| Years ago my brother turned down Yale for Swarthmore. Everyone thought he was crazy to turn his back on an Ivy, but he loved Swarthmore and never looked back. It was at that time that he first mentioned Pomona, saying what a great school he had heard it to be, calling it "a laid-back Swarthmore."
A few years ago, when it came time for my kids to apply to college, they looked at Yale but didn't like it, they checked out Swarthmore but felt it wasn't for them, and instead applied to Pomona, where they are both happy as clams.
My opinion, for what it's worth: Pomona is a fabulous, fabulous school, and a very caring place, offering top-notch, personalized academics in a spectacularly beautiful setting. |