<p>I haven’t heard yet, but apparently Pomona has been calling and e-mailing my counselors office this past week because something is going down in the admissions office about me and my friend. I’m really curious to see the result.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math:570 Critical Reading:730 Writing:600
ACT: 30
SAT II : U.S History 770 Literature: 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9uw/4.1w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):. 16/650
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AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem:2, EuroHis:3, U.S. History 5 English Literature:4</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: A.P. Biology ,AP Eng Lang , AP Art History AP Government Statistics</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Field Hockey, Lacrosse (Varsity Captain/MVP)
Job/Work Experience:none
Volunteer/Community service: none
Essays: I talked about my off/on relationship with my mother for the common app and a experience with my lacrosse team i had junior year.
Teacher Recommendation: They were good.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it.
Additional Rec:My Lacrosse coach wrote me an additional rec. to boost my application.
Interview: Great! I actually had fun. </p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International relations and/or Chinese
State (if domestic applicant): Southern California!
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: African American/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): uhm first generation college student. thats about it</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Recommendations/ Essays
Weaknesses: SAT and ACT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I actually don’t know how I got accepted Pomona was my reach school! Wasn’t counting on getting in and now I’m making a decision between Pomona and Amherst.</p>
<p>Do you know how Pomona reaches international students and if they send out the letters ahead of time? All my other schools have been notifying me through email so I’m really worried about waiting for a decision letter when snail mail to Bangkok can take anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the newly admitted! Balleranddancer, I’m so glad to see you were rewarded for your patience and enthusiasm after that deferral!</p>
<p>quick question, i got waitlisted:</p>
<p>I read some things that you can basically make yourself a more “eligible” waitlister.
what do these things include?</p>
<p>I never got a chance to have an on campus interview for Pomona, you think that this would be a way to start?</p>
<p>thanks guys!</p>
<p>i haven’t heard from them…</p>
<p>Thanks for the support Fauxnom! Can’t wait to meet your daughter! :)</p>
<p>hereosol - </p>
<p>If Pomona is your #1 choice, it’s important to let the Admissions Office know that. Also, if there are any updates, e.g., awards, other recognitions, that occur, let the AO know as well. I would recommend minimizing contact, so combining a number of things into one contact would be best. Most admissions offices are more likely to admit waitlisted students who will matriculate than not.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>yay balleranddancer you got in!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 - CR, 720 - Math, 740 - Writing
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 680 - Math I, 730 - US History, 750 - Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/549
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comparative Gov’t and Politics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish A2 SL (6), Geography SL (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB History HL, IB Math SL, IB TOK, IB Biology HL, AP US Gov’t and Politics, AP Stats
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Spanish Club (Secretary), Int’l Club (Event Organizer), MUN, Key Club, World Agora Club (Secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Odd jobs here and there.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: IB CAS Hours.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s School, Humanitarian work
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were great, probably what made my application stand out
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic, basically a rehash of my EC’s
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Politics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~55,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Gen.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: The rest of my application?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hooks, essays, recs, humanitarian work
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to those who haven’t heard back yet!</p>
<p>@ John82192, same here, my GC told me she got an email, form a David i think, and that it was very sweet and about pomona only just reviewing my app, which is pretty annoying because i’m eager to make a decision before i get too stressed with my IB exams. Oh well, hopefully i’ll get one soon.</p>
<p>I got in! (I have a stats profile if anyone is curious.) One of my top choices, and they gave me a lot of money, too, so I’m totally psyched!</p>
<p>WAITLIST</p>
<p>Stats (more info in my profile)</p>
<p>SAT: 2400, 1st and only sitting
SAT II: 2200 (Math2: 730, Chem: 770, FRench: 700)
GPA: 3.99 (weighted)
EC’s: nothing awesome, some political stuff, a cool internship
Hooks: none, white female, from MA, public school</p>
<p>This is the week from Hell.</p>
<p>Still didn’t get anything. I’m a kid from the Valley (Lake Balboa, to be specific).</p>
<p>OMG - D got in!!! Sooooooo excited and pleasantly surprised. BTW, the letter made it all the way to NJ today.</p>
<p>Waitlisted.
(what do I do now?) </p>
<p>SAT: 2100
ACT: 33
SAT II: 2320 (MathII: 740, US: 800, Chem: 780)
GPA: 4.0/4.1
3/376
Ohio, White, Male, Public School.</p>
<p>And now I have to go to my fastfood job.
YES!</p>
<p>Accepted! Got my letter in the mail today</p>
<p>Anyone else planning on going to “The Weekend”?</p>
<p>Woooooo Hoooooo!!! Daughter accepted!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9U / 4.3W
SAT I: 2350
SAT II: Lit 760, Math II 780
ACT: 34
AP’s: Chem 4, US Hist. 5, Eng Lang/Comp 5, Stat 5
Science club president
UC Irvine COSMOS summer camp, astrophysics
200 volunteer hours physics lab, CSU Sonoma
Will graduate HS with concurrent AA degree from local JC
Northern CA</p>
<p>She is sooooooooooooooo excited!!!
Congratulations, future Sagehens!!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!
White Male from MA (parochial school)
Rank: Just outside top 10%
GPA: 3.6 UW/4.0+ W
Course Load: hardest possible
SAT: 770 CR, 790 M, 760 W
SAT II: 790 Math II, 720 Lit, 670 Spanish
ECs: quite a few, volunteering, clubs, tennis</p>
<p>I am so excited!!! Pomona is one of my top choices and hopefully I’ll attend next year! to those accepted, congrats! To those wait-listed, if Pomona is the right school for you, you will get in. Keep your heads up. For those rejected, everything happens for a reason, and it really does.</p>
<p>So…I’m pretty sure I’m going to pomona…buuut I’m going to April 19th admit day - anyone else??</p>