OFFICIAL Pomona College 2015 DECISION Only

karategirl13 · March 28, 2011, 4:38pm

Rejected

College and Program: psychology major

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section):
[] SAT IIs: Math 2 (790), Bio (670), USH (710)
[] ACT: 33
[] APs: 5,5,5,4,4,4,4 (taking five more this year)
[] IBs:
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.93, 5.53(weighted out of 5.0)
[] Rank: 12/~500
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: math team, chess team, student council treasurer, science olympiad, piano (10 years), karate (black belt, 10 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: teaching kids karate
[] Essays (subject and responses): 7/10
[] Teacher Recs: not sure
[] Counselor Rec: should be great
[] Applied on (EA?): RD
[] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: typical asian applicant, not extraordinary… disappointing, but I’m sure I’ll be just as happy elsewhere

Matrix123 · March 28, 2011, 6:50pm

Rejected.
SAT 2340 - 800, 800, 740 (one sitting).
3.85+ UW 4.3+ W.
Lots of APs, great ECs and letters of rec.
Disappointed but obviously in good company. Stats on this thread are really impressive. 
Sincere congrats to all who got in!

Matrix123 · March 28, 2011, 6:51pm

^^^ Ooops. English major, white female.

Westside_Worrier · March 28, 2011, 7:16pm

Just got off the phone with one of the admissions officers. He said that they rec’d over 7000 apps for 390 spots. My take is that they want a varied class - they tend not to take too many from California. Daughter was rejected. We were surprised because of her high scores (2300 single-sitting), GPA (4.45) and incredible ECs and letters of rec. Personally, I think the downside for her is that she is a White Female Californian with no “hardships.” They’re looking for a more “colorful,” varied conglomerate. So far she has been accepted at UCLA, UCBerkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCDavis, UCIrvine (all with Regents Scholarships), USC with a Trustee Scholarship, William and Mary with a Murray Scholarship, Scripps with a Presidential Scholarship, and likely letters from Yale and Dartmouth. We’re waiting for Harvard and Stanford…

glassesarechic · March 28, 2011, 7:30pm

Decision: Waitlisted

College and Program: English

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 800 (W), 780 (CR), 770 (M)
[] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 760 Math II, 570 French w/ Listening (lol)
[] ACT: 34 (didn’t send)
[] APs: Calc AB (3), Euro (4), Psych (5), Lit (5)
[] IBs: Math Methods (5)
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.94
[] Rank: 6/468
[] Other stats: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Debate (9, 10, 11-VP, Public Forum Captain, 12-President), Writing Club (11, 12-President), Lit Mag (11-Fiction Editor, 12-EiC), Founder and Coordinator of middle school French Club (12), top-level editor at national high school literary magazine
[] Job/Work Experience: 3-6 hr babysitting/week
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App about “getting lost” in all senses (9/10); supplemental about a writing teacher who inspired me to apply to smaller schools with devoted profs (6.5/10)
[] Teacher Recs: One from French teacher of 4 years-excellent, best of career; didn’t read other, but from writing club/lit mag adviser and current English teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but she’s very fond of me
[] Applied on (EA?): RD; late December
[] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NC
[] School Type: Magnet in large public
[] Ethnicity: White as snow
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** Debating taking a spot on the waitlist, as I’m very happy with a Chicago acceptance/merit scholarship. I do have occasional daydreams of a small college experience and sunny California, though. Perhaps I should have visited.

manarius · March 28, 2011, 8:06pm

**Decision:ACCEPTED! **

**College and Program:**Undecided; Linguistics maybe.

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): Did not send
[] SAT IIs: None
[] ACT: 34; Superscore 35: 36E 35M 34R 35S
[] APs: AP Calc AB- 4, AP Lit- didn’t take test
[] IBs: None
[] GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW
[] Rank: 3/21
[] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Varsity Basketball, Football, and Baseball. Captain of Baseball and Basketball and All-Conference for all three.
[] Job/Work Experience: Have had a couple jobs
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common app was great. Supplement was average.
[] Teacher Recs: Good, I suppose.
[] Counselor Rec: Good, I suppose.
[] Applied on (EA?): RD
[] Hook (if any): First Generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Colorado
[] School Type: Private, religious
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** I am shocked and honored. My financial aid package just makes my jaw drop every time I look at it. I am just baffled by the incredible opportunity I have here.

oceanix · March 28, 2011, 8:50pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

College and Program:
Just one college at Pomona, lol. I’m considering physics or possibly environmental science. I’m entering as undecided, but I was also considering a music minor.

