<p>I was just in LA a week ago and I visited both schools and was really blown away. I felt they were both equally amazing and I'd like to know what some of the pros and cons are of each school. Also, I already know what I'd like to major in, I love economics and I've been watching CNBC since seventh grade, so what school would provide better education in economics? Thanks!</p>
<p>economics is better at CMC. it specializes in govt and econ.</p>
<p>in general academically the difference is that CMC concentrates on practical applications of education. CMC sends a lot of people on to business school who are econ majors, pomona sends a lot on to get PhD's in econ. Do you want to work in business or in academia? which academic focus do you prefer?</p>
<p>also, the two are very different socially, but you would really have to stay overnight to understand that.</p>
<p>At least at this point I don't really have an interest in academia, I'd really like to be out their on Wall Street but that may change. Are both schools pretty tolerant of opposing political ideologies? I identify as a right of center moderate and so I've been sort of scared out of applying to Columbia, Stanford, and Berkeley because I'd like to be in an environment where political diversity is appreciated just as much as racial or religious diversity.</p>
<p>I was forced to make the same decision about CMC or Pomona. Send me a message if you want more detailed information. I've only been on campus for a few weeks now so I can't speak to CMC's economics department. I know it's what they're known for but that doesn't mean it's better than Pomona's economics department. It's just that Pomona is more well-rounded school in general. I can attest to the fact that the campus life at the two schools is very different. CMC is more of a party school than Pomona, there's really no question about that. According to CMC's viewbook their campus is split pretty evenly between conservatives and liberals. Pomona is much more liberal although there are certainly conservative students here as well.</p>
<p>As far as getting a job on Wall Street.... I'm guessing more people from CMC end up going to Wall St. but if a Pomona student wanted to go that course I don't think they would have a harder time than a CMC student. It's just that more CMC students want to make that their career.</p>
<p>Speaking of diversity, how is CMC for the LGBT population? Tolerant or not?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Zoomers, there is a LGBT community at CMC, though it's probably not as big as Pomona. (This part of CMC's 5C stereotype is true--at least from my perspective--people at CMC tend to be a bit more homogeneous/traditionally preppy than our friends across the street.) </p>
<p>That said, I took courses on gay and lesbian literature, etc. hosted at CMC, which attracted students from the other 5 colleges. </p>
<p>The Queer Resource Center is 5C.</p>
<p>Realized my last post didn't really answer your question. You asked: CMC--Tolerant or not? Answer: Tolerant, accepting, all that good stuff...</p>
<p>I think tolerance of school, as opposed to student body is a different question. I remember Advocate published rankings of gay friendly schools, and USC was one of the top ones, yet the student population tends to be less gay friendly than the school/administration may be.</p>
<p>I ended up getting into CMC and Pomona, and have chosen to go to Pomona. When I visited, I liked both campuses and colleges, but I ended up going with the more recognised and academically stronger school. I want to Major in Econ and Pol Sci, but I learnt I could take pretty much all my classes at CMC anyway. The only advantage CMC has over Pomona is the Aethenaem.</p>
<p>To put it in perspective I turned down Berkeley, Duke, Columbia and Princeton for Pomona.</p>
<p>“The only advantage CMC has over Pomona is the Aethenaem.”</p>
<p>I think that oversimplifies things a bit…but, to each his or her own.</p>
<p>I went to CMC. I’m very low-income, politically minded and very liberal. While I have a few pomona friends who I love dearly, I generally was able to relate better to CMC rich republicans than your average Pomona student. A lot of the kids who were doing humanities at pomona w/$ were, hrm…“genteel.” They had an easy grace and relaxed mood that came from never having wto worry about things growing up and the knowledge that their trust fund/inheritance would be waiting for them when they got out, even if they got a degree in critical race and media studies. The CMC Republicans either were nice paleocons who had a sense of noblesse oblige with their wealth or were libertarians who didn’t apologize for being loaded and were happy to argue politics, philosophy or other topics. In contrast, the liberal pomona people tended to share a general liberal piete and a vague sense of guilt about being rich that was only overshadowded by the discomfort and awkwardness of dealing with poor people. I’m sure i’m more sensitive/aware of this than the people I interacted with, but that was my general experience from 4 years of being there.</p>
<p>The kids who were more engaged at Pomona tended to have lots of friendships across the 5Cs- the college dems/republicans were spread out across all of the five colleges, but generally run by kids from cmc, pomona and scripps. Pitzer had lots of activity, but it tended to be a service culture that was oriented on fixing local issues and working with community organizations.</p>
<p>Economics is more popular at CMC, but equally strong at both schools. If you are lucky enough to make the choice between them (both are extremely difficult to gain acceptance to) you have to go with what fits you.</p>