Perspectives of a Freshman

EndOfTheWorld
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:26:26 +0000

I’m a current freshman at Pomona College and would love to answer any questions you have about the school. My perspective may be different from others because I’m a low income, first generation minority student, but I think it may be important at a school as tiny as Pomona.

We don’t really have stereotypes here. There’s such a wide variety of people here, who beyond being incredibly smart aren’t similar anyway else. That being said, there are definitely racial and class struggles that play out just as they would everywhere else. When you read reviews online, these distinctions aren’t as apparent, and you are not really able to distinguish how a school functions for a subset of its population.

However, do take my perspectives with a grain of salt. Pomona is all about the fit, and that fit extends to independent identity more than anything else. I encourage other current students to defy, support, and ultimately give dimension to my own perspectives.