<p>Can anyone tell me about what these schools are known for?? Daughter is trying to decide and parents are needing info!</p>
<p>Pomona
Whittier
La Sierra
Mills
Menlo</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I only know about Pomona and Whittier. Pomona is one of the top liberal art schools in the nation. It's in the suburbs of LA and comprised of a series of colleges (Claremont, Pitzer, Mckenna, etc.) some are harder to get into than others, but they're all considerably prestigious and challenging. Whitter is another liberal arts college but isn't very well known. A lot of people also commute there. I still hear good things, and it's also in the suburbs of LA.</p>
<p>I know I didn't provide much detail but I hope this helps.</p>
<p>I actually went to Menlo School (the high school that was once affiliated with the college, but we still share a cafeteria [divided but the same building] and athletic facilities) and it's like one up (maybe) from a comunity college. It's in Atherton, which is the richest zipcode in America, so if your daughter at any time would want to live off of campus it would be insanely expensive. It's really a pretty bad school. One girl I know who went to the local public school ended up there and she's miserable. If your daughter has any chance of getting into pomona she shouldn't waste her time or money on applying to Menlo. Again, the high school is amazing (one of the top in the state if not nation), but the college is a piece of crap.</p>
<p>Pomona is about 100 times harder to get into than the rest. Mills is an all female, rough, Bay Area, heavily lesbian liberal arts school. It's not too nice of a place to be unless you're an independent, feminist young lady.</p>
<p>I've lived in Silicon Valley for ## years and in the Bay Area all my life, and have never heard of anyone actually going to Menlo College. Most people here don't even know it exists. </p>
<p>The only reason why I know of Menlo School is because someone there and I were in Junior Statesman way back in the day. At $26k a year tuition, I've always thought of Menlo School as a place for spoiled rich kids. (my friend there was definitely an immature, brat whose daddy had deep pocket$)</p>
<p>Most Menlo school graduates end up at a UC, Ivy, U of Colorado (for those who plan to ski for four years) or private school like U$C or $tanford. Students who end up at a CSU are considered an academic and social failure! According to data on the school website, maybe 50 students have gone to CSUs during the last three years, while 400+ have entered UCs.</p>
<p>Sorry, but I hear absolutely nothing good about Menlo College, and that it is way overpriced for the education one receives. It's probably best not to even consider it, especially if you are out-of-state. It really is in the shadow of Stanford which is just 2-3 miles away.</p>
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Mills is an all female, rough, Bay Area, heavily lesbian liberal arts school.
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wow, that's a bit extreme, don't you think?
just like my jabs at menlo school.</p>
<p>dude, menlo school is not a spoiled rich kids school. Yes, you can get in if you have money, but you have to work hard to stay there. They don't baby those with money, and, infact kicked out Meg Witman's (CEO of eBay) son because he wasn't keeping up (socially more than academically--total jack ass). I went there all four years on scholarship, as did many people I know. The teachers are amazingly dedicated and great teachers (many with PhD's, also a lot who used to be professers at big schools), there is such a feeling of community there and I can honestly say that I was friends with almost every single person (with the exception of MAYBE 5 or 10) in my graduating class. I don't know how old you are, but it's changed a lot in the last 20 years.</p>
<p>Also, if you were to read the school's profile carefully, those numbers from the last few classes are only who GOT IN not how many actually went there. I would bet it's a ton fewer than 50 who went to CSU's, they were probably just their safety's. Likewise with only 130-ish kids per class, 400 is a huge overstatement for those in UC's</p>
<p>whittier college is a pretty small liberal arts college but it has a nice campus. there's not much to do in whittier or the surrounding suburbs though, and you'll need to car to travel to LA hotspots or orange county. parts of whittier can be a nice town though. richard nixon did his undergrad at whittier college btw. </p>
<p>pomona is one of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation. also a small place, but it's in a consortium with 4 (?) other colleges so you get a small campus feel but big campus resources. it's located in claremont, which like whittier, isn't really a college town either and doesn't have much to do. you'll need a car to get around. but pomona is well, known to be a strong liberal arts college and is a good feeder into graduate schools. </p>
<p>i haven't heard much about la sierra. i'm assuming it's the one located in riverside. if you're looking at southern california liberal arts colleges, perhaps take a look at redlands or occidental too, as well as the rest of the claremont colleges.</p>