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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, I misread. The NYTimes data is from 2013 students- I thought it was from 2002. I don't know why the discrepancy exists, because Pomona's IPEDs report says something else. There are other metrics as well, like Pell Grant percent: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/10/23/pell-grant-shares-at-top-ranked-colleges-a-sortable-chart/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.49f6b54a915e

Pomona- 22%
Scripps- 8%
Harvey Mudd- 11%
Claremont McKenna- 13%
Pitzer- 13%

There's also this other socieconomic access metric from NY Times, in which only three private schools rank in the top 10, including Pomona- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/25/sunday-review/opinion-pell-table.html

So the point really is that I don't think the demographics of Pomona's student body really match the sort of elitism it gets attributed to- it definitely has the biggest chunk of low income students of the colleges and I believe first-gen students as well. As mentioned, I did QuestBridge, which partners with 40 top schools, and Pomona is known for having one of the strongest chapters and communities for low-income students. [/quote]

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