Pomona
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Anonymous
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Just copied and pasted OPs question since no one seems to be remembering to answer it
How impossible is Pomona admission? I feel like people treat it as harder than HYPS. Is their ED better? Does DC count for geographic diversity? |
Anonymous
It's really tough. https://www.pomona.edu/about/profile-who-goes-pomona Acceptance rate for men was 9% and for women it was 6%. Overall 7.4%. Given what is reported above, it does not appear that being from DC gives anyone an advantage. There is no lack of representation. Of 416 enrolled freshmen, 11 are from Washington, DC, 20 are from Maryland, and 23 are from Virginia. What strikes me is that 19% are first gen. |
Anonymous
| I know one guy here in the DMV who went to CMC. Works on the Hill. Total tool. From an affluent west coast family. White. Arrogant AF. If that's diversity, no thanks. |
Anonymous
| And that is different from all the other tools that work on the Hill? |
Anonymous
You know a guy? Well that settles it, no one should go there because this guy knows a guy who is a "Total tool". I'll call Fiske and have them change their guidebook ASAP. |
Anonymous
This is devastating news. |
Anonymous
I think they make a real effort to admit/support first gen (which is great, but it doesn't make it any easier for UMC people around here to get in, esp when class size is smaller than most high schools) |
Anonymous
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Pomona was probably DC's 1st choice, but he also liked Amherst and Williams. Counselor said either Amherst or Williams were a better shot during ED than Pomona. In the last several years only kids from his school with a hook - athlete, URM, legacy - have gotten into Pomona. So DC applied ED elsewhere and got in.
The Clairemont Colleges are great. We spent 2 days there touring them and DC would've applied to both Pomona and CMC RD given the chance. |
Anonymous
Most top schools seem to be quite diverse these days. That said, the percent white is perhaps misleading these days as there is a multi-race option and the decrease in white percentage may not have come from an increase is black and hispanic. It could be just due to an increase in Asian and other categories. |
Anonymous
It looks like the white folks should start advocating for sufficient diversity that the % white approaches % white in the general college age population. 
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Anonymous
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My white kid was accepted to Pomona. Don't blame affirmative action.
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Anonymous
Listen up! We’re talking about Pomona. |
Anonymous
If you say so. |
Anonymous
| Sorry your kid couldn’t get in. |
Anonymous
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I'm from Southern California. Every person I've met who attended the Claremont Colleges was brilliant in one manner or another.
It's a special place. I should have applied there, but I really wanted to get out of SoCal when I was 18. |