Claremont McKenna College

Personal statement required (250-650 words), plus two supplements:

1. Required · 150-250 words

   CMC’s mission is to prepare students for thoughtful and productive lives and responsible leadership in business, government, and the professions. With this mission in mind, please explain why you want to attend Claremont McKenna College.

   Supplemental essay 1 of 2. CMC's own page states NO word limit; the 150-250 range is corroborated by two independent publishers that agree (College Essay Guy 2026/2027 and CollegeVine 2025-2026).

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2. Required · 150-250 words

   A critical part of fulfilling our mission is living out the commitments of CMC’s Open Academy : Freedom of Expression, Viewpoint Diversity, and Constructive Dialogue. We want to learn more about your commitment to listening and learning from others with different viewpoints, perspectives, and life experiences from your own. Describe a time when engaging with someone about a specific topic resulted in you changing your attitude, belief, or behavior, or you changed the belief or behavior of someone else. What was the change that occurred for you, and what facilitated that change? What did you learn from that experience, and how has it informed how you engage with others?

   Supplemental essay 2 of 2. On CMC's page this is one numbered item made of a framing paragraph plus the task; both parts reproduced, newline separated. The three named values are CMC's Open Academy commitments: Freedom of Expression, Viewpoint Diversity, and Constructive Dialogue. Word limit is third-party, from the same two publishers.

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