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2190 Total, 800M, 750CR, 640W
[] SAT IIs: Didn’t take
[] ACT: 34 (30M 36S 34R 34L, 9 Essay)
[] APs: 5 5’s, one 2 (on APUSH, not really sure what happened there)
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA (4.0 UW, 4.33W):
[] Rank: 1/245
[] Other stats: NMSF Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Ecology Club, 2 years, President; Debate, 4 years, various awards and LD Captain; Choir, 3 years, Tenor Section Leader, EM Choir President; Interact Club, 2 years (but was in Junior Civitan the other 2), Community Chairperson; NHS, 3 years; Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow Lodge Secretary; Piano, 10 years.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): CA Essay was about the way my parents’ divorce affected me; I’d say it was pretty good. Supplement essay was about a choir trip that mainly focused on dance music in the station wagon I was carpooling in; it was a decent essay, but it was rushed and it read like it (I thought). No one read either of my essays. I’m a bit personal when writing on sensitive topics and the supplement essay was just too rushed.
[] Teacher Recs: Never read, but I’d guess one was decent, one was great.
[] Counselor Rec: Never read, no idea.
[] Applied on (EA?): RD Applicant
[] Hook (if any): None. If you count being from Idaho for geographic diversity, then great, but I really doubt that’s what got me in.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Idaho
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
I feel like my interview (for which I had to drive three hours away) was really good and I feel like my interviewer probably helped to get me in. My stats are pretty good, and I’m pretty diverse in my EC’s. I hope those who didn’t get in get in somewhere great, and I hope to possibly see the rest at Pomona!

EDIT: Manarius, I feel the same way. My parents are middle class, but FinAid makes Pomona entirely affordable.

craisins4lyfe · March 28, 2011, 8:51pm

wow…the stats on this thread in particular are pretty stunning. i’m frankly kind of surprised i got in. i’m a bit too tired to do the whole template, but a quick summary would be white male 1600/2370 top-13% upstate New York bad public school prospective mathematics major w/ ballet, cello, MUN, Litmag, and a music radio show as my main ECs, great recs, decent essays, a handful of 5s, and apparently a fair amount of luck.

i’m 7/7 with decisions so far and waiting on more this week. realistically the decision right now (w/ colleges that i’ve been accepted too) is uchicago vs. swarthmore vs. pomona. it’s a tough one.

alisa530 · March 28, 2011, 10:09pm

Decision:Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 770M 740CR 710W (only took it once) 2220
[]ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): didn’t take
[]SAT II: 790USH 750 WH
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Weighted GPA: 5.4/6.0
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/659
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5, 5, 5,4
[]IB (place score in parentheses): none
[]Senior Year Course Load: 4 Aps, 1 honors, and 2 band classes
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] UIL state awards, ap w/ honors. All-state band stuff
Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Band (section leader), history team (captain), mu alpha theta (president), nhs, snhs, ofahs (secretary), uil math, current evenets, and spelling.
[]Job/Work Experience: mall cafe worker for a summer
[]Volunteer/Community service: summer hospital gig, dsg,church volunteering
[]Teacher Recommendation#1: fantastic
[]Teacher Recommendation #2: I have known the man for 7 years, so amazing.
[]Counselor Rec: decent
[]Additional Rec: helpful
[]Interview: fantastic. A lot of fun!
[]Art Supplement:[/ul] sent in a marimba tape
Other[ul]
[]Which school did you apply to?: Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Pomona, Gtown, Rice, and UT Austin
[]What did you choose as your major:History/Business
[]Date Submitted App: early
[]State (if domestic applicant):Tx
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: large public
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender:F
[]Income Bracket: upper-middle
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none at all
Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: Essays, experiences, music supplement, GPA, rank
[]Weaknesses: SAT II scores
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I tried to be very honest in my application, and I think that made my application very genuine.
[li]What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors: nothing[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m going to UT! Congrats to all of you going to this great school, but alas I can’t spend 50k a year for my undergraduate education. UT will be free, and I can’t wait to live in Austin.

TheEvilCow · March 29, 2011, 12:47am

Wow after reading all these people’s stats, especially those waitlisted… I feel so underqualified haha.

