<p>Any Pomona Acceptees like to post their stats please? (Every ED applicant for Pomona at my school got rejected :()</p>
<p>Hi, I got accepted ED 1 at Pomona this year.</p>
<p>I went to an average public school for freshman and sophomore year and a competitive private school for junior and senior year. I am a white female from the suburbs of NYC.</p>
<p>UW GPA:</p>
<p>9th: 3.5 (All honors)
10th: 3.4 (All honors)
11th: 6 A-'s 1 B- (AP Psych, AP Eng, Honors Math, regular in everything else)
12th: 5 A-'s 1 B (AP US History, AP English, AP Enviro, regular in everything else)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2290 (730 CR, 760 M, 800 W)...only took it once
SAT II: 640 French, 670 Literature</p>
<p>EC's:</p>
<p>Psychology Research at Columbia
Staff writer for school political paper
Filmmaking
Outdoors Club Treasurer
Dance</p>
<p>Essays: I am pretty positive that my essays got me in. They were offbeat, well-written and kinda funny.</p>
<p>Reccommendations: I think these also must have helped a lot.</p>
<p>Interview: I did an on-campus interview and it went really well. I thought I might have been a little too casual (read: flip-flops and admitting that I slept through the info session) but apparently Pomona didn't mind.</p>
<p>Okay I think that covers it. Let me know if you have any questions or anything. Good luck!</p>
<p>oh awesome!! congrats for all your hard work!! dude...i would kill to have those sat scores! and you only took it once!!! </p>
<p>..i think the only thing pulling me down are my heinour scores...and i heard that pomona really focuses on the sat scores..i hope they take a good look at my essays too..aha..</p>
<p>we'll see and thanks for posting up your stats...i thought nobody got in ED...lol</p>
<p>omg nylibertine, you give me so much hope. we have similar stats, and i'm glad you got in because pomona is my top choice (didn't make the ED II deadline because im a huge slacker).</p>
<p>Yeah, it was a reach for me (since I'm a huge slacker too), but I just put a lot into the essays and hoped for the best, so good luck! </p>
<p>P.S. I am trying to reform my slacker ways, but it's soooo hard! I'm scared that I am going to be killed by the workload next year if I don't get myself in order.</p>
<p>Any other Pomona ED acceptees out there?</p>
<p>I just found this and I'm really glad I didn't find it before I applied, i never would have thought i would get in.
umm they did accept me.<br>
i went to a large public school all through high school in california. </p>
<p>9th grade:4.0 uw (history, english, adv alg 2, accelerated bio, spanish 2, art 1)
10th: 4.0 uw (history, english, h trig/math analysis, h chem, span 3, photo 1, drama 1)
11th: 3.79 uw 4.34 w (us history, AP english lang, AP calc ab, AP bio, h span 4, adv photo, sports med)
12th: AP eng lit, AP calc bc, h anatomy, h physics, AP span lang, adv photo, govt/econ)</p>
<p>SAT I: 750 cr, 710 m, 690 w
SAT II: lit 710, math 2c 780, bio 690, span 650</p>
<p>EC:
National charity league secretary
jv lacrosse captain
mock trial
photo- I sent some in
soccer (low division)</p>
<p>ATDP summer classes at berkeley for 3 years (latin 1, creative writing, law)
National Youth Leadership forum on medicine</p>
<p>I've worked about 16 hours a week since the summer before junior year</p>
<p>im not great at writing, but i spent a long time on my essays to make up for it and did about 4 million rewrites</p>
<p>my teacher recs were probably good </p>
<p>i interviewed off campus and tried to talk at a normal rate, but i was so nervous that after i couldnt remember a single thing i had said, just that i must have said something.</p>
<p>thats about it...id better sleep now...</p>
<p>Hey, I got in too, ED 1!</p>
<p>I'm a white male from a small town in Vermont. I go to a [relatively] large public high school that's probably among the best in the state.</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.98
Class Rank: 13/326</p>
<p>9th: Algebra II, Core History, Core English, Core Science, PE/Health, Latin I, French II
10th: English, Western Civs, Trig/Pre-Cal, Latin II, French III, Human Bio, Earth/Space, Phys/Chem, Personal Fitness, Biotechnology, Genetics, & Humanity
11th: Honors US History*, AP Calc, AP Bio, Pop Lit, Latin II, Inorganic Chem, AP Govt, Phys/Mechanics, Writing Prose
12th: Photography, Public Speaking, AP English, AP Prob/Stats, American Foreign Policy, Economics, Adv Chem, Adv Physics, Life Team Sports</p>
<p>*this is my school's only honors class</p>
<p>SAT I: 760 Math, 670 Critical Reading, 660 Writing
SAT II: Bio/Molecular: 780, Math IC: 720, Math IIC: 700</p>
<p>Major on App: Molecular Bio</p>
<p>ECs:
Skiing
Backpacking (I've been on two Outward Bound Trips and planned & executed a hike of VT's 272-mile Long Trail this summer)
Scholar's Bowl
Princeton Model Congress
Research / Lab Work
National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine
I've worked 10-15 hrs/week since the beginning of sophomore year
AP Bio Costa Rica Trip</p>
<p>Essay:
Writing isn't really my strength, but I liked my essays. One was pretty casual, about skiing and the other was about my hike of the Long Trail.</p>
<p>Recommendations:
I haven't seen any of these, but I chose two teachers that really know me pretty well.</p>
<p>Interview:
I did this on campus and think it went well. I interviewed with a student-interviewer; I felt comfortable and thought that we had a good conversation.</p>
<p>I was pretty intimidated by Pomona's SAT averages, but really wanted to go and didn't let that stop me from applying. I think what really helped me was that I was able to distinguish myself as an outdoorsy kid from a small town in VT.</p>
<p>I hope this helped, lemme know if you have any other questions.</p>
<p>norcalgrl, where'd you do your NYLF?</p>
<p>thats funny i was goign to ask you the same thing. i was at berkeley. well it said sf, but it was really in berkeley.</p>
<p>haha, darn...I went to Los Angeles (UCLA); I thought it would have been pretty funny if we had gone to the same confrence, oh well.</p>
<p>Can someone make a stab at what my chances are, I'm having anxiety attacks by the day:</p>
<p>I applied ED II.
