<p>I'm looking into Pomona as a school worth applying to next year. It seems really prestigious, but I've read things on other sites that seem to say "bio majors keep clear". Is Pomona big on biology, or do the humanities get top billing there? I'm interested in environmental biology and MIGHT be applying to medical school after college.</p>
<p>Thanks
-AquaNerd</p>
<p>I found it surprising that most Pomona frosh intend on doing a science major - in the 2011 class profile, 37% list "Natural sciences & mathematics" as their intended major as opposed to 16% for "Humanities & Arts"</p>
<p>And they have pretty sweet bio buildings: <a href="http://www.biology.pomona.edu/facilities/index.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.biology.pomona.edu/facilities/index.shtml</a></p>
<p>When I told a Pomona student (bio major) that when you google Pomona College the college bills itself as "Private liberal-arts college with a focus on the arts, literature, and languages" she was really surprised, because of how many people she knew doing bio & other sciences.</p>
<p>Whoa. I just googled and you're right, Chikadee. While one can choose to study the arts, literature, and languages, the majority of Pomona students don't. Pomona's a fairly science-heavy school, actually. Which is not to say that other depts aren't strong, just that a large percentage of the school is science-oriented. </p>
<p>Aquanerd, the bio is strong. If you can visit, sit in on a class, or talk to a prof or current students.</p>
<p>Irene, '03</p>
<p>If you check out the common data set for Pomona, 2007, about 27% of graduates have majored in math or the sciences, a pretty typical number for a top ranked school. About 12% of them are in bio, certainly the largest group. Lots of freshmen in all colleges "retreat from the sciences" after a year or so. Pre-med numbers usually drop dramatically before or after organic chem rears its ugly head.</p>
<p>my friend is a biology (pre-med) major at Pomona, and from what little I've heard, the biology department is great and very reputable</p>
<p>I've heard nothing but good things about bio at Pomona</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your replies.</p>