Anonymous
04/15/2026 04:51
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Liberal arts colleges tend to do things off of luck/random, while universities do things off of merit/grades.
A bit of babbling here. What exactly are you trying to say? I'm sure that whatever it was is incorrect but let's start with a basic command of the English language. and go from there.
It’s okay to not argue if you’re just going to pretend you don’t understand what’s being said.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:32
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
The troll is working overtime today.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:31
Subject: Re:Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is this a common thing at other schools or limited to SLACs?
It's SLACs and certain public universities that have too many students wanting particular majors. But at public universities it ends up that it takes a student five years to graduate instead of four. At SLACs they just don't have the professors and the departments to handle what students actually want to study. Obviously, students should know that before applying. But some don't and are surprised.
The tiniest shred of evidence to back up your assertion would be appreciated. College catalogs and offering schedules are available for all.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:30
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Liberal arts colleges tend to do things off of luck/random, while universities do things off of merit/grades.
A bit of babbling here. What exactly are you trying to say? I'm sure that whatever it was is incorrect but let's start with a basic command of the English language. and go from there.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:26
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Liberal arts colleges tend to do things off of luck/random, while universities do things off of merit/grades.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 19:50
Subject: Re:Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Is this a common thing at other schools or limited to SLACs?
It's SLACs and certain public universities that have too many students wanting particular majors. But at public universities it ends up that it takes a student five years to graduate instead of four. At SLACs they just don't have the professors and the departments to handle what students actually want to study. Obviously, students should know that before applying. But some don't and are surprised.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 19:29
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Why can’t they just make it an application process so they can manage their numbers? People will understand better if it’s not a surprise. Lots of schools and majors that do that.
Ruins the whole point of a liberal arts college. Majors are designed to where you can start sophomore year.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 18:12
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Why can’t they just make it an application process so they can manage their numbers? People will understand better if it’s not a surprise. Lots of schools and majors that do that.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 18:10
Subject: Re:Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Guess that tanks my kid’s (already low) chances of getting off the Pomona waitlist. Their application essay and LOCI both went into detail how they wanted to pursue CogSci at Pomona.
They likely still can be accepted. Ours got off the waitlist during the height of the CS lottery. What might be of interest to your kid is whether they need Cogsci specifically for their goals.
How irresponsible of the institution. It seems obvious a school should accept for what it can offer.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 17:28
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Another day, another troll.
No need to overreact, people, unless your kid committed to Pomona with the genuine desire to major in cognitive science. Let's be honest: that's exactly none of you. It's one sub-major. And the same phenomenon is common in universities.
+1. There is at least one post every week with negative news about Pomona. Get a life, troll.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 17:22
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s sad that a school with this much money and resources still cannot afford to give its students the opportunity to major in whatever they want
You know that many universities have majors that are similarly impacted, right? And that many top LACs, Amherst and Bowdoin come to mind, don't even offer a cognitive science major? My guess is that you do know this, but facts and logic have no bearing on your bizarre crusade against this particular liberal arts college.
$96,000 is a lot to spend on lotteries
Anonymous
04/14/2026 17:14
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:It’s sad that a school with this much money and resources still cannot afford to give its students the opportunity to major in whatever they want
You know that many universities have majors that are similarly impacted, right? And that many top LACs, Amherst and Bowdoin come to mind, don't even offer a cognitive science major? My guess is that you do know this, but facts and logic have no bearing on your bizarre crusade against this particular liberal arts college.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 17:02
Subject: Another Pomona College Lottery
It’s sad that a school with this much money and resources still cannot afford to give its students the opportunity to major in whatever they want
Anonymous
04/14/2026 17:00
Subject: Re:Another Pomona College Lottery
Anonymous wrote:Guess that tanks my kid’s (already low) chances of getting off the Pomona waitlist. Their application essay and LOCI both went into detail how they wanted to pursue CogSci at Pomona.
They likely still can be accepted. Ours got off the waitlist during the height of the CS lottery. What might be of interest to your kid is whether they need Cogsci specifically for their goals.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 16:58
Subject: Re:Another Pomona College Lottery
Guess that tanks my kid’s (already low) chances of getting off the Pomona waitlist. Their application essay and LOCI both went into detail how they wanted to pursue CogSci at Pomona.