Chances at Pomona?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(I can't believe I'm actually posting a chances thread, but here goes...)</p>

<p>What are my chances at Pomona?</p>

<p>I'm a senior (female) at a competitive private high school in New Jersey. There are about 100 students in each grade, and each year, most of them go on to highly ranked colleges. </p>

<p>My school does not rank. They also don't publish GPA; rather, the college sees a transcript (this GPA is just for reference). My school is on a trimester system, but the only thing on the transcript is final grades.</p>

<p>When classifying colleges as "far reach/reach/possible (match)/likely (safety)", my school does it by the amount of students with academic profiles similar to yours have gotten in (in the past 5 or so years) to said college. Far reach- no students with similar academic profiles have gotten in; reach- few students have gotten in; possible- some students; likely- most students. My counselor classified Pomona as a reach for me.</p>

<p>My GPA (unweighted) is 3.62 out of 4.0. (school doesn't weight GPA)</p>

<p>Senior year courses and grades-
AP Physics B (school does not offer AP Physics C)- A-
AP Calculus AB/BC (at my school, most students take Calc AB and then Calc BC; but some, like me, take AB/BC, which is an accelerated version, combining both classes into one year- I'll be taking the BC exam in the spring)- currently have A-, should come up to an A
English 12 (standard senior year English class)- B+
Biotechnology- A
AP/IB French Language (will take AP exam)- expecting B/B+, but the teacher is pretty unpredictable
IB Visual Arts (HL)- A</p>

<p>ACT (only taken once)-
Composite- 34
Science- 36
Math- 33
English- 35
Reading- 32
Essay- 10</p>

<p>SAT2s-
Math1- 750
Math2- 770
Physics- 750</p>

<p>Other-
-National Merit Commended Student
-4 year varsity swimmer (varsity letter all 4 years)
(My other ECs are mainly dance, music, writing, and clubs.)</p>

<p>My counselor says my Common App essay is very strong. He says he's writing me a great rec. My other recs are from my Chem(gr9)/AP Enviro (gr11) teacher, my Geometry Honors(gr9)/Pre-Calc Honors (gr11) teacher, and my art teacher (Painting- gr9, Drawing- gr10, IB Art HL- gr11-12). I have done very well in all of these classes; I chose these teachers because they all know me well (especially my art teacher). </p>

<p>On the Pomona supplement, it asks which languages you speak other than English, and I am saying I speak French comfortably.</p>

<p>Also on the supplement- I am definitely doing one of the optional essays, probably the first one. </p>

<p>Also, I am the third generation of people in my family at Pomona. My grandmother went there (did not graduate from Pomona- had to transfer to UC-Berkley for financial reasons, but considered Pomona her alma mater and definitely gave some money there) and my aunt went there. My aunt's ex-husband also graduated from Pomona, and I know he's given a lot of money to Pomona. He is writing me an additional letter of rec. Will any of this help? </p>

<p>So... what are my chances at Pomona?</p>

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<p>um i think it’s pretty tough b/c you’re oos. reach. in state i’d say in. </p>

<p>chance back?</p>

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<p>GSW Fan- Pomona is a private college. Does OOS even matter?</p>

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<p>I think it’s a low reach/high match for you. You have good scores, but your GPA is slightly below the average. The legacy and additional essay should help. If you applied ED, I say you’re probably in.</p>

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<p>OOS has nothing to do with it. Some people get confused because of Cal Poly in Pomona.</p>

<p>Have you taken any other AP tests?
Over all I think you are in the right range for acceptance. I don’t know how many kids apply from your state to gage what your competition is.
I was surprised to find that there was a considerable population from the northeast. Is Pomona on the radar screen for people applying to places like Amherst or Williams?</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>twomules- I took AP Enviro last year and got a 4. My school really doesn’t offer a lot of APs.</p>

<p>Out of my class of ~100, I think there are 3 other people (all guys) applying to Pomona (though 1 of those might actually be applying to Claremont McKenna, not Pomona). 1 probably gets better grades than me; the other 2 are similar to me, maybe slightly lower grades.</p>

<p>I didn’t know that Pomona had a significant northeast population.</p>

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<p>Don’t listen to GSW Fan. He doesn’t even read your thread; just hopes you’ll chance him back.</p>

<p>GPA = below average
Scores = Good
EC’s = Good, but nothing spectacular
Legacy = will help…a lot</p>

<p>You’ve got a high match for you here, buddy. I’d say 60% chance of acceptance. Good work, and good luck.</p>

<p>I’ll probably be competing with you, so why don’t you chance me as well?
CHANCE??? Pinky-promise to chance back!!</p>

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<p>The profile of the class of 2012 says that 23% of the students are from the northeast. It does not break it down further by state.</p>

<p>If your school doesn’t offer a lot of APs, don’t obsess about it. The school profile that goes with your application will let the admissions people know this.</p>

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<p>Ehhh, You have good test scored, but I go to a very competitive public school in NJ, Top 5 in the state and only one kid from my school got in and they had a 4.6 GPA and 2300 on the SATS, but you may still get in because you applied in advance.</p>

<p>EDIT:
Your a legacy, you should have a much easier time with apps than average students</p>

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<p>Echo049- thanks for the reply. I’d be happy to chance you- what’s the link?</p>

<p>NKbaseballbum18- Done :)</p>

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<p>I’d really wonder about someone getting a B in French claiming to speak it, you may want to reconsider.</p>