<p>You should definitely appeal for more financial aid if you’re unsatisfied.</p>
<p>The wait is over. S got rejected. There are better things in store for him wherever he goes. As much as it’s hard for him to accept, I can understand how it feels having to go through the process. On the other hand, he is quick to admit that he is not too attached to the result. I told him that entry into college is not a gateway to heaven, nor rejection means living in the nadir or despair.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted! **</p>
<p>College and Program:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>]ACT: 28 ( I know…)
[</em>]APs: 5 in European History, U.S History, Environmental Science, Psychology, Human Geography,
4 in Lang, World History, and Spanish Lang,
3 in Micro
Senior courses: AP Macro, AP Comp. Gov’t, AP U.S Gov’t, AP Statistics, AP Spanish Lit, AP Lit,
[<em>]IBs: N/A
[</em>]GPA (UW, W): 3.845
[<em>]Rank: 20ish out of 522 ?
[</em>]Other stats: Questbridge College Prep Scholar at Yale and Questbridge NCM finalist, Brown University 2 week summer program, 6 week Emory University Intern. </p>
<p>[/ul]**Subjective:[ /b][ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]ECs listed on app: Vice President of MUN, Historian of NHS, AP Inspiration, Beta Club, Bible Study
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: 3-year Private Tutor
[<em>]Essays (subject and responses, and what you think of them): I really worked pretty hard on my essays and put my genuine emotions; I feel pretty proud of them 
[</em>]Teacher Recs?: Should be great, because the teacher is completely amazing!
[<em>]Counselor Rec?: Pretty good?
[</em>]How did you apply (ED? RD?): RD through Questbridge
[<em>]Hook (if any): 1st generation and undocumented?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Georgia, USA
[<em>]School Type: Large Public School ( 3200 + students?)
[</em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li]Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
This is such a great blessing and I’m greatly thankful for Pomona’s support and appreciation for how hard I’ve truly worked to obtain an opportunity like this, especially knowing that I can’t apply to most of the colleges in my state because of my undocumented situation. I am too excited, and I congratulate everyone else who got accepted too! **</p>
<p>Anyone from Texas get a letter? My DD rushed home from school to find an empy mailbox. </p>
<p>Decision: Denied</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 740M 710CR 630WR
ACT:
SAT II: 660 Chem, 710 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.64/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~25/~400
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang & Comp (5), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, Honors English, AP Psych, Mixed Choir, Honors Mandarin V
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross country (captain), Varsity Hockey, Varsity Outdoor Track, Student Ambassador to the Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Association, Club Hockey, Lead Singer of 2 bands, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Chinese Tutor, Scorekeeper at Hockey Rink
Volunteer/Community service: Elementary School Enrichment Summer Program, Help out at elementary schools during the school year for NHS, Volunteered at Middle School Hockey clinic one summer
Summer Activities: ^^
Essays: Good, not overly spectacular though
Teacher Recommendation: Good, haven’t read them but one was from my Chinese Teacher of 6 years and one from AP English teacher, talked with her a lot about my essay/rec and grew a lot in her class
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant):MA
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, variety of skills, AP scores
Weaknesses: nothing stands out in 1 particular area, SATS and GPA a bit on the low side
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing really stood out. I should have been in closer contact with the cross country coach.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Tulane, Fordham, Boston College and Brandeis. Waitlisted at Bowdoin. Rejected by Columbia.
General Comments: Congratulations to all those accepted!</p>
<p>S2 in Texas not admitted. However, in his case it is kind of a relief, since he was already admitted to Tulane in November, he’s in love with it, and he just received a pretty decent FA offer from them. If he got into Pomona, he would have received no loans though, and it would have been hard to justify taking out loans for Tulane. But now he’ll just keep working the scholarship apps to close the Tulane loan gap! Congrats to all that got in. And @Abigair, best of luck to you. You sound like an amazing young man, and it sounds like you are ready to seize the wonderful opportunity that just came your way. </p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800CR, 750M, 760W E:11)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 770 US History, 750 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP Chem (5), AP Art History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP English Lit, AP Physics B, AP AB Calc, Economics, Independent Study in Economics & Public Policy, Independent Study in Financial Markets, Playwriting
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Quiz Bowl top 50, History Bowl top 32, History Bee top 60 (all Nationally); Quiz Bowl State Runner-up, History Bowl State Runner-up, History Bee State 3rd Place
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quizbowl (Co-captain), History Bowl (Captain), Mock Trial (Co-Captain), Youth In Government (Associate Justice), Model UN (Security Council), Student Council (Treasurer), Science Fiction Film Club (Treasurer), Varsity Swimming, Crew, Theatre (Director & Playwright)
Job/Work Experience: Interned at an economic policy research firm between Junior and senior year
Volunteer/Community service: Some, mostly unimportant
</code></pre>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>
<pre><code>Common App Main: One time my father left me on the top of a mountain when we were skiing together. Pretty good. 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #1: Solid. 8/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Could have been really good, could have been okay. 7/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Interview: N/A
State (if domestic applicant): TN
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single-parent family
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Economics, test scores
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Eh. It’s a crapshoot. My school didn’t do well ED though, so I doubted that I had a shot. Also, if Pomona tracks interest, I didn’t really show it.
