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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain how Claremont McKenna is so high and Pomona is so low? Are they really that different? I’ve read the whole thread and the methodology - and as a Colgate alum I’m happy with my college’s placement - but I still think this list is weird.[/quote]

These schools are extremely different. Pomona is modelled as a West Coast Dartmouth.  It produces a high percentage that go on to do PhDs.  CMC has preparing for the professions in the mission statement.  The school frames the experience so the kids are focused on going for MBB/finance.  The school does an amazing job of framing the experience around that objective.  Many successful entrepreneurs value this, so the student body tends to be well connected, and the school incorporates this into its network as much as alums.  Ultimately, the outcomes are amazing & the CMC network appreciates this, in turn setting records for SLAC fundraisings for the entire country (over $1bn raised in last fund raising drive).

So if your methodology is ROI, it goes to CMC.  If it’s PhD, you then it goes to Pomona. 
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Pomona scores very low on salary impact compared to CMC…however, salary impact only looks at kids getting jobs.  There are no points detracted for kids that go to grad school.

This implies Pomona grads take very different jobs vs CMC grads.[/quote]

Pomona has very academic kids.  CMC has business and finance kids.   Dartmouth is like those two schools put together.[/quote]

What does that mean from a job perspective?  Pomona kids that go into the workforce take jobs at NPOs or where?[/quote]

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