If you or your child recently received word of being waitlisted to the Pomona College Class of 2029, you might be ready to throw in the towel and toss away those dreams of sporting Pomona’s signature blue and white. But we’re here to stop you in your tracks! Ivy Coach has an excellent track record for beating the waitlist, and we’re here to share with you the steps you can take right now to do just that!

Pomona College’s Waitlist Acceptance Rates and Statistics

Take a gander at over ten years of data on Pomona’s waitlisted acceptance rate, as reported to the federally-mandated Common Data Set, to get a better sense of the average student’s odds of gaining admission to Pomona after receiving word of a waitlist:

Pomona College Class Year	Number of Students Waitlisted to Pomona	Number of Students Who Chose to Join Pomona Waitlist	Number of Students Accepted Off Pomona Waitlist	Pomona Waitlist Acceptance Rate
Class of 2028	937	680	58	6.19%
Class of 2027	845	587	62	7.34%
Class of 2026	866	614	13	1.50%
Class of 2025	840	570	27	3.21%
Class of 2024	862	505	150	17.40%
Class of 2023	839	566	47	5.60%
Class of 2022	826	527	67	8.11%
Class of 2021	934	541	16	1.71%
Class of 2020	990	608	26	2.63%
Class of 2019	842	492	38	4.51%
Class of 2018	651	324	0	0.00%
Class of 2017	602	253	73	12.13%
Class of 2016	634	283	11	1.74%
Class of 2015	899	369	31	3.45%

Your Chances of Admission to Pomona College After Being Waitlisted

Over the last fourteen years, the average Pomona waitlist acceptance rate has been 5.39% — quite daunting when examined out of context. But the fact of the matter is that this number varies widely from year to year. In some cases, no students receive admission via the waitlist (we’re looking at you, Class of 2018!), and in others, nearly 20% do! 

It all revolves around a single figure: Pomona’s yield (or the percentage of admitted students who choose to enroll). The higher Pomona’s yield, the lower the likelihood they reach deep into their waitlist.

As we tell our students at Ivy Coach, there are some things you can control, and there are some things you have to resign to chance. How far Pomona will reach down its waitlist for the Class of 2029 is not in a student’s control. However, how they approach the waitlist is entirely under their control.

Your Chances of Admission to Pomona After Ivy Coach’s Help

Ivy Coach’s students who came to us after getting waitlisted to Pomona stand a far better chance of gaining admission than those who don’t receive our help. We’re incredibly proud of our success rate, but we’re not in the business of gatekeeping our overall strategy from those who need it most (just the secret sauce!). 

It all boils down to Ivy Coach’s tried-and-true method of optimizing a student’s chances for admission after being placed in limbo. That two-step process is as follows:

1. Complete Ivy Coach’s PostMortem application review. We must see what a student did right and what they did wrong. The competitive application story we help craft can’t be out of left field. Rather, it needs to be consistent with the narrative conveyed in The Common Application — just told much more compellingly.
2. Submit a compelling Letter of Continued Interest. Most students know they should submit a letter after being placed in limbo to earn admission. And most know they should do so promptly. But most students send the wrong kind of letter. Ivy Coach’s letters to Pomona contain no brags or updates. It’s a big reason why they’re so successful. We inspire Pomona admissions officers to go to bat for our students!

Getting Started with Ivy Coach on the Pomona Waitlist

If you’re interested in optimizing your case for admission off Pomona College’s waitlist with our team of former elite college admissions officers, fill out Ivy Coach’s complimentary consultation form and indicate that Pomona has waitlisted you. We’ll contact you shortly thereafter. We understand that time is of the essence and that your letter needs to go to Pomona immediately.