Saturday, December 18, 2010

Pomona College - PROS

Academics
  • Students are able to cross register and utilize resources of the other four Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps)
  • Opportunities to do research
  • Students can spend a semester at Colby or Swarthmore, pursue a 3-2 engineering plan with the California Institute of Technology, or spend a semester in Washington, D.C., working for a congressperson
  • Study abroad - 24 countries (more than half of students study abroad)
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Program - opportunity to conduct funded research with a faculty member in their area of study
  • Ranked #3 best classroom experience
  • Student-faculty ratio - 7:1
  • 70% of classes have less than 20 people

Student Life
  • "Pomona is like Disneyland"
  • "It's nearly impossible not to be happy"
  • Students are friendly
  • Everyone is extremely active
  • With 4 other colleges share a tight social bond
  • Skiing, hiking, and surfing trips
  • Good food
  • Has well-established language dorm with wings for speakers of French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese, as well as language tables at lunch
  • Intramurals
  • Good athletic facilities
  • Good weather
  • Ranked #1 - school runs like butter
  • Ranked #14 - happiest students
  • Ranked #12 - dorms like palaces
  • Ranked #10 - best quality of life
  • 97% of students live on campus
  • More than 200 student organizations
  • Claremont: beautiful, convenient, safe
  • Healthy balance between work and play

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