Other places applied to/Decisions: Accepted at Trinity (w/ Presidential Scholarship) and Syracuse, Waitlisted at CMC, UChicago, and Wash U, Rejected at Pomona and Northwestern. Waiting on 14 more schools.
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
SAT 1: Did not send
ACT: 34
GPA : 4.00</p>
<p>^This doesn’t even matter
Now onto the main ■■■■…</p>
<p>Bench Press: 250 lbs
Dumbbell Press: 100 lbs
Chest girth: 2 inches
35 points per game, 100% in the paint
Body Count: 6</p>
<p>Yah I got waitlisted but I’m aesthetic as ■■■■
pomona can’t handle these guns </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!
SAT1: 2240
SAT2:700/740
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Good extracurriculars (vp sca, yearbook editor two years, 200+ hospital volunteering) great teacher recs and essays.
I’m pretty stoked, definitely wasn’t expecting it! it!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred–>Denied</p>
<p>College and Program: Pomona EDII–>RD</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 790 CR 770 M 800 W Superscore
SAT IIs: 780 Chemistry 780 Physics 800 Literature
ACT: 34
APs: 5’s on AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP Lang, AP US History, AP World History. 4 on AP Spanish Language.
IBs: None
GPA (UW, W): 3.98 UW, 4.54 W
Rank: 2/575</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Publishing 3 scientific research article, Best in state score for the AMC 10, Scholastic Awards Silver Key, President of the Scientific Philosophy club at my high school
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses, and what you think of them): For the Pomona supplement, I talked about creating a class that integrated mathematical and scientific philosophy with the humanities and discussed their overlap and differences. I thought it was pretty well done, if a little verbose.
Teacher Recs?: Excellent
Counselor Rec?: Pretty good, but our HS is so big that I doubt this was important or played a role in my decision
How did you apply (ED? RD?): EDII after being deferred from Stanford SCEA
Hook (if any): Science and math accomplishments, good academic credentials</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts.
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Pretty bummed about it, but I got into some other great places. Congratulations to others who got in!</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted?
Accepted- Swarthmore (likely), Bowdoin, Northwestern, Washington University in St. Louis
Waitlisted- University of Chicago
Rejected- Pomona
Waiting on- HYPCS, Williams</p>
<p>Accepted!!! Having the large envelope experience was so great! I was so worried I wouldn’t get in here, and I really wanted to have a choice in California. At this point, I’m pretty sure it is a crapshoot: my brother got rejected here, but is a third-year at UChicago, I got deferred, then rejected by UChicago, I got into Davidson, and Amherst with an early write, but waitlisted at Bowdoin, Wash U, and CMC (and am still waiting for nine schools!). This process really is unpredictable. </p>
<p>D accepted in MA today. Incredibly thrilled although we will have to seriously look at the financial aid. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): CR-800 Math-680 Writing-740
SAT IIs: World History-800 US History-800
ACT: 33
APs: 5s in World History, Human Geography, Psychology, English Lang, US History
Senior courses: AP Macro, AP U.S Gov’t, Precal, AP Bio, AP Art
GPA (UW, W): 108.7 ish W (school doesn’t do 4.0 scale)
Rank: 15 ish out of 120
Other stats: National Merit Commended, Summer Art programs at SAIC and University of Michigan, Scholastic Gold Keys </p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Director General of my school’s MUN program, NHS historian, a lot of art stuff, self published an educational graphic novella, one of my art projects got a lot of publicity online and was on the Atlantic
Essays (subject and responses, and what you think of them): Wrote about meditation for my common app essay. I put a lot of effort into my Pomona supplement.
