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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would choose based on where I think I’d be after graduation. Pomona is very well known in the west coast, while Amherst is better known on the east coast. Other than that, [b]I’d choose by climate. For me, it would be Pomona, hands down.[/b] [/quote]

As someone who is LA, keep in mind that the inland empire (where Pomona is) is not Santa Monica. It is very, very hot especially from Aug-Oct and air quality is very poor due to smog, fires, etc. So that is not a better climate for all people. My kid would take Amherst climate (we live on east coast now) over Pomona any day of the week.[/quote]

But your kid is looking to try something new just like a northeast kid wants to do the same. This goes back to the those of us saying that if this geographic detail is a key factor in school choice - kids won’t be applying to both .

Note - there are plenty of us that understand exactly where Pomona is… there are reasons for a student to still like the school and location despite the fact that doesn’t register on ‘it’ locations among the wealthy in CA. [/quote]

As my post said, we live on the east coast now (I just grew up in LA). So, no, he isn't looking for something new. And I was using Santa Monica as a point of comparison not because it's an "it" part of LA, but to talk about the climate. The weather on the west side of LA--Santa Monica, Westwood (UCLA), etc. -- is basically beautiful all year. But the inland empire does not have "perfect weather"; it's VERY hot at certain times of the year and the air quality is poor. I think the Pomona schools are lovely and would be fully supportive if my kid was interested. But it's not an LA school, nor is it a suburb of LA (LA doesn't really have "suburbs" the way other cities do). It's the inland empire -- about an hour from LA with no traffic so, in reality, much further. I mean, would you say Athens, GA is a "suburb" of Atlanta? [/quote]

Claremont is 35 miles from downtown LA and is considered part of greater LA economically and geographically

Athens is over 70 miles from Atlanta is is not considered part of greater Atlanta on either dimension.

Again - I don't see anyone here "educating" people who want to ask about UGA and how it is not part of Atlanta or how rural it is compared to Atlanta etc.

It's an odd obsession that some LA people have about Claremont and all kinds of weird assumptions on why a student would go there.  When we went on tours, we knew people who went to a slew of schools in greater LA. I remember one who loved USC and couldn't fathom the Claremont schools, while another felt the exact opposite. Then there is the USC - UCLA divide....and the lovers of Pepperdine vs UCSB. California is just part of the equation and there are kids who genuinely love each of these schools and some who strongly prefer by location too. Again - such a very strange obsession.[/quote]

DP.  There is a poster who replies to all of these threads who always talks about the Inland Empire.  Yes, we get it - you don’t like Claremont and the industrial areas around it.  Me neither.  My kid likes Claremont and likes going up to the enormous national national forest that’s right next to the 5Cs.  My kid isn’t a big fan of LA, so proximity to the city isn’t a negative.  YMMV. 
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