Pomona v Tufts

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is Pomona discussed so much in this forum? It’s a tiny school that admits less than a dozen kids from DMV every year.

There are now Californians on the threads

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates. Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates. Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.

Glad the search worked for you.

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates. Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.

Where is this link? I'm trying to show DS

[Anonymous]

Pomona all day. No contest.

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates. Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.

Where is this link? I'm trying to show DS

whispers it doesn't exist, they lied.

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Anonymous wrote:Expect the research opportunities to be greater at Pomona than those at Tufts.

Because of the competition with grad students? Maybe. But Tufts is larger and has a lot of opportunities closer to campus. I loved Pomona (I'd want to go there) but I think OP will need to check into both.

Yes, my guess is terrific opportunities at both. OP, ask the departments for more info.

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We visited both. Pomona 100 percent.

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates. Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.

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Anonymous wrote:They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA. I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools.

If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table. Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.

If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.

You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates. Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.

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we're still waiting on a source.

[Anonymous]

Tufts loves their own undergrads for admittance to their own med school. They even have an early assurance program (pre-MCAT) here:

https://medicine.tufts.edu/admissions-financial-aid/admission-program/doctor-medicine/special-md-admissions-options/early-assurance-program

[Anonymous]

There is a Pomona booster on all the LAC threads who is exhausting, constantly boosting the (wonderful) school with no empirical data to back up specific points.

OP, you're clearly not going to get any useful information on this thread. Please request info regarding internships and outcomes from each department to compare.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a Pomona booster on all the LAC threads who is exhausting, constantly boosting the (wonderful) school with no empirical data to back up specific points.

OP, you're clearly not going to get any useful information on this thread. Please request info regarding internships and outcomes from each department to compare.

? There's been more data posted about Pomona than Tufts in this thread alone. Troll?

[Anonymous]

Either is fine. Tired of the trolling on this forum. Pomona if you like smaller classes, Tufts if you want Boston. Cool.