<p>My stats for future people. GUYS PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE HAS A SHOT. I WAS NOT EXPECTING POMONA AT ALL AND I’M JUST COMPLETELY ASTOUNDED!!!</p>
<p>Decision: MATCHED!!!</p>
<p>Objective—</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (720 CR 760 M 800 W)
First go- 2050 (690 CR 730 M 630 W)
2nd go-2180 (650 CR 760 M 770 W)
3rd go- 2250 (720 CR 730 M 800 W)
SAT II (if submitted): US 800, Chem 790, M2 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (8/191)
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang(5) Chem (5) US (5) World(5) Spanish Lang (4)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Physics B, AP Macro, APUSGov, AP Lit, Technology, Health Science Preceptor-ship</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major</p>
<p>Subjective— (Only will cover what QB itself saw)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: NO LEADERSHIP AT ALL!! TaeKwonDo, Health Science Students of America</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring, cashier at a grocery chain</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Local mosque, library, major service project at Colombia to help landmine victims= around 1500 hours</p>
<p>Short answers (subject and personal opinions on it): Excellent. I poured my heart out into these and made sure my responses covered every aspect of me. </p>
<p>Biographical Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Great. It is very intimate, distinctly styled, and heartrending. Covered moving to America and transitioning with two worlds, my mentor who raised me to be who I am today, my financial circumstances, and the death of my father.</p>
<p>First Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Good. Did the community one. Talked about my family back home and how I wanted them to not be use as their role models, but for them to keep faith in themselves and stay strong. Letter style.</p>
<p>Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Bad. Expanded on the service project at Colombia, but it sounds scientific and artificial.</p>
<p>Recommendations (only if you saw it): Didn’t see them, but the teachers I asked were my favorites. They loved me. They are known for writing good letters. I got matched! So I am assuming they were good :)</p>
<p>Interview: No interview done</p>
<p>Other—
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Public, Within top 50 of best high schools
Ethnicity: Asian(Pakistan)!!!
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen, Low income (<20000), death of parent, National Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test Scores, Essays, Volunteering
Weaknesses: ECs, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays pulled me through this! And also because of my recommenders <3</p>