Pomona vs. Brown - Stuck, help!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I haven't been to either school, but have friends who have.</p>

<p>I think you need to reevaluate your idea that Pomona is small. With Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, Scripps, and two small graduate schools, it has over 5,000 students within a fifteen minute walk of each other. I also do not believe either will be easier academically -- well maybe Pomona slightly more challenging, but not enough to make a practical difference. </p>

<p>It sounds from your initial post that you find Brown students less genuine. How did you get that impression? Did you spend time on both campuses? If you got that feeling while on campus, I'm not sure much more needs to be evaluated... you simply feel more at home at Pomona. If not, you need to spend some time on campus and make a gut feeling evaluation. It's hard to explain what people are attracted to, and not really worth the effort of parsing that out... trust your gut.</p>

<p>Aside from those few possibly inaccurate impressions, it seems like Pomona (for whatever reason) feels better to you. Go with that gut feeling.</p>

<p>The students on both campuses are highly intelligent. You will be challenged in the classroom and out equally both places. Do you have any academic interests in which one of the other Claremont Consortium schools will play a role? Any engineering? Political Science? Any classes at the all female Scripps seem attractive to you?</p>

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<p>you must have had a an abberrant experience in that brown class. students there tend to be more engaged than anywhere else for the simple fact that everyone CHOSE to be there over literally thousands of other options</p>

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<p>It kinda sounds like you want to go to Pomona but are second guessing yourself...As for Pros for each school, you have some valid pros for pomona where as for Brown it seems like they are solely about prestige and name recognition.</p>

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<p>do you care about urban (Brown) or suburban (Pomona)? The city of Providence, RI has a lot to offer in comparison to the quaint town of Claremont. LA is 40 minutes away, but requires a car -- train goes there but its primarily a commuter train so it might not work for late night clubbing or concerts.</p>