Pomona or Johns Hopkins

[Anonymous]

Just not sure what the attraction is to be surrounded by 22% mentally disabled kids. No brainer here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JHU is the better choice given his interests and aspirations. It’s an excellent place to check out academia as an undergrad. You have easy access to profs as well as to grad students and classes.

JHU is cut throat and unpleasant near as we can tell from numerous sources.

Can't imagine Pomona is any different, with the added bonus that you have to do it while looking like you aren't even trying.

[Anonymous]

Went to Hopkins for grad school and thought it seemed like a harsh place for undergrad: bureaucratic and cold. Baltimore is a little better but still depressing. I would pick Pomona.

[Anonymous]

Almost no one knows Pomona outside Pomona.

[Anonymous]

OP, I went to Hopkins, albeit as an engineering major. I graduated 20 years ago.

My experience was yes, there were lots of focused kids, who would lock themselves away in the library and labs and basically isolate themselves from the world. But there are lots of other kids there who want to get involved and engage in activities. The offerings have gotten much better since I've left - more facilities, more resources, etc.

As an undergrad, I had lots of opportunities for grad work. I could take grad-level classes, and I did research. I had access to professors, and found the good ones really supported the undergrads.

Around here, there is definitely more name recognition of Hopkins than Pomona. That said, I imagine it's the reverse on the west coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I went to Hopkins, albeit as an engineering major. I graduated 20 years ago.

My experience was yes, there were lots of focused kids, who would lock themselves away in the library and labs and basically isolate themselves from the world. But there are lots of other kids there who want to get involved and engage in activities. The offerings have gotten much better since I've left - more facilities, more resources, etc.

As an undergrad, I had lots of opportunities for grad work. I could take grad-level classes, and I did research. I had access to professors, and found the good ones really supported the undergrads.

Around here, there is definitely more name recognition of Hopkins than Pomona. That said, I imagine it's the reverse on the west coast.

Everyone knows Hopkins in the West Coast. Outside the city of Pomona, Pomona has no name recognition, at least among the general public.

[Anonymous]

JH for STEM, Pomona for lib arts.
JH is awesome for bio, chem, engineering, pre-med, physics, math, etc.

Pomona is pushed by the Big 3 for their middle students who like to write and will go to grad school to really pick a discipline or job tract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost no one knows Pomona outside Pomona.

I just assumed it was a small preppy school for private school kids with money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JH for STEM, Pomona for lib arts.
JH is awesome for bio, chem, engineering, pre-med, physics, math, etc.

Pomona is pushed by the Big 3 for their middle students who like to write and will go to grad school to really pick a discipline or job tract.

+1

I'm a JHU engineering grad from about 25 years ago. I also reviewed JHU again about 10 years ago when my nephew had this as one of his top 4 preferences. He came and we talked about the school and we went for a campus visit (wow, has the campus changed a lot!), so I got to hear what the student tour guides were saying about the school then.

There's a lot of name cachet in the STEM fields for JHU. While it has good LA programs, the environment is not a good environment in the LA unless you are definitely going to post-grad work for a graduate degree, law school or international studies/relationships. Of my numerous friends from JHU over the years, those who got the most out of their Hopkins educations were in one of these: STEM (like me), International Studies (I know several who went into politics or state department/embassy work), law school or graduate school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JH for STEM, Pomona for lib arts.
JH is awesome for bio, chem, engineering, pre-med, physics, math, etc.

Pomona is pushed by the Big 3 for their middle students who like to write and will go to grad school to really pick a discipline or job tract.

JHU has some great humanities programs — e.g. English, History, Writing Sems. It's not just good at STEM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pomona is well known to those in the know. Outside the city of Pomona, however, there can be problems with name recognition. JHU, however, is well known to those in the know as well as the general public. JHU is known even to gifted elementary school students who are tested for JHU CTY gifted education program from 4th grade on.

How much do you reallyreally know about Pomona College and it’s recognition? I question this because Pomona College is not in the city of Pomona. Good try though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I went to Hopkins, albeit as an engineering major. I graduated 20 years ago.

My experience was yes, there were lots of focused kids, who would lock themselves away in the library and labs and basically isolate themselves from the world. But there are lots of other kids there who want to get involved and engage in activities. The offerings have gotten much better since I've left - more facilities, more resources, etc.

As an undergrad, I had lots of opportunities for grad work. I could take grad-level classes, and I did research. I had access to professors, and found the good ones really supported the undergrads.

Around here, there is definitely more name recognition of Hopkins than Pomona. That said, I imagine it's the reverse on the west coast.

Everyone knows Hopkins in the West Coast. Outside the city of Pomona, Pomona has no name recognition, at least among the general public.

Pomona is not in the city of Pomona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pomona does not really have a "SoCal lifestyle" feel. That would be more like UCLA, UCI, UCSD, USC, or Pepperdine.

Yes those schools are closer to he Ocean, but believe me they definitely have a SoCal feel.

[Anonymous]

Op- go visit Pomona College if you haven’t already. It is a wonderful place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pomona is well known to those in the know. Outside the city of Pomona, however, there can be problems with name recognition. JHU, however, is well known to those in the know as well as the general public. JHU is known even to gifted elementary school students who are tested for JHU CTY gifted education program from 4th grade on.

How much do you reallyreally know about Pomona College and it’s recognition? I question this because Pomona College is not in the city of Pomona. Good try though!

Shows you how well known Pomona is. Most people in CA connect Pomona with the horrendous crime rate in the city of Pomona, one of the murder capitals of CA.