Revelations

by Andrea Haerther, University of Houston, '19

My Freshman year was a breeze. The classes (mainly basics) felt like high school. They never required a whole lot of effort. I never felt consumed by the assignments and “studying” didn’t take any longer than 15 minutes. Freshman year was similar....

Think Before You Apply

by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18

It was at this exact moment during my senior year when I began to hate the college application process. Once you’ve narrowed down the list of schools you want to apply to and start going through their writing supplements, financial aid forms if you’re doing early...

Decide What's Best for You

by Ysabel Cueva, Stonehill College , '17

Although high school did get tough at times, overall I had a pretty good high school career. I never failed a class, I did not have anything lower than an 85{53c6eff5ce19621f7316832cfedf08caab022021f1679c62c3f44b8900ceaf72} on my transcript and I passed all of my...

Gettin' the Scoop

by Seanna Leath

This past weekend, a group of 40 prospective students were visiting Pomona’s campus.  Last year, I was actually the intern who worked with the admissions office to coordinate activities for these weekends.  I remember trying to put together a list of parties, student...

College is near? Have no fear! ;]

by Alexis Montes, University of Rochester, '15

The best metaphor I can provide to you for the college application process is that of building a car…So where do you start? Before anything you need to establish your WHEELS: Grades & Standardized Tests. Your grades are a MAJOR factor on whether or not you are...