Official Admissions Decision Roster (ED1 + ED2 + RD)

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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>Let's continue the CC tradition of admissions rosters and make one of our own. </p>

<p>[center]Official Admissions Decision Roster -- Pomona
Originally posted by mercurysquad here.[/center</a>]</p>

<p>Please post only OFFICIAL decisions (= letter in your hands)!!.</p>

<p>To post your decision:
[ul][<em>]Download the file linked below, open it in Wordpad, MS Word or whatever you use (but not notepad!), and edit the text in red.
[</em>]Then copy the whole thing, preview your post (Go Advanced), and if it appears right, post it.[/ul]</p>

<p>We'll try to keep this thread clean, i.e. only post decisions here, we can carry any discussion to other threads.</p>

<p>Download</a> - Primary Server
Download</a> - Alternate Server</p>

<p>Help us help the Class of 2010 applicants!
If you have your decision, POST IT!
If you don't have an ID on CollegeConfidential, please get one and post your decision!</p>

<p>Thank You!!</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II: 1600/800 WR/800 M2C/790 PH (just like firebird)
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.3 / 57 kids
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5 on Spanish Lit, Comp Sci, US Hist, Phys B
[</em>]Major awards/ECs: I'm not telling :-)
[list][<em>]Japanese drumming/independent trip to Japan
[</em>]there are others, of course...but they're secret[/ul]
[/list]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>]Interview: didn't
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): SFBA, CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian-american (I guess, lol) male
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: thrilled...especially since I didn't answer any of the "strongly recommended" essay questions... (reinventing your school, etc)[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: I don't like posting this much info about me...</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I & II: 1330/670 WR/710 M2C/760 Spanish
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 28/280
* APs / other stats: 4 on US hist. Taking spanish,gov,lit,calc,and phys
* Major awards/ECs:
Um... I am now page editor of The Scroll... I'm in jazz band... I also put that I was in a band. I'm also in a couple clubs. Oh and I went to COSMOS.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good
* Teacher Recs: Both good
* Counselor Rec: Great
* Interview: REALLY GOOD
</code></pre>

<p>Personal:</p>

<pre><code>* Location (State or Country): Bay Area, Ca
* Ethnicity & Gender: Mexican - Born in Mexico City
* Your thoughts on your decision: Extremely Psyched!!!!
</code></pre>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 1390/740 W/740 M/670 MB
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.98 uw, 21/530-ish
[<em>]APs / other stats: English Lang/ US His./ World His. - 4/3/3 Taking Calc AB, Gov., English Lit., and Spanish Lang.
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Tennis, Badminton[/li][</em>]NYLF on Technology
[<em>]other useless things
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Good, I guess.. don't really know how to judge my own writing..
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One of my teachers had a daughter that graduated from Pomona if that made a difference. I would think my recs. were good but I didn't read them.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Again, I didn't read it.
[<em>]Interview: Great interview.
[</em>]Hook (if any): Family situation probably.
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): San Jose, CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Vietnamese Female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Eh..
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I've been excited about it since December. Now.. just need to graduate.. =)
[/ul]
Any other comments:</p>

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<p>Just kidding I got a 1360</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
*Domestic *</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 1490/IIC:800/Wr:790/Chem:750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.67w, 4/90
[<em>]APs / other stats: Chem 4, Bio 5, Psych 3, Euro 4, US 4
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]#1 in nation in Nat’l WordMasters Challenge[/li][</em>]Published playwright (National Young Playwrights Festival)
[<em>]AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[</em>]National Merit Finalist (1st in class)
[<em>]Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook
[</em>]Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
[<em>]Humblest Guy in the Universe
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I think they were really good, and I’m pretty hard on myself when it comes to my writing
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Couldn’t read them
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Cliched, but nice
[<em>]Interview: Had a quiet dude, but I yakked for 30 minutes straight, so I dunno
[</em>]Hook (if any): Maybe because I was atypically well rounded for an Asian dude
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: i didn't have any... i think
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I was happy, and somewhat surprised
[/ul]
Any other comments: Rock on!</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li> SAT I & II or ACT: 1490 V: 730 M: 760</li>
<li> GPA, Class Rank/Size: ? Class size: 43</li>
<li><p>APs / other stats: English Lit. 5, Spanish Lang. 5, Spanish Lit. 5.
Major awards/ECs: National Merit, AP Scholar</p></li>
<li><p>Volleyball (School and Club)- CAPTAIN</p></li>
<li><p>Year abroad (Spain)</p></li>
<li><p>other useless things</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li> Essays: Uh, phenom... just really stellar.</li>
<li> Teacher Recs: exquisite. mind boggling. </li>
<li> Counselor Rec: didn't read it.</li>
<li> Interview: who can't love me? im the assman.</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): godfather went.. dont think that counts for anything.</p></li>
<li><p>Location (State or Country): New York, NY.</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity & Gender: Biracial- Scottish and Filipino (UnderRepresentedMinority) Female</p></li>
<li><p>Major strength/weakness: everything/nothing.</p></li>
<li><p>Your thoughts on your decision: i'm not bothering with pomona. i have bigger fish to fry.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Any other comments:
have a nice day. sorry- im just fargin' around. im really bored at school. i didnt mean anything i said- i meant well. and isnt that what counts?</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>*SAT I & II or ACT: 1440/740/720/620
*GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.8 uw, 26/700
*APs / other stats: 13, some "AP lite"</p>

