Pomona College: CHANCE ME PLEASE!

<p>Gender: Female
High School: International Private School
Status: American Citizen Living Abroad</p>

<p>Unweighted - ~3.6</p>

<p>SAT I: 2220 [CR 760 M 680 W 780]
-- 2 sittings</p>

<p>SAT II: Chinese 800, Lit 680
(I am planning to take one more SAT subject test -- likely a History test)</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
- Environmental Group - President [3 years]
- Model UN - delegate at multiple international conferences, organized one small scale conference</p>

<p>Internships/ Work Experience:
- Internship at a charity NGO [rising junior]
- Internship at an environmental NGO [rising senior] - will get a stellar rec. from the CEO</p>

<p>Community Service: ~175 hours
- Founded a charity group in my freshman year, which I maintained for 2 years and then handed on to the incoming freshmen (Vice President)
- Coordinated a group teaching mentally disabled children play-lessons
- Volunteered at an orphanage freshman-sophomore year until they discontinued the proggram
- 3 Service Trips [freshman, sophomore, junior years]</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
- Selected to be sponsored for a government-run climate program [rising junior]
- University International Relations course [rising junior], A
- High School Honors Economics course [rising sophomore] , A-</p>

<p>Distinctions Received:
Various insignificant academic commendations, some community service awards and an award for achievement in one of my extra-curricular activities.</p>

<p>Recommendation Letters:
- subject teacher (for a subject i am very strong at) who enjoys my personality and does not see me as a mindless drone type of student;
- subject teacher who likes me well enough, knows me quite well on a personal level as this teacher was my supervisor for a big academic project
NON-TEACHER:
- CEO of a company i interned at; interaction and lots of assistance, should be very good -- on good terms and promised me a strong recommendation
- Supervisor of the Environmental Group; had this teacher for one year as a soph - knows me on a personal level, aware of my commitment, etc.</p>

<p>Essays:
My Commonapp essay is not very generic. I chose my own topic. Still working on it, but I am a decent writer so I think it will be quite strong. As for the supplement, I don't see it up yet.</p>

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<p>Hopefully I didn't leave anything significant out. I apologize if this was more detailed than necessary as this was my first CHANCE thread (wooo! excitement). </p>

<p>Thanks in advance to anyone with comments or advice.</p>

<p>Bump. Anyone? :(</p>

<p>I apologize for yet another bump… but please? Any comments at all?</p>