Which among WASP would you choose to ED and why?

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Anonymous wrote:Not many top talent phds coming from the “good” lacs.

8 out of top 10 per capita are SLACs. You are an idiot.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#total-phd

Okay? You didn’t combat my point. Please work on your reading comprehension.

New poster, here. You made a claim without any support about lack of “top talent” from SLACs. Do you have evidence for this assertion? I went from a top 10 SLAC to a fully funded top 5 PhD program. SLACs were extremely well represented in my cohort.

You will not find lac grads at the top PhD programs in STEM.

Evidence?

It's not true. My D went to Pomona and these were some of the PhD destinations from peers in his graduating class

Astrophysics Berkeley
Math MIT
Math Berkeley x 2
Math Stanford
Chemistry Princeton
Chemistry CalTech
Chemistry Stanford
CS Carnegie Mellon
MD PhD Harvard

Pomona has not had a math major go to MIT in the last Decade…

The one I know is in class of 2018 (Pomona) so, actually, they have.

So mythical people

Several people above have posted links to Pomona grads at MIT right now. You've lost this one, buddy. Beat it.

LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Get a life, loser. Stop with the pathetic strawmen, then refusing to admit that you were beaten with your own strawman. Your goalposts are on skates.

So I’m glad you learned a few logic terms, but you’re heavily abusing/misusing them.

Different poster, but don’t be so obvious that you had to google “strawman.”

I know what a strawman is, because I am not a middle schooler. But they clearly don’t, and just throw it out whenever they disagree with someone, because they’re apart of the logical fallacy=> automatically wrong, which is actually a fallacy in itself. You have to qualify the fallacies, otherwise you aren’t making an argument.

Back to the reality, it’s been explained time and time again that lac students get into grad school, but not the best grad schools

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not many top talent phds coming from the “good” lacs.

8 out of top 10 per capita are SLACs. You are an idiot.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#total-phd

Okay? You didn’t combat my point. Please work on your reading comprehension.

New poster, here. You made a claim without any support about lack of “top talent” from SLACs. Do you have evidence for this assertion? I went from a top 10 SLAC to a fully funded top 5 PhD program. SLACs were extremely well represented in my cohort.

You will not find lac grads at the top PhD programs in STEM.

Evidence?

It's not true. My D went to Pomona and these were some of the PhD destinations from peers in his graduating class

Astrophysics Berkeley
Math MIT
Math Berkeley x 2
Math Stanford
Chemistry Princeton
Chemistry CalTech
Chemistry Stanford
CS Carnegie Mellon
MD PhD Harvard

Pomona has not had a math major go to MIT in the last Decade…

The one I know is in class of 2018 (Pomona) so, actually, they have.

So mythical people

Several people above have posted links to Pomona grads at MIT right now. You've lost this one, buddy. Beat it.

LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Get a life, loser. Stop with the pathetic strawmen, then refusing to admit that you were beaten with your own strawman. Your goalposts are on skates.

So I’m glad you learned a few logic terms, but you’re heavily abusing/misusing them.

Different poster, but don’t be so obvious that you had to google “strawman.”

I know what a strawman is, because I am not a middle schooler. But they clearly don’t, and just throw it out whenever they disagree with someone, because they’re apart of the logical fallacy=> automatically wrong, which is actually a fallacy in itself. You have to qualify the fallacies, otherwise you aren’t making an argument.

Back to the reality, it’s been explained time and time again that lac students get into grad school, but not the best grad schools

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.
No…I didn’t. You just made that up. I don’t believe knowing logical fallacies exist makes you an intelligent person. I guess you do.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).
Great news! But also…that’s not an argument. Hope the dinner tastes great, but this has nothing to do with the conversation.

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.
You don’t know anything about me, so this is a bit more than a reach- it’s a complete shot and the dark and you’re missing. I have no hate for Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona or any school.
You made no arguments, again. I’d be disappointed, but this point solidifies in my mind that you just came to attack me.

You need a hobby. And a therapist.

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Anonymous wrote:Not many top talent phds coming from the “good” lacs.

8 out of top 10 per capita are SLACs. You are an idiot.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#total-phd

Okay? You didn’t combat my point. Please work on your reading comprehension.

