What are my chances for Pomona?

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am a rising freshman and my top choice college is, thus far, Pomona College to major in either Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (joint) or Public Policy and Analysis. Here is my planned schedule. If I should do well and stick to the following schedule, how well do you think that I should do in the admissions? Please, be critical and tell me any suggestions for improvement. </p>

<p>Thank you very much,
Aadnub</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Race: I am German, Filipino, and Hawaiian.</p>

<p>School: Private Christian School's Independent Study Program</p>

<p>Location: Covina, California (15 minutes away from Pomona College)</p>

<p>SAT 1: CR: 450 MA: 350 WR: 450 (I took this in the 7th grade, so I plan to take this again)</p>

<p>Freshman</p>

<p>English: EPGY Advanced Expository Writing (equal to Honors English II)
Math: Honors Geometry
Science: Honors Biology
Social Science: A.P.® U.S. History
Foreign Language: A.P.® Latin: Virgil, Greek 1
Art: Product Design Portfolio Development Program</p>

<p>Training Minds Team Policy Debate Camp or Concordia University Debate Camp (one of the top debate camps for NCFCA debate league)</p>

<p>Sophomore</p>

<p>English: A.P.® English Language and Compostion
Math: Honors Precalculus and Trigonometry
Science: Honors Chemistry
Social Science: A.P.® World History
Foreign Language: A.P.® Latin Literature, Greek 2
Art: Product Design Portfolio Development Program</p>

<p>Patrick Henry Debate Camp (An even better debate camp) or
Junior Statesman Program (Georgetown)</p>

<p>Junior</p>

<p>English: A.P.® English Literature and Composition
Math: A.P.® Calculus AB
Science: -
Social Science: A.P.® Government and Politics, A.P.® Comparative Government
Foreign Language: Greek 3
Art: Product Design Portfolio Development Program</p>

<p>My dream would be to get a House or Senate Page position or some kind of D.C. Internship, or TASP, but I can't count on that. or
Patrick Henry Debate Camp Advanced track</p>

<p>Senior</p>

<p>English: EPGY Online High School's 2 University level English courses (in the approval process from Stanford University)
Math: A.P® Calculus BC
Science: A.P® Physics or A.P® Biology
Social Science: EPGY Online High School's University Level Microeconomics course (approved by Stanford University)
Foreign Language: Greek 4
Art: (in the approval process from Stanford University)</p>

<p>??? </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
NCFCA Speech and Debate
Karate or Golf
Boy Scouts</p>

<p>Community Services: (I would like to find something more original)
Library
Political Campaigns (I don't think that this qualifies for community service)</p>

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<p>It’s impossible to say because your entire resume is essentially tentative, but here’s my opinion: You will need to work incredibly hard to get into Pomona. Your 7th grade SAT scores are a pretty good indicator that your academics are not very good at all. If you want to get into Pomona, these are some things I would suggest:</p>

<p>1) Work very hard on your academics. Strive for at least a 3.7 UW.
2) Don’t worry about SATs, because you should be fine for them if you do well in all your classes.
3) Start organizing rallies, writing articles, and becoming as politically vocal as you can. Try to get noticed.
4) Acquire a unique talent and be amazing at it. I would suggest either an exotic instrument (ie the bagpipes or mandolin) or some other quirky ability.
5) Spend two summers/semesters abroad performing a missions project in a poor country.
6) Get over 250 community service hours
7) Become an eagle scout
8) Start some clubs, and become an officer in them
9) Organize an impressive art portfolio and bring it on an interview
10) Try to have fun. As a rising freshman, you SHOULD NOT be on this website. I would suggest that you stop thinking about college until you are at least a sophomore, probably a rising junior.
Good Luck!</p>