Pomona College Top Questions

yes pretty much, though there are a lot of people who break away from the Pomona campus and venture up north to the some of the other campuses

To some extent it's true... but mostly because there is nothing to unite the student body except academic performance. There are tons of stereotypes within the school (jocks, hippies, theater people), but the only thing Pomona students seem to have in common is work ethic and intelligence.

Yes.

Pomona students are smart and their attitudes can sometimes come off as elitist. Also Pomona is the biggest school in the consortium, which means that many Pomona students only hang out with people at Pomona. However, most Pomona students are pretty laid back and get along with people from all the five colleges.

In terms of pomona as an institution, it does like to think that it's the best- and puts a lot of effort and money into selling itself (as most liberal arts schools of this type). As a stereotype though, it's not undeserved, since pomona is a very high ranking school (whatever that means). As far as students go though- while there are people of all types, generally I don't get a pretentious vibe from them- especially compared to other top-tier schools I visited on the east coast.

Only about 1/3 of the students, possibly less, are from California, and we party all. the. time. Any night you want to go out, there's something. The beauty of the Claremont Colleges is that you get the academic benefits of a smaller school but a social scene of 5,000 undergrads. Pomona is somewhat PC, but not in an obnoxious way, and generally students aren't just politically correct for correctness's sake. It's a way of caring about each other and showing that we care about the world. The PC aspect of the school tends to lead to marches, fundraisers, and grassroots campaigns.

A while back, a group made shirts for Pomona students that said, "We're not elitist, we're just better than you." That pretty much sums up the general sentiment.

About the School: Everything is true. The teachers are phenomenal 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the time. People on the tour sometimes say that you will go out to lunch with the profs because you get so close to them, but I find that to be largely inaccurate. Maybe by senior year you are comfortable enough with one professor to grab a bite, but it isn't a common. The faculty definitely has a liberal bias (which I notice as one of the only conservatives on campus), but it doesn't detract from the lessons they give. Pomona Students: Most of the stereotypes are true. Everybody here is smart as hell. You need a 3.75 just to get in the top 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the grade for any given semester. However, there isn't much competition for grades, everyone just works hard and doesn't brag about. I don't really like that kind of atmosphere being an east coast kid, but it is not that hard to adjust to. I have found the women to be more than acceptable. Just looking at it from a probability standpoint, the average Pomona students is in the top 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the country in terms of intlegence and lets say 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of people are really attractive. The odds of being both attractive are therefore minimal at best and it shows in the student body, I'd say that for the 250 women in my class about 5 would be deemed super attractive. I can't say what it is for guys, but considering how beautiful I am, it is probably higher. ;)

They are actually pretty accurate, though the competitive aspect is still here, and obviously each individual is different.

Generally yes...