<p>chipsnfries: Not at Pomona where like 70% of the applicants are females!</p>
<p>boomboomkrn: Without knowing anything about you, perhaps it was a matter of that elusive “fit.” Although by applying ED you obviously thought Pomona was a great fit for you, perhaps Pomona saw something in your application that suggested otherwise. </p>
<p>Who knows! However, you have excellent stats, and I’m sure will get in some place amazing.</p>
<p>Oops, I know better than to talk before I think.</p>
<p>But really, no one really knows what colleges are looking for, except for people involved in that decision-making process.</p>
<p>boomboom: I’ll sure you’ll be getting into a great place for both you and the university/college (And if that isn’t enough, there’s always transferring =P).</p>
<p>Also, congrats to everyone who has gotten in already! Don’t forget to add into the Facebook group! (It’s a closed group called “Pomona College Class of 2016”)</p>
<p>posting for S</p>
<p>I will let him fill in details later. </p>
<p>Accepted to Pomona ED1. A few specifics: SAT >2300, SAT 2’s: 800, 800, 770, AP’s 5’s, UW GPA 3.9, high-level EC’s in science and related paid work, much leadership in HS, extensive volunteering, recs likely extraordinary, outstanding on-campus interview, no hooks!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all accepted!!! Keeping fingers crossed for all deferred!!! Good luck in April for all applying elsewhere!!! We’re cheering for you. :)</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>ED1</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2310: 800 Math, 770 Writing, 740 Reading
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Biology, 800 Physics, 780 World History, 720 Spanish
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: 5 Calc AB, 5 Calc BC, 5 World History, 5 US History, 5 English Language, 5 Spanish, 4 Physics C mechanics
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.00 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1st
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Very active with Quakerism. Hold several positions in regional (WA, OR, ID, MT) organization. Soccer - not varsity, but have played recreational for a long time. Team captain. Knowledge Bowl. Piano/Composing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about spending two weeks in Nicaragua and speaking with the people down there and helping my parents get by with the language. I liked my topic, but I guess it wasn’t written super well. For the supplement, I wrote about going to a Seattle Sounders game with friends and getting all dressed up and making flags and signs etc.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, I would hope they are good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t think he knows me that well…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA
[<em>] School Type: Public, 4 year. 1800 students. Top 5% high schools nationwide I think.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Darn…</p>
<p>Vikingcliff, perhaps call your admissions rep and ask what you can do to provide the committee with further information? Then send letter of continued interest and either a couple of other references or a supplement of some kind. Pomona has rewarded motivated deferred ed1 candidates in the past!</p>
<p>how do you join the facebook group?</p>
<p>According to S: open your Facebook account, search Pomona College Class of 2016, and then, once you’ve opened the group, click on the tab to the right “Request to join group.” You will receive a message when you’ve been added. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>thats my plan earlybird :)</p>
<p>is there a way to find my specific admissions person or do i just call the admissions office?</p>
<p>You can find your specific admissions officer here: [Meet</a> our Admission Officers - Pomona College](<a href=“http://pomona.edu/admissions/meet-us/officers.aspx]Meet”>http://pomona.edu/admissions/meet-us/officers.aspx)</p>
<p>Viking- definitely try to find your area’s rep.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision:Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]College and Program:[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):710 (CR) 760 (M) 780 (W)
[ *] SAT IIs: 720 (BioM) 710 (M1)
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] APs: Calc AB (3), US History (4), Language (4), Biology (5). This year I am taking AP Physics B, Literature, Statistics, and Comparative Government.
[ *] IBs: not available at my school
[ *] GPA (UW, W): UW: 3.93 W: 4.77
[ *] Rank: 4th
[ *] Other stats: Selected for and attended Governor’s School, attended camps at Brown University, serve on numerous committees
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Running (both independently and on XC team), Action Plan for supporting the local food movement, serving on committees, Mountain Alliance (club that supports outdoor and service activities, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship in an environmental microbiology lab assisting with graduate level research, internship at Health Department as an events coordinator, and babysitting.
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): CommonApp essay described a cross country race in which I proved my strength to myself and others. Pomona’s supplement essay was about my experience at Governor’s School and how I knew, through that experience, that Pomona was the school for me.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Wonderful.
