Anonymous
09/04/2025 14:19
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:for me Williams and Pomona are tops. Amherst feels a little dusty.
Keep pushing that Pomona thing little girl. Maybe someday dreams will come true.
I think their "dream" has already come true as the most competitive LAC with one of the highest yields around...
I don't think most normal people see any real difference between Williams and Pomona, other than real academic distinguishes (tutorials and consortium).
Pomona, Williams and 8 other SLACs are indistinguishable academically, especially in terms of student profiles which are basically the same as the T15. There are experience differences among all of the schools in this group of schools and they are what kids should be considering when making decisions.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 14:11
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obviously a troll post, as any serious analysis of this question would of course begin with Bucknell at the top of the prestige list.
Also, there is simply no way a couple with 4 Ivy League degrees between them would not have long since already formed strong opinions on this matter.
Fee, fi, fo, fum I smell the blood of state school strivers on D-C-U-M!
DP.
My wife and I are also double barreled Ivy and the while we have friends that went to SLACs, we know very little about them.
We are both the children of immigrants if you wanted a reason for our ignorance.
Neither of us have noticed an perceivable advantage of one over SLAC over the other and when it comes to global recognition... quantity has a quality all its own.
Places like Cornell have outsized international reputation because they have so many graduates that have convinced the rest of the world that Cornell is the "STEM Ivy"
Harvard law has a much better reputation than either Yale or Stanford because there are once again, so many graduates around the world telling everyone how good it is.
OK, but do you think America cares what the rest of the world thinks? It has the luxury of not having to. Do you think UK citizens care what the rest of the world thinks about its unis? Any deviation from what they think is characterized as ignorance.
Do you realize that Yale is considered the top law school by those in the know? True prestige, for better or worse, is what people from that country think is the most prestigious. The rest is ignorance.
Yes, I think highly qualified americans care about international reputation these days.
I think brits care about their international reputation of their schools. The brits have always cared about their international footprint.
For example a lot of people, including many people on this board have been thinking about sending their high stat kids to oxbridge, it's a thing now.
I am well aware of yale's reputation and frankly it's not what it used to be. I don't think picking yale over harvard is as automatic as you might think.
+! When you think of ex-pats, they have british accents.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 14:10
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Wait, Pomona also has a pipeline to the Street?
No.
Pomona is no Bucknell.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 14:08
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Cause Pomona isn’t a big IB school- you’re not in the industry where you’d see many Pomona alumni. Students go into med school, law school, grad school, tech, and they tend to be based in New York or the west coast.
If you haven’t heard of Claremont McKenna and you’re in IB, though, you’re probably just old lol.
yeah mid 50s - just giving my opinion - guess a conclusion can be that this is not a school to be looking at if you are targeting IB
It's no Bucknell but on the west coast it is pretty big name. There are in fact financial centers on the west coast now. It's not the 1980s anymore.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 14:06
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obviously a troll post, as any serious analysis of this question would of course begin with Bucknell at the top of the prestige list.
Also, there is simply no way a couple with 4 Ivy League degrees between them would not have long since already formed strong opinions on this matter.
Fee, fi, fo, fum I smell the blood of state school strivers on D-C-U-M!
DP.
My wife and I are also double barreled Ivy and the while we have friends that went to SLACs, we know very little about them.
We are both the children of immigrants if you wanted a reason for our ignorance.
Neither of us have noticed an perceivable advantage of one over SLAC over the other and when it comes to global recognition... quantity has a quality all its own.
Places like Cornell have outsized international reputation because they have so many graduates that have convinced the rest of the world that Cornell is the "STEM Ivy"
Harvard law has a much better reputation than either Yale or Stanford because there are once again, so many graduates around the world telling everyone how good it is.
OK, but do you think America cares what the rest of the world thinks? It has the luxury of not having to. Do you think UK citizens care what the rest of the world thinks about its unis? Any deviation from what they think is characterized as ignorance.
Do you realize that Yale is considered the top law school by those in the know? True prestige, for better or worse, is what people from that country think is the most prestigious. The rest is ignorance.
Yes, I think highly qualified americans care about international reputation these days.
I think brits care about their international reputation of their schools. The brits have always cared about their international footprint.
For example a lot of people, including many people on this board have been thinking about sending their high stat kids to oxbridge, it's a thing now.
