Pomona vs Barnard

juillet
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:04:15 +0000

They’re both great schools, and you can’t really go wrong with either.

The two most obvious differences: 1) Barnard is a women’s college; Pomona is co-ed; and 2) Barnard is affiliated with a large research university (Columbia); Pomona is in the Claremont Consortium with mostly other small liberal arts colleges.

Although Barnard is affiliated with Columbia, it still has a strong identity as a women’s college. You can cross-register with Columbia, but many (most, depending on your major and your choices) of your courses will be women-only or mostly women. You’ll also most likely live in a women’s residence hall (although there are options for Barnard students to live at Columbia and vice versa). Going to college in New York will also feel different from being some distance away from Los Angeles. Barnard has its own career services, I believe, but you can also access the resources at Columbia as well - which as you can imagine are considerable.

Pomona and the Claremont Colleges are well-respected LACs that attract great recruiters and job prospects. I don’t think you’ll be lacking at either. Being in the Claremont Colleges means you’ll access the undergrad populations at Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, and Pitzer - and being five LACs means that there will be a particular kind of culture on campus that’ll be different from the Barnard-Columbia atmosphere. You’ll also have beautiful Southern California weather rather than New York weather, lol.