<p>A kid this year in my H.S. turned down Yale for Pomona. Bold decision. Yes. Bad one? That’s anyone’s call. But he is originally from SoCal and wants to live there again, and he thought the Pomona network would be advantageous to staying in the area. He also wanted a smaller school. So maybe not so crazy after all. </p>
<p>Believe it or not I had a couple people questioning why I chose Brown (a school I love and cannot wait to attend!) over Columbia (I cannot imagine going to a school without a core campus life). In the end they are equally strong in almost everything undergrad in my eyes, but the fit choice was clearly Brown for me. Had I gotten into Dartmouth, Stanford, or Princeton my choice would have been much harder.</p>