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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both great schools in very different settings. I don’t think there is any real similarity on the “5 college consortium” front. That’s a very loose consortium in the case of Amherst. Pomona and the other four Claremont consortium colleges border each other and kids are always on the others’ campuses for parties, or on the way to town, or for classes. There is a lot of cross-enrollment.

It’s also extremely difficult to get into Pomona from around here as an unhooked student. Your odds of acceptance are much lower than the already low acceptance rate would suggest. At Amherst, a significant portion of the students are athletes. This is not true a Pomona, though Pomona-Pitzer has some excellent teams. [/quote]

Doesn't this make Amherst a harder admit since both schools have single digit acceptance rates but nearly double of Amherst students are recruited athletes? [/quote]
Not all the Amherst athletes are recruited.

In terms of ease of admissions from here, check out the most recent totals from Bethesda magazine for the HS class of 2022: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

From the Bethesda-area schools they list, 55 students applied to Pomona and 4 were accepted. 96 applied to Amherst and 17 were accepted.  Perhaps private schools or public schools outside of Bethesda have better luck with Pomona admissions, but I know a reasonable number of very impressive students who have applied over the last decade or so, and none were accepted. My kids’ school has better luck with Amherst. [/quote]

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