Chances at Pomona for a XC runner!

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<p>I'm a junior, going to competitive IB school in Oregon (public)</p>

<p>SCHOOL STATS:
GPA - 4.0 unweighted/ 4.1 weighted (all As in AP US last year)
- I am an IB Diploma student taking IB Enlgish, Bio, Psychology
(HL) and French, Calculus, Business (SL)
- this tri i'm getting a 4.8, first b in calc :/
- major: Government & Economics
rank: top 5 students out of 530
MOST RIGOROUS COURSES available</p>

<p>Awards:
-Scholar of the Month, NHS, Honor Roll(All A's),
Duke of Spirit (not academic)</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
-Track (3 years) - Varsity Letter, possible captain
-Cross Country (3 years) - Captain, Varsity Letter, ..
-Mayors Youth Advisory Board (2 years) - Co-Chair, we
organize Service events in our community with the Mayor, 3
hours a week
-Uganda Club (3 years) - Committee Leader, helped
organize events and fundraised for science lab, VP next year
- National Honor Society, running for Pres. senior year
- Diversity Club - went to Diversity Summit to plan for our
School, help plan events
- Freshman Treasurer, and running for Senior President,
very likely to win</p>

<p>Running - 17:32 PR and I could realistically run for Claremont, Pomona, Whitman. Anywhere else? Any Ivy?</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
- 190 Hours at Beaverton Library helping Children
- 70 Hours working at Senior Center</p>

<p>Hobbies: Photography</p>

<p>Hook?:
I'm trying to start a none profit called Share the Sole, but it is managing to be a challenge, so I am organizing a project called Operation Shoe Lift in December with the local running company.</p>

<p>SCHOOLS I WANT TO APPLY TO (in order)
1.Pomona
2.Princeton
3.Stanford
4.Claremont Mckenna
5.Whitman
6.UO Honors College</p>

<p>My top 4 are all very close together in terms of how much I want to go there. I love Princeton and Pomona, but I like Pomona a little more because it's a bit more realistic and on the West Coast, and I could run for them. Stanford and Claremont are both amazing, but Stanford has a little more prestige and a better location, but i could run XC at Claremont..</p>

<p>Should I apply ED/EA anywhere?</p>

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<p>SAT/ACT: Haven't taken yet, but I'm not good at testing... I
got a 4 on the AP US Test, but 660 on SAT II US History. Practice
tests give me around a 2100..</p>

<p>I'll probably take the SAT II Lit, French, Bio.. I'm not a math
person so i don't really want to take Math IIC</p>

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<p>apply ED2 to pomona, and with your stats and the running boost, you should have a good shot.</p>

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<p>sorry i didn't see that you were a junior........you have a lot of options, but its really going to come down to your SAT. Do well, and doors will open for you</p>

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<p>hi i also run xc and i'm applying to pomona and possibly claremont mckenna.</p>

<p>i think that claremont's xc program is more highly ranked than pomona's, but they're pretty much in the same group. i just know i could be top 7 for pomona, but not for claremont. however, when i filled out the questionnaire for both, i didn't even get an email back from pomona, while the coach from claremont called me back within 4 hours. i was very impressed, especially since i'm not that good, and he made that extra effort to contact me (and he had just gotten back from a meet 3 hours away on top of it).</p>

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<p>Yeah, Coach Goldhammer e-mailed me too, he's super nice.</p>

<p>Have you talked to the Pomona Coach/ Does anyone know about Pomona's Coach?</p>