New poster, here. You made a claim without any support about lack of “top talent” from SLACs. Do you have evidence for this assertion? I went from a top 10 SLAC to a fully funded top 5 PhD program. SLACs were extremely well represented in my cohort.

You will not find lac grads at the top PhD programs in STEM.

Evidence?

It's not true. My D went to Pomona and these were some of the PhD destinations from peers in his graduating class

Astrophysics Berkeley
Math MIT
Math Berkeley x 2
Math Stanford
Chemistry Princeton
Chemistry CalTech
Chemistry Stanford
CS Carnegie Mellon
MD PhD Harvard

Pomona has not had a math major go to MIT in the last Decade…

The one I know is in class of 2018 (Pomona) so, actually, they have.

So mythical people

Several people above have posted links to Pomona grads at MIT right now. You've lost this one, buddy. Beat it.

LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Get a life, loser. Stop with the pathetic strawmen, then refusing to admit that you were beaten with your own strawman. Your goalposts are on skates.

So I’m glad you learned a few logic terms, but you’re heavily abusing/misusing them.

Different poster, but don’t be so obvious that you had to google “strawman.”

I know what a strawman is, because I am not a middle schooler. But they clearly don’t, and just throw it out whenever they disagree with someone, because they’re apart of the logical fallacy=> automatically wrong, which is actually a fallacy in itself. You have to qualify the fallacies, otherwise you aren’t making an argument.

Back to the reality, it’s been explained time and time again that lac students get into grad school, but not the best grad schools

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not many top talent phds coming from the “good” lacs.

8 out of top 10 per capita are SLACs. You are an idiot.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#total-phd

Okay? You didn’t combat my point. Please work on your reading comprehension.

New poster, here. You made a claim without any support about lack of “top talent” from SLACs. Do you have evidence for this assertion? I went from a top 10 SLAC to a fully funded top 5 PhD program. SLACs were extremely well represented in my cohort.

You will not find lac grads at the top PhD programs in STEM.

Evidence?

It's not true. My D went to Pomona and these were some of the PhD destinations from peers in his graduating class

Astrophysics Berkeley
Math MIT
Math Berkeley x 2
Math Stanford
Chemistry Princeton
Chemistry CalTech
Chemistry Stanford
CS Carnegie Mellon
MD PhD Harvard

Pomona has not had a math major go to MIT in the last Decade…

The one I know is in class of 2018 (Pomona) so, actually, they have.

So mythical people

Several people above have posted links to Pomona grads at MIT right now. You've lost this one, buddy. Beat it.

LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Get a life, loser. Stop with the pathetic strawmen, then refusing to admit that you were beaten with your own strawman. Your goalposts are on skates.

So I’m glad you learned a few logic terms, but you’re heavily abusing/misusing them.

Different poster, but don’t be so obvious that you had to google “strawman.”

I know what a strawman is, because I am not a middle schooler. But they clearly don’t, and just throw it out whenever they disagree with someone, because they’re apart of the logical fallacy=> automatically wrong, which is actually a fallacy in itself. You have to qualify the fallacies, otherwise you aren’t making an argument.

Back to the reality, it’s been explained time and time again that lac students get into grad school, but not the best grad schools

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.
No…I didn’t. You just made that up. I don’t believe knowing logical fallacies exist makes you an intelligent person. I guess you do.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).
Great news! But also…that’s not an argument. Hope the dinner tastes great, but this has nothing to do with the conversation.

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.
You don’t know anything about me, so this is a bit more than a reach- it’s a complete shot and the dark and you’re missing. I have no hate for Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona or any school.
You made no arguments, again. I’d be disappointed, but this point solidifies in my mind that you just came to attack me.

You need a hobby. And a therapist.

Aw. That’s cute. Someone can’t actually respond, so they make a completely unrelated comment. You know you are in the wrong, so I’m happy you can personally acknowledge that even if you deeply struggle with vocalizing it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not many top talent phds coming from the “good” lacs.

8 out of top 10 per capita are SLACs. You are an idiot.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#total-phd

Okay? You didn’t combat my point. Please work on your reading comprehension.

