Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Pomona College
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<p>Demo:
Gender-Male
Ethnicity- Indian (First Gen)
Location - Illinois
Type of School- Public, average performing school in Chicago suburbs</p>

<p>Scores/Rank:
ACT: 30C 32 SuperScore AP: 10th-Euro (5) 11th- US (5) 12- Chem,Bio,Calc,MacroEcon
Rank- 32/680 (32/691 at end of last year.. 11 people bailed)
GPA- W-5.22 (hoping for 5.4ish at graduation) UW-4.95</p>

<p>Classes:
(Our middle schools did a very poor job at class placement for High School, and despite doing superb 8th grade, i was placed in normal classes while some dunces or future druggies got into honors classes somehow)</p>

<p>9th:
Physical Science 5/5 (S1/S2)
Algebra 1 5/5
World History 5/5
French 1 5/5
English 1 5/5
Keyboarding 4 (was to used to my style of typing so typing how they wanted us to was very diffulcult)
Study Hall
Health 1/Gym 5/5</p>

<p>10th:
AP European History 5/5
Geometry Honors 4/5
Computer Concepts/Speech 5/5
Biology 5/5
English 2 5/5
French 2 5/5
Drivers Ed/Gym</p>

<p>11th:
ICA (Math) 5/5
English 3 5/5
Chemistry Honors 5/5
Physics Honors 5/5
AP US History 5/5
Gym
Computer Programming 1+2 5/5</p>

<p>12th: (Current Grades)
Teacher Aide
Anatomy/AP Macroeconomics 5/
AP Biology 5/
Humanities Honors 5/
AP Chemistry 5/
AP Calculus A/B 5/
Senior Composition 5/</p>

<p>Is there any part of my application to Pomona that i can explain the reasons why i had such low amount of honors courses my first two years?</p>

<p>Essay:
Common App Essay has been looked over by several teachers and they say it's great, just need to work on the Pomona extra essay</p>

<p>Reccomendations:
Great (APUSH and Anatomy Teachers)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>North Technology Club (Vice President)
Model United Nations
National Honor Society
National Society of High School Scholars
Volunteer at Local Park District (50hrs.. still particpating)
Volunteering at Temple (around 200 hours, had to stop this year due to schoolwork)
Basic 40 NHS Hours + 30 or so extra helping with Charity Events, Concerts
Relay for Life
Applied for a "Mini Medical School" (competitive) research spot
No Athletics (Parents were always busy when i was a little child and couldnt afford the time to sign me up for activites due to the rides situation, etc)</p>

<p>Thanks !</p>

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<p>Pomona, like most schools, does not superscore the ACT. So, your ACT is probably a little low for Pomona. Perhaps you should consider retaking it or taking the SAT.</p>

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<p>There’s the additional information section on the common app to explain your classes, or the Pomona supplement “broader context” section.</p>

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<p>Thanks tam, hopefully it will help a little and with my ACT, i think ive hit the “plateau” because ive taken it 4x with the same score each time >_></p>