<p>Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]Numerous debate awards regional/state level
[</em>]NFL Degree of Premier Distinction
[<em>]Future Problem Solving/state level
[</em>]AP Scholar
[<em>]National Merit Commended
[</em>]Community Service hours--several years with the same to organizations
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Never saw them
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Never saw it
[</em>]Interview: He enjoyed it, I think it went well
[<em>]Hook (if any): Geographically diverse
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): boonies of TX
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: writing and presentation skills/math
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I’m glad someone saw something worthwhile in his application[/li][/ul]
Any other comments:</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:
* SAT I & II or ACT: 1570/IIC: 790/ Wr: 800/ Bio: 780
*GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, ?
*APs / other stats: 8, including this year… </p>

<p>Major awards/ECs:
* LOTS of Community service (leadership, commitment, etc.)
* Some clubs, nothing amazing, though
* National Merit commended
* AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
* Essays: i thought they were good...
* Teacher Recs: good, hopefully
* Counselor Rec: good, hopefully
* Interview: mine went alright… he was extremely nice, i talked a lot
* Hook (if any): dunno…. That’s why I’m so surprised I got in</p>

<p>Personal:
* Location (State or Country): San Jose, CA
* Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
* Major strength/weakness: high test scores (good numbers)/lack of super ECs<br>
* Your thoughts on your decision: Surprised I got in, but ecstatic, nonetheless… I really want to go!</p>

<p>Any other comments: Hopefully I'll see some of you there! I'm visiting next week!</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 1480/790/760/750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.5 weighted, no ranking
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5 on AP chem, calc BC, US history
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]years of violin, involved in several choral groups[/li][</em>]High Honors on Golden State Exams in a few subjects
[<em>]VP of Builder’s Club (Kiwanis) in 9th grade, Treasurer of Amnesty International Group
[</em>]a lot of things I don’t think mattered very much
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I’d like to think they were good...I was kind of proud of them
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn’t read...assume good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t read<br>
[</em>]Interview: Very Good
[<em>]Hook (if any): Both my sister and father went to Pomona, and I spent two years in Japan.
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): Davis, CA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness:
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I really hope I didn’t get in because of my family alums, because that's not a good reason.[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: When I tell people I know that I got into Pomona, they usually say something like “Wow, that’s great. Haven’t you wanted to go there since, like, junior high?” It’s basically true...Pomona has been my dream school for a long time. Now I’m worried that it can’t possibly live up to my expectations.</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
International</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II or ACT: 1500 (700V/800M)/800/760/750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.19 w, 3/46
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5 on Psych, Euro. Taking 6 AP tests this year
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Soccer team captain[/li][</em>]Layout manager of school bulletin since 2nd semester Freshman year.
[<em>]Various other Ecs with no important positions (basketball, student council…)
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I liked them a lot
[<em>]Teacher Recs: No idea
[</em>]Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>]Interview: None, since I live in Taiwan
[</em>]Hook (if any): None that I know of
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Taiwan
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: I think I am pretty well balanced
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Very happy
[/ul]
Any other comments: I am a US citizen, so I guess that I'm not really an "international" student.</p>

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<p>**
Accepted
**
*Domestic *</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I & II and ACT: 1580(800M/780V)/800 Wr/790 Ch/760 M2C/ 35 ACT
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.96 uw, 50ish/740
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5’s in US, Euro, Macro, and BC Calc
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Debate (Not very involved)[/li][</em>]Skiing (Captain)
[<em>]Some other random things
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not very good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Never saw them, probably pretty decent
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Never saw it, probably fine
[<em>]Interview: N/A
[</em>]Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): MN
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: I have more breadth than depth in activities.
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I feel a little under qualified.
[/ul]
Any other comments: I didn’t really realize it was a good school until after I applied: I applied on a whim, so I didn’t do any of the extra stuff, like the essays, interview.</p>