Pomona College vs Johns Hopkins

nostalgicwisdom
Wed, 30 May 2018 23:16:55 +0000

I saw the quora thread. One of the posters hasn’t even started at JHU yet (he’s Class of 2022). One of them has no experience with Pomona or the Johns Hopkins undergrad program. The other makes a completely absurd point, IMO that because it’s not Harvey Mudd, Pomona shouldn’t be considered. Never mind that someone with your broad interests would definitely fit in better at Pomona than Mudd (they don’t offer philosophy, linguistics, or cog sci).

You’re going to need to think about the information you’re getting and where it comes from. Quora is a prestige obsessed website with a international audience. This one values LACs more. All of us have our own biases. At the end of the day, it’s your decision and your life. If you’re going to be influenced on the whim by whatever anyone has to tell you, instead of thinking critically about what your own values are, you are going to regret the decision at some point.