<p>I think the more appropriate comparisons are that Pomona College is quite like Stanford rather than SC being like Stanford. Pomona, along with the remaining Claremont Schools presents a more similar size in terms of undergrad student population and far more “cross-over” between Stanford and Pomona as to applicants than either has to USC.</p>
<p>The similarity even goes so far as the same person designed both the Stanford and Pomona Campuses.</p>
<p>USC has a dramatically larger student population, a large commuter population of students, takes a large % of transfers unlike Stanford or Pomona. This is NO knock on USC which is a wonderful school in its own right.</p>
<p>Berkeley and ucla are quite similar in size, majors presented etc. and obviously both part of the UC system, enhancing there similarity all the more and both are public schools versus SC, STanford and Pomona being private instituions.</p>
<p>The common thread between STanford and Berkeley is just that they are sports rivals given their proximity, much as SC and ucla being in the same city.</p>