Chloe Mandel – Voices

My Favorite Spots in the Claremont Village

Posted on March 4, 2021September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ’23 Working for Pomona’s admissions office last summer, one of the questions I received frequently from prospective students is what the city of Claremont has to offer. While Pomona’s suburban setting isn’t exactly teeming with the types of cultural attractions and nightlife one would find in a city like L.A., I’ve come to find that the Claremont Village is a...

Car-Less in Claremont

Posted on January 3, 2021September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ’23 In my suburban Connecticut hometown, I fully depended on the use of a car to get around. Since the day I got my license in my junior year of high school, I’ve embraced the opportunity to drive my parents’ slightly worn-out Chevy Equinox everywhere I’ve needed to go. Granted, my daily drives to school were often full of frustration as I waited in a long li...

Chloe’s Top 10 Favorite Dining Hall Desserts

Posted on November 16, 2020September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ’23 As the proud owner of a humongous sweet tooth, there’s nothing that brings me joy and comfort at the Claremont Colleges’ dining halls like their desserts do. With that said, I bring you my official top 10 ranking of 5C dining hall desserts, the tempting offerings that have propelled me through exams and essays and sweetened days of relaxation. Apologies i...

PE at the 5C’s

Posted on October 8, 2020September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ’23 * During Fall 2020, when students are learning remotely, PE courses are still taking place online! When I first found out on a tour that two semesters of a PE class were required, my reaction wasn’t exactly positive. Years of middle-school and high-school gym classes meant that my non-athletic self associated PE with unpleasant state-mandated physical ...

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Online Learning

Posted on September 4, 2020September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ‘23 When Pomona first announced that students would be completing the second half of the spring 2020 semester online, I felt an immediate sense of dread as I thought back to my experience using an online program in high school. In ninth grade, when my family decided to temporarily leave my small town in Connecticut and travel in Europe, I took five online cla...

Southern California Weather: What’s It Really Like?

Posted on August 3, 2020September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ’23 Coming from the Northeast, I pictured Southern California as the warm, sunny paradise depicted in movies and TV shows. Though I expected some cold nights, I mostly stuffed my suitcases for college with tank tops, jean shorts, and sandals, throwing in a few sweaters “just in case.” A few months into the semester, however, I realized just how surp...

Decoding the Claremont Consortium

Posted on July 2, 2020September 21, 2022 by Chloe Mandel

By Chloe Mandel ’23 When I first began researching the Claremont Colleges, the word “consortium” didn’t really register. I spent way too much time stalking Niche.com’s description of each individual college (while keeping an eye out for one of the most important factors in my college search process, the letter grade used to denote the quality of every school’s food) without ...