Which is more difficult to get into?

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@Vissanik

Stanford is much harder to get into due to its higher prestiege and superior academic programs (stanford has no weak department, only excellent ones). Also, this is not biased, I have numbers backing me up, look at the acceptance rates for each school and how many people apply to each (this year Stanford had 24k+ applicants, much more than Pomona).

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<p>While it’s true that Stanford is an excellent school, I don’t think that really addresses the OP’s question. Pomona is also very strong, and offers a lot of things Stanford doesn’t (small, Claremont college system).</p>

<p>True Stanford has a lower acceptance rate, but as I explained earlier that acceptance rate COULD be a bit skewed. It is possible that the average Pomona applicant would have a 20% acceptance rate at Stanford because they are on average stronger. While the data doesn’t prove this, it does suggest that SAT scores and GPA are roughly comparable. In that way, it might be almost as hard to get into Pomona as Stanford because Stanford’s acceptance rate is deflated by the number of non-competitive applicants.</p>

<p>Also, using your logic, Arizona State University (20K applicants) is just as prestigious as Stanford, and much more prestigious than Pomona.</p>

<p>I agree that Stanford is generally more difficult to get into, but Pomona is by no means a cake-walk, and is harder than you might think.</p>