OFFICIAL Pomona 2016 Decisions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Pomona College
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<p>Please post ONLY decisions on this thread. No comments. Also take out the spaces</p>

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<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA (UW, W):
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Applied on (EA?):
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: [ /b]</p>

<p>DELETE ALL THE SPACES IN THE BRACKET OR ELSE IT WILL LOOK REALLY UGLY</p>

<p>A few notes: If waitlisted, change decision color to yellow.
If rejected, change decision color to red.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Pomona College
Early Decision 1</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (CR 690, Math 800, Writing 800)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (English 36, Math 35)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II (800), US History (710), Chemistry (760)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): We don’t rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci (4), English Language (5), Chemistry (5), Calc BC (4, Subscore 4), US History (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Comp Gov, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, French 3, TA
[</em>] Major Awards: I am credited with helping edit a book.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Peer Tutoring (Co-director of branch that tutors at middle schools, I tutor 3 times a week, 2 hours per day), youth orchestras (viola), Various large fansite contributions, and a few more.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned in the summer of 2010.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutoring, New Global Citizens (secretary), and another music-teaching club.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internships, summer school classes for credit
[<em>] Essay: Pretty good, I think. I wrote about how I play video games with my mom when we’re bored.
[</em>] Common App Main: At least decent.
[<em>] EC Short Answer: At least decent.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good as well. I didn’t read any of the recs. :confused:
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went OK.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone else! (: And CollegeFreek, I used my format from the previous thread if you don’t mind since I already filled it out.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College- Questbridge National Match Recipient</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760 M 800 W 720 R
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 M2 800 Chem 800 US
[<em>] ACT: 35 C 36 R 36 M 36 W 33 S
[</em>] APs: 5 Lang, US, World, Chem 4 Spanish Lang
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.83 UW, 4.4 W
[</em>] Rank: 8/191
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: TaeKwonDo, global community service project, library volunteering, mosque volunteering, Health Occupation Students of America
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring, SAT Prep
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Personal factors in life, family back home, and the global service project. I thought my essays were quite good and probably saved me from the weak ECs
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great and good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Applied on (EA?): Questbridge National Match
[</em>] Hook (if any): Low income, first generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Within top 50 public schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
Pomona definitely considers you holistically- what circumstances you were raised in and how you took advantage of them. I’m incredibly thankful that they matched me and can’t wait to go there and meet you all. New faces, new experiences, all of this just seems so surreal. If you got rejected, keep your chin up and keep persevering. Don’t let a rejected decision be any indication of who you are as a person.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College, ED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2290 (740 CR, 750 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 US, 760 Chem
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: AP Lang: 5, AP Euro: 5, AP US: 4, AP Chem: 4, AP Calc: 4
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.96/4 UW, 4.5 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Awards: Top 10 NFL Nationals Debate, Top 3 California Championships Debate, AP Scholar with Distinction, 1st Place local science fair
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Speech/Debate President, NHS VP, Hospital volunteering/interning, founded/coached a couple debate programs, participation in business venture, taught at summer camp.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Listed above
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were pretty good. One was about a teaching experience and its effect on me and my students. The other was about a family hiking trip.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never read them, but I think they were solid.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, didn’t talk to my counselor much. Most likely a template.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): ED
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[</em>] Interview: I had my interview with a student at Pomona when I visited my junior year. We clicked well and had a fun conversation; I think it helped.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
I’m incredibly happy to finally get that acceptance letter (though I wish I had gotten it in the mail before I saw the email). Good luck to all awaiting reply/ applying RD to Pomona! My only real comment for those looking to this for advice is to work hard on those essays, make them personal, and show strong dedication through your ECs. I can’t wait to meet the rest of the class of 2016!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College, Early Decision 1</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2220 (770 CR, 710 M, 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 US History, 670 Biology E
[<em>] APs: APUSH:5, AP Bio:5
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.9 UW, 4.1 W
[<em>] Rank: School Does Not Rank
[</em>] Awards: National Merit Commendation, 1st Place (2009) and Honorable Mention (2010) in Non-Native Speaker Category of Chinese Language Teachers Assoc Mandarin Speech Contest, Athletic Awards for Field Hockey/Softball
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Club Softball, 4 YR Varsity Softball, 2 YR JV & 2 YR Varsity Field Hockey, YMCA Summer Camp Volunteer, NHS, Link Crew Leader
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): For Common App I wrote about growing up in the Silicon Valley and how playing club softball changed my perspective of the “bubble.” For the Pomona Supplement (the fun one!), I wrote about how my friend and I have written each other weekly letters for the past 2 years.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never Read, but they come from 2 teachers I am pretty close to.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor went on maternity leave this year, so the Assistant Principal wrote mine. Since I have not spoken to him much, and my school is pretty big, I’m guessing it was a template rec.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Early Decision 1
[<em>] Hook (if any): Athletic Recruit
[</em>] Interview: I had an interview with an Admissions Officer who was an athletic liaison. The interview was much more relaxed and conversation based than I had expected, which was a relief. We had a great conversation!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Large, Competitive Pulbic
[<em>] Ethnicity: 1/2 Caucasian, 1/2 Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **</p>