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2300 (800M 750CR 750W) (took only once)
[] SAT IIs: Chemistry: 720; Math IIC: 790
[] APs: 5 courses. Let’s just say, the 2 AP tests I took didn’t score high enough to warrant sending them to colleges…
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.97 (School doesn’t do weighted)
[] Rank: Probably around 10-15/~450 My school likes to keep rankings secret for some reason… so I didn’t know they existed.
[] Other stats: National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra 5 years, Cello for 6 years, Piano 5 years, Youth Worship Team Leader (Guitar and Vocals), Various volunteering programs/Mission Trips (~250 hours?), Key Club Treasurer, Student Advisory Class Leader, Senior Service Club, NHS, Natural Helper, School’s Chamber Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): Going to State for a cello competition, with major setback of car accident and broken cello, and getting lost snowboarding. Generally good responses. I spent the most time on my Pomona essays.
[] Teacher Recs: I know that one of my teachers knew me very well, but our school doesn’t allow students to see teacher recs.
[] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[] Applied on (EA?): ED 1 Applicant, deferred to RD
[] Hook (if any): I believe my interview was great and music? I sent a music supplement and many achievements with cello
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Washington State
[] School Type: Small (~1300) Public School
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** Like I said, I’m surprised I got in, especially after seeing everyone else’s stats… but I’m still VERY happy, since Pomona is my top choice school. I think it helped a lot that I was deferred from ED 1, because I was awarded Rotary Student of the Month for my city in February, and got first alternate in a very competitive region for a cello competition, and was able to include this in a letter to Pomona. Otherwise, I’m not sure if I would’ve gotten accepted. Anyway, congrats to all those who got in, good luck to those waitlisted, and my condolences to those rejected :)

allgood2011 · March 29, 2011, 8:39am

rejected, but it’s fine bc i got in to my first choice LAC! (haverford)

have a great experience at pomona guys…we’ll ALL go forth to do good in the world in a few years! work hard and enjoy your lives!!!

pacers31 · March 29, 2011, 6:04pm

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Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1830… I know low…
[] ACT: 30 (super) 29-composite
[] SAT II: 740 US , 760 BIO (M)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78 ~4.3 (w)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/363 (top 6%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BIO (4), US(4) , Comp (4) , EURO(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP’s - AP STAT, AP CALC AB, AP Chemistry, AP computer science A, Ap english lit. , AP US GOV, Microcomputer A+ prep (taken at a community college)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar , academic letter. [/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Future business leaders of america (President, Secretary) ,
B’nai Brith Youth Organization ( Regional President) ,
Jewish Student Union (president/chapter founder) ,
Freshmen Mentor
National Honor Society
Youth Court (Prosecute first time offence juveniles )

[li] Job/Work Experience: Court and Field Supervisor for a recreational sports leauge. (3 years) [/li]
[] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Court (220+ cases) , Presidential service award (3 years in a row) , 350+ hrs total throughout my hs career
[] Summer Activities: Month in Israel, Summer program at another university (took college classes for credit)

[] Essays: solid why emory essay, common app: wrote about a dificult youth court case that made me reevaluate a legal career. The 2nd essay about something fun I wrote about moshing at a concert and described how it allowed me to act free, unlike how do in my normal academic life (I figured this was a long shot application anyway so why not go with a long shot essay)
[] Teacher Recommendation: solid (2)
[] Counselor Rec: good?
[] Additional Rec: youth court suporvisor
[li] Interview: I had one, the interviewer spoke way more than I did about the school. It lasted about an hour so I figured it was good.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: psychology / pre-med
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m from Kansas…
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: dedicated hard worker, essays, supplement essay
[li] Weaknesses: test score[/li]
Comments:
I’m mildly surprised, I haven’t had good results from private schools so I was pleased to not get rejected at least. Hearing from the Ivy’s tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll get more surprising news…

Chlorinated · March 30, 2011, 8:53pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (CR: 780. M: 800. W:790)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9+
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not provided
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), American Gov’t (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Calc BC (5), Biology (5), English Lit (5), currently in Macro, Micro, Spanish
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: fairly rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (captain), swimming and water polo, NHS, SHS, student government
[] Job/Work Experience: swim coach
[] Volunteer/Community service: therapeutic horseback riding facility
[] Summer Activities: swimming, coaching, Summer@Brown
[] Essays: pretty good, I think, but not fantastic
[] Teacher Recommendation: did not read but would guess one great- APUSH, International Relations, independent study and one pretty good- AP Lit and other weighted english class
[] Counselor Rec: did not read but I think it would be pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: my worst one (see below)
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: independent study class on terrorism and failed states, rec letters, academics
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars, possibly essays, interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know Pomona places a lot of weight on the interview and this was my worst one. The guy had a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard and he asked the hardest questions… it was so stressful. I won’t be pursuing the waitlist.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Georgetown SFS, Tufts, WashU; Waitlisted: Duke, Pomona; Rejected: Yale[/ul][/li]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted and to everyone that was wasn’t, keep your chin up. Everyone on this thread will go to an amazing school that they will love, regardless of whether or not Pomona is the one.