[ *] Applied on (EA?): Early Decision
[ *] Hook (if any): Small town girl…? But I don’t think they look at location.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: North Carolina
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: [ /b]</p>
<p>Bump for ED2 applicants.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>College and Program: Pomona College, Early Decision 2</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2250 Superscore (CR: 780, M: 740, W: 730)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2: 790, Physics: 790, Literature: 780
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: Calc AB: 4, Calc BC: 4, CompSci A: 5
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.9 UW with 90 credit hours at community college
[<em>] Rank: 1 (homeschooled)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Internship, 4 year varsity cross country/track athlete, Online journalism, Boy Scouts
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Game Design Internship and Programming Internship at S2 Games
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App: Wrote about Godel, Escher, Bach; Pomona: Wrote about cookie decorating party my friends and I have for Christmas
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent (from father)
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): ED 2 - 12/28/11
[<em>] Hook (if any): Brother is a junior at Pomona
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: AZ
[<em>] School Type: Homeschooled
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** It doesn’t feel real, I’m just so elated.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>College and Program: Pomona College</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR/M/W 670/790/750 and 680/730/650 (that was a reaaally bad test for me)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math II, 700 Biology M, and 680 US History
[<em>] ACT: 35 Composite(one sitting). M/S/R/W: 35/35/36/35(33 with essay)
[</em>] APs: Chemistry(5), Music theory(5), European History(4), Biology(5), US History(4), Physics B(3), Calc BC(4, 5 AB subscore), and am now taking English lit and language, Computer Science, Spanish lit and language, Statistics, Micro/Macro Economics, and Physics C
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.91UW, 5.432/5.83W
[<em>] Rank: 2/275 when I applied
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Diving(co-captain),cello (lots of music stuff+leadership+competitions), NHS(treasurer), Spanish Honor Society(treasurer+secretary), Head tutor at school tutoring program, Asian Pacific Islander Club (Pres+VP junior year), volunteering, Debate, yada yada…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I work at a movie theatre, baby-sit, and give cello lessons.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): CA essay was about my sister, and supplement was about how my friends and I spent 2 and a half hours in front of a carnival game trying to beat it.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Chem/Physics teacher and Spanish teacher. I had great relationships with both, did well in their classes, and they really liked me. I was 1/3 kids to get a 5 on the chem AP at my school that year and was the only sophomore in his class (of juniors and seniors), so that helped too. Spanish teacher loved me because I’d help her after school and because she loved the fact that I was a musician. Never read their recs but I’m sure they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor knows me well personally and knew my sister, so he probably wrote me a really good rec.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): ED II
[<em>] Hook (if any): None really…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Wisconsin
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
I’m just happy to know I’m going to go to college, and Pomona no less. Good luck to the rest of you!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>College and Program: Pomona College ED2</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2350 (780R, 780M, 800W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 French w/ Reading, 800 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 35 (35E, 34M, 34R, 36S)
[</em>] APs: 4 Biology, 4 Calc BC (5 AB subscore)
[<em>] IBs: None yet, taking them at the end of the year
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.97 (school doesn’t weight)
[<em>] Rank: 14/358
[</em>] Other stats: Not much. National Merit Commended Scholar, placed at a state science competition.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots of music (performance, composition, production; 4 years), mock trial (4 years), quiz bowl (4 years), drama club (3 years; 1 year tech, 2 years acting), tutoring (2 years), NHS (1 year). Not a whole lot of leadership, but I did carve my own path, especially in music.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a library for two summers, also have a job
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app was about my first time singing in front of others, the “fun” supplement was about trying on a dress. I put a good deal of time into writing and revising them, so I feel like they were really, really good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both of them really liked me and had lots of experience writing recs, so they were probably great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She’s really busy, so I’m not sure how much time she got to write it. I do know her pretty well, though, so I’m sure it was good enough.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): EDII
[<em>] Hook (if any): None I listed on my app.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IN
[<em>] School Type: Decently competitive IB public, sends a good amount of kids to top schools. The valedictorians from the past four years have gone to Yale, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, respectively.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **I just can’t believe I got in! I didn’t have tons of extracurriculars or stuff like that, but I stressed how involved I was in the ones I did have. Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>hey guys. i’ve been accepted to Pomona under ED2. i will be posting my stats shortly. i was wondering if anyone here is interested in theatre. i’ve listed it as my intended major and i just wanted to get an idea of how interested you guys may be too!
hopefully we can put up a few great productions together :p</p>
<p>@boomkrn: obviously, judging from the info you provided you are a qualified applicant for Pomona. Unfortunately, it is so selective that not everyone qualified gets a spot, but with those stats I’m sure you will do very will RD at other schools</p>
<p>The unfortunate part about college admissions is that the majority of applicants are qualified for the school, whether it’s Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Amherst, or Pomona. It really is quite arbitrary at a certain point.</p>
<p>Hey, I know this is slightly off-topic, but when does RD start coming out? 
Congrats to all the EDers! :)</p>