The best thing about Pomona is that the college wants you to do whatever you want to do. You can get funding for practically anything and because people here are passionate, chances are you'll be able to easily generate interest in the activity. Campus Security is here to make sure you're safe but not to get you in any serious trouble. The size is just right because of the consortium. The small college gives a great homey atmosphere and if you want to meet more people there are plenty of opportunities. There's a quaint college town that's great for a meal out but not much else. Campus is great for everything else and it's really easy to take trips off campus to mountains, beaches and deserts within hour drives. My favorite place on campus is Marston Quad - a wide open field in the center of campus where you can always find a sunny spot to work, play frisbee, slackline, or meet friends. It's Great.

All my professors know my name and are interested in what I have to say. I look forward to classes everyday and genuinely enjoy my outside readings. It's a great academic atmosphere in that people are just learning about what they are interested in and are so passionate about it.

An uptight, super competitive, cutthroat person would feel out of place here. Conservatives are rare but exist and not too concerned with monetary gains. Generally, students want to be happy and learn. People generally wear clothes to class, sometimes without shoes, sometimes without shirts between classes. casual stuff. All students interact. The idea is that everyone who got in to Pomona belongs here and is here for a really cool reason. Talk to anyone and you'll learn something new. I'm a jock, live in a "hippie shack", live with a stereotypical intellectual and am best friends with a girl form India. It's pretty eclectic. Pomona just started scholarship programs where the school provides tons of financial aid. As a result, there are people from all different economic backgrounds.

OTL on-the-loose is the outdoors organization of the Claremont Colleges. It's a great club. They lend camping, surfing, skiing, biking, ... outdoors gear to students who want to get off campus. Its all free and we'll even provide cars for transportation. The club runs hundreds of trips per semester and its a really friendly bunch of people. Sports are mostly there for the enjoyment of the athletes. Friends attend games/events but there's not an exceptional amount of school pride. Its mostly apathetic. Guest speakers are very popular. There's also a farm where you can grow you're own food and there's a chicken coop! The dating scene consists mostly of long term relationships and random hook-ups. There's not much in between but of course if you're looking for something, you'll probably find it. One of the best traditions is on you're birthday where you're friends/ hallmates throw you into one of 4 fountains on campus. It's lots of fun. You should also get out to Joshua Tree National Park and summit Baldy (our local mountain). People party constantly. The biggest ones are on Thursday and Saturday nights. The school funds most parties and people get pumped about the themed ones like Harwood Halloween and Smiley 80's. Frat's are not important at all though they do exist. As for non-alcholic events, That Saturday Group throws events every Saturday night like lazer tag, tie-die, carvivals, movies, etc. that are sub free. There's also substance free housing where you can meet a bunch of people who are not super into drinking and hang out, play games, have bonfires at Huntington beach, go buildering...

That we're elitist.

Not at all. Everyone here is smart but not to the extent that we think we're better than anyone else. People here are competitive with themselves and not interested in comparisons to others. This goes for all academic endeavors (grades), extracurricular involvement (how many clubs you are a part of/ what positions you hold/ what you do). Mostly, people are pretty modest and do things out of genuine interest.

Come visit. There's nothing like the real thing.