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My First CS Class (As an Art Major)

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Alicia Garza

By Alicia Garza ‘22 When I think of lab, the first thing that pops to mind is the darkroom, or the drawing studio, or the digital lab. When I signed up for a computer science class this semester and saw the Lab section of the course, I knew I was in for a whole other kind of experience, a different kind of creativity. "Intro to Computer Science with Topics in AI" is my fi...

Why Did I Choose Pomona?

Posted on January 2, 2020 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...

Combining Queer Theory and Pipetting Bacterial Cultures

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Calder Hollond

My summer internship with Planned Parenthood Great Plains, working in the reproductive justice sector

By Calder Hollond ‘21 When I came to Pomona, I thought I was going to be an English major. That’s what I had told all my family and friends before I left home, what I told all my new friends at Pomona during the initial “What are you planning on majoring in?” small talk, and what I made sure to enroll in during course registration. What I hadn’t planned on was that after the...

The Beautiful Flexibility of a Small(ish) School

Posted on November 13, 2019 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...

Foreign Language Immersion at Pomona

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Jacinta Chen

By Jacinta Chen ‘21 In a previous blog post, I shared my academic adventure through the six breadth of study area requirements to highlight how easy it is to explore many disciplines for Pomona students. In order to fulfill the foreign language requirement, Pomona generally requires students to either pass the third semester or higher of a language course, earn a 4 or 5 on a...

First-Year Tips on Surviving Pomona College

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Myles Ashitey

By Myles Ashitey ‘22 Being here for almost a full academic year, I am starting to feel comfortable amongst students and faculty alike. Not to sound overconfident, but I’m 90% sure that I know almost all the ins and outs of Pomona College. Whether I’ve experienced it myself or heard it through upperclassmen, I know what jobs to find, what dining halls to eat at, what activiti...

My First Year at Pomona: Seven Things I’m Grateful For

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by Becky Zhang

By Becky Zhang ‘22 A few days ago, my best friend (who took Intro to Psychology and had many a fun fact to share with me throughout the semester) shared that gratitude was an effective remedy for all sorts of maladies. She dropped some statistics on the scientifically-proven benefits of practicing gratitude: an extra half-hour of sleep, and so on. Whether or not th...

Grades at Pomona

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Daphne Chapline

By Daphne Chapline ‘22 In high school, I used to obsessively check my PowerSchool app to see my grades. I put so much pressure on myself to get perfect grades. It’s safe to say that the relationship between my self-esteem and my grades was not exactly helping my confidence. My feelings of self-worth were too contingent on how I was doing in school; if I received what I...

The 5Cs in Real Life

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Daniel Garcia

By Daniel Garcia '21 Daniel Garcia answers some of the most common questions about Pomona in relation to the other Claremont Colleges that form a consortium known as “the 5Cs.” How easy is it take classes at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, Scripps, or Harvey Mudd College? It's more than easy to take classes at the other colleges, and the schools promote it. By having fi...

The Value of the Freshman Critical Inquiry Seminar

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Jacinta Chen

By Jacinta Chen ’21 Some of the best memories I have at Pomona come from ID1. What is ID1? Pomona’s Critical Inquiry Seminar, better known on campus as ID1, is a required writing and discussion-based seminar all first-years take during their first semester at the College. The approximately 30 sections are taught by faculty from across the disciplines and engage student...