Chances at Pomona ED

<p>Okay, so I visited Pomona and I believe that it is the college for me. My GPA is relatively low; however, I hope I make it up with the courseload rigor..
By the way guys, thanks a lot for reading..</p>

<p>Korean Male, First generation college student
SATs: 2280
62/590 unweighted class rank... the average student at my school takes no APs -- I'm taking 11</p>

<p>GPA:
** All of these are unweighted **
Freshman
3.33/3.5
H Bio B/A
H Alg II B/B
H Eng B/B
PE A/A
Spanish 1 B/B
Geography A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore
3.67/3.33 <-- family tragedy... but how to explain?
AP Chem B/B
H World History B/B
H English A/A
H Precal A/B
Spanish 2 A/B
Drama A/A</p>

<p>Junior
3.83/4.0
AP English A/A
AP USH B/A
AP Physics A/A
AP Calc BC A/A
Spanish 3 A/A
ROP Virtual Enterprise A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Stats
AP Econ/Gov
AP Bio
AP English
AP Spanish</p>

<p>Okay, I'll list only the most important ECs..
- Varsity Swim
- Founded, Chartered the Young Democrats Club (President)
- Academic Decathlon Captain -- led the team to a third place victory for the first time in 18 years
- Interact Club President
- Boys' State Delegate
- Freedom's Answer member
- 200 community service hours</p>

<p>Thanks!!!
I really, really appreciate it</p>

<p>i'm relatively new at this, but i think your SAT scores and ECs are pretty impressive. you probably have a pretty good chance.</p>

<p>as for the family tragedy, maybe write an essay on it, or talk about it in the interview if you have one.</p>

<p>hey thanks for the reply
candor is appreciated, so you guys can be honest</p>