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<p>I’m sitting here scratching my head about this whole fricken thread. I went back and reread everything I wrote. I didn’t write a single word that wasn’t full of praise for Pomona, CMC, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford. I didn’t even recommend that the poster consider Swarthmore over any of the other fine colleges on her list. </p>
<p>I did my best to explain the differences I see between Pomona and Swarthmore (nearly identical schools, IMO…flip a coin). I did my best to explain the difference between the significant difference between the Claremont Consortium and the Tri-Co consortium. I did my best to explain the difference between an excellent specialty school (CMC) and an excellent full-service LAC (Pomona). And, when somebody suggested that her daughter could have gotten as good an education at Pomona as at Swarthmore, I agreed…pointing out that the two colleges are in the top three LACs in the country in financial resources.</p>
<p>Frankly, I’m a little PO’d that I’ve got people jumpin’ down my throat when I’ve gone out of my way to be fair and balanced ON A SWARTHMORE specific forum. I probably should have just written something mindless like “Swat rocks” and left it at that.</p>