We asked Lindsay...
What is your overall opinion of this school?
The reasons I came to Pomona - the small size and the rigorous academics - are both the best and worst things about Pomona.
Sometimes it feels very small, like everyone knows your business, and once you make your friends freshman year, you're done branching out. But on the other hand, sometimes I think I have way more friends than I would at a bigger school, because we all kind of know each other, which is fun. And, the 5Cs give you the chance to "get out" if that's really what you want to do. Our sports teams are shared with Pitzer, which has been a great way to meet friends from other campuses, and lots of other clubs operate between the 5Cs.
Our campus is almost completely disconnected from the Claremont community, both literally and figuratively. We have a lot of fun in our "Pomona bubble", but sometimes it would be nice to go out to bars, work, or play in the town.
The academics are really great - you get lots of opportunities to learn from and work with professors and other students - just remember that it's going to be hard. People take their work very seriously, and while there are plenty of kids who go out many times a week, there are also people who never seem to go out. People tend to play it cool, but as chill as they are on the outside you know they are probably pretty stressed out. If you want to take academics really seriously, come here, if you want to have lots of free time, go to CMC or Pitzer!