<p>do you think CMC is almost equal to Pomona in terms of academically qualified students, seeing as Pomona's acceptance went from 18% to 16%, while CMC went from 22% to 16%? What do you see this to mean?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that acceptance rate is not an endall be-all indicator of selectivity. </p>
<p>For example:
Cal-Poly San-Luis Obispo had an even lower acceptance rate, around 13%.</p>
<p>It says nothing about the applicant pool, only the percent of which deemed worthy of admission. </p>
<p>Needless to say though, CMC and Pomona are both excellent schools, with highly qualified students.</p>
<p>CMC had a big jump in applications, which explains the huge drop in admit rate, as they can't take anymore students than they always have.
I think more kids are starting to apply to two or more campuses at Claremont, increasing their chances of getting into one. Pitzer's apps were up as well.</p>
<p>I work in Pomona Admissions as an intern, and it's a pretty open secret that CMC uses rather fuzzy logic to calculate their acceptance rate. Nothing, of course, against CMC, but that's the truth.</p>
<p>How could you possibly use "fuzzy logic" to determine admission rate? They publish the number of applicants and the number of applicants accepted. It's a simple matter of division. . . </p>
<p>And brassmonkey, where are you getting this info about cal poly? I just did a quick google search and it looks like it's more around 30%. I do agree though that admission rate is not always the best indicator of selectivity-- much less educational quality.</p>
<p>I would bet that Pomona still has slightly higher average SATs, but then Pomona does put more of an emphasis on SATs in the admissions process, whereas CMC puts more of an emphasis on extracurriculars. So I guess it depends on how you define "academically qualified."</p>
<p>"Pomona does put more of an emphasis on SATs in the admissions process, whereas CMC puts more of an emphasis on extracurriculars."</p>
<p>Can you substantiate this claim?</p>
<p>You're right, I shouldn't have stated that like a fact-- it's more just my impression. </p>
<p>As a volunteer in CMC's admissions department, I have heard from the admissions officers that CMC puts more of an emphasis than most schools on leadership, extracurriculars, etc. They actually make that pretty clear in info sessions and admissions brochures. It's a matter of looking for students who will fit into the school. Obviously I don't really have first hand knowledge of Pomona admissions, but I imagine that because the school doesn't have the same emphasis on leadership, they would emphasize that less and perhaps care a little more about test scores. </p>
<p>More than anything though, my original reason for posting was that I just don't really think there is any truth to that "fuzzy logic" claim about admission rate from PsykkSpy4rmChina.</p>
<p>CMC received 4,140 applications for the Class of 2011 and offered admission to 670 students (Early Decision plus Regular Decision plus Deferred students). The simple math shows that 16.2% was CMC's acceptance rate for this year. I don't see what's "fuzzy" about that at all.</p>