<p>I am looking forward to heading off to Pomona this fall. I am also excited to meet the rest of the Class of 2016! And to those who didn’t make it this time: Don’t hang your heads! You are obviously a talented and passionate group of people and I am sure you will end up at an awesome college next year :)</p>

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<p>Hey gpomona, what do you mean by “(though I wish I had gotten it in the mail before I saw the email)?” Are you saying that Pomona sent you an email acceptance before you received your acceptance in the mail?</p>

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<p>@Porchfriend: gpomona stated she was an athletic recruit, so was probably notified by someone in the athletic department</p>

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<p>No, I too am an athletic recruit and received an email before I saw anything in the mail. And the acceptance in the mail hasn’t even come yet! The coaches aren’t allowed to tell you if you’ve gotten in before the admissions department has.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College - Questbridge National Match Recipient</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1910 (CR: 620, M:680, W:610)
SAT II: Maths 2: 660, US History: 670, Spanish: 800
ACT: 31 (R: 29, M:28, E: 34, S:34, W:10)
AP: Human Geo: 5, Lang: 5, Art History: 5, US History: 4, World History: 4, Chem: 4, German: 3.
GPA : 4.0 UW, 4.3 W
Rank: 4/303
Other stats: Georgia Governor’s Honors Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>ECs: Academic Team, Mock Trial, German Club, Several different instruments within a single band, wrote a 200-page book in 30 days, spent most of free time helping family.
Job/Work Experience: Landscaping.
Essays: Biography - Poured my heart out on this one. I told them just how much I’ve had to go through. I could have probably included more, but there was a word limit. Other two were also very personal and heartfelt. The two very personal ones were very powerful according to my peers. Considering how I am praised for my writing, they probably worked in my favour.
Teacher Recs: One Very Good, and another that could have been Great. Second time teacher had recommended me for something (First was Governor’s Honors).
Counselor Rec: Good - she really didn’t know me too well, but she knew what I had one through.
Applied on: Questbridge National Match
Hook (if any): very low income, first generation, no other way to attend, etc</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia, may or may not have worked for me.
School Type: Underfunded and lowest reputation among all in the county. Several teachers, both of whom I had, have been commended at other schools.
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M</p>

<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
Overall, I was greatly surprised by my admission. Even though my essays, my circumstances, and my strive for knowledge were incredible my stats and my official achievements were poor compared to others. However, I am glad to have been selected and I will gladly attend this amazing school.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College, Early Decision 1</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2180 (660 CR, 800M, 720W)
[</em>] SAT IIs:750 Spanish, 720 Math II, 700 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: AP Spanish Language (5), APUSH (4), AP Chemistry (3)
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 89, 4.17
[</em>] Rank: Not ranked
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity cross country, classical guitar, school newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant to Athletic Director summer 2011
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): CA essay is about how I’m no longer religious. It’s sort of Nietzschean. Supplement is about my friends and I hiking to the second tram tower on the Sandia mountains.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I haven’t read them, of course, but one was written by a teacher who loved me, and the other was written by a teacher who didn’t love me quite so much but has a rep for writing excellent recs. I also asked my cross country coach to write one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fine, I’d assume.
[<em>] Applied on (EA?): Early Decision 1
[</em>] Hook (if any): Cross country and ethnicity.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Mexico
[</em>] School Type: Competitive small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
Oh, man. I’m ecstatic right now. Congratulations to everyone who got in on early decision; I’ll see you all next August. Good luck to everyone else. There are plenty of great colleges waiting for you.</p>

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<p>To clarify, I’m not an athletic recruit. That would be tbartlett.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College, ED1</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2210; CR 670, M 760, W 780
[</em>] SAT IIs: US 740, Math II 760
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Euro (4), US History (4), Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.7, 4.1
[<em>] Rank: NA
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar, CSF Lifetime Member, USA Swimming All-American
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Swimming, Year Round Club Swimming, Coach for special needs athletes, Co-Founder of family business, Piano (8 Years), 500+ hrs of community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Junior Swimming Coach, clerical work for family business
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): ComApp about my grandfather; Fun essay about a race I swam in
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t read, but assuming good; also had supplemental from swim coach
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but probably positive
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): ED
[<em>] Hook (if any): recruited athlete
[</em>] Interview: I thought it went great! The woman that did it was new, but she seemed very interested in my hobbies and athletics.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
so excited! i really do hope the best for everyone else on this forum. everyone has put in so much time and dedication into this process and obviously is very passionate about Pomona. Keep your chins high!</p>

