly athletes do ED1

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she went to scripps

proud ruin
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I’m guessing most people (non-athletes) ED2 to CMC?