<p>After researching CMC, I decided to apply. It has a social life I can enjoy, a good balance in political ideologies, a great gov/econ program with limitless opportunities, and the econ program seems to somewhat lean fiscally conservative. At least that's how I feel. Correct me if I am wrong. </p>
<p>What I'm worried about is that CMC is pre-professional and a lot more business oriented in econ. Is this true? </p>
<p>Can any1 give me more insight about econ and claremont overall?</p>
<p>Also can some1 compare it to Pomona in terms of econ/gov. Apparently Pomona focuses more on the theoretical aspect while Claremont is focused more on real world examples. Is this also true?</p>
<p>CMC requires three social science courses outside of your major. I believe most students choose economics, government, international relations, or psychology. When I visited CMC, I got a chance to sit in a microeconomics class. The professor was awesome and he explained the concepts well. However, a student did not do his homework and the professor got very mad and refused to accept late assignments.
Everyone is pretty happy at CMC. People are friendly, helpful, and welcoming. Even though the campus is small, there are plenty of activities on campus such as the Ath and it is easy to have access to other resources at the other 5Cs.
Pomona does focus more on the theoretical and CMC focuses on the practical/real-world applications. Someone explained to me that if you study econ at Pomona, you’ll probably get a masters degree in it after you graduate. On the other hand, if you earn your econ degree at CMC, you’re more likely to go into the professional field. I am not sure about government but CMC students are very politically informed.
I hope this is helpful and somewhat accurate. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Ahh I see. Yea it helped clarify the difference somewhat in terms of the econ. I’m a little worried about the pre-professional but I might just consider applying to both places.</p>
<p>a lot of people apply to both colleges so go for it! I think CMC prepares their students well before graduation. There are plenty research and internship opportunities if you attend. I’ll probably major in econ if I get accepted.
Now you just have to choose which one you would apply ED to or just apply RD to both haha</p>
<p>Just to throw in something I’ve heard because I’ve had similar concerns. CMC students who want to are still accepted into top PhD programs just like Pomona students still enter the private workforce. The culture of the economics program at either school won’t limit you in any way although they each have their own focuses.</p>
<p>Is it true that CMC is more fiscally conservative in terms of the econ major?</p>
<p>I’ve heard that the economics professors at CMC are fiscally conservative but I don’t know if they are significantly more fiscally conservative or liberal than any other school. Economics tends to be a subject where a many of those in academia are fiscally conservative compared to other subjects but I don’t know comparisons within the level of fiscal conservatism within specific programs other than UChicago or GMU which are very fiscally conservative.</p>