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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Update: The college is in collapse. Recent filings found the president now makes $1.1 million per year, which is twice the rate of peer institutions. The CS department only has 8 faculty after 2 years of searching, Students are transferring out to legitamate liberal arts colleges and universities! Stay clear if you want 0 headaches.[/quote]
So dramatic. Who cares if the president makes good money? The school has a 3 billion endowment. 
How many students are transferring? Why can't they take up applied math majors and just study CS on the side?[/quote]
dp.. CS majors want to major in CS, not applied math with CS on the side.[/quote]
I'm sure they do, but if 80 of your peers are seeking to and the class size is 400...it's not unreasonable for the college to tell you no. Most CS majors study cs to get a job and the stuff you learn in a theoretical computer science curriculum is useless for that anyway.[/quote]
Right, which is why OP is saying t hat if you are interested in a CS degree don't go to Pomona.

BTW, a friend of mine went there eons ago, but they were prelaw.[/quote]
I think the issue is that the CS major is a lottery.  If it was a direct admit program, and they limited it, that's one thing (which many colleges do), but to make it a lottery when you are paying $80K+ seems like a waste of money if you are interested in CS.  Just apply to a neighboring college for CS direct admit .[/quote]

You should never attend a school that has any major as direct admit unless you are DA into that major.  Why pay for an education that forces you to pick a major that wasn't your top choice? 
That is something I will Never understand
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Pomona doesn't admit majors and students don't declare until second year [/quote]

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