<p>Pomona has excellent academics and an excellent reputation. It’s small enough to get to know your professors and large enough (with the 5-college consortium) to give you a huge variety of people and class offerings. </p>
<p>IMO, it basically comes down to whether you want easy access to the hustle and bustle of a large city, or not. Pomona is geographically more isolated but you can get to mountains (winter skiing) and beach both within an hour (actually, the mountains are closer). There are many interesting things to do on campus at Pomona but if you crave a city, go to U Penn.</p>