Pomona v Tufts

[Anonymous]

The amount of trolling by the Pomona booster on this thread make Pomona seem insufferable.

Both are fine schools in very different parts of the country. Pick the one that is more convenient for your DC. You can't go wrong!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The amount of trolling by the Pomona booster on this thread make Pomona seem insufferable.

Both are fine schools in very different parts of the country. Pick the one that is more convenient for your DC. You can't go wrong!

You're trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The amount of trolling by the Pomona booster on this thread make Pomona seem insufferable.

Both are fine schools in very different parts of the country. Pick the one that is more convenient for your DC. You can't go wrong!

I honestly believe one of them is an employee based on comments made in another thread.

[Anonymous]

Id go for Pomona, but it would be nice to have Boston-area research if Tufts is well-plugged into that universe (I’m not sure, you’d need to research)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of trolling by the Pomona booster on this thread make Pomona seem insufferable.

Both are fine schools in very different parts of the country. Pick the one that is more convenient for your DC. You can't go wrong!

I honestly believe one of them is an employee based on comments made in another thread.

The most recent comments on Pomona have all been negative…?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Student admitted to several schools but after recent RD admissions to these two accompanied by generous financial aid packages, they have risen to the top. For sake of discussion, both will allow student to graduate debt free. Student is male, high stats (4.0 uw, 10+ APs, 1580) URM from a public option in DC. Intends to pursue biology on a research not necessarily pre-med track. Has not been to Pomona but the school has offered to fly him out for admitted students event. Benefits of the 5CC are attractive obviously but being on the west coast is not ideal. Research opportunities (at least for now) may be more abundant at Tufts. However unlikely, curious to hear from others who considered both schools.

Tufts.

Pomona might be a somewhat better school, but the Boston area is a lot of fun, and the odds of dealing with a wildfire or other big natural disaster are much lower in the Boston area.

[Anonymous]

Pomona for research. Tufts for medicine.

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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.

I didn’t lie, I saw it on a Tufts Med message board. About 10 kids per year through the early assurance plan, which gets rid of the need to apply elsewhere, and more regular admission.

I will add that spouse is employed by an academic medical center with a T5 medical school and our child is doing undergrad at a different school with similarly ranked med school for this reason (not early assurance). Most medical schools have a strong preference for their own students, particularly if they get involved with the medical school staff, and can get letters.

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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.

I didn’t lie, I saw it on a Tufts Med message board. About 10 kids per year through the early assurance plan, which gets rid of the need to apply elsewhere, and more regular admission.

I will add that spouse is employed by an academic medical center with a T5 medical school and our child is doing undergrad at a different school with similarly ranked med school for this reason (not early assurance). Most medical schools have a strong preference for their own students, particularly if they get involved with the medical school staff, and can get letters.

Show it.

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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.

I didn’t lie, I saw it on a Tufts Med message board. About 10 kids per year through the early assurance plan, which gets rid of the need to apply elsewhere, and more regular admission.

I will add that spouse is employed by an academic medical center with a T5 medical school and our child is doing undergrad at a different school with similarly ranked med school for this reason (not early assurance). Most medical schools have a strong preference for their own students, particularly if they get involved with the medical school staff, and can get letters.

Show it.

It’s kind of baffling the lengths people are going to make anyone posting something positive about Pomona as a crazy booster when this hasn’t even been answered and the tufts people are just talking around the school without data. Very strange behavior.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Pomona is significantly superior to Tufts. They aren’t even in the same league. The admitted student profiles show this.

[Anonymous]

Congrats on great choices! Pomona is a small liberal arts college with very little name recognition on the East Coast. I think it depends on your kid's lifestyle choice and where your kid wants to settle after graduation... also think about logistics if you want them to come home for holidays and breaks -
Flight to west coast plus hour+ drive to campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats on great choices! Pomona is a small liberal arts college with very little name recognition on the East Coast. I think it depends on your kid's lifestyle choice and where your kid wants to settle after graduation... also think about logistics if you want them to come home for holidays and breaks -
Flight to west coast plus hour+ drive to campus.

People say this but a decent chunk of their students are from the east coast- especially New York and Boston- and those students stay on the east coast. Does bob in Framingham know Pomona? No, but he also doesn’t know Williams or Colby, so bob’s opinion doesn’t really matter. You also don’t need to be on the east coast for a research career.

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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.

Pomona is significantly superior to Tufts. They aren’t even in the same league. The admitted student profiles show this.

Except they admitted the same kid, which is why this thread exists.

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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.

Pomona is significantly superior to Tufts. They aren’t even in the same league. The admitted student profiles show this.

Except they admitted the same kid, which is why this thread exists.

To be fair, a Harvard admit would also get into Oklahoma state, but I agree with your broader point.