<p>One need only take a look at the courses offered for CMC econ majors and Pomona econ majors (or at least the courses that are actually taken) to see that while Pomona students are usually shuffled into more mainstream theoretical courses, CMC students seem to have a lot of finance/accounting possibilities.</p>
<p>The “easy” part comes from people’s accounts of a variety of courses they have taken there. Just because something is not hard does not mean that it is not useful. Learning to type on a keyboard in third grade was not my most difficult class, but it was probably the most useful.</p>
<p>My personal recommendation is Pomona. But I am biased–both as a Pomona student as an an academic.</p>
<p>atillazehun gives a fairly accurate description of what many Pomona kids think of the other colleges. </p>
<p>It is also an indicator of why the other colleges do not like a lot of Pomona kids. atillazehun epitomizes the Pomona stereotype. People from the other colleges generally view Pomona kids as stuck up and pretentious. Though this is clearly not true for all Pomona students, people like atillazehun tend to create that stereotype. (Harvard: The Pomona of the East T-shirts)</p>
<p>From an economics perspective, CMC also offers a lot of mainstream theoretical economics courses in addition to finance/accounting classes. I guarantee you they are not “easy classes”. Many classes curve to a B- or lower average. And no, CMC classes are not like high school all over again.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, there is no better intellectual experience than CMC’s PPE program. The philosophy professor for CMC’s program, who used to work for Pomona’s, will tell you the same. There is the question of whether you will get in, and the program is somewhat selective, but it’s worth a shot, and if you don’t make it, CMC offers a number of other fantastic intellectual opportunities.</p>
<p>More broadly, the view offered by atilla is a something of a caricature of the two schools. Pomona does offer a slightly more academic experience compared to CMC’s more “real-world” focused approach, but it’s not like you can’t get preparation for the real world at Pomona, or learn for the sake of learning at CMC. The primary difference, as someone pointed out, is in the social atmosphere of each school. CMC’s a lot more laid back, particularly about alcohol. But again, if you went to Pomona and wanted to party, you could certainly find people to do it with, and if you went to CMC and didn’t, the opportunity would again be open.</p>
<p>To conclude: you could have a fantastic educational experience at either school, but CMC’s basketball team is better.</p>
<p>This isn’t really the place for this, but since we’re here, who both had the best record in the conference AND won the tournament? That’s right.</p>
<p>although the PPE program at CMC sounds ahhmazzzzinngg i ended up not applying cause i most likely would have chosen Pomona over CMC if i got into both. (now i’ll just be torn between UCLA and Pomona :P)</p>
<p>does anyone know when pomona releases transfer decisions?</p>