Pomona or Johns Hopkins

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Wasn't is Claremont McKenna that was caught cheating the USNews ranking game by fudging the stats? Figures. These people seem to have no morals.

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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.

You bitter, bro?

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn't is Claremont McKenna that was caught cheating the USNews ranking game by fudging the stats? Figures. These people seem to have no morals.

Creepy post.

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Anonymous wrote:They are both strong schools, but Pomona probably is more appealing. It has a reputation of being excellent for academics but also a supportive environment for undergrads. Johns Hopkins is a little more oriented to graduate programs, professional programs--even though it is an amazing university all around. Pomona also has better weather and the vibe of the colleges in that area are great.

Anonymous wrote:I'd pick Pomona for the better weather, reputation, location, fellow schools, happier students and overall feel.

I went to Harvey Mudd for undergrad and I disagree about the weather. This is only true in the sense that "it doesn't snow". The Claremont Colleges are in a horribly smoggy area. You're right near the freeway and it's basically like sucking on an exhaust pipe 365 days of the year. You are nowhere near the beach and you don't get any kind of ocean breeze.

That aside, Claremont Colleges have a more suburban feel versus the urban feel of Hopkins.

I frequent Claremont often and I've never seen any smog these days

Your use of the word “often” is superfluous.

You're right, but the point stands. That area is really not the smog covered area it once was. And there's been a surprising amount of development along with plans to build a light rail down to Pasadena/LA. That area is definitely going to be worth a ton in future years (Claremont already is, but the surrounding communities are developing as well).

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn't is Claremont McKenna that was caught cheating the USNews ranking game by fudging the stats? Figures. These people seem to have no morals.

Claremont McKenna is an entirely different institution with its own administration, admissions process, finances, student body, etc. In many ways, it's the exact opposite of Pomona (conservative, pre-professional, athletic, not diverse). It's like accusing MIT with things Harvard does simply because the two schools are near each other.

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Anonymous wrote:They are both strong schools, but Pomona probably is more appealing. It has a reputation of being excellent for academics but also a supportive environment for undergrads. Johns Hopkins is a little more oriented to graduate programs, professional programs--even though it is an amazing university all around. Pomona also has better weather and the vibe of the colleges in that area are great.

Anonymous wrote:I'd pick Pomona for the better weather, reputation, location, fellow schools, happier students and overall feel.

I went to Harvey Mudd for undergrad and I disagree about the weather. This is only true in the sense that "it doesn't snow". The Claremont Colleges are in a horribly smoggy area. You're right near the freeway and it's basically like sucking on an exhaust pipe 365 days of the year. You are nowhere near the beach and you don't get any kind of ocean breeze.

That aside, Claremont Colleges have a more suburban feel versus the urban feel of Hopkins.

I frequent Claremont often and I've never seen any smog these days

Your use of the word “often” is superfluous.

You're right, but the point stands. That area is really not the smog covered area it once was. And there's been a surprising amount of development along with plans to build a light rail down to Pasadena/LA. That area is definitely going to be worth a ton in future years (Claremont already is, but the surrounding communities are developing as well).

+1 - I live in Arcadia and go to Claremont a lot- I haven’t encountered smog.

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn't is Claremont McKenna that was caught cheating the USNews ranking game by fudging the stats? Figures. These people seem to have no morals.

Creepy post.

Creepy is the extent of Claremont's cheating to game the USNews system.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/12/local/la-me-adv-rankings-20120213

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Is there a prominent recreational drug use culture at the Claremont Colleges? I know all schools deal with this, but wondering if its even more prominent at the Claremont Colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:They are both strong schools, but Pomona probably is more appealing. It has a reputation of being excellent for academics but also a supportive environment for undergrads. Johns Hopkins is a little more oriented to graduate programs, professional programs--even though it is an amazing university all around. Pomona also has better weather and the vibe of the colleges in that area are great.

Anonymous wrote:I'd pick Pomona for the better weather, reputation, location, fellow schools, happier students and overall feel.

I went to Harvey Mudd for undergrad and I disagree about the weather. This is only true in the sense that "it doesn't snow". The Claremont Colleges are in a horribly smoggy area. You're right near the freeway and it's basically like sucking on an exhaust pipe 365 days of the year. You are nowhere near the beach and you don't get any kind of ocean breeze.

That aside, Claremont Colleges have a more suburban feel versus the urban feel of Hopkins.

I frequent Claremont often and I've never seen any smog these days

Your use of the word “often” is superfluous.

