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One Crazy Weekend Print E-mail
My Freshman Year
Written by Kyle Jenkins   
One Crazy Weekend

To me, last weekend summed up the CMC experience. On Friday, I went with the Claremont Consulting Network to a firm visit of Bain & Company. This company is one of the top 3 consulting firms in the world; getting a job offer there is the hiring equivalent of getting into to Harvard. To start the day, the head of recruiting at the office greeted us and took us into a conference room. There, top managers and entry level consultants alike gave presentations on the firm and what working there entailed. We then took a tour of the office (which was super nice and swanky), getting an insight into a typical day in the life of a Bain employee. This was an awesome career networking experience, as we were able to talk personally for a while with the head of recruiting and many current employees. The connections I made that day could very possibly land me an internship or job offer there in the future.

The next morning, things went in the complete opposite direction. Saturday was CMC's annual Marathon Party, aka the 24 hour party or the Olympic Torch Relay Party. This party, from 12pm Saturday to 12pm Sunday, was one of my favorites of the year. Each time period had its own country theme and location, ranging from Irish Pub in Claremont Hall to Mexican Cabo-style party at the Senior Apartments. The crowd dwindled somewhat as the party went on, but people were still raging. In the morning, we had breakfast and a celebration, partying for the last couple hours until noon. As one of the proud people to make it all 24 hours, I am happy to say it was well worth the exhaustion that followed.

The contrast between these two events defines what we call at CMC the "work hard, play hard" mentality. Everyone here takes academics and advancement opportunities seriously, but everyone is also as ready as anyone to let loose on the weekends. So CMC paid for me to go network at a world renowned firm one day, then made it possible for me to party for 24 hours straight the next day. Where could be better than this?

Kyle Jenkins

 
 
Rage in the Cage Print E-mail
My Freshman Year
Written by Kyle Jenkins   
This past Thursday was awesome. The Dean of Students Office worked with our student government to revise the format of TNC (Thursday Night Club), steering away from the previous dorm lounge party format. I think most people agree that this is a good thing, as the regular TNC was getting kind of old. This week, it came in the form of "Rage In the Cage," a dodge ball tournament in CMC's auditorium. But this wasn't just any dodge ball game. Picture a typical college party (kind of like the ones you see in movies), but with a fenced off cage in the middle. Here, pre-organized teams compete for a dodge-ball championship while the rest of the students party around it and/or watch the tournament. It was really epic, something I don't think you'll see at other schools. I can't wait to see what the next TNC will be; I'm guessing something pretty sick. I went to bed that night thinking, "Wow, I am really lucky to go to a school like this."

Kyle Jenkins

P.S.

For any of you who like rapper Sam Adams, he played our Saturday party held in the middle of North Quad in a last minute arrangement. Whether or not you like him, it was pretty awesome that we could get him here in about a day's notice.
 
Welcome to Kyle's Korner! Print E-mail
My Freshman Year
Written by Kyle Jenkins   
Welcome to the CMC family!

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Kyle Jenkins, and I am a freshman here at CMC from Laguna Beach, California. Over the next months I will be posting on this blog, giving a glimpse into what life is like for a first year at Claremont (spoiler alert: freakin amazing). To start things off, I want to give anyone reading this blog an open invitation to email me anytime with any questions or concerns about this school ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). I love this place more than I can describe, and always like the opportunity to share things about it.

People often ask, "why Claremont McKenna?" Unfortunately, a full answer to this question requires that you spend some time here to witness it for yourself, so I'll just name a couple things I consider great about CMC.

• The Athenaeum: Known by students as "the Ath," this is a truly unique feature of Claremont McKenna. The Ath is a place where speakers of all different types are invited to speak. It begins with a dinner, during which some students get the opportunity to sit at a table with the speaker. After dinner is finished, the doors open up to those who did not attend the dinner, and the speaker gives his or her lecture. At the end, there is a Q&A session, giving the evening a more personal touch. The more famous speakers follow up their speeches with a book signing session. Speakers have included:

Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu, Karl Rove, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jr., Fareed Zakaria, Antonin Scalia, Thomas Friedman, Bono, Anderson Cooper, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Paul Krugman, John Wooden, Milton Friedman, Donald Regan, David Eisenhower, Spike Lee, Kenneth Starr, Steve Forbes, and John Irving. In addition, Mitt Romney is scheduled to come later this semester.

• Small classes: CMC has a 9 to 1 student/faculty ratio and an average class size of 16. This allows for an extraordinary amount of attention paid to each individual student and lots of class discussions. Small classes such as these really make you grow academically.

• Career Services: Our career services office is unparalleled. The people there will get you hooked up. It was ranked 2nd best in the nation last year and 7th best this year by Princeton Review. Our alumni network is incredibly strong for such a small school, and the office itself has great relationships with many top companies. Whatever you want to do, whether it be non-profit charitable work to leading a fortune 500 company as CEO, the career services office has your back
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