Zooming Out: Life at the Claremont Colleges

Posted on by Eron Smith
Going through the college admissions process, we get a lot of advertising and a fairly limited perspective. I know that’s a bit ironic to hear, coming from a Pomona student blog, but really! Receiving mail from Pomona, I remember seeing a lot about great academics, great faculty, nice weather, etc. Don’t get me wrong, these things are true, but the other four Claremont Coll...
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Living in a Co-Ed Dorm

Posted on by April Xiaoyi Xu
During the hectic university application process last autumn, I forgot to check whether my dream school would have a co-ed housing system. Right before I started at Pomona, I learned that boys and girls there would be sharing bathrooms, showers, the corridor space, laughter, and midnight snacks. What would that mean? Immediately, I pictured embarrassing scenes where a teenag...
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Returning from Abroad: New Perspectives on Pomona

Posted on by Madeleine Colvin
Coming back from studying abroad has been a difficult adjustment, compounded perhaps by having returned to the States only 6 days before arriving in Claremont. For a couple weeks, I was overwhelmed -- by the sheer number of people I knew on campus, by jumping right into classes without having time to readjust or catch up with friends, by having to answer the same questions abou...
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The Major Limbo

Posted on by Ashley Land
  This blog is for all my underclassmen, especially sophomores, who I know are going through the process of declaring a major, or for anyone else stuck with major decisions (that's punny). It is very hard for many people to choose their college major. Statistics show that 50%-70% of students change their majors at least once, and most will change majors a...
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The dreaded question – “What’s your favorite class at Pomona?”

Posted on by Max Coleman
To every single person who has asked me this question, I apologize for implication that it was a ridiculous thing to ask.  If you had asked me the question in high school, I would have been able to reply within the moment (Hint: Whatever had the fewest numbers), but now such a question is as bewildering to me as Quantum Physics or how Douglas Adams was off by a mere 5 numbers. ...
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Thoughts to Twenty-Thousand

Posted on by Sophia Sun
"What would you say to a million people if you had the chance?" That's the question that prompted students in Designing Conversational Spaces, a course offered by NYU ITP, to launch a social interaction experiment called The Listserve. Once an individual subscribes, he or she has a 1/20000+ chance of being chosen to write to an international audience. And on a random ...
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Puerto Rico, ¿Por Favor?

Posted on by Kyra Sanborn
Ah, spring semester. The sudden influx of eager, excited students back on campus, the sweet reunion of briefly separated pals, the even sweeter reunion of students and the dining halls, and the rediscovery of one's appreciation for that glorious Claremont sunshine. Oh, wait, that happened on January 1 for me. Several athletic teams stay on campus for a large part of the holi...
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Professors Test “Positive” on Humanity

Posted on by Eron Smith
If you’re a prospective student, you’re probably spending a lot of time wondering what college will be like. Maybe you’re wondering about your future social life, living away from home, or what clubs or organizations you’ll try/join/hate. As we collegefolk get ready for the spring semester and as you gear up for your college acceptances and decisions, I felt this would be the b...
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Pomona: My Home Away From Home

Posted on by April Xiaoyi Xu
The promising dawn seen from outside my dorm.
Slowly, the dark sky is gently rinsed by hints of blue. Dark blue, light blue, lighter… and gold wash. So emerge the silhouettes of pink coloured clouds, rejoicing at the dawn of a new day. One of my very first blog entries after I started college was on the topic of nostalgia. It was an overwhelming emotion that accompanied the first-year curiosity in everything around me i...
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My Time at Pomona

Posted on by Ashley Land
Since January is the month for reflection and starting new goals for the year, I have decided to reflect on my time at Pomona as a low-income, first-generation student. It's now been three years since my first year at Pomona and I feel extremely blessed for the time I have had here thus far. It's not every day that a girl from the south side of Chicago gets to go to an ...
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