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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pomona is very well known and respected here in our area in Southern CA. I think it's an amazing school, although DC didn't apply and is headed to the East Coast.

I will say - everyone always talks about how impossible it is to get into Pomona but our high school has an admit or two each year. This year two. And we're not at a particularly fancy school. A pretty good, well-regarded public school in So Cal. Is it not as hard as it seems? We have a fair number of students headed to Ivy and Top 20 schools. [/quote]
It’s much easier in California, because they target students from California. It’s a long term plan for the college now that international dollars are drying up[/quote]
Please back up your claim with actual data.

Here's a verifiable fact: Pomona has the fewest percentage of Californian students of any college in California, including Stanford. My theory is that Pomona (and other California schools) receives a disproportionate number of apps from Californian students who, shocker, want to stay in California. I'd wager that that it's actually a disadvantage to apply to Pomona from California because Pomona works hard to maintain geographical balance. I'd also bet that the belief that Pomona favors Californian is pure copium from entitled DMV residents who don't fully grasp how competitive colleges admissions are these days.[/quote]

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