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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty sure that Pomona students have to submit SAT scores. I think at Claremont McKenna only 25% actually submitted an SAT, so if you are a high SAT scorer you won't find too many at Claremont. Claremont's class size is 325 and only about 20 score at or above 1550.[/quote]

Pomona is test optional.

According to Pomona's common data set:
https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/CDS2025-26/C_First-timeFirst-yearadmission?%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y

Only 156 freshman enrolled submitted an SAT.  And of those 156,  fewer than 30 scored above 1550.  This out of a total freshman class size of 420.

Pomona's drive towards diversity, equity and inclusion is admirable but it comes at an academic cost which is apparent in these numbers.[/quote]

Does this mean applicants with 1550+ are rare in the applicant pool and have a higher chance of standing out and getting in? Or does it mean that Pomona doesn’t care about SAT and reject a lot of kids with high scores? [/quote]

The latter.

Pomona and the other top 5 LACs could make their whole class 1550+ SAT or 35+ACT if they wanted to, but there are too many institutional priorities.

They have to field competitive d3 teams (the proportion of athletes at top universities is comparatively much smaller), fill their music classes with distinct interests, want all 50 states represented, take ~25% first gen or low income, Pomona has two Posse cohorts for students of high leadership from underserved communities, and they need representation for all of their majors.

There are hardly any slots left after all these considerations, which is why many kids who get into Ivies/Stanford etc get WL or rejected by those top LACs. [/quote]

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