Brown vs Pomona?

CranberryOrange
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:07:14 +0000

@nostalgicwisdom
I’m speaking from my personal experience, which is just as valid as yours.

For example, sure, it’s not the hardest thing in the world to get to LA, but compared to going to Boston from Brown, and doing things once you get there, LA looks difficult.

Sure, the 5Cs mean there are lots of people around, but it can be hard to meet people and hang out with people from the other colleges. Not that it’s impossible or even improbable, but there is zero barrier like that at Brown, so that is a difference.

There IS a sponsor group system set up. It doesn’t affect some people that much. My sponsor group was particularly tight-knit and were bothered when I didn’t want to hang out from them. Some people have no problem with their groups and meeting people outside their groups. I said that it felt like I had to hang out with them. Not that I actually did have to.

There are more mandatory check-ins at Pomona. You have to meet with your advisor more than you do at Brown. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

I strongly maintain the freshmen thing compared to other schools, but obviously there are freshmen who don’t feel isolated from other class years. But seeing what it’s like at Brown and talking to my other friends at other school, in comparison it seems more isolated at Pomona. You don’t have to let that affect you, of course. Sure, I ate all the time at the other dining halls, but it’s also true that Frank is majority freshmen.

Ok, I shouldn’t have said that you can’t get what you need without a car, but your life without a car is limited in a way that it’s not at Brown.

I didn’t say Brown was real life. I said it was in a bubble. Again, just my own feeling of this aspect when I compare the two schools.

Again, I’m not misinformed about Pomona. I just had a different experience. It’s true that it’s a great school that most people love.