<p>Yeah but Arcardia, Pomona beat’s Midd on things I would consider good measures of a school:
+Counselor
+Retention
+Graduation
+Class Size
+Student:Faculty
+Student Selectivity
+Acceptance Rate
+Top 10%</p>
<p>They’re almost tied or tied in some other good factors:
+Full Time Faculty
+Peer Assessment</p>
<p>Middlebury does better on some things:
+Alumni giving
+Financial Resources (Important, but Pomona is hurt more by the SoCal location cost of living. It could very well be 1 but the magnitude is not what’s important to USNews)
+Faculty Resources (See above)</p>
<p>Even if you exclude my commentary above Pomona seems to do better overall, with the big difference being alumni giving which…in all respect, is pretty useless.</p>
<p>It’s alright though. Pomona is number 4 after all. No need to complain.</p>