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[quote=Anonymous]DC is at Pomona and seems pretty happy. DC picked Pomona over a couple Ivies and other WASPs because of the location, consortium, and laidback vibe. The 5C consortium really expands the social and academic offerings, but no one is going to get the rah-rah big school feel at the 5C consortium. Pomona is very social, but it is not a party school at all. CMC and, oddly, Mudd seem to offer the most parties. The general vibe at Pomona is intellectual, nerdy, laidback, and social. Students seems to study very hard, but I haven't gotten the sense that there is a real stress culture. Grading seems mildly inflated, which I'm sure helps. Like other LACs I'm sure, the profs seem to go out of their way to help students academically and professionally with things like internships. The location is great IMO. The fire and heat last year sucked for a couple weeks though. During DC's first year, DC went to LA 1-2 times a month via train or in a friend's car. DC also made trips to the beach a few times, Yosemite, Arizona, and Utah (Zion, etc.). DC now has a car, which helps a lot. As far as I can tell, DC has a rich life on the weekends, but studies pretty hard midweek and before midterms/finals. DC likes but doesn't seem to love Claremont Village. I, on the other hand, thinks it's great. I like it a lot more than the other WASP and T10 LAC towns and am looking forward to Parents Weekend in a couple days.

DC didn't apply to Amherst, but it's obviously a stellar school. So this isn't meant to be a comparison at all. In my mind, each WASP school offers something different for each student. Picking one of these schools over others based on vague notions of prestige and general quality seems ridiculous to me, but you do you and whatnot. And I'd add Bowdoin, Wellesley, Carleton, CMC, and Mudd to this general grouping as well.  [/quote]

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