How many years out of the past 20 has Davidson ranked higher than Middlebury? |
Going to grad school does not equal "intellectual.' |
It used to be a lot prettier but sustainability goals have nerds it. The campus used to have Ivy everywhere, massive live oaks, and public gardens all over. My junior year, they had to trim the Ivy because it had grown through the pavement and was spreading to buildings it wasn’t supposed to. It surprisingly still has red woods (which btw, that’s such an insane decision in Southern California). You can see some remnants of this on scripps college, but all of the colleges have severely cut back on water usage- which great, but makes for less aesthetically pleasing energy. |
*nerfed |
Reed is the literal answer. |
This explains so much! I went on tour with my daughter and felt like it was so much less “green” but couldn’t put my finger on it! |
It’s moreso that im jealous than loving their campus. In December, we saw kids studying on the quad and seeming genuinely happy. A lot of the other lacs we toured, the students seemed overtly serious and sappy, but the Pomona kids actually enjoyed their experience! |
Pomona also leads in cross-admits and receives the most ED applications of any LAC by a sizeable margin, both of which are reflective of its relative desirability among LACs. That said, I don't think any WASP school stands out above the others as a general matter. While they are much more similar than different, each school offers students something special. And, for that matter, so do most other top LACs like Bowdoin, Carleton, CMC, Wellesley, and Mudd. |
+1 |
More a function of it being one of the only SLACs in the state and the region (other than perhaps CMC)? California has a lot of people, and Pomona is one of the only options when it comes to attending a prestigious LAC. The northeast is saturated with lots of competition. Pomona has a monopoly on the California market (and perhaps entire southwest market), including lots of high stats Asian kids who want to stay close to home. |
So Reed College is over-ranked in USNWR ? |
And CMC is literally next door. |
California, however, has a lot better public schools than the northeast. There’s a lot more competition with state schools than LACs, and the Claremont colleges have a lot of competition with each other for applicants. |
Lawrence university is very underrated and the faculty are just as good as WASP. Do know the leadership is very DEI (barf) but it’s overall really nice. |
Reed is very under-rated. Vassar is also under-rated.
Williams is overrated. |