Pomona College Top Questions

One of these, among Pomona's sister colleges, is that we are arrogant because Pomona was the first school founded of the five colleges. Additionally, there is the stereotype of intellectuals that are constantly sun-bathing, and Pomona students are thought to be generally non-competitive and laid back.

Smart, laid-back, well-rounded, friendly, a tad-conceited, love the Bay Area, Portland and Seattle but don't like LA, passionate about learning but aren't insanely intensive about academics

That we're very elitist and arrogant, we think we're the best students ever, we're very liberal and a little hippie-ish, we're wealthy and upperclass.

There are t-shirts made on campus each year mocking all of the five schools in the Claremont consortium. Year after year, the pomona t-shirt says: "we aren't pretentious, we're just better than you". There's quite a bit of rivalry in the consortium, and we get painted as the snooty academics who think we're smarter than everyone else.

Brainy, introverted, arrogant

Cons: Academically snobby and overly liberal. Pomona takes political correctness past a healthy and beneficial point. Pros: Laid back, non-competitive atmosphere. Students enjoy critical thinking over rote memorization.

happy, laid-back, cooperative learning environment, better then CMC students

Around the five campuses Pomona students are sometimes considered the brains. Two stereotypes I have created myself that I struggle with are the Pomona has a relatively homogenous student body, sometimes discouragingly so.

People, especially at the other 5 colleges, think Pomona students are stuck up.

At least among the Claremont Colleges, the Pomona stereotype is that our students are pretentious and conceited.