<p>Invisibleorange, trust me whoever you talked to at Pomona doesn’t have the slightest idea of what they’re talking about. Sure, the schools are different, but believe me CMC is much more than a drinking school or an economics/govt school. There are many great majors at the school. The Psychology, English Lit, Philosophy, Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Languages, International Relations, History and the Joint Sciences program are all first-rate. The PPE (politics,philosophy and economics) is an interdisciplinary tutorial-style Oxford-type program, which I don’t think has been duplicated anywhere else in the USA. Yes, the kids at CMC are very social, probably more outgoing than the students at Pomona, and will party on the weekends (it is college), but they are also very smart (take their academic studies very seriously) and many of them volunteer in the community, participate in extracurricular activities like student govt, play sports, work at the research institutes and do internships all over the world. CMC is much more multi-dimensional than what some students at Pomona would have you believe. </p>
<p>My advice is go to the admittance day in April and and experience CMC with an open mind.
One thing you will see is that every student you will talk to will tell you how much they love the school. Believe me - it is not because of the alcohol. Also, I don’t believe going to CMC will give you a leg up in transferring to Pomona.</p>