<p>Hi guys! So I applied ED to Pomona College (one of the Claremont school in SoCal), and I was wondering if you guys would mind chancing me? THANKS! :)</p>
<p>I know my SATs are low, but I took them the second two times at awkward times for me... I was about to go in for surgery both times, so I was in a lot of pain. I'm taking them again this Dec, so hopefully my scores won't be affected by the pain I've been in, etc. My practice test scores have been MUCH higher.</p>
<p>SAT:
600-M
620-CR
630-W
superscore: 1850</p>
<p>SAT II: scores aren't back yet, but I got a 610 on the M Bio one I took last year.</p>
<p>GPA:
UW: 3.84 or something in that area
W: 4.11 (I've got a 4.67 both semesters of my junior year, and a 4.5 this past first quarter, so it should keep going up.)</p>
<p>AP: Psychology 4, Biology 3, </p>
<p>Junior year classes:
AP Bio: A/A
AP Psychology: A/A
AP French: A/B (missed 20+ classes to go to doctors/physical therapy appts during the second semester before I had ankle surgery)
Honors PreCalc: B/A
Honors English: A/A
US History: A/A</p>
<p>Senior year classes & current grades:</p>
<p>AP Environmental Science: A
AP Stats (he hasn't entered all grades, but hopefully I"ll have an A now. Otherwise a B)
AP English Literature: A
AP Econ/Gov: A
Journalism (Editor in Chief): A
Weight Training (PE graduation requirement): A</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>-write for local paper for 3 years as columnist/feature writer
-UC Berkeley's newspaper- unpaid internship last summer, while I was on crutches
-wrote for country paper for 1 year (program fell apart, so I had to stop)
-EIC of high school paper during my senior year (basically have had to rebuild the paper from the ground up and teach my entire class about journalistic writing/editing, layout, etc
-serve as a youth court advocate for minors who commit petty crimes- present cases to judge/jury and come up with proper sanctions for the minors and help them learn to not commit the crimes anymore (2010-present)
-youth soccer coach- 3 years (won coach of the year in 2010)
-Senior Women Organization (scholarship program, community service, etc)
-CSF- all four years (Seal Bearer)
-Varsity/JV lacrosse- 3 years
(I had a lot of other clubs I was involved in, but there wasn't enough room on the app, and the additional info section was already full from explaining my surgeries and such)</p>
<p>Personal Essay: </p>
<p>Wrote about I suggested that my family adopted my sister (used to be my best friend in middle school. she had lived with her grandmother because her parents were both drug addicts, until her grandmother didn't want to raise her anymore and wanted to send her back to live with her druggie dad) and how it's impacted what I want to do with my life, etc</p>
<p>Supplement: To write about something that was just plain fun: </p>
<p>Wrote about how my band camp experience impacted the person I was and helped me learn who I really was in an ideal environment (ie: without fear of judgement, etc). Hard to explain without rewriting my whole essay, but it was really excellent.</p>
<p>Northern California, white, middle-class, female, Jewish</p>
<p>I really really really really REALLY REALLY want to attend Pomona. I can't even describe how badly I want to go. Please be brutally honest with my chances for ED. After my ankles have fully healed from two surgeries (and if my application is deferred to RD) I want to send in an athletic supplement for lacrosse. I'll literally do anything to supplement my application (should I be deferred). Lay it on me. THANK YOU!</p>