pomoniac

10 - It's one hour from snow, one hour from beach and one hour from Disneyland.
9 - You can take the train into LA if you don't have a car.
8 - Claremont looks and seems exactly like Williamstown, Hanover, and Cambridge. Okay, maybe not Cambridge.
7 - Balmy days, sultry nights, never any humidity whatsover, and no Lyme disease.
6 - You can wear flipflops every day for four years.
5 - 40% of the women at UCSB have STDs.
4 - Only 2 1/2 hours from UCSB.
3 - When you tell people that you go to Pomona (which at first they've never heard of) and when they look it up to see what a dweeb you are, it gives them a major YOINK to find out it's the #6 LAC, #2 in selectivity and #13 graduate feeder school, above Penn, Georgetown, UChicago, NW, Hopkins, Haverford and Bowdoin, and every other school they've been scheming to get into.
2 - The campus is beautiful, the students are smart, and the faculty and admins caring. . . .
and the number one reason is. . .
1 - It's in California, dolt!

Father of the Boarder

Like to see if more lists would be made.

Hard act to follow though.

bullwinkle

well, with all those with STDs at UCSB, you should be glad it's at least
2 1/2 hours away -lol

As far as the rankings, Pomona has more typically been 4th or 5th in US News and WrldRprt and for years the Princeton Review had the Sagehens as #1 as having the "happiest students".

Don't forget, besides Disneyland, your about an hour away from the Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theatre, Rose Bowl, Palm Springs and not too far from San Diego and Shamu.

arsenalsweep

who watches the angels??? Go M's!

cheerchickiemass

so why is pomona not even on the list anymore for happiest students? what caused its downfall?

odan

yeah, i thought it was on that too?

hereiam

dude. everyone knows pomona is a good school.

i dont think #3 applies as a reason.

alscharr

Unless they've really been looking at liberal arts colleges, few regular people around the Boston area know about Pomona.

Chocolateisgood

sounds like an awesome schoool

Irene

My top 10 reasons:

10. Snack. Every night at 10:30 the dining hall opens for an hour and everyone takes a study break for cake, tea, soda, nachos, etc.

9.Location, location, location.

8. Campus is prettier than any ivy I've seen (which granted is not all of them).

7. Classes are small enough that you get to know your professors as people... one of mine once told us that she won 2nd prize in the Women's Division of the National Hollering Contest, and then she demonstrated.

6. The administration treats you like royalty. Death by Chocolate Party, Snow Day, Ski and Beach Day....

5. 5-college consortium gives you a million opportunities.

4. As the Princeton Review says, the school really does "run like butter." When you venture out into the wide wide world after college, you will come to truly appreciate this.

3. AMAZING academics

2. AMAZING academics (sorry, they're so amazing they take up two slots)

1. The smart and personable people you will meet there and love for the rest of your life. This really is the best thing about it.

Irene, '03

brassmonkey

+ Fernando Lozano

chopsticks3092

Haha, amen to that, brassmonkey!

Little Mother

Addendum to #7 on Irene's list: you really do get to know your profs. D was asked by one of her professors to be his RA.

brassmonkey

I think Little Mother means TA

Little Mother

Nope--research assistant.