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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]During room draw this past week for fall 2026 housing, students at Pomona College have reported trading and bidding for housing selection times — including thousand-dollar bids and internship offers.

The essay is here: https://tsl.news/pomona-students-report-buying-and-trading-room-draw-times-due-to-housing-crisis/[/quote]

What a horrible experience and source of stress!

Side note: we visited the 5Cs in March (to visit after being admitted) and it was 97 degrees and it felt so, so hot. I didn't realize SoCal got that hot so early. Most dorms don't have AC and the ones  in the 5Cs that just added room AC units (e.g., CMC), the students told us they didn't work well.[/quote]
At night it drops to 60°. Understand that this has been true for decades. You think people on The west coast aren’t smart enough for AC?[/quote]

I grew up in a Los Angeles suburb and now moved back to California but this time on the coast. Only poor people in that area don't have air conditioning because it gets unbearably hot even as early as March. On March 17th in Pomona the high was 96° and the low was 64°.  At 5 pm it was 91 degrees. I would be furious paying that much money. [/quote]
Are fans not allowed in the school?[/quote]

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