URGENT!! Pomona vs Brown vs Gallatin(NYU)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Pomona College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I was accepted to Pomona, Brown, and Gallatin and having a very difficult time choosing. Here are my personal pros and cons. Please please help, I have about a week to decide!!!!!</p>

<p>NYU
Pros:
An Bryce Foundation: apart from full ride, mentorship from Mr. Walters. He has incredible connections (he is the president of United Health company/trust (?), the largest healthcare company in the world, and close friend with Obamas, etc. so he says he can provide just about any internships or job i want/need
-activities with other AnBryce scholars, like will go out to eatery month, spring break service project
-already made a few close friends there
-NYC has amazing opportunities for internships
-NYC/Manhattan
-exploration floors allow me to meet people and go out for cheaper
-the residence hall is a more close community
-really impressive (REALLY REALLY) freshman class….
-personal (well, shared with roommate) bathrooms
-can enroll half of my classes outside of Gallatin (Tich and stern especially)
-small school (Gallatin itself is about 1,200 underhgraduates)</p>

<p>Cons:
-can be Expensive to live (if I want to go out frequently)
-NYC can be hectic
-no main campus
-Gallatin (and NY in general) requires a very independent and motivated mindset
-kind of a big commitment…
-the weather can get bad
-HUUGE School (NYU TOTAL freshman=a lot of ppl!)
-uneven disbursement b/t guys and girls (many more girls)</p>

<p>Brown:
Pros:
-Third world center seems very supportive and allows me to move in early, before other students
-campus feel
-The admin where super friendly and supportive when I lost my ID and all my papers, they spent a good amount of time providing documentation so I could board the flight home, and one admissions director(friends with my teacher below) let me borrow $50
-My teacher went there, and she cried when I got accepted. I love this teacher. She typed up a detailed-2 page "To-do" while visiting Brown along with $80
-the open curriculum makes it fun and easy to take classes outside of my major (dance and acting and singing! :))
-fair disbursement between guys and girls
-It's an ivy, so well known among grad schools and employers</p>

<p>Cons:
-I did not really make any strong connections during TWW/ADOC (Brown's visiting days for admitted students)
-the weather
-bigger class (1,500 =estimate)</p>

<p>Pomona College:
Pros:
-I'm from San Jose, so getting my stuff there would be easier
-people are EXTREMELY friendly, and I already met a lot of nice people there :)
-5 Cs enrollment
-the beautiful weather
-the subsidized trips
-L.A. is just a train ride a way
-ski during day, surf afternoon
-liberal arts education
-fair disbursement between guys and girls</p>

<p>Cons:
-not many people seem to know about Pomona, or get confused with Cal Poly Pomona</p>

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<p>What are you looking for in a school? Based off of your list, I’d say Pomona would provide a great education and a great college experience for you, but I don’t know exactly what you’re looking for.</p>

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<p>Both NYU and Brown are in metropolitan areas although NYC is definitely a much larger city than Providence is. Are you looking for an experience that’s totally different from what you’ve had so far in terms of climate? If so, then either NYC will fit the bill. If you’re looking for a school where you’ll get to befriend lots of diverse folks and participate in a wide range of courses and activities without having to worry about fitting them into your schedule, then Pomona’s it. Plus, with the 5C’s, it becomes more like a small university. And transportation to and from school won’t cost as much.</p>

<p>Just eyeballing your list, Pomona has only one con and that argument is slowly dissipating due to more and more people learning about Pomona. As for the confusion with Cal Poly Pomona, that occurs mostly in California.</p>

<p>Good luck with your decision!</p>

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<p>With the opportunities you list, NYU seems a no brainer to me. Ordinarily I would think it has the weakest education of the three, but a student could wait five life times for the perks you listed.</p>

<p>My D went to school in NYC and kids adjust easily. Her BFF had an excellent experience at NYC. D was uptown so can’t speak directly to NYU. Kids have the feeling that they’re starting their lives and they move more seamlessly into adulthood. My S went to a “bubble school”, Williams, and the education was wonderful but the transition was more difficult.</p>

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<p>Hmm I would say Brown. While many of the 5Cs are highly ranked, a lot of people have not heard of them. Everyone on the other hand has heard of Brown which could help when looking for employment. Although I would also say don’t base your choice purely based on brand name. Still, you may want to try something new and get out of California. I can assure you that you will have a great experience at all three schools so you just need to follow your heart. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Gallatin sounds like the best choice if your goal is to have an amazing career. If the undergrad AnBryce is anything like the law school version, that’s an astonishing opportunity. If you prioritize education, I think Pomona would be the best choice. And if you care about quality of life while you’re at school, it depends what sort of environment you’d prefer.</p>

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<p>Equally great school, with Brown the more well known school, but Pomona equally well respected, if not more, in California. The answer to me depends, as someone else has mentioned, on what you field of study is and where you want to be.</p>

<p>WHERE: If you want the beautiful and UN-matched Southern California weather, and would like to possibly establish a beachhead in Southern California for your future career, Pomona is of course the more logical choice. I mentioned this before and I would mention it again: location is a very important part of your decision for colleges. It affects rest of your life in more ways than you think; the people you meet for one.
Top notch liberal arts college on East Coast? A few. Top notch liberal arts college on West Coast? There is only one, isn’t there? This is what makes Pomona so desirable and so unique, IMHO.</p>

<p>WHAT: Complicated and too many factors to discuss, but let me touch on the one field I am somewhat familiar with, medicine. If you are thinking of medical school, keep in mind the ultra-competitive and desirable UC medical schools give strong preference to California residents, making it almost impossible for out of state residents to get a spot. That’s another 4 years of California diversity, food, weather, etc., etc., you are missing. And keep in mind the rumored and astounding 90%-95% plus rate of acceptance into medical schools of Pomona premeds. I am certain there is some truth to this and compare this to the 40% rate of my Alma mater, UC Berkeley, it is quite amazing. Whatever Pomona is doing, they are doing it very, very, very right.
Not my field of expertise, but I would think film/entertainment/computer science are fields that attending a Southern California college would give some advantage.</p>

<p>HAPPINESS: Reading between the lines from the posts I’ve read in my brief time here: There are a remarkable number of happy Pomona students and parents. Basically, I don’t think you can go wrong in either place, but… you <strong>ESPECIALLY</strong> won’t go wrong with Pomona. That chance seems close to zero.</p>