Please, chance a hopeful Pomona class of 2017 applicant

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<p>Thank you so much for helping me! Any feedback would be appreciated!
White/Caucasian
Public School in NJ: 700 students
UW GPA: 3.84
W GPA: 4.09
UC GPA: 4.07</p>

<p>SAT: Math=710 CR= 650 W= 670 TOTAL: 2030</p>

<p>AP Tests: 5: Micro
4: Environmental</p>

<p>9-11th grade: 4 Honors courses
2 AP Courses</p>

<p>12th Schedule: AP Calc, AP GovPol, AP Macro, Honors Lit 4, Human Development or AP Psych, Academic Internship Program</p>

<p><em>Concussions forced me to have to take a less demanding schedule (constant headaches, memory, concentration). My concussive syndrome improves every year though. *</em>Explained in additional information on Common App*8</p>

<p>Essays: 8.5/10</p>

<p>Recommendations: 9.5/10</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>PACERF: Protecting Students from Concussion through Edu. Research. Fund.
- President and Founder
- Numerous lectures at school,small sports events,liaison for concussed students
- 10th, 11th, 12th
Hunterdon Medical Center Hospital: Fundraising
- Director of Student Involvement
- Created many successful fundraisers + website
- 11th, 12th
Somerset Therapeutic
- One on One mentor for a child with autism. Taught him basketball and life skills
- 2 hours/week for 10 weeks + still in contact with him
Roberto's Kids
- Collected thousands of dollars worth of equipment and sent to P.R
Dream Elite Basketball
- General Manager for travel high school basketball team
- 10th, 11th, 12th
FBLA+FLDC Member
- 10th, 11th, 12th
Internships
- Two summer internships
- Financial firm internship in senior year</p>

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<p>Don’t over emphasize concussion! You may raise red flag</p>

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<p>I completely disagree. Over emphasize the concussion all you want - so long as you can also heavily emphasize recovery.</p>

<p>During the spring semester of my junior year, my best friend suffered a climbing accident and was in a coma for about a week. It took him a long time to rehabilitate and recover, but he worked really, really hard, and recovered back to his former academic glory. Though his doctors didn’t want him attending school the fall of senior year (as well as the spring semester of junior year, obviously), he worked with his school administrators and teachers to catch up on junior year and entered school for the fall (as well as running cross country and doing speech and debate). At the end of senior year, he was back to being valedictorian, and had been accepted to Dartmouth, Pomona, and Harvey Mudd (where he is currently).</p>

<p>Again, emphasize the concussion issue as an obstacle you overcame, so long as you are able to show that you have fully recovered.</p>