White female from a middle-class suburb of Boston, public school.
Top 15%
90.7 unweighted GPA
took the most AP's possible for one student to take at our school, which is only AP Calc, AP Physics B, and AP Enviro Science (others are available, but are only in the sciences)
On the New SAT:
730 Writing
730 Critical Reading
750 Math
SAT IIS:
660 Physics
760 Math IIC
my recommendations highlighted me as a well-liked, sociable, and funny person
I have had some hardships in the past year with my family and I submitted it as additional information</p>
<p>Ec's
20 hours of paid work as a waitress in a nursing home and second job at American Eagle Outfitters
played a sport each season of high school, on Varsity Cross-country, Varsity Cheerleading, and Varsity lacrosse.
Lots of minor ec's like math team, dance team, class vice-president and prom committee
only 70 hours of community service and all done in one summer</p>
<p>Things that could hurt me:
I have been suspended once for being drunk on school grounds
My essay is very quirky and definitely original...they will have never seen anything like it...but it is also risky
all my reccomendations were late (not my fault!)
My interview did not go very well because they sent me a very socially awkward interviewer and we didn't talk at all about me, he just kept talking about other things</p>
<p>Thanks!
~Ellen</p>
<p>It's kind of hard to tell from your post what your true academic or other interests are - what are your strenghts?</p>
<p>The suspension might hurt - it depends how you dealt with it on the app and what the surrounding circumstances are. This is a hard one to overcome in such a competitve environment.
I would expect that you're sort of on the cusp... best of luck and let us know how you fared. It shouldn't be too long before you know now, right?</p>
<p>I am interested in everything except foreign language and english. I listed economics as my first and sociology as my second. I really want to do the ppe major but I figured that that would be a popular major so I didn't write it.</p>
<p>haha I knew someone would catch me, writing a post 3 days before my letter. Yes, I will hear from them on February 15, but that seems like an eternity to me and I don't know whether I should prep for a rejection, an acceptance (to be optimistic and not make myself depressed, my friends all tell me that I'm going to get in, ya know?), or a waitlist. I expect that they have already mailed the letter.</p>
<p>I'd advise keeping really busy and not thinking about it! :)
You've done your best, and your letter is probably in the mail.
Just know that your application is what is being judged, not your person. Whatever the outcome, you will find a college that fits. (Try the Zen approach.)
Are you out of state? (helps) Do you have apps out there to other good schools?</p>
<p>Your SAT scores and ECs (plus work experience) are pretty much on par with accepted students. At this point, it's a moot point, so just enjoy the snow and look forward to February vacation.</p>
<p>Good luck! (And let us know what happens.)</p>
<p>I was deferred. Any tips on what to do now?</p>
<p>So sorry.<br>
Did you have your highschool send your 7th semester grades with your mid-year report? You also might ask your counselor if another recommendation would be a good idea and discuss who the best person might be. Ask your counselor to give Pomona a call - they may give her some hints that they wouldn't say to you.
Best of luck. Are there other schools you like, too. I think I'd start looking for a new 1st choice - hopefully you applied to several.</p>
<p>Oh, Ellen, :(</p>
<p>As noted elsewhere on CC, keep Pomona updated on any news such as awards, honors, etc., that you win. Your ED application could very well help you in the RD round; you definitely want to go to Pomona!</p>
<p>ASAP's suggestion of having your GC contact Pomona is a good one.</p>
<p>I'll be thinking of you and keeping my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>Congrats to everybody on their hard work! Way to go!
I was wondering; how much do the AdComs value freshman year grades? I had a terrible freshman year but rebounded and got exceptional grades since. Would they see it as a fluke?</p>