OFFICIAL Pomona College 2014 DECISION THREAD

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<p>I encourage all admits and their parents to attend the post-offer parties being held around the country. It’s a great opportunity to meet (and thank) a representative from the Admissions Office and to begin forging friendships with other Sagehens.</p>

<p>For your parents, especially those far away from SoCal, they can be assured that you’ll be well taken care of, learn the best way to ship stuff (if necessary), and figure out the next time they’ll see you once they drop you off!</p>

<p>Congratulations!</p>

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<p>fishface1:are you able to log on to the mypomona portal?</p>

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<p>nope 10char</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SATI (breakdown): 800 CR/ 800 W/ 780 M = 2380
[</em>]SATII (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 750 Bio
[<em>]Unweighted GPA(outof4.0): 3.87
[</em>]Rank: Top 20%
[<em>]AP: 3 5s
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and one random class
[<em>]Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars : Debate (captain), Mock Trial (Secretary), FBLA (project chair), religious group youth leader, dance teacher
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: tutor, dance teacher, and hotel internship
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: began a tutoring program for underprivileged students, and a lot of religious stuff
[<em>]Essays: i loved them.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>]Additional Rec:none
[<em>]Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[<em>]Intended Major: Econ
[</em>]State: CA
[<em>]School Type: Competitive public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: >100,000
[<em>]Hooks: none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: SAT, ecs
[<em>]Weaknesses: rank, gpa
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha see above?
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck everyone. I’m sure you’ll all end up in amazing places</p>

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<p>Can those who got accepted log on mypomona portal?</p>

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<p>My S has not been able to because he never got a username or password. I have been told that the ED applicants didn’t get them but regular applicants did, and he was accepted ED 2. So he is waiting…</p>

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<p>Waitlisted from WA state.</p>

<p>3.85 unweighted GPA, 34 ACT, 790/730 SAT IIs, already have full IB diploma, 5’s on numerous APs, President of DECA and National Honor Society, student government, varsity dance team, involved with human rights and microfinance initiatives, retail sales work experience</p>

<p>I’m not bitter at all. It would have been nice to have been accepted to Pomona, but I have many other options (Duke, WUSTL, Wellesley) and I’m still waiting on several Ivies.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who was accepted!! :)</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SATI (breakdown): 760 CR/ 740 W/ 800 M = 2300
SATII (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 780 Bio
Cumulative Unweighted GPA(outof4.0): 3.72 (after 11th grade); 3.756 (Midterm of senior)
Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.22 (after 11th grade); 4.324 (Midterm of senior)
Rank: Top 4% after junior; top 3% in midterm of senior
Total APs Taken: 13
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and 1st semester off roll, 2nd semester retook a class that I got a B in…
Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major…PSAT Commendation, AP Distinction Award, ELC (top 4% of class gets it…)
Subjective: ?? What?
Extracurriculars : WOW (women of the world): founder and president, Senate in 11th grade…nothing much
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (worked in senior house then emergency depart.), Library (children section)
Essays: They were alright?
Teacher Recommendation: No idea…
Counselor Rec: No idea…
Additional Rec: Library - the lady loved me but her rec was pretty general
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Molecular Biology (or maybe I just put Biology?)
State: CA
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: A bit over $100000
Hooks: None
Reflection: …shocked
Strengths: SATs
Weaknesses: Rank, GPA, Ecs, Recs?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea…
Where else were you accepted? University of British Columbia, Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, UCI, Agnes Scott College
General Comments: Total shock to me…got rejected by Claremont McKenna so I didn’t think I had a chance. Hopefully they’ll give me lots of financial aid! Good luck to all…and it isn’t the end of the world if you don’t get accepted to your dream college…learn to like all the ones you get accepted from and then pick the best one out of them =D.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 = 690 M, 740 CR, 700 W, 10E
[</em>] ACT: 31C = 30 E, 31 M, 31 S, 32 R, 9E
[<em>] SAT II: 790 US Hist, 800 Spanish, 670 Math 2, 630 English Lit (oops)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5 Weighted (I calculated a 3.78 UW)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/79
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 – AP US Hist, AP Spanish Lang 4 – AP English Lang, World Hist, Euro Hist
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs + Yearbook + Independent Research (class)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction (various UIL, debate, latin, school awrds)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball, Speech and Debate (Secretary), Spanish National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Principal and Superintendent’s Committee, Model UN, Latin Club, UIL Academics
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant/Photographer to Wedding Photographer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Elem. Tutoring, HS fish camp, UIL judging
[<em>] Summer Activities: above + UH Engineering camp (MESET), Changing the Face of Math and Science (Rice prof’s camp, did it twice), Yearbook Camp
[</em>] Essays: Mediocre
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good
[</em>] Interview: NA
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Deferred SCEA?: NA
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended major?: Undeclared
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Top 100 Public, Small
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic: Mexican
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Approx 75k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: -
[</em>] Weaknesses: -
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: -
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: University of Houston, Texas A&M, University of Texas @ Austin, Rice, Pomona, Amherst, Boston College, Tufts, Georgetown, Dartmouth
Rejected: Yale
[/ul]General Comments: We’ll all end up at the right school for us. Currently deciding between Georgetown SFS, Dartmouth, and Amherst. Sorry Pomona but apparently my parents just decided to tell me they’re not fans of CA (my dad actually thinks CA is about to fall into the ocean because of the fault)</p>

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<p>Just got an email from pomona saying the mypomona portal is LIVE which just confirms admission since i havent gotten any mail package yet.with just waitlists n rejections from the ivies today, the email couldnt have come at a better tym.hope 2 c u all @ pomona in august…</p>

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<p>Congrats! What a great way to find out! But I have to say, I’ll always remember running to the mailbox!:)</p>

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<p>Do you must submit all ACT/SAT 1 scores in all test dates?</p>