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Anonymous wrote:61.4 % of Pomona's admits are domestic students of color

Just 20% white- that's insane. I don't think any other top private school has gone that low. Seems like they heavily value diversity.

It's great that this college does. Others should emulate.

Yeah since 60 percent of people in US are white. Make sense to admit only 20 percent white.

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Anonymous wrote:1500+ SAT all As at highly regarded private (school doesn’t offer AP classes but DC took 4 and got 4s and 5s). Varsity sport, leadership in ECs. Legacy - rejected. Waitlisted at all others. No acceptances today. Brutal.

If your kid is wsitlisted at all the other schools they applied to, it seems they weren't realistic.

Is it not realistic to think your kid with above stats should get in somewhere decent/competitive?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:61.4 % of Pomona's admits are domestic students of color

Just 20% white- that's insane. I don't think any other top private school has gone that low. Seems like they heavily value diversity.

It's great that this college does. Others should emulate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1500+ SAT all As at highly regarded private (school doesn’t offer AP classes but DC took 4 and got 4s and 5s). Varsity sport, leadership in ECs. Legacy - rejected. Waitlisted at all others. No acceptances today. Brutal.

If your kid is wsitlisted at all the other schools they applied to, it seems they weren't realistic.

How can the private be highly regarded but offer no APs?? Something doesn’t make sense here.

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Anonymous wrote:..and UCLA, UCSD, UCI, Johns Hopkins, UGA, UVA

Hopkins is out

DD rejected. 1490/34/3.8 great ECs/varsity sport/9 APs

Hopkins has something like a 2% admit rate in this area.

Anonymous wrote:1500+ SAT all As at highly regarded private (school doesn’t offer AP classes but DC took 4 and got 4s and 5s). Varsity sport, leadership in ECs. Legacy - rejected. Waitlisted at all others. No acceptances today. Brutal.

If your kid is wsitlisted at all the other schools they applied to, it seems they weren't realistic.

Anonymous wrote:1500+ SAT all As at highly regarded private (school doesn’t offer AP classes but DC took 4 and got 4s and 5s). Varsity sport, leadership in ECs. Legacy - rejected. Waitlisted at all others. No acceptances today. Brutal.

I'm sorry. It doesn't make any sense, and it's so hard for these kids who have been working their tails off for the last 3 1/2 years not to take it personally. Your DC sounds amazing and I hope you get good news soon.

Anonymous wrote:61.4 % of Pomona's admits are domestic students of color

Just 20% white- that's insane. I don't think any other top private school has gone that low. Seems like they heavily value diversity.

Anonymous wrote:1500+ SAT all As at highly regarded private (school doesn’t offer AP classes but DC took 4 and got 4s and 5s). Varsity sport, leadership in ECs. Legacy - rejected. Waitlisted at all others. No acceptances today. Brutal.

I'm so sorry - that is very tough news. Are there others out there for your DC?

61.4 % of Pomona's admits are domestic students of color

1500+ SAT all As at highly regarded private (school doesn’t offer AP classes but DC took 4 and got 4s and 5s). Varsity sport, leadership in ECs. Legacy - rejected. Waitlisted at all others. No acceptances today. Brutal.

Anonymous wrote:Amherst admitted 7% of more than 14000 applicants; Williams admitted 8.5% of more than 15000 applicants.

Insane. Anyways, with those rates it is a crapshoot for the majority. Congratulations to anyone who got in.

Info from email:

In total, Amherst will admit approximately 1025 students this year, before the wait list.

Amherst received more than 14,800 applications, up 6% compared to last year.

The admission rate stands at 7%.

The first-year class target is 473 students. Amherst has offered a place on the wait list to fewer than 10% of the applicants.

Among domestic students, 58% of applicants submitted an SAT or ACT score for consideration, and 68% of admitted students submitted a test. There is also a very large increase in international applicants, driven in part by the new test optional policy. When considering all students (both domestic and international), 51% of applicants submitted an SAT or ACT score for consideration, and 67% of admitted students submitted a test.

Amherst admitted 7% of more than 14000 applicants; Williams admitted 8.5% of more than 15000 applicants.

Pomona just posted their profile for the class of 2026: https://www.pomona.edu/news/2022/03/17-pomona-college-announces-new-class-2026

75.8% domestic students or international students