Pomona vs. Ivy/Stanford

Xargon42
Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:28:32 +0000

I got accepted to Pomona and Stanford as well. I’m still deciding, but I think I’m leaning towards Stanford. I think you should go to Pomona if that was your gut. in terms of grad school admissions, pomona is very highly regarded and I think they have a near 100% acceptance rate to med schools. ( meaning nearly ever premed that applies gets into at least one med school. the national average is around 40%). I’ve heard that the academics at Pomona are great because you have excellent interaction with professors, but Ive also heard that the classes aren’t that difficult. Just so you know, the reasons I am leaning towards Stanford are a) I did feel at home at Stanford. b) I love the bay area, and I realy dont like SoCal that much. c) I want a bigger school than just 1500 people, or around 5000 if you count all 5Cs. d) the divisions 1 athletics are a lot of fun and I wont be able to get that anywhere else. Hope this helped :)