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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To turn down an Ivy, there must be a compelling reason.  Pomona has a great reputation, but it lacks name recognition. [/quote]

A question for you. Would you say the same thing for other LACs like Williams and Amherst, which are arguably more well-known on the east coast than Pomona but still unknown overall? That you need a compelling reason to turn them down over an Ivy? My impression has always been that the top LACs rank slightly higher than the lower-ranked Ivies in terms of undergraduate experience, thanks to their considerably large endowment per students and exclusive undergraduate focus. Forbes, which measures based on outcomes and student success, shows this too, as Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst, and Pomona rank above Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, and Cornell. While Dartmouth has always been a LAC like Ivy, they've been shrugging that down to come across as a top university- and not very well: http://www.dartblog.com/data/2017/04/013199.php The LACs have always been undergraduate committed. [/quote]

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