Teacher Recs?: Probably really good
Counselor Rec?: Probably really good
How did you apply (ED? RD?):RD
Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas, USA
School Type: Small Magnet School (500 ish students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Now I just need to figure out how to afford it </p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Sat: 2250 (800 Math, 730 CR, 720 Writing)
Sat II: Math II 800, Chem 800</p>
<p>Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0/5.08
Unweighted/Weighted Rank 1/11 out of about 400</p>
<p>APs: 5 junior year, 4 senior year</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Soccer: Team captain, 3 years varsity, All-Conference, state participant
Track: Captain, 4 years varsity, All-Conference, State participant, All-State Academic
Quiz Bowl: 2 years varsity, State participant
Volunteering: I help Spanish speaking students in math
Science Olympiad: 3 years varsity, 4th in state (individually)</p>
<p>Awards: National Spanish Exam Gold: Levels I,II,III
NHS
Sociedad Honoraria Híspanica</p>
<p>Background: White, Male, Minnesota Public School, Dual Citizen FWIW</p>
<p>Hook: Recruited athlete</p>
<p>Strengths: Math, Spanish, Extracurriculars (Few, but I really loved them), I like learning
Weaknesses: I didn’t take AP Lang or Honors Option in 9th and 10th grade, SAT I’s are a little low</p>
<p>Why I think I got in: I went to Pomona and interviewed, which I think showed them that I was really serious about Pomona, as opposed to the people that saw Pomona was #2 on Forbes and applied for that reason. I also spent a lot of time on my Common App essay, which was really unique, and my Pomona supplement (I chose the Critical Inquiry course). Also, being a recruited athlete helps. </p>
<p>Other Schools: Grinnell College: Accepted
Carleton College: Accepted
Middlebury College: Accepted
WashU St Louis: Accepted
UM-TC: Accepted
Bowdoin: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2350 (780 Math, 800 Writing, 770 Critical Reading).
SAT IIs: 800 (Math II), 790 (Chem)
APs: 5 in APUSH, Spanish, English Lit, English Lang, Chemistry
Senior courses: BC Calc, BC Physics, Honors english, European History, Portuguese (Brazilian).
GPA (UW, W): 3.95
Rank: top 10%
Awards: Lots of debate awards, NMF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, a few Art Awards</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: Debate (captain), Art Club, News Editor of school newspaper, 600+ hours of political volunteering.
Essays (subject and responses, and what you think of them): I think they were my best essays I wrote.
Teacher Recs?: excellent
Counselor Rec?: Average
Hook (if any): none.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Virginia
School Type: Competitive Private School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: So excited! one of my top choice schools! This process is very random and I’m glad I got lucky on this one, though I know I didn’t deserve it more than anyone who got rejected. Good luck to all of you on this stressful process.</p>
<p>D was denied. SAT 2290, GPA 4.1, lots of APs (all 5s), 9 years of violin in orchestra, peer counselor volunteering. Not shocked, but sad. It would have been a fantastic match from what we’ve heard about Pomona.</p>
<p>D accepted in WA today. Great news. </p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 1990 (720 Math, 640 Writing, 630 Critical Reading).
SAT IIs: 750 (Math II), 670 (Chem)
APs: none taken
Senior courses: BC Calc, bio honors, AP chem, history, English
GPA (UW, W): 3.6, 3.7
Rank: n/a
Awards: A few little music awards</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: Orchestra (6 years), flute lessons (8 years), 65 hours community service, figure skating (2 years), music/band camps
Hook (if any): URM
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oregon
School Type: private catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: a little disappointed but I probably wouldn’t have gone anyway since I just decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to go to a big university.</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>College and Program:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): n/a
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Biology/ 790 Spanish
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs: No AP test scores
[<em>] IBs:n/a
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): not sure
[<em>] Rank: 27/597
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Environmental Club (President), NHS, SNHS, Amnesty Club
Questbridge Prep Scholar+ Finalist
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses, and what you think of them): Questbridge essay… they were kind of rushed but I guess they worked.
[</em>] Teacher Recs?: Didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec?: Didn’t read
[</em>] How did you apply (ED? RD?): RD (Questbridge)
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, low income student, first generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! I’ve been accepted to Wellesley, Amherst and Wesleyan so far but I didn’t think I was going to get into Pomona. I was also invited to the Weekend program so we’ll see what happens.
Congratulations to those who got in!! **</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted.</p>
<p>SAT W730 M770 CR750 2250
Lit 780 Bio 730
Weighted GPA 4.47 at one of the toughest private high schools in the country.
The school does not rank.
AP Lit 5 (Actually, there is no AP Lit course at her school. She took the test anyway.) AP Bio 4.
Senior courses: AP Calc, AP Mandarin, Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Shakespeare, Contemporary Asian History, Witticism in English Literature, Anthropology</p>
<p>Probably the top high school female trumpet player in the state. Maybe #2. Member of premier jazz high school all-star band. Arts supplement sent to most colleges.
Published paper in a major medical journal after 3 years of research.
Equestrian.</p>
<p>Head Start volunteer.
Various minor school activities and clubs.</p>
<p>Not saying which state for privacy reasons.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: African American
Income: 200,000</p>
<p>Accepted to Scripps, Oberlin and Wash U. Awaiting Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Tufts, Vassar.</p>