Wesleyan vs. Pomona, Again

staranise
Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:04:59 +0000

I know that this thread has happened before, but I’d be curious to hear any new perspectives on the matter.

Any students who have visited both or familiar with both (especially if they’re attending one or the other) want to speak to the differences they perceived? Any students know people at both schools and think they can compare and contrast their experiences? Obviously this is a very flawed method of comparing the two schools, but I don’t know when I can visit Pomona, and as stated in my last thread, I’m all of the sudden having a bit of the indecisive bug about staying on EDII with Wes.

Obvious differences I can think of: weather, endowment figures (and thus quality of housing/internship funding opps./student life in general?, suburban LA area vs. rural CT, larger Environmental Science–a potential major interest on my part–at Pomona, better film at Wes, more of an “East Coast” vibe at Wes and more of laid-back, “West Coast” vibe at Pomona)

I’m from CA (and love CA and want to live here after graduating), interested in Pre-Med, Science Tech and Society (Pomona) or Science in Society (Wes), Psych, Environmental Studies/Analysis, Religion (sp. Buddhism), Psycholgoy