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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pomona has impressive outcomes for the top students and mediocre outcomes for the lower tier students who coast by and don't take it seriously. The school has massive grade inflation and a significant number of their enrolled students are diversity tokens that are not competitive overall (no testing submitted, poor AP scores, etc). These are students who get rejected from mid-tier UCs like Irvine and Santa Barbara but somehow into Pomona. Not to mention a significant number of Questbridge and Posse students who don't have the level of preparation that their smartest students do, both in academics and for career prospects. So overall, Pomona outcomes are very lopsided and dependent on the student.

Everyone at CMC does well in terms of outcomes. The school openly looks for people who are ambitious and determined. It's a preprofessional school and almost everyone talks about preparing for the job market all throughout. Amazing internship programs, 9 research institutes, numerous consulting and finance oriented clubs, and applied classes make their students extremely qualified.

I would strongly recommend CMC. With the rankings shift toward outcomes, CMC is tied or above Pomona in virtually every ranking now. CMC is the one that is looking to take the liberal arts colleges to the future. Pomona will be left behind. [/quote]

This is such an insanely biased comment. Half of the men at CMC are athletic recruits and few submit SAT scores. (You can look up the number of male students playing varsity sports vs how many actual students are there, and then look up the rosters of the indiv sports to see that CMC fields 80-90% of the Mudd-Scripps-CMC joint sports teams. The women's teams do have Scripps contributing as it's an all female school. Mudd is primarily student vs. athlete.) CMC males are hardly the academic best and brightest like Pomona. They are primarily Econ bros and Govt bros who want to go into finance or consulting.

Pomona is a bastion of learning in contrast. The students are very bright, like Mudd. They also are collaborative and civic-minded and curious about many topics, not just making money.

Notice the difference in tours. CMC trains (and pays) their tour guides to deliver a script with pre-approved talking points. Pomona guides are not restricted from saying anything that's not authentic and it's ok for them to share downsides, at CMC they are not allowed to say anything wrong with the school. They are very scripted and polished.

I live in CA and have a lot of intel, and experience, close friends and family who go to or are alums at or who taught at the 5Cs.[/quote]

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