<p>I love Pomona but I've heard it's a more science/math oriented school. I'm thinking about art history and business - how are these departments? I've always felt that the East Coast fostered more schools that are strong in art history, but what about Pomona? </p>
<p>Also, if anyone has time, I was wondering what my chances are for Pomona. The most recent person that got in from my school had a 3.9 GPA...and that scares me.</p>
<p>Asian senior, international school and foreign passport</p>
<p>3.71 UW GPA
CW - 670
M - 650
W - 610</p>
<p>SAT's were horrible, retaking in November</p>
<p>SATII's
USHistory - 690
Bio E - 660</p>
<p>APUSH - 5
AP Bio - 5
AP Lang - 5
AP Psych - 5</p>
<p>Love community service; done four years of community service in local Chinese schools, Habitat for Humanity club officer, gone on a Habitat building trip in Philippines, Cerecare (taking care of kids with cerebral palsy) and visiting orphanage homes every week. Also in NHS and Prom Committee.</p>
<p>What I'm really worried about is my GPA, which went from a 3.8 for the first three semesters --> 3.7 --> 3.6 --> 3.5 for my most recent semester, when I had some issues due to a parent death. Is this trend bad? Well I mean, yes it's bad, but will it hurt my application a lot?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I wouldn't consider Pomona to be more science/math oriented than the other Claremonts. One good thing about the consortium is that you can take classes at the other CCs.</p>
<p>As for your chances, your AP scores are good and your ECs are varied, but your SATs (Is and IIs) are toward the lower end of the scale. Retaking them is a good idea. I wouldn't worry about your downward trend, especially since it was related to such a devastating event. Just make sure that your GC explains that in the report, should you decide to apply. I'd say, write a strong essay, and give it a shot!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I agree with Little Mother's advice, and I think you have a decent shot at getting in. You'll never get in if you don't apply, so why not give it a chance?</p>
<p>As a Pomona student, I can reassure you that while our science and math departments are good, Pomona is really not a science/math-oriented school. Almost all of the departments are strong, including Art History. However, you should know that Pomona does not have a business department or business courses (I think there's just a managerial accounting course and financial analysis course that can be classified as a "business" course). We do have a very strong and popular Economics department though. Claremont McKenna offers more business-oriented courses but also has only an Economics department, though it has a reputation of having a good business program. But those CMC courses do not count toward the Economics major for Pomona students. Just something to think about. But remember that many students think they know what they want to study when they start college and end up doing something else entirely. Good luck!</p>
<p>If you are interested in Art History and business, consider Wellesley. Their AH dept is one of the top undergrad depts in the nation, possibly #1. They don't have a "business" dept--few top LACs or universities do--but their economics dept is tops, and--as one guide says--its alumnae include just about all of the top female economists in the nation.</p>
<p>Just to add to Consolation's msg--at Wellesley you can cross-register at MIT where there are business courses you can take. As for economics at Wellesley--there used to be a banner at the Economics Department that read: "Economics is not a sex-linked trait."</p>
<p>Scripps has a strong AH dept so you could cross register for classes there if you didn't find what you wanted at pomona. while pomona has strong math and science depts, i definitely would not characterize it as math/science. also, you could supplement course in econ at CMC. if you are interested in east coast schools, then you can consider wellesley, of course, but some of the other women's colleges have strong AH depts, too... such as smith and bryn mawr. at bryn mawr you can also cross register for courses at haverford, swarthmore, or even Penn where, of course, there is wharton for business (though i believe that there might be some restrictions for registering at Penn, so you should check it out.) good luck.</p>