I am well aware of yale's reputation and frankly it's not what it used to be. I don't think picking yale over harvard is as automatic as you might think.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 13:42
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
If you've never heard of Pomona, I don't know what to tell you.
Pretty much everyone I know has at least heard of williams, amherst, swarthmore and pomona.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 13:11
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Dude, don’t be proud of your ignorance.
I’m not, and I’m sure Pomona has a strong brand and reputation in Ohio or wherever it’s located
Dude, don’t be defensive.
I’m just embarrassed by my ignorance that I’ve never heard of Pomona in my 30+ year career as a hiring manager at JPM and GS.. Obviously this struck a nerve with you but my intent was not to trigger you my guy
Seems weird you haven’t.
ahhh the “weird” poster has surfaced - been a while old friend!
No just a person who doesn’t have time to give you soliloquies about a liberal arts college. It’s pretty well known, being a top lac -take it or leave it.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 13:05
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Wait, Pomona also has a pipeline to the Street?
Anonymous
09/04/2025 13:02
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Dude, don’t be proud of your ignorance.
I’m not, and I’m sure Pomona has a strong brand and reputation in Ohio or wherever it’s located
Dude, don’t be defensive.
I’m just embarrassed by my ignorance that I’ve never heard of Pomona in my 30+ year career as a hiring manager at JPM and GS.. Obviously this struck a nerve with you but my intent was not to trigger you my guy
Seems weird you haven’t.
ahhh the “weird” poster has surfaced - been a while old friend!
Anonymous
09/04/2025 13:01
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Dude, don’t be proud of your ignorance.
I’m not, and I’m sure Pomona has a strong brand and reputation in Ohio or wherever it’s located
Dude, don’t be defensive.
I’m just embarrassed by my ignorance that I’ve never heard of Pomona in my 30+ year career as a hiring manager at JPM and GS.. Obviously this struck a nerve with you but my intent was not to trigger you my guy
Seems weird you haven’t.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 12:57
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Pomona is the Bucknell of the West Coast!
Anonymous
09/04/2025 12:55
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Dude, don’t be proud of your ignorance.
I’m not, and I’m sure Pomona has a strong brand and reputation in Ohio or wherever it’s located
Dude, don’t be defensive.
I’m just embarrassed by my ignorance that I’ve never heard of Pomona in my 30+ year career as a hiring manager at JPM and GS.. Obviously this struck a nerve with you but my intent was not to trigger you my guy
Anonymous
09/04/2025 12:54
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Cause Pomona isn’t a big IB school- you’re not in the industry where you’d see many Pomona alumni. Students go into med school, law school, grad school, tech, and they tend to be based in New York or the west coast.
If you haven’t heard of Claremont McKenna and you’re in IB, though, you’re probably just old lol.
yeah mid 50s - just giving my opinion - guess a conclusion can be that this is not a school to be looking at if you are targeting IB
It isn’t, and I don’t think most Pomona parents would recommend an intensely IB focused student to Pomona. It has a much more academic/tech vibe, than the Econ focus you’ll see in New England lacs. It’s closer to Swarthmore than Williams.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 12:51
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Cause Pomona isn’t a big IB school- you’re not in the industry where you’d see many Pomona alumni. Students go into med school, law school, grad school, tech, and they tend to be based in New York or the west coast.
If you haven’t heard of Claremont McKenna and you’re in IB, though, you’re probably just old lol.
yeah mid 50s - just giving my opinion - guess a conclusion can be that this is not a school to be looking at if you are targeting IB
I think you are revealing more about your personal background than you want to, as most people from a certain strata are not so ignorant. But didn’t you get the message? IB is dusty; Silicon Valley is not.
Anonymous
09/04/2025 12:48
Subject: LAC prestige analysis and reputation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:everyone commenting seems to have connectivity to one of the schools they are blindly touting - honestly I never heard of Pomona before DCUM, and I’m a long time MD at an IB that recruits at top schools- and now read this forum because I have a kid going through athletic recruiting. I agree the only schools I’ve ever really thought were comparable to ivies were Amherst and Williams. Don’t know Bowdoin Pomona Carleton from a hole in the wall- and I’m one of the guys making personnel decisions when we evaluate talent
Dude, don’t be proud of your ignorance.
I’m not, and I’m sure Pomona has a strong brand and reputation in Ohio or wherever it’s located
Dude, don’t be defensive.