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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To those ill-informed saying Pomona is more selective.  Check out the SAT test scores:

Hopkins enrolled: 1460 - 1580 (URM Diversity: 6% Black, 14% Latino)
ACT: 33-35

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/johns-hopkins-university

Pomona: 1330 - 1510 (URM Diversity: 9% Black, 16% Latino)
ACT: 30 - 34

Pomona acceptance rate is 8% versus JHU at 11% .  Pomona is also gaming the hell out of the system with Early Decision I and II to get whatever leftovers they can.

I'm a former Hopkins grad who has lived in Socal (Orange County).  Would not recommend Pomona at all.  If you're interested in grad school, don't sell yourself short - especially in STEM.  You will not as respected in engineering coming out of Pomona versus a top tier engineering school like Hopkins - period.  Humanities is a different matter.[/quote]
 
No way are those numbers accurate. Pomona's own data (https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/cds-2017-2018.pdf) says 1370-1530, which is almost the same as Stanford (1390-1540- https://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/pdf/stanford_cds_2017.pdf). JHU is definitely exaggerating their numbers or reporting admitted student numbers when they're supposed to report enrolled data, or they're taking anyone one and everyone with high testing to game rankings like Vanderbilt. Pomona is also far more socioeconomically diverse than JHU, with a higher chunk of first gen/low income students than them, hence lower testing. Unhooked applicant? You can bet that you need a 1500+ to get in, not a 1370, and that Pomona is more holistic about whom it takes.

JHU has an ED process too. They fill some 42-45% of their class with them, while Pomona fills around 50% through both. Hardly any different. If anything, Pomona needs ED more as a total percent of the pool given their small size and need to fill athletic teams. Separating out regular decision yields only, Pomona is at 37% while JHU is at 30%.

Sorry to break it to you, but yes Pomona is more competitive. Accepting anyone with high testing on a whim doesn't make you more selective, or do you want to say JHU is more selective than Stanford also?[/quote]

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