tez711 · April 4, 2011, 2:24am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 770 Reading, 750 Math, 790 Writing
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 770 Chemistry
[] ACT: 36
[] APs:4 5’s, 1 4, 5 current
[] GPA (UW, W): UW 4.0, W 5.286
[] Rank: 4/1000

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: math team, madrigal ensemble, cross country, peer jury
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard - 2 years
[] Essays (subject and responses): My Common App essay was really personal, and, stripped down, was about me wanting children in the future. My supplemental essay was an examination of the pitch pipe and what it means to me.
[] Teacher Recs: One was written by my English teacher and was really well done, and the other by my Chemistry teacher - he writes very poorly, but the message shone through.
[] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it, but since he had to write 350+ recs, I’d say it was pretty cookie cutter.
[] Hook (if any?): I’m not sure if they consider sexuality when trying to bring in diversity, but my common app essay lightly dealt with it.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Illinois
[] School Type: Public - 4000+
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** I thought Pomona was my number one and almost applied ED, but my parents didn’t want anything binding before financial issues were settled. Now that I’ve gone through the entire application process, I’m considering a few other options, but my mind keeps wandering back to sunny Claremont. Whatever I decide, I will always consider Pomona the world’s most beautiful college, and everyone who goes there is truly lucky.

LilyDB · April 20, 2011, 9:05pm

**Decision:REJECTED **

College and Program: English

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 710 Math, 740 Reading, 760 Writing
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 750 Spanish, 750 English, 720 Bio, 710 Chem
[] ACT: 34
[] APs: three 5s (USHAP, MEHAP, Eng Lang), currently enrolled in 4 more
[] GPA (UW, W): 4.00, 4.60
[] Rank:1/312

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: 10 years of piano, Book Club (Founder & President), Poetry Club (President), NHS, CSF, XC (2 yr) and track & field (2 year), volunteering through a couple organizations (one of which I’m Costume bank coordinator)
[] Job/Work Experience: Started a summer art camp with a friend one year
[] Essays (subject and responses): first was about my struggles with a family member, and how writing helped me through it. supplement was about a volunteer event where i dressed up as cinderella in my town’s parade and got to talk with little kids and such.
[] Teacher Recs: presumably really good
[] Counselor Rec: presumably really good
[] Applied on (EA?): No
[li] Hook (if any): Mostly the writing thing- I’ve won 10 or so awards[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:CA
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Female
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
Honestly, I think it was because I was another white girl from California. Pomona was my only rejection (out of 19 schools), I got an early letter from Dartmouth and I got into Northwestern’s very selective Medill School of Journalism. I’ll be attending Scripps next year with a half tuition scholarship, and I couldn’t be happier. Pomona’s a great school, but students there don’t get as much of a sense of the consortium as at other schools. For instance, Freshman dorms themselves are at the farthest corner from the other colleges. According to people from various schools there, it’s “The four collegs and Pomona”. Still a great school, but a different atmosphere that isn’t what I’m looking for (especially for hte price tag!)

zyxcba · April 23, 2011, 10:31pm

Decision: Waitlist

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2130; 700 (Writing), 710 (Math), 720 (CR)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: World History 750; US History 720; Chemistry 710; Math 2 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank: 1 (shared with 30 others)
[] AP: World Hist (5); Chem (5); US Hist (4); English Lang (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Euro, Accounting 2, Physics C, AP Govt; French 4 AP, English 4 AP
[] Major Awards: NSLI Scholarship to study abroad