New poster, here. You made a claim without any support about lack of “top talent” from SLACs. Do you have evidence for this assertion? I went from a top 10 SLAC to a fully funded top 5 PhD program. SLACs were extremely well represented in my cohort.

You will not find lac grads at the top PhD programs in STEM.

Evidence?

It's not true. My D went to Pomona and these were some of the PhD destinations from peers in his graduating class

Astrophysics Berkeley
Math MIT
Math Berkeley x 2
Math Stanford
Chemistry Princeton
Chemistry CalTech
Chemistry Stanford
CS Carnegie Mellon
MD PhD Harvard

Pomona has not had a math major go to MIT in the last Decade…

The one I know is in class of 2018 (Pomona) so, actually, they have.

So mythical people

Several people above have posted links to Pomona grads at MIT right now. You've lost this one, buddy. Beat it.

LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Get a life, loser. Stop with the pathetic strawmen, then refusing to admit that you were beaten with your own strawman. Your goalposts are on skates.

So I’m glad you learned a few logic terms, but you’re heavily abusing/misusing them.

Different poster, but don’t be so obvious that you had to google “strawman.”

I know what a strawman is, because I am not a middle schooler. But they clearly don’t, and just throw it out whenever they disagree with someone, because they’re apart of the logical fallacy=> automatically wrong, which is actually a fallacy in itself. You have to qualify the fallacies, otherwise you aren’t making an argument.

Back to the reality, it’s been explained time and time again that lac students get into grad school, but not the best grad schools

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not many top talent phds coming from the “good” lacs.

8 out of top 10 per capita are SLACs. You are an idiot.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#total-phd

Okay? You didn’t combat my point. Please work on your reading comprehension.

New poster, here. You made a claim without any support about lack of “top talent” from SLACs. Do you have evidence for this assertion? I went from a top 10 SLAC to a fully funded top 5 PhD program. SLACs were extremely well represented in my cohort.

You will not find lac grads at the top PhD programs in STEM.

Evidence?

It's not true. My D went to Pomona and these were some of the PhD destinations from peers in his graduating class

Astrophysics Berkeley
Math MIT
Math Berkeley x 2
Math Stanford
Chemistry Princeton
Chemistry CalTech
Chemistry Stanford
CS Carnegie Mellon
MD PhD Harvard

Pomona has not had a math major go to MIT in the last Decade…

The one I know is in class of 2018 (Pomona) so, actually, they have.

So mythical people

Several people above have posted links to Pomona grads at MIT right now. You've lost this one, buddy. Beat it.

LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Get a life, loser. Stop with the pathetic strawmen, then refusing to admit that you were beaten with your own strawman. Your goalposts are on skates.

So I’m glad you learned a few logic terms, but you’re heavily abusing/misusing them.

Different poster, but don’t be so obvious that you had to google “strawman.”

I know what a strawman is, because I am not a middle schooler. But they clearly don’t, and just throw it out whenever they disagree with someone, because they’re apart of the logical fallacy=> automatically wrong, which is actually a fallacy in itself. You have to qualify the fallacies, otherwise you aren’t making an argument.

Back to the reality, it’s been explained time and time again that lac students get into grad school, but not the best grad schools

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.

You claiming you are intelligent and posting pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo (that is a technical term) is a fallacy.
No…I didn’t. You just made that up. I don’t believe knowing logical fallacies exist makes you an intelligent person. I guess you do.

Having dinner next weekend with a friend who went to to a PAWS undergrad and MIT for grad school. I will tell them they do not exist. And I will do the same to the several Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore alums that I went to H/W/S b-school with (and those are just the ones in my specific class who I can think of off the top of my head).
Great news! But also…that’s not an argument. Hope the dinner tastes great, but this has nothing to do with the conversation.

Not sure why some people are so obsessive about hating on other schools. It just showcases their ignorance but more importantly their misplaced angst. Sorry you didn't get in. Get over it.
You don’t know anything about me, so this is a bit more than a reach- it’s a complete shot and the dark and you’re missing. I have no hate for Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona or any school.
You made no arguments, again. I’d be disappointed, but this point solidifies in my mind that you just came to attack me.

You need a hobby. And a therapist.

