Why is Pomona so special?
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Anonymous
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Exactly. Several trolls here. Claremont is hilly poster. Lying ted cruz poster (his wife went to cmc). Fudged stats poster (cmc and scripps). Don't take their bait.
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Anonymous
Not far from Pomona is a city called Fontana, otherwise known as Fontucky. This gives you a better idea of Pomona is like. |
Anonymous
Pomona troll is recycling greatest hits from previous threads. Pomona troll, you should really put in more effort. |
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Brown people are so scary. |
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| Claremont and the 5 Colleges are incredible. Any student would be lucky to attend. I am an alum of one of the colleges and those years were the most magical of my life. I can't believe there is even a debate about Pomona. I would say it's better than William or Amherst--purely because of the 5 Colleges and it's location. |
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Did you suffer from severe depression during your four years? Is that what caused you to cower in your dorm room for your whole undergrad career? I expect you wouldn’t have had such a negative experience if you’d gotten out more, like most students do. For example, by going hiking in the Angeles National Forest and up to the restaurants and stuff on the way to Mt. Baldy. So sure, tell me to shut up if that helps you deal with your issues, but realize that many people actually take advantage of the opportunities afforded them. Certainly my kid does. Deny that if it makes you feel better, but recognize that non-trolls on the thread are able to use maps, so your attempts to deny basic, physical reality aren’t convincing. Best of luck to you. |
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Proximity to a real city, overall location, and comparatively better weather are big plusses for Pomona and Swarthmore versus Williams and Amherst.
I'm still surprised that Pomona isn't a more popular goal in the DMV, especially relative to several SLACs not named Amherst, Swarthmore, and Williams. |
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But it's so hard to get in now so why bother coming up with a new school that is out of reach? |
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Location isn't that great either. Very far from the beach and downtown LA, very smoggy.
It's one of those cases where "it's great because everyone thinks it's great".[/quote] Basically the beaches are at one end of LA county and the school is at the other. DD really liked the campus - as well as Pitzer - but the drive from our hotel in Santa Monica to the Claremont campuses, then back in one hot afternoon was not lost on her. [/quote] Yeah, it makes sense that the beaches are in part of LA county that’s … by … the … ocean.[/quote] LA is one of the US' largest counties and is roughly 800 square miles larger than a combined Delaware and Rhode Island. Most 17 and 18 year olds don't know that.[b] They hear LA, they think of Hollywood, the beaches, so yeah, they are not imagining driving 50 miles from one end of the county to the other. [/b] [/quote] Around 5 miles from campus, according to GoogleMaps. Nice! Why does everyone assume this is why a student wants to go to Pomona OR that students/families who consider Pomona do not know where it is located? Perhaps your view if LA is beaches and Hollywood...but that doesn't mean everyone else's does. Our child is interested in Pomona and the only way LA is remotely involved is that it makes it close enough to transportation so that getting there from accoss the country is not a nightmare. They have no interest in the beach or Hollywood. They like the idea of nice weather and are far more interested in exploring internal land features of CA via trips while they are there (Joshua Tree/Yosemite/Redwoods/Desert). They like the school because of the small size of the college with access to 7000 kids over multiple schools. They like a place where kids live on campus 4 years as a community.[/quote] Please. DC lives on the East coast and had never been to California, but is a creature of social media. So yeah, thoughts of the beach popped when they first heard that Pomona, which was suggested to them by their college counselor, is in LA. That doesn't seem so far-fetched. DC ultimately decided they wanted a school that was not that far from home as well as easily accessible to the outdoors - right outside their dorm door. They are now at a top NESCAC. [/quote] It’s in LA County. Big county. Ocean and mountains. [b] Trees too. [/b] Last I checked, Pomona was easily accessible to the outdoors.[/quote] Clearly, you haven't been there. There are trees on campus, but it's in a desert wasteland. There are hills behind it. It's flat. very flat. That's what Claremont/Ontario is. FLAT. And no one from out there would say it's in Los Angeles County. It's on the far east end of Los Angeles county near San Bernardino. Do you have any idea how big Los Angeles County is? And that descriptor isn't a positive anymore.[/quote] These are the “hills” PP is talking about, they include a 10,000 foot “hill.” My kid who is at one of the 5Cs spends a lot of time in the Angeles National Forest because it’s right nearby. [img]https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/31/51/46/23501228/3/900x0.jpg[/img][/quote][/quote] Around 5 miles from campus, according to googlemaps. Nice![/quote] When I was there I never heard of anyone going to Mt Baldy. That photo is deceptive, a view of the mountains is very uncommon, mostly they are obscured by smog. The way I would describe the area around campus for many miles is “boring suburbia” - somewhat like if you went to GMU.[/quote] I can’t imagine you went to one of the 5Cs without hearing about anyone going to Mount Baldy. [b][Well I went there for four years, and you obviously didn't so STFU.][/b] My kid goes up that way all the time. I mean, why wouldn’t you? Among other things, there’s apparently a brew pub up that way that they enjoy. [b][You don't actually know anything, you're just repeating what your kid says = ignorant opinion][/b] And as for “many miles around” being boring suburbia — why the weird gas lighting? My kid’s apartment sits 1.25 miles from the border of the Angles National Forest and 13 miles as the crow flies from the summit of Mt San Antonio (aka Mt Baldy) at 10,064 feet. Who are you trying to kid? You’re as silly as the “THeY’RE rOLlINg HiLls” poster. [b][Again: I went there for four years. I know what I'm talking about. You don't. Claremont and the surrounding towns are boring suburbia.][/b] [/quote][/quote] Did you suffer from severe depression during your four years? Is that what caused you to cower in your dorm room for your whole undergrad career? I expect you wouldn’t have had such a negative experience if you’d gotten out more, like most students do. For example, by going hiking in the Angeles National Forest and up to the restaurants and stuff on the way to Mt. Baldy. So sure, tell me to shut up if that helps you deal with your issues, but realize that many people actually take advantage of the opportunities afforded them. Certainly my kid does. Deny that if it makes you feel better, but recognize that non-trolls on the thread are able to use maps, so your attempts to deny basic, physical reality aren’t convincing. Best of luck to you. [/quote] You are ridiculing a person who has a valid point of view - I grew up out there and attended college there and I never heard of anyone going to Mount Baldy. I rarely went to the beaches because of the time it took, the traffic and the generally cold water. I was a studious student so couldn’t loose a day in traffic trying to find the beach. And I went to Big Bear just once with my sorority and there was no snow. People are different. Don’t judge. |
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| The above poster needs a paying job. |
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I think it's a combination of being far away and that fewer people are familiar with Pomona in DMV. |
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Sure, but for some, they apply to Pomona and not the New England schools like Amherst/Williams - so it is "their reach school" (not another reach school). |
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With a 7 percent acceptance rate, I think a lot of kids from a lot of geographies have made it their reach school. |
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100% agreed - did you not see that I was replying to this question "But it's so hard to get in now so why bother coming up with a new school that is out of reach?" |
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Can anything good come out of a place near Fontucky? John 1:16 |