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country (Team Capt); Varsity Track, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Officer); Asian Student Association (Treasurer); Academy of Finance; Business Professionals of America; National Honor Soceity; Academic UIL
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Ernst & Young
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church worship team; church student leadership team; summer Sunday school teacher
[] Summer Activities: After freshman year- Mexico missions trip. After sophomore year- 7 week foreign exchange trip in Korea. After junior year- interned at EY.
[] Essays: Common app: Piano/painting my room. Supplement: Summer foreign exchange trip to Korea.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good.
[] Counselor Rec: Honestly, probably very generic. My counselor barely knows my name.
[] Interview: None.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: Texas
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks: None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UT Austin, business honors; BC; BU; Brandeis. Waitlisted: Pomona. Rejected: Yale (deferred EA); Princeton; Columbia; Penn.[/li][/ul]

bb54321 · June 6, 2011, 1:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 800 CR 760 W 630 M
[] SAT IIs: 780 US History 790 Literature
[] APs: 5s on US History, MEH, English Lit, 4 on Art History, also took AP Statistics and Biology classes but didn’t take the tests
[] GPA: We don’t get official GPAs, but by my calculation it was 3.8 for senior year unweighted, high school cumulative 3.6 unweighted
[] Rank: we don’t officially rank either but I’d say I’m somewhere in the top third of my class, but considering a third of my high school goes to an ivy that’s pretty good.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Jewish Affairs Club President, Newspaper Op-Ed Editor, 2 years water polo, music magazine, soup kitchen volunteer
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 internships: at a company in the film business, and at an art appraisal firm
[] Essays: keeping a dream journal, deleting my facebook profile
[] Teacher Recs: both superb, one of the most highly respected teachers in the school said that I was one of the best students he’d had in the past few years
[] Applied: early decision

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: New York City
[] School Type: Private, small, was ranked #1 in the country
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]**General Comments/Reflection: ** I was deferred and then accepted. After I got deferred I sent in additional recommendations (one from another teacher and one from a woman who runs a community service organization I work with) and wrote a letter explaining why Pomona was my first choice.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Vassar, Pizter, Occidental, Pomona; Waitlisted at Haverford, CMC, Williams; rejected at Wesleyan

SAtownSAgehen · June 23, 2011, 6:08pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Humanities

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2320: 800 CR / 780 W / 740 M (one sitting)
[] SAT IIs: 780 SPAN / 740 CHEM
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs: Four 5’s (Human Geo, Span Lang, US Hist, Eng Lang), Two 4’s (World Hist, Chem)
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA (UW, W): 104.9
[] Rank: 4/360
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon, Literary Magazine, Class President, Model UN, Writing State runner-up, NCTE Winner, founded a Writer’s Forum
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Essays (subject and responses): Influential Person, written about my brother. It was nothing spectacular but at least showed control of the language.
[] Teacher Recs: One from a creative writing teacher and another from my Decathlon coach, both very favorable.
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Applied on (EA?): RD
[] Hook (if any): Since I was applying as a Humanities student, I loaded up on things that would demonstrate my writing abilities (i.e. my CR SAT score, Essay awards, Writers’ Forum).
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Texas
[] School Type: Medium-sized Public School
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** Congrats to all who join me in the Pomona Class of 2015! I am super excited to be moving to Claremont next year. Pomona is such a great school and I want everyone who got in to know that its all a function of your hard-work and acumen! Hopefully I’ll meet all of y’all next year.

shiawase · October 27, 2011, 7:02pm

Super late onto this bandwagon. But, if it helps anyone…

Decision: Accepted

Program: N/A

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2040 (690 R, 680 M, 670 W)
[] SAT IIs: U.S. History (750), Math Level 1 (680)
[] APs: English Lit (4), Music Theory (4/3, graded in two parts), Bio (5)
[] GPA (UW, W): Somewhere between 3.2 and 3.5 UW (Didn’t get one officially)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Japanese Media Club (member), Beatboxing Club (founder), Chamber Chorus (member), school satire newspaper (writer, cartoonist, publicist), Japan Culture Trip (one-time, summer 2011), Project BioEYES (tutor/teacher), presented at ASCB convention 2009 as part of Neuro class
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Essays (subject and responses): One essay was about the “fox” and “hedgehog” styles of learning and how I fit into them; one was about how my trip to Japan changed my personality.
[] Teacher Recs: Neuro/biology teacher and junior year history teacher… fairly sure they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure, but I think it was good too. I opted not to read my recs.
[] Applied on (EA?): Regular Decision
[] Hook (if any): Passionate about biology and Japan…? (didn’t plan it but that’s how it turned out)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MD (school was in DC)
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Black
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **
I’m really not the grade-monger type at all, but I still got into this school… What I took away from the experience is that if you really want to get into Pomona (and you should, it’s amazing here) you have to show what kind of person you are, and how you’d fit into the community.

Which is not to say grades aren’t important. Don’t slack off.

Good luck!

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