Aw. That’s cute. Someone can’t actually respond, so they make a completely unrelated comment. You know you are in the wrong, so I’m happy you can personally acknowledge that even if you deeply struggle with vocalizing it.

I know you are but what am I

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Anonymous wrote:WASP-B data on MCPS applications/admits/attending from the most recent cycle.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/10/mcps-students-college/

Amherst, 52 /4 /4 7.7% acceptance rate

Bowdoin 47/ 10/ 7 21% acceptance rate

Pomona 34 / 2/ 1 5.8% acceptance rate

Swarthmore 64/ 10/ 5 15.6% acceptance rate

Williams 54 / 5/ 2 9% acceptance rate


Swarthmore is the most popular application, Pomona the least. Amherst and Bowdoin have the highest yield.

In terms of strategy, Bowdoin then Swarthmore are the way to go. PAW very tough admits, keeping in mind that AW stats definitely include recruited athletes as well.

Why does Pomona take so few

Because it is a great school?

Pomona seems to prioritize California in admissions.
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pomona-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Amherst doesn't reflect any one large regional percentage in the same way. Though its second highest percentage of students is from CA!
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Are we in silly school? Amherst is more home-state concentrated:

Percentage of US population from California 12%
At Pomona: 33% (less than 3x)

Percentage of U.S. population from Massachusetts: 2%
At Amherst: 11% (more than 5x) https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

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Anonymous wrote:WASP-B data on MCPS applications/admits/attending from the most recent cycle.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/10/mcps-students-college/

Amherst, 52 /4 /4 7.7% acceptance rate

Bowdoin 47/ 10/ 7 21% acceptance rate

Pomona 34 / 2/ 1 5.8% acceptance rate

Swarthmore 64/ 10/ 5 15.6% acceptance rate

Williams 54 / 5/ 2 9% acceptance rate


Swarthmore is the most popular application, Pomona the least. Amherst and Bowdoin have the highest yield.

In terms of strategy, Bowdoin then Swarthmore are the way to go. PAW very tough admits, keeping in mind that AW stats definitely include recruited athletes as well.

Why does Pomona take so few

Because it is a great school?

Pomona seems to prioritize California in admissions.
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pomona-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Amherst doesn't reflect any one large regional percentage in the same way. Though its second highest percentage of students is from CA!
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Are we in silly school? Amherst is more home-state concentrated:

Percentage of US population from California 12%
At Pomona: 33% (less than 3x)

Percentage of U.S. population from Massachusetts: 2%
At Amherst: 11% (more than 5x) https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

What’s your point, exactly? No other slac has 34% from their home state.

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Anonymous wrote:WASP-B data on MCPS applications/admits/attending from the most recent cycle.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/10/mcps-students-college/

Amherst, 52 /4 /4 7.7% acceptance rate

Bowdoin 47/ 10/ 7 21% acceptance rate

Pomona 34 / 2/ 1 5.8% acceptance rate

Swarthmore 64/ 10/ 5 15.6% acceptance rate

Williams 54 / 5/ 2 9% acceptance rate


Swarthmore is the most popular application, Pomona the least. Amherst and Bowdoin have the highest yield.

In terms of strategy, Bowdoin then Swarthmore are the way to go. PAW very tough admits, keeping in mind that AW stats definitely include recruited athletes as well.

Why does Pomona take so few

Because it is a great school?

Pomona seems to prioritize California in admissions.
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pomona-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Amherst doesn't reflect any one large regional percentage in the same way. Though its second highest percentage of students is from CA!
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Are we in silly school? Amherst is more home-state concentrated:

Percentage of US population from California 12%
At Pomona: 33% (less than 3x)

Percentage of U.S. population from Massachusetts: 2%
At Amherst: 11% (more than 5x) https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

What’s your point, exactly? No other slac has 34% from their home state.

I’ll let you muse on my point. Wouldn’t want to rob you of an epiphany. As for your point, it took me 2 seconds to refute:
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/occidental-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

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No dog in this fight, but Stanford is 36% Californian, which makes Pomona the least Californian college/university in the state.

I don't have the number of applicants/admits from California or other states to confirm, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that being from California probably hurts one's admissions chances to Pomona. All LACs want geographic diversity, and I'd wager that Pomona gets a disproportionate number of applications from California.

