<p>i know its EXTREMELY competitive for these but if i dont apply i have 0% chance... my case is long winded so i hope poeple on here like to read-here goes.......</p>
<p>ill start with parts of my app that will hinder my chances:</p>
<p>3.1-3.2 gpa :( APs/IBs suck......
(i got striaght As in 9th to get into APs then got striaght Cs in 10th but worked my way back to mostly Bs in 11 12)</p>
<p>1700 sat (i sent my act instead to cover this but i think they still have access to the sat because when i took the sat i put one address but on my app i put another and they sent a viewbook to the sat address?..( fellow applicants beware admissions may be omnipresent)</p>
<p>i put 10 hours employment instead of 30 per week by mistake</p>
<p>i have to compete with top notch asians/indians from my school with 4.whatevers and 2400s (no offense asians/indians are tight)</p>
<p>i visited campus but didnt interview and i live in socal!!!!!!(family issues but didnt get a chance to write a letter to explain)</p>
<p>maybe some of this stuff can help me though......
33 ACT
BLACK MALE
Low income-(heard that doesnt help at pomona)
Recruited athlete-(turned down UC Davis for liberal arts education and now regreting it)
Needed money to keep parents from foreclosing so i started my own business
Teacher recs to Williams explaing why i should be the first student from my school they accept EVER!
commuted an hour one way for 4 years(all for a low gpa at a private school)</p>
<p>what do you guys think...should i write letters to kiss up or is my cause hopeless? input much apreciated!!!!!!!!</p>