<p>So, i applied ED to Pomona... and i know i'll know I'll have an answer in less than a week, but i want to know if i should prepare myself for the worst.
here's the situation: i did not work as hard as i could in HS until my senior year, i only took 3 AP's and that's my senior year. but i've really started working hard and now i have straight A's and one of the highest GPA's in my class so you decide.</p>
<p>also am in one of the hardest schools in the country in Fairfield County in CT which really does make a difference in the eyes of admissions everywhere</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8 UW 4.2 W (but senior year so far 4.16 UW and 4.83 W which puts me with the top 10 students according to our class profile, but we have no official rank)</p>
<p>ACT: 32
English: 32
Math: 31
Reading: 32
Science: 32</p>
<p>I've taken all honors except for freshman year math which i quickly got bumped up in. for language, i took german (my only B in all of hs) and i eventually dropped it because i was struggling too much and my grade would've definitely dropped to a C. for junior and senior year i've taken Latin I and II and have A+'s
Everything else is honors- no AP's until this year though</p>
<p>Senior year Courseload
AP Politics: A
AP Psychology: A/B+ (average will most likely be a B+)
Rhetoric and Composition H: A
Latin II: A+
AP Calculus AB: A/A+ (average will most likely be an A+)
Physics H: A+</p>
<p>4 years of field hockey
4 years of lacrosse
PTPI student chapter
2 years safe rides
10 years piano
5 years guitar
work experience as a soccer ref from spring 9th grade- fall 10th grade</p>
<p>Awards:
9th:
Achievement in Geometry
Achievement in Earth Science</p>
<p>10th:
Excellence on the National German Exam (what's funny is my stupid teacher actually gave me a C+ that quarter too! no worries though it averaged out to a B)</p>
<p>11th:
Achievement in US History
St. John's Book Award</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
10th: I went to UCSD for five weeks, took a summer course in Ethics and Society and I got a B+
11th: I went to Kenya for five weeks, participated in a homestay in a rural village and built a computer lab there</p>
<p>Good recs/ great essays (my common app one is about my trip to Kenya and it is really good, and my supplement one is about a time my friends and I got lost in the woods and it is one of my favorite essays i've ever written)</p>
<p>so what do you think?</p>
<p>also in case i get deffered (with my improvement in grades, i think that is what will most likely happen), i have done several things since school has started
-joined STAND
-FCIAC scholar athlete nominee for the month for November (which is actually a really big deal)
-job at the GAP
how could i tell the school about this? and also would it be a good idea to send in another recommendation since i could probably get a really good one from a few teachers</p>
<p>i would really appreciate if you would tell me what you think- sorry this post is so long but i really love pomona- it is the perfect school for me</p>