P is for Pomona. A is for acceptance...maybe?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>erm..I am a senior and have been lurking on this site for a while.
I am thinking about applying ED to Pomona and am going to visit in a month or so before I make my decision. My stats aren't great and I am wondering how slim my chances look.</p>

<p>STATS:
Gender: Male
Race: White
State: Massachusetts
First Generation: Yes
Parents divorced and we are low income.</p>

<p>SATs: M800 CR740 W700
SATII: MathII800 USHistory740 Physics800
Rank: School doesn't rank (around top 20%)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 weighted and probably around 3.4 unweighted
Junior year I did horrible and had a 2.5 unweighted and 3.0 weighted which had to do with family issues, but senior year I have a 4.0 unweighted and a 4.8 weighted. Also, I started my freshman year taking all normal college prep classes with one honors class and have moved up to taking all Honors and AP.</p>

<p>APs:Sophomore:AP Bio (3)
Junior: AP US History(3)
AP Statistics(3)
AP Environmental Science(4)(Self Study)
Senior: AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB
AP Government
AP Psychology</p>

<p>ECs:
French Club 9-12 (Secretary 10, Publicity 11-12)
Book Club 10-12(Founder, VP 10, Treasurer 11)
Environmental Club 9-12(Treasurer 9-11, President 12)
- Started the recycling program of bottles and cans
- Participated in Envirothon 11-12
Math Team 10-12 (Founding member 10)
- Nominated (10)
- Took AMC12(10)
- Top 5% on AMC12, qualified for AIME (10)
Volunteer Club 9-12, We do services for the community. Also do,
- Volunteer at a center for the handicapped 2 hours/week (9-12)
- Volunteer at a medical center (11)
Stage Crew for the musical and the play (11-12)
National Honor Society (10-12)
Walk for Hunger (9)-Raised over 500$
1st in school art competition
Had art work published in schools Art show book
1st in school "strongest bridge"competition
Ap scholar with honors
Reported the standings for ABC during the Boston Marathon (9)</p>

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<p>Class size?</p>

<p>Your school doesn't look too competitive based on your AP scores (although a small sample size (1, you) is not very accurate).</p>

<p>Your GPA is quite low.</p>

<p>You have a 4.0 unweighted GPA senior year, but school has only started for about a month? I don't know if you averaged the senior GPA ias a full year or not to obtain 3.4 unweighted.</p>

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<p>My class is about 250. My AP scores dont represent the school. Most kids get 5s on them, but I was lazy and never did the readings or studied. Last year we had 5 kids accepted to brown, 1 to princeton, 1 to yale, 2 to williams, 3 to dartmouth. Kids with lower gpas and sats than me have been accepted to both dartmouth and brown from my school. But yeah, I know my gpa is pretty dang low, just wondering my overall chance</p>

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<p>GPA kills you a lot. Test scores are great. Pomona ED definitely helps, although you can't realistically expect to call it a match in any way. I call low reach/slight reach, because its distantly within your range.</p>

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<p>I bet if you apply ED you will be deferred (if not rejected outright) so admissions can get a better look at your senior grades.</p>

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<p>I am thinking of doing ED II so my senior grades will be seen. but yea...my gpa blows...is there even a chance of acceptance?</p>

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<p>jumpin N bumpin...</p>

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<p>Bump...anyone? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Crapshoot IMO. Go for it.</p>