Anybody apply & not get in???

<p>i'm just curious... have you known anyone that has applied and gotten rejected? what were they're stats? thanks</p>

<p>My S is there but my D and a lot of both of their classmates did not get in, stats were for many low 1400s with high GPA's, over 4.0. Some , though with higher stats then my S did not get in from his class as Pomona looks a lot at writing, recs and leadership,basically personality that comes through,</p>

<p>my best friend applied, but didn't get in. she had a 1490 GPA, she was the salutatorian of her school (meaning she was ranked #2 in her class), and she was ASB president and captain of her school's volleyball team. i dunno why she didn't get in... my best guess would probably be because she didn't go to an interview (she lives in socal, down the street from me in fact), or because her essay was kinda self-glorifying. she compared herself to martha stewart (!!) ugh. not a good idea for a liberal arts school like pomona, as opposed to a more pre-professional one like cmc.</p>

<p>Three of the four students from D's HS who applied were accepted (D included). Of these, two had applied ED and the third applied RD. The fourth student (RD) had stats very similar to the other students, so who knows?!</p>