<p>This is late, obviously, but I’d like to point out that john’s information is not completely true. Yes, there is enmity, but most of the time it is playful (like in sports), and it very rarely gets serious. Acting like you would spend all your time at CMC trying to be as good as Pomona simply isn’t true. The majority of students are reasonable and mature about it. </p>
<p>CMC is an incredible school on its own. You absolutely can take science classes at Pomona as a CMC student, and Pomona students absolutely can take classes at CMC - I took a class at CMC last semester. Resources are shared to a certain extent. Small departments like Arabic or Art are pooled into one or two colleges, for example. At the same time, the schools are very much separated into their own “stand-alone” LACs. For the record- Pomona students can take a third of their classes at the other schools, which is plenty. I don’t know where you got your “rarely allowed to take classes at other schools” info. The only other restriction is that you can’t major in something at another school. CMC does not even have that restriction. As a student, you can integrate yourself into the other campuses as much or as little as you like.</p>