Pomona College Top Questions

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Maybe that they are pretentious, nerdy, or philosophical.

The worn-out and slightly true stereotype is elitism among Pomona students.

We're intelligent. We're dedicated and driven. We think we go to an Ivy League school. We believe we're elite or smarter than students from the other 4 Claremont colleges. We're not competitive with each other. We're either incredibly involved, perhaps even over-stretched, or apathetic. We're socially awkward. The school encourages student driven work and research and supports such endeavors financially and otherwise. We're more diverse--in many senses of the word--than many other small liberal art schools because we are need blind. We're happy and laid-back.

The stereotype of Pomona students is that they are elitists.

I don't know of too many....maybe that the students are very liberal, determined, smart, diverse (but still segregated).

Pretentious nerds.

When I meet somebody from another campus they always seem surprised and say, "Wow, you're so nice. They say Pomona students are kind of snobby." You might also get the sense that we say Pomona is better, the classes are more challenging, and it's just better than then other Claremont colleges.

Elitist?

We study too much. We are stuck up.