<p>I honestly feel that based on your needs/wants for the future Claremont might suit you better that is, if you wanna go do the MBA thing. I can bet there will be a lot more kids at claremont wanting to get their MBA than at Swarthmore. </p>
<p>However if you want a school similar to swarthmore and be in cali, look at Pomona college, which is right next to claremont mc kenna. Don’t go off of rankings, because the difference between swarthmore and claremont is NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH to assume that if you go to one over the other, you’ll have better chances. If you look at student reviews like those on <strong><em>.com (</em></strong>) you’ll see how claremont is so different than swarthmore in student body. one person notes how they’re known be the school to “kill for an internship and beer”(or something like that)</p>
<p>btw i’m pretty sure because of its reputation there are a ton of companies that come to recruit at claremont specifically because of their econ. princeton review even ranks it as i think top 5 in job placement.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re concerned about internships and job prospects, you may want to look at USC’s business or econ major. yes they are no small LAC, but I can bet they get as much attention from major companies simply because of the trojan network, and having a top MBA program in so cal, i think even more so than claremont and swarthmore combined.</p>