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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're probably about equally good schools all things considered, but Pomona is the best college in Claremont, whereas Tufts is possibly at the bottom of the top 5 in Boston, depending on how you rank things. You're going to have more local bragging rights and a better experience overall at Pomona.[/quote]

More local bragging rights in Claremont CA.  I think that is one criteria no one cares about.

More importantly, very few people on the East coast outside of academia are familiar with Pomona or any of the Claremont schools. [/quote]
If you're going into a bio major, you will be going into graduate work in Biology.[/quote]

Not necessarily, op said med school on the table.  Opportunities for medical research in Boston are not matched by Claremont schools.[/quote]
If med school is on the table, I'd lean even closer to Pomona: https://magazine.pomona.edu/2024/spring/birds-of-a-feather-at-harvard-med/[/quote]

Based on 6 kids from 2018 that was apparently so aberrant it was worthy of an article? Ok then hard to beat that type of thinking.[/quote]
You could also look at data that shows Pomona well-ranked for med school outcomes, but I think it's nicer to see how the college actually helps students get to that point. If you're interested in data, it is surrounding you-I'd encourage a google search.[/quote]

I can google that Tufts has a medical school that last year accepted 44 of its own undergraduates.  Can also offer the anecdotal evidence that spouse trained at Mass General and Tufts undergrads are well represented at Harvard Med.[/quote]
Where is this link? I'm trying to show DS[/quote]
[I]whispers[/I] it doesn't exist, they lied.[/quote]

I didn’t lie, I saw it on a Tufts Med message board.  About 10 kids per year through the early assurance plan, which gets rid of the need to apply elsewhere, and more regular admission.

I will add that spouse is employed by an academic medical center with a T5 medical school and our child is doing undergrad at a different school with similarly ranked med school for this reason (not early assurance).  Most medical schools have a strong preference for their own students, particularly if they get involved with the medical school staff, and can get letters.[/quote]
Show it.[/quote]

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