Decision input: UChicago vs. Swarthmore vs. Pomona

craisins4lyfe
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:41:23 +0000

The thread title pretty much explains it. This is going to be an incredibly tough decision, and I need all the help I can get. I hope it’s not excessive or obnoxious that I’ve posted this thread in all three forums; I’m interested in getting some balanced or at least equally biased input from various sources. Some useful information:

Prospective majors: Mathematics and Physics (but uncertain…also interested in Music, Philosophy, Art History, and Swat’s Interpretation Theory minor)

I’m from a small college town (town’s putting it strongly…village?) in upstate New York, so I know how miserable such an atmosphere can be. I was initially looking almost exclusively at urban universities [I EDed at Columbia (deferred --> rejected)], but Swarthmore’s campus is beautiful and Philadelphia is, I hear, relatively accessible. I do love Chicago though, and the West Coast.

As is probably apparent from my college list finalists, I expect to work hard in college. If anyone has some unique insight into these colleges’ social and academic atmospheres, especially compared to one another, I’d really appreciate your advice.

I’m sure there’s some info that might be useful that I’ve neglected to include…just ask. Thanks for your advice.