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LinkedIn profiles with no photo and identifiable information. It’s really obvious these are bot accounts.

Obvious that this is a troll poster who seems to have infected half of this thread. Someone with mediocre IQ, no friends to hang out with and consequently a lot of time on their hands. The best is to ignore their troll messages (easy to spot) and focus on on-topic posts.

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Anonymous wrote:No dog in this fight, but Stanford is 36% Californian, which makes Pomona the least Californian college/university in the state.

I don't have the number of applicants/admits from California or other states to confirm, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that being from California probably hurts one's admissions chances to Pomona. All LACs want geographic diversity, and I'd wager that Pomona gets a disproportionate number of applications from California.

Californians tend to try to stay in state. When you have the amazing UC system, Caltech and Stanford, and the Claremont colleges, leaving is a very difficult ask. Plus the weather rocks.

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Anonymous wrote:No dog in this fight, but Stanford is 36% Californian, which makes Pomona the least Californian college/university in the state.

I don't have the number of applicants/admits from California or other states to confirm, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that being from California probably hurts one's admissions chances to Pomona. All LACs want geographic diversity, and I'd wager that Pomona gets a disproportionate number of applications from California.

Californians tend to try to stay in state. When you have the amazing UC system, Caltech and Stanford, and the Claremont colleges, leaving is a very difficult ask. Plus the weather rocks.

plus California is over twice the area of the six New England states combined…driving a couple hours and crossing three states isn’t a thing there.

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Anonymous wrote:No dog in this fight, but Stanford is 36% Californian, which makes Pomona the least Californian college/university in the state.

I don't have the number of applicants/admits from California or other states to confirm, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that being from California probably hurts one's admissions chances to Pomona. All LACs want geographic diversity, and I'd wager that Pomona gets a disproportionate number of applications from California.

Californians tend to try to stay in state. When you have the amazing UC system, Caltech and Stanford, and the Claremont colleges, leaving is a very difficult ask. Plus the weather rocks.

Good points. Also, if you don’t go to school in CA, there aren’t many top schools remotely close to CA so you are going a long way.

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Pomona a great school, but give me Amherst or Williams for my kiddo any day of the week. Then Pomona, Carleton, and rest of Nescac.

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Anonymous wrote:WASP-B data on MCPS applications/admits/attending from the most recent cycle.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/10/mcps-students-college/

Amherst, 52 /4 /4 7.7% acceptance rate

Bowdoin 47/ 10/ 7 21% acceptance rate

Pomona 34 / 2/ 1 5.8% acceptance rate

Swarthmore 64/ 10/ 5 15.6% acceptance rate

Williams 54 / 5/ 2 9% acceptance rate


Swarthmore is the most popular application, Pomona the least. Amherst and Bowdoin have the highest yield.

In terms of strategy, Bowdoin then Swarthmore are the way to go. PAW very tough admits, keeping in mind that AW stats definitely include recruited athletes as well.

Why does Pomona take so few

Because it is a great school?

Pomona seems to prioritize California in admissions.
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pomona-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Amherst doesn't reflect any one large regional percentage in the same way. Though its second highest percentage of students is from CA!
https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

Are we in silly school? Amherst is more home-state concentrated:

Percentage of US population from California 12%
At Pomona: 33% (less than 3x)

Percentage of U.S. population from Massachusetts: 2%
At Amherst: 11% (more than 5x) https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/amherst-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

What’s your point, exactly? No other slac has 34% from their home state.

Virtually every other slac in California (like oxy/other Claremonts) do but ok.

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Anonymous wrote:No dog in this fight, but Stanford is 36% Californian, which makes Pomona the least Californian college/university in the state.

I don't have the number of applicants/admits from California or other states to confirm, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that being from California probably hurts one's admissions chances to Pomona. All LACs want geographic diversity, and I'd wager that Pomona gets a disproportionate number of applications from California.

Californians tend to try to stay in state. When you have the amazing UC system, Caltech and Stanford, and the Claremont colleges, leaving is a very difficult ask. Plus the weather rocks.

Good points. Also, if you don’t go to school in CA, there aren’t many top schools remotely close to CA so you are going a long way.

You are going to Boston or Providence. at least there's a direct flight.