@BobShaw that’s good advice. So much of it is up to luck that you can’t predict anything. You just have to go with what you know you would be happy with, and hope chance is in your favor.
@Harvardgirl21 you shouldn’t apply ED II to Pomona.
I second the notion @nostalgicwisdom @Harvardgirl21 It’s in your name.
@Harvardgirl21 Rather than throwing darts at Brown, Harvard, Yale, Pomona, and Stanford, I think you need to figure out what type of college experience you want, and then apply accordingly.
It is true that ED really benefits the colleges, not necessarily the students. I wish we could go back to the old days, when everyone applied RD. Level the playing fields, and put the advantage back into the hands of students. Let colleges court the top students and student athletes and first gens that they want and compete with good financial aid offers that benefit the student.
Speaking of who ED benefits, see the discussion I just kicked off at http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1948587-huge-differences-between-fafsa-efc-and-individual-college-net-price-calculator-efc-numbers.html
Guess which school is #17 in my post? Yup. She hasn’t hit “submit” on Common App yet. Thinking through the worst-case scenario, and it doesn’t look good. The discrepancy is way too large to justify. If she applies RD and has the honor of being accepted (lower probability, but not impossible), we will know the reality based on Pomona’s processing of the FAFSA and CSS Profile data. I cannot commit without that knowledge.
Hey guys, just applied ED 2 (I’m last minute haha) to Pomona. Good luck to everyone, and hope to get yo know you guys better! 
Was there a resume upload option for the common app? Anyone? I realized I forgot to upload my resume to a school and was wondering if I forgot Pomona as well. :-??
Applied EDII to Pomona last night! Eep! Good luck to everyone in this stress boat!
I think I’m going to start a GroupMe for anyone interested! PM me so that I can add you since links aren’t allowed publicly on CC for GroupMe.
Hi again!! I ended up switching my app to EDII after submitting it!!! Can’t wait for February
Yay @ap012199 same February doesnt seem to come any quicker
Hey guys best of luck!
Any Pakistanis here? 
Did anyone’s FA tab just appear? Mine did but it says they’re missing my FAFSA and CSS… both of which I’m sure I turned in.
@ap012199 same. It says both are missing. It also says I’m missing the 2016 dependent V1 form… whatever that is
@Fawziyah exact same thing…
any idea about the decision notification date anyone?
@waandoo EDII will likely come out tomorrow and RD in late March.
has anyone gotten an email about it? it seems odd that they would release edII without sending an email before saying when they will
@sail1738 based on Pomona discussion threads in the past, it seems like decisions are released without any warning so to speak.