What's the difference between Amherst and Pomona?

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Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

Ai is not a reliable source.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

Ai is not a reliable source.

Nobody here is more reliable than AI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Your assumption that I’m the same poster is wrong. But the list does clearly show that those schools are ranked above Amherst. It’s also weird because the original quote this is all based off of is that Amherst is so much more elite than Pomona, which is obvious nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Your assumption that I’m the same poster is wrong. But the list does clearly show that those schools are ranked above Amherst. It’s also weird because the original quote this is all based off of is that Amherst is so much more elite than Pomona, which is obvious nonsense.

You are referring ranking by numbers, yes, you are right, but, that's just not a scientific ranking. Fordham is better than all 4 here, what's point? BYU, Western(what heck is it) all are ahead.

BTW, ignore the troll about A is much more elite than Pomona, but A is indeed better than Pomona.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Your assumption that I’m the same poster is wrong. But the list does clearly show that those schools are ranked above Amherst. It’s also weird because the original quote this is all based off of is that Amherst is so much more elite than Pomona, which is obvious nonsense.

You are referring ranking by numbers, yes, you are right, but, that's just not a scientific ranking. Fordham is better than all 4 here, what's point? BYU, Western(what heck is it) all are ahead.

BTW, ignore the troll about A is much more elite than Pomona, but A is indeed better than Pomona.

Depends on what you want to do. Pomona is better than Amherst at a decent amount of fields. Amherst is your go to if you need to stay east coast and want to do law

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Your assumption that I’m the same poster is wrong. But the list does clearly show that those schools are ranked above Amherst. It’s also weird because the original quote this is all based off of is that Amherst is so much more elite than Pomona, which is obvious nonsense.

You are referring ranking by numbers, yes, you are right, but, that's just not a scientific ranking. Fordham is better than all 4 here, what's point? BYU, Western(what heck is it) all are ahead.

BTW, ignore the troll about A is much more elite than Pomona, but A is indeed better than Pomona.

Williams=Pomona>Amherst=Swarthmore generally. Unless you’re in a particular field, Williams and Pomona fill the niche of both preprofessional tracks (finance and computer science respectively) and academic paths, where both lead the top for LACs in many sub fields. Amherst strengths have generally been in the humanities, but it’s worse than SPW in bio, chem, mathematics, physics, neuro, geology, and computer science

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Your assumption that I’m the same poster is wrong. But the list does clearly show that those schools are ranked above Amherst. It’s also weird because the original quote this is all based off of is that Amherst is so much more elite than Pomona, which is obvious nonsense.

You are referring ranking by numbers, yes, you are right, but, that's just not a scientific ranking. Fordham is better than all 4 here, what's point? BYU, Western(what heck is it) all are ahead.

BTW, ignore the troll about A is much more elite than Pomona, but A is indeed better than Pomona.

DP but Amherst and Pomona seem literally identical. I don’t know why lac parents are so obsessed about the minimal prestige difference between the top 10. People also don’t factor geographical location when thinking about the career representations of these schools. I also generally respect Swat, where students are encouraged and supported to go into public services oriented careers over the obsession peer New England SLACs have with finance. The big difference for an Amherst and Pomona student will be the number of athletes on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Some may enjoy this analysis by college transitions that shows Pomona and Claremont McKenna College lead the pack in liberal arts college alumni in consulting. Amherst college is ranked 41st: https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/from-college-to-consulting/

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Anonymous wrote:Why would there be a difference? They share a lot in common and the differences are pretty tiny. If you want the small New England feel, go to Amherst. If you want California or a proper consortium, go to Pomona. Most other differences are speculative or natural to the small differences in student interest.

Agree with this PP completely. It will be a very similar applicant pool academically and politically. Some will get into Amherst vs Pomona due to closer feeder HS relationships with each. Some will prefer to be in CA vs MA. Amherst slightly more athletes, Pomona warmer weather. Pomona has a better consortium but weaker name recognition in the east coast but strong in west coast. Both full of kids that could have done very well at Brown or Yale.

Great analysis! Highly recommend these constructive comments over the ai slop

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No need to go into the weeds here. Not even sure why anyone would ask this question unless they just want to create drama. If you like California, go to Pomona. If you like New England, go to Amherst. Very simple.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not much

Much more similar than not, both amazing schools.

Exactly. "...the narcissism of small differences is the idea that when people ... have a lot in common, they can actually be more likely to fight with each other and mock each other, because they become overly sensitive to small differences they notice in one another and treat those differences as bigger than they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

What is actually similar? Amherst is an ivy adjacent lac grad school feeder and IB feeder with a strong New England culture and dedication to the humanities.

Meanwhile, Pomona is an okay liberal arts college on the west coast that got popular recently, had a dedication almost entirely to stem and very poor humanities programs, and 1/50 the alumni group quality of Amherst.

This is pretty spot on

It’s funny because Amherst is shit for IB

+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options

Please list your source, college transition said otherwise, AI said same.

College transitions
Literally the first thing that comes up when you look up investment banking feeders: https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Even in college transitions, Claremont McKenna beats out the other LACs.

I am sorry, here is your quote "+1, Williams, CMC, Middlebury… a lot of better options".

And from your link, by percentage ranking is 'CMC, W, A, M' for 5, 12,13,14. By elite IB percentage ranking is 'W, A, M, CMC'. (63%,58%, 56%, 28%)
I would say all 4 are pretty even, where do you see ' a lot of better options'?

Your assumption that I’m the same poster is wrong. But the list does clearly show that those schools are ranked above Amherst. It’s also weird because the original quote this is all based off of is that Amherst is so much more elite than Pomona, which is obvious nonsense.

You are referring ranking by numbers, yes, you are right, but, that's just not a scientific ranking. Fordham is better than all 4 here, what's point? BYU, Western(what heck is it) all are ahead.

BTW, ignore the troll about A is much more elite than Pomona, but A is indeed better than Pomona.

A isn’t better than Pomona. W isn’t better than A or S or Pomona. And WASP isn’t better than the next 7 or so schools. This inane arguing about a group of schools which are collectively excellent is ridiculous.

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this isnt' true.

williams is the best. and there's a clear distinction btw WASP plus Bowdoin and schools like Wes. I'll give you that - for finance - CMC and Midd are in the WASP bucket. But only for finance and consulting