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Pomona College - Basic Information

Claremont, CA

Total undergrad enrollment: 1,550

Ranked #6 in 2011 Best Liberal Arts Colleges (US News)

50% male/50% female

Application deadline: Jan. 2

Early decision deadline: Nov. 15

Application fee: $65

Acceptance rate: 16.1%

Admissions interview: recommended

Range SAT Critical Reading: 690-760
Range SAT Math: 680-760
Range SAT Writing: 680-760
Range ACT Composite: 29-34

Required standardized tests: either SAT or ACT

SAT subject tests: required for applicants who submit the ACT only

Tuition and fees: $38,394

Room and board: $12,936

5% in fraternities, 0% in sororities

Most popular majors: economics, English language and literature, environmental science, mathematics, and neuroscience

Average freshman retention rate: 97.8%

NCAA III

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

Pomona College - CONS

• Almost all dorms don't have air conditioning
• No merit/athletic awards
• Not much to do in Claremont, things are pretty expensive