College Decision – Page 3

The Best Last-Minute Decision of My Life

Posted on June 26, 2020September 21, 2022 by Siena Swift

By Siena Swift ‘22 My journey to Pomona College seems to be a little different from those around me. A lot of my friends applied early decision or knew that Pomona was one of their top choices. In my case, I applied to Pomona on a whim of sorts. My dad suggested that I check out the Claremont Colleges because he knew of them from attending UCLA. However, I had my heart set o...

Coming Back Home

Posted on April 22, 2020September 21, 2022 by Hayeon Lee

A trip to Little Tokyo, Los Angeles with my ID1 Class, Mirroring Japan/ese America

Hayeon Lee '23 I am originally from Los Angeles but attended a boarding high school in Connecticut for four years. Although I enjoyed the four years that I spent on the east coast for high school, I had always known that I wanted to come back to Los Angeles for college and that I felt most at home on the West Coast. However, after college decisions came out in March o...

Need Aware Does Not Mean No Aid

Posted on March 16, 2020September 21, 2022 by Ebenezer Mensah

By Ebenezer Mensah ‘23 On 16th February 2019, my English teacher and I huddled up around a computer in my school’s computer laboratory in Kumasi, Ghana around 1 a.m., an hour after Pomona’s admission decisions had been released. The room was dark, and the throbbing of my heart was the only sound that could be heard in the room. The internet was slow, and the portal was takin...

Why Did I Choose Pomona?

Posted on January 2, 2020September 21, 2022 by Myles Ashitey

By Myles Ashitey ‘22 Coming from a small boarding school in southeastern Pennsylvania, I didn’t want to stray too far from my comfort zone when choosing a college. Also high on my list of importance was ensuring that my college education was affordable to me. As it turned out, Pomona was one of the only schools I applied to that offered me a viable financial aid package, whi...

What You Need to Know About Deferral/Rejection

Posted on December 4, 2019September 21, 2022 by Daphne Chapline

By Daphne Chapline '22 I knew I wanted to go to Pomona almost immediately after arriving on campus for my first visit. Something about it just felt right; all the students I talked to were so kind, helpful, and extremely willing to talk about their passions on and off campus. I was drawn to the idea of small class sizes and close professor relationships, the collaborative st...

The Beautiful Flexibility of a Small(ish) School

Posted on November 13, 2019September 21, 2022 by Chris Meng

By Chris Meng ‘23 Pomona College has all the amazing perks of a small school without sacrificing the overwhelming variety of resources of a bigger college. If it weren’t for the flexibility and spirit of exploration built into the values of Pomona, I wouldn’t be here today as a first-year student. Let me tell you about my winding path to Pomona. To begin, I wasn’t accepte...

Questions I Wish People Asked Me on Tours

Posted on August 14, 2019September 21, 2022 by Danny DeBare

By Danny DeBare ‘22 Giving a tour can be really fun. When you have a group that isn’t too big–but just big enough to have a wide variety of interests and perspectives– that’s when the best energy and information flow. On the flip side, sometimes my tours resembles an audio guide, a voice in your ears that sort of just talks at you when meandering through a vaguely historical...