Chances at Pomona, ED

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<p>These are the stats for my friend who is absolutely in love with Pomona and will be applying Early Decision. I just used the decisions template, so here goes:</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2030 on her diagnostic SAT. Will be taking SATs in May and will most likely score 2200+
[</em>] SAT IIs: Will probably take Physics and Math II and score very well on both.
[<em>] IBs: Full IB Diploma
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.70 weighted (school only weights)
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: Will most likely be National Merit Commended. Has won a bunch of school awards as well.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club (Currently a District PR chair, running at our upcoming District Convention for District Bulletin Editor, very likely to win), National Honor Society, Literary Magazine, Art Club, Science Club, piano, tutors 2nd graders at our lower school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): will be stellar
[</em>] Teacher Recs: will be stellar
[<em>] Counselor Rec: will be good
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Early Decision
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Will not say for anonymity
[<em>] School Type: Charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]
Please chance my friend for Pomona! It is her absolute dream and I'm sure she would be willing to do whatever necessary to get in!</p>

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<p>EDIT: She will be taking the US History SAT, not Physics.</p>

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<p>Chancing on this or any other site is pretty pointless. Pomona is so selective that it’s impossible to predict outcome regardless of how good your friend’s stats or EC’s are. Plenty of kids with solid EC’s and 2300+ scores are rejected every year, so if she’s up to par academically it will be more important what kind of person she is. </p>

<p>If she loves the school enough, she should apply ED whether it seems likely or not. I applied ED 1 with plenty of doubts and wound up getting in. In the meantime, work hard, take the hardest courses, get the SAT as high up as she can and keep working at whatever she’s passionate about outside of school.</p>