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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a native Californian who came east for college, but Pomona was a top choice for many of my classmates in the highest 10% of our graduating class.  Even back in the day it was on par with Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore.  More recently, my 2 oldest kids, who graduated from high school in this area, had many friends who applied to Pomona and I know 3 kids who are there now and loving it.  It's increasingly a popular choice for east coast kids who are very strong admissions candidates -- and are savvy enough to appreciate that Pomona offers an excellent education with the added bennie of beautiful weather 365 days a year and a location within an easy drive to beach or skiing.

As for the comment that people in this area tend to favor large research universities, I'm not sure that's true, but people on this forum definitely skew that way.  My sense is that many posters are just not very knowledgeable about college admissions in general, so tend to be somewhat narrow-minded in their perceptions of what makes a school "good" or "worth it" -- hence the Ivy fixation (and I say this as the spouse of an Ivy grad and parent of 2 students currently attending another Ivy).       [/quote]

I'm basing my comments about people in this area on our recent experience. DD is currently at a New England LAC. The majority of her class (MD private) matriculated at large universities. I also find this to be true in discussions with people in our neighborhood and at work, but maybe that's just the company I keep.

I do agree with your comments about Pomona. A good friend transferred to Pomona from my seven sister school back in 1980. It was considered top notch then and still is today. And I do agree that it's a pretty hot school right now among the minority interested in LACs. [/quote]

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