You're right, but the point stands. That area is really not the smog covered area it once was. And there's been a surprising amount of development along with plans to build a light rail down to Pasadena/LA. That area is definitely going to be worth a ton in future years (Claremont already is, but the surrounding communities are developing as well).

+1 - I live in Arcadia and go to Claremont a lot- I haven’t encountered smog.

I live in Anaheim, 15 miles south of Pomona. It's not well known except by the locals. I've heard of Cal Tech, Stanford, JHU, MIT, Amherst, Swarthmore, Vassar, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a prominent recreational drug use culture at the Claremont Colleges? I know all schools deal with this, but wondering if its even more prominent at the Claremont Colleges.

It's more noticeable than your average school but not so much that people who don't engage find themselves left out of the social scene or culture. Pitzer, Mudd, and CMC have the largest drug use, followed by Pomona. Scripps is pretty dry.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a prominent recreational drug use culture at the Claremont Colleges? I know all schools deal with this, but wondering if its even more prominent at the Claremont Colleges.

It's more noticeable than your average school but not so much that people who don't engage find themselves left out of the social scene or culture. Pitzer, Mudd, and CMC have the largest drug use, followed by Pomona. Scripps is pretty dry.

It's one same campus.

[Anonymous]

I think one issue that's left out is OP's finances. Once you consider the issue of fit, finances is very critical for most families. If one school is offering more aid than the other, this could be the determining factor. I don't think u can go wrong with either, even if the decision is made based on finances.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a prominent recreational drug use culture at the Claremont Colleges? I know all schools deal with this, but wondering if its even more prominent at the Claremont Colleges.

It's more noticeable than your average school but not so much that people who don't engage find themselves left out of the social scene or culture. Pitzer, Mudd, and CMC have the largest drug use, followed by Pomona. Scripps is pretty dry.

It's one same campus.

Yes, but there are visible divides between each school such that you know where you are once you're there. Scripps enforces a curfew later at night that none of the other colleges do.

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Anonymous wrote:They are both strong schools, but Pomona probably is more appealing. It has a reputation of being excellent for academics but also a supportive environment for undergrads. Johns Hopkins is a little more oriented to graduate programs, professional programs--even though it is an amazing university all around. Pomona also has better weather and the vibe of the colleges in that area are great.

Anonymous wrote:I'd pick Pomona for the better weather, reputation, location, fellow schools, happier students and overall feel.

I went to Harvey Mudd for undergrad and I disagree about the weather. This is only true in the sense that "it doesn't snow". The Claremont Colleges are in a horribly smoggy area. You're right near the freeway and it's basically like sucking on an exhaust pipe 365 days of the year. You are nowhere near the beach and you don't get any kind of ocean breeze.

That aside, Claremont Colleges have a more suburban feel versus the urban feel of Hopkins.

I frequent Claremont often and I've never seen any smog these days

Your use of the word “often” is superfluous.

You're right, but the point stands. That area is really not the smog covered area it once was. And there's been a surprising amount of development along with plans to build a light rail down to Pasadena/LA. That area is definitely going to be worth a ton in future years (Claremont already is, but the surrounding communities are developing as well).

+1 - I live in Arcadia and go to Claremont a lot- I haven’t encountered smog.

I live in Anaheim, 15 miles south of Pomona. It's not well known except by the locals. I've heard of Cal Tech, Stanford, JHU, MIT, Amherst, Swarthmore, Vassar, etc.

I live in DC and Pomona is regarded as one of the most elite schools in the country, definitely more than Vassar at least. I get the feeling that it isn't super well-regarded in most parts of SoCal given the presence of the much larger state school Cal Poly Pomona. Tell people here that you went to Pomona and they know it's the top LAC in California. Tell people there you went to Pomona and they would think you went to Cal Poly.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a prominent recreational drug use culture at the Claremont Colleges? I know all schools deal with this, but wondering if its even more prominent at the Claremont Colleges.

It's more noticeable than your average school but not so much that people who don't engage find themselves left out of the social scene or culture. Pitzer, Mudd, and CMC have the largest drug use, followed by Pomona. Scripps is pretty dry.

It's one same campus.

Yes, but there are visible divides between each school such that you know where you are once you're there. Scripps enforces a curfew later at night that none of the other colleges do.

The colleges attract different personalities too. Non-traditional hipster Pitzer sees a lot of LSD/marijuana use. Fratty CMC has a LOT of alcohol use. Mudd students drink a ton too. Pomona is about 50/50.