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I feel that my education at CMC hasEconomics
I feel that my education at CMC has given me a broad foundation that will prepare me for whatever path life may take me. Not only did CMC give me the classroom experience, but it forces students to go beyond the classroom and take risks. During my college experience I was afforded the opportunity to study abroad, take advantage of internships, and meet great people along the way. The five college system also provided a great social atmosphere. CMC provides the best of both worlds. I got the personal attention of a small college and the social life and resources of a university. What a great place!!!
Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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CMC has molded me into what I am--andAccounting
CMC has molded me into what I am--and what I will be. There is absolutely no school--Harvard etc which compares to this school in terms of preparing you for the real world. Large colleges are apathetic. Liberal arts is smaller---you really get the best, however they are too broad. CMC on the other hand is the anti-liberal arts college. Its very focused on getting the best out of you. The professor treat you like you are going to be some one who would make a lasting "foot print" on the world. Accordingly, the will challenge, motivate you and mold you to develop your full potential. When this school says they are molding the future leaders, its not a cheap slogan--they dam mean it.
Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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CMC is about money and power, leadership, ambitionBrightEconomics
CMC is about money and power, leadership, ambition and developing your full potential to make a practical contribution to the world. Does that sound bad to you. If it is --this school is not for you!. Likewise, in this way its not like your typical liberal arts college.The alumni, professors and staffs are not ashamed of the fact that they are molding you to be rich and powerful. Walking through the campus, you see that all dorms are not as aesthetic as the rest of the Claremont Colleges. The emphasis, is efficiency and effectivity. People are extremely goal driven and ambitious here. Famous alumnis like billionaire Henry Travis, FIBROGEN CEO, Abecrombie's CEO, founder of Life fitness, congressman Drier, TCW's chairman etc, They set the bar. Likewise go to any ibank and you are bound to find a CMC alumni. Your goal is to out do them! When I came to this school I was just like any random student---with normal dreams and goals. This school thought me that I could do more, be more and achieve more. Does all this work? Will I turn out to be a success, like those alumnis. Time will tell. However after you browsed through all the catalogues, if there is one thing remarkable about cmc that makes it stand out from the rest, it is this. Consider that cmc was founded in the 1950's. How many schools do you know have risen to the upper echelons of liberal arts colleges ( many are hundred years old atleast) in about fifty years. Its scary. Very few alums have died and left their fortunes for this school, yet it is one of the wealthiest and most powerful schools in the nation. It is very much under-recognized and deserves to be atleast to be in the top five.
4th Year Male -- Class 2003
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