Is Pomona College right for me?

sdkb01
Sat, 17 Oct 2015 21:19:26 +0000

Pomona is a good fit for a lot of people, but looking at what you’ve written, @levygvbby, I’d encourage you to look elsewhere. Pomona’s administration is trying to make us look like a more preprofessional place in their branding, but that’s mostly a reaction to the fact that, historically, we’ve been one of the least preprofessional colleges in the country, and many students want us to stay that way. The liberal arts mentality here is about learning for the sake of learning, not for the sake of getting a high-status, high-paying job. We don’t offer degrees in anesthesiology, environmental engineering (or any engineering, for that matter), marketing, business management, or business in general.

CMC is much more preprofessional (along with a number of other traits), so consider there. Also places like UPenn.