<p>Does anybody have any figures on the difference in acceptance rate between the two? I'm trying to weigh presenting the strongest application possible (EDII) and getting all of my materials on time in for ED I.</p>
<p>It’s competitive enough either way that you want to pick whatever option that allows you the present the strongest application possible.</p>
<p>As far as I know, there are no figures available on the different acceptance rates. Everything published just separates early from regular. </p>
<p>Is there anything you think will particular improve on EDII? If it’s not a significant improvement, I would think there’s a slight benefit to EDI: Pomona knows you’re truly devoted, and you’re not just applying EDII because you didn’t get into [fill in the blank…Stanford, Yale, Columbia…]</p>
<p>I’ve actually been out of high school for about a year, so I’ve been working and volunteering and stuff. I’m just now starting AmeriCorps and volunteering in a couple of places, so waiting until December would allow me to ask for additional letters of recommendation. I’m also thinking of taking the SAT again to bring my math score up; my highest was 650, which is a little low for Pomona.</p>
<p>So…potentially stronger application I’m thinking?</p>
<p>Go ahead and apply EDII. Lots of students do it because their fall schedules were just too full, e.g., sports.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>If you do EDII visit campus or something and have a “revelation” that you love Pomona. If there is no material change and you just pop up for EDII they will realize you just didn’t get in EDI.</p>
<p>What do you mean by, “They’ll just realize that I didn’t get in EDI?” I’ve never applied to Pomona before. Do you mean that they’ll just think I was slow about getting my materials together? If so, I might try explaining to them that I have three jobs right now and have been working like 70 hr weeks…</p>
<p>They may think you applied EDI somewhere else and were rejected. From time spent in admissions I can tell you that it is relatively uncommon for students to apply EDII if they did not unsuccessfully apply somewhere EDI as well.</p>
<p>There are more reasons for applying EDII than just not getting in somewhere for EDI. Missing deadlines, finally getting to check out a school and deciding it is your #1, etc. But, realistically, getting rejected from your #1 is probably the the top choice. (but without a study, gut feeling do not mean that much)</p>
<p>Not every school had EDII, though it seems more common for LACs. When my son went through all this three years ago, I never saw it. </p>
<p>So, if a school offers it, lets just assume they are offering EDII in good faith. They are not using it as a trap to find out which students already have a rejection, probably from another selective school. The adcoms are not thinking “well, this person looks really good, and would be a good match for our school, BUT, some other adcom out there obviously found some flaw that we are missing, so just to be safe lets reject this candidate. Oh, heck, the weekend is coming up and I miss my kids, lets just reject this entire pile for the same reason.”</p>
<p>Many of the really selective schools are EA, BTW, and you can often apply EA and EDI simultaneously (depending on the rules of the schools), you just cannot accept the EA school if you get selected by both.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, anotherparent, I didn’t realize that you had also worked in Pomona’s admissions office!</p>
<p>…there’s a lot of talk that goes on behind the scenes you don’t know about. If you’re serious about Pomona, go visit. Your chances will improve dramatically. Pomona cares most about you seeing that you are a good fit. You cannot possibly know that unless you visit. Reading books and looking at websites isn’t enough.</p>
<p>Wondering where I said dont visit? You have some issues Kio!</p>
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<p>Even if this is true (and in many cases, it is not) what difference does it make? Do you really think that Pomona is going to think poorly of an applicant because he or she didn’t get admitted to HYP or Stanford early, etc., with Pomona as a second choice? Hardly. Someone who likes Stanford or Yale can still be a great fit for Pomona. My kids went to Yale and Pomona, and the schools have a great deal in common, especially when looking at the students. And as we all know, Yale could probably put together an outstanding class consisting of just the students it denies admission every year.</p>
<p>That said, visiting Pomona is very important if you live within driving distance, both for your own knowledge and to show that you’ve done your homework. </p>
<p>My son applied and was accepted EDII, and did not apply early to another school and get rejected. He was just late in deciding that he knew without a doubt that Pomona was his first choice. He was very busy during high school, and thinking about college admissions was not necessarily the top priority, as he knew he had great options in our public universities. In fact, the hardest part for him in making the committment was deciding if the difference in price between Pomona full pay was worth it, verses UCB or a full-tuition scholarship to UCSB.</p>
<p>I would take anything that KIO888 posted with a healthy grain of skepticism. If you look at his posting history, he joined CC, and quickly filled the forums with pro Pomona, and anti other consortium posts. He seemed to have a lot of anger, though it was unclear why. He also seemed to be speaking as someone who knows a lot about the admission process, but I am sure if anyone in the admissions department knew what he was posting, they would have been pretty angry. Then he stopped posting. A couple of weeks later, someone named KIM234 (? I think that was the name) joined CC, and also started posting similar, though slightly more diplomatic posts. He claimed to be currently working in the Admissions office, and gave the same “we all sit around and laugh and mock you applicants” type posts. I asked him if he was speaking for the admissions office, and would the approve of his posts. Someone else questioned weather his posts broke a CC rule. I am not sure if he deleted his account, or someone in authority had it deleted, but it went the next day, along with all the posts. I note that Kio888 has not been to CC since then. I am pretty sure they were the same person, just trying to make trouble, for some odd reason. </p>
<p>I will repeat - I sincerely doubt that Pomona would offer an EDII option if they were using it to just reject/mock people. It does not matter if Pomona was not your first choice, and you got rejected from your ED I school, if you are applying EDII, then you are saying you will commit to the school, and that should be enough for them. They would not offer the option if they felt any other way.</p>
<p>I think everyone would feel a lot less stress if they remembered that the adcoms are not looking for ways to reject you, they are looking for reasons to accept you!</p>