<p>Hey everyone. I'll admit it. I AM FREAKING OUT!! I can't help it, the anticipation is killing me! There is part of me that thinks that I can get in, but then I know that the odds are against me...I find out in 15 days, but I while I triy to keep myself preoccupied with other things, I can't help but go insane.</p>
<p>So can anyone help me out? What do you think of my chances? I feel so low and desperate doing this, but it would put me at ease to know what you all think.</p>
<p>Background:
~Female, caucasian (whoohoo, the two things that are my downfall!)
~Russian (recently became American), born in Uzbekistan
~Speaks Russian at home, is learning Japanese</p>
<p>Academics:
~GPA: 3.73 uw, weighted (gah something over 4.2)
~Rank: Top 20%, weighted (poo, my school is tough and competitive)
~ACT: 31 (English: 34, Science: 29, Math: 29, Reading 31)
~Pending IB Certificate of Merit student
~Taking various IB classes, tougher classes this year (if you really would like to know what classes I am taking, then just ask me)</p>
<p>ECs:
~High School swimming, 4 years, varsity State swimmer
~Club swimming: Swam for a club ever since I was 8 years old, swim two hours each day the whole year
~Flute: have played for 8 years
~Art: Took first school art class junior year, taking IB Art this year
~Website: [Main[/url</a>] , post my art and other stuff :)
~Volunteer: My city's Teen Rep for the Art Committee (I'm the only teen who gets an equal vote!), volunteered at an art camp, part of Key Club/Honors Society, Darfur events, etc.</p>
<p>Awards:
~Finalist in Lucerne's Art of Dairy contest. My entry was picked out of 9,000 entries, and I painted a giant fiberglass cow. :) Was flippin' sweet. [url=<a href="http://www.artofdairy-artcontest.com%5DLucerne">http://www.artofdairy-artcontest.com]Lucerne</a> | The Art of Dairy](<a href="http://www.catsushiart.com%5DMain%5B/url">http://www.catsushiart.com). You can find my cow in my website's art gallery.
~Made school's Wind Ensemble soph year, as well as the All State Band.
~State finalist in Reflections literature.
~Was 400 free relay school record holder (whoohoo, I was the first leg of the relay!)</p>
<p>The rest of the awards seem too small for me to put it up here, so I won't. :P</p>
<p>Application:
~Submitted three supplements: Arts, Athletics, and Music.
~Wrote optional essay on how I like school football games
~Personal Essay was about how being an only child (I found a typo later in it...oops :()
~Teacher recs I think are strong? I never saw them, but my teachers seem to like me being that I am always actively participating in class
~Counselor Rec: IB Coordinator is also my history teacher, and he told me that I was one of the top students in his class, so I think I don't need to worry about that, either
~My club swim coach wrote a rec letter for me specifcally for Pomona. It wasn't too formal, but it was really sweet. (He wrote that I wear "crazy socks", haha.) Not sure admissions will look at it, but I didn't think it'd hurt to include it?</p>
<p>One last thing....I'm hoping that my interview will help boost my chances. The interview I had was pretty good. It lasted an hour longer than it should have, so when we were done the office had already closed. I was lucky because my interviewer happened to also be from Uzbekistan and spoke Russian! (What a small world, indeed.) I talked Russian to him for part of the interview. I showed him my art, and we discussed psychology and physics involved in swimming.</p>
<p>I think that my strengths are that I am generally a passionate person, which is reflected in my activites with art, music, and athletics. I made it clear in my interview that I hope to pursue languages in college (Russian and Japanese) as well as continue with my ECs. However, my academics do not seem amazing on paper, although they are not bad. GPA/Rank/ACT score are probably standard.</p>
<p>Okay, I'll stop before this text box explodes. Thanks!</p>