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<p>For members of Pomona’s class of 2016: Check out the new facebook group!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Pomona College, ED1</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 Reading, 750 Writing, 640 Math (2120 composite)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Lit, 690 Latin, 690 Chinese
[<em>] ACT: 36 English, 36 Science, 35 Reading, 33 Math, 32 Writing (35 composite)
[</em>] APs: 4 on AP Latin, taking English Lit, Calc AB, and Art History this year
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 94 out of 100, not sure what that is on the 4 point scale
[</em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[li] Other stats: 2 Maxima Cum Laude silver medals on National Latin Exam, NMS Commended Student</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: pre-professional dance, run my own charity (raised over $15,000 for clean water in Ethiopia), volunteering in a Kindergarten, tutoring underprivileged elementary school students, one middle school student, exchange trip to China, probably some stuff I am leaving out!
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Weekly babysitting job for the last couple years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about experience in China study abroad trip, one about dancing in local Macy’s Holiday Parade
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good, I think!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty decent
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): ED1
[li] Hook (if any): None really…biracial? Interested in Latin and Chinese, if that’s a bit unique? Run my own charity?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Seattle area, WA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: half white, half Asian (there are already 2 more half-Asian half-white girls accepted?!?! Crazy!)
[</em>] Gender: Female </p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
I am thrilled and surprised I got in! Can’t wait to meet everyone next year! And good luck to those rejected/deferred, I’m sure you will end up somewhere fantastic!</p>

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<p>@ People who are half-asian half-white - did you guys list White or Asian or neither on your application?</p>

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<p>I checked off both</p>

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<p>Looking at all these acceptances, I honestly don’t know why I was rejected.
I’m not too comfortable w posting my stats, but I can say I had
4.6 GPA and took mostly hard APs and Honors and got straight As
2350 sat and 35 act
800 on math ii and us history and 780 on bio
Pretty good recs (I think, cuz my teachers loved me), and extra curriculars that really showed how I use my merits for the better good of mankind.
Also, I’m an Asian male near Roseville.
The arbitrary admissions process really frustrates me.
Well, I’m gonna put my eyes to the east.
Hope y’all have fun at Pomona!</p>

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<p>Asian male is pretty killer in college admissions.</p>

<p>Just saying.</p>

<p>Decisions aren’t quite as simple as 1+1.</p>

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<p>Maybe more a question of geography. Many California applicants and quite a few of them hooked athletes in ED1. When you start to add up legacy, athletes, Questbridge, etc., there are not nearly as many available slots as the stats for ED would indicate. </p>

<p>I’m thinking you will have better luck on the other coast, where the schools are also looking for applicants from a further distance. I think your abilities will be recognized by your RD schools, boomboomkrn. Good luck!</p>

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<p>College and Program: Pomona College, ED1</p>

<p>Stats:
• SAT I (by section): 750 Reading, 800 Writing, 720 Math
• SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 750 US History, 720 Literature, 700 World History
• ACT: 36 English, 36 Science, 34 Reading, 35 Math, 35 Composite
• APs: European History: 5, US History: 5, Latin Vergil: 5, Language and Composition: 5, Chemistry: 5
• GPA (UW, W): 95
• Rank: school doesn’t rank
• Other stats: National Honor Society</p>

<p>Subjective:• ECs listed on app: varsity cross country and track and field (4 years and captain), Chinese Club, Model UN (chaired), Girl Scouts (Silver Award, Gold Award), RATSY (Jewish youth group), Math League, Bridge Club (secretary), People to People Student Ambassador (trip to France, Greece, and Italy), Journey for Identity (trip to Israel and Poland), Summer Physics Prep Program, Summer internship at the University of Rochester,
• Job/Work Experience: working as dietary aide at Heather Heights, senior living facility, and also as a recreational aide with residents with dementia
• Essays (subject and responses):
one about the Tel Aviv protests (which I was lucky enough to witness in Israel!)
one about completing the Pittsford Triathlon
• Teacher Recs: my teachers are my bff’s :stuck_out_tongue: so i think they were good
• Counselor Rec: she likes me, so probably pretty good
• Applied on (EA?): ED1
• Hook (if any): Biracial and Jewish? idk, im not really a “recruited” athlete, but i will be running cross country, interesting international trips?</p>

<p>Location/Person:• State or Country: Rochester, NY
• School Type: Public (like 850 kids)
• Ethnicity: Cashew :stuck_out_tongue: (Caucasian, Asian, Jew)
• Gender: Female </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m so happy that I got in!! Personally, I don’t understand the selection process at all and I was really nervous before I got the letter. Afterwards, I celebrated by going to Weggies (I hope you guys all love Wegmans too!) I’m looking forward to meeting everyone who got in, and good luck to everyone else with your application process!! There are so many wonderful colleges out there.</p>