AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

2018-19

ldquoI SEE POMONA AS THE BEST OF BOTH

WORLDS IT PREPARED ME FOR AN

IMPACTFUL FULFILLING CAREER WHILE

IMMERSING ME IN A BREADTH OF DISCIPLINES

AND TURNING ME INTO A MORE EDUCATED

WELL-ROUNDED PERSONrdquo mdash Ziqi Xiong lsquo17 Dalian China (employed by Facebook)

UNDERGRADUATE RANKINGS Forbes raquo 1 Liberal Arts College in America raquo 10 Americarsquos Top Colleges

US News amp World Report raquo 3 Best Value Schools raquo 6 Best Undergraduate Teaching

The Edvocate raquo 1 Best 4-Year Graduation Rate in America

SAMPLING OF RECENT INTERNSHIPS COMPLETED BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo Chulalongkorn University BANGKOK THAILAND

raquo Daly amp Associates HONG KONG SAR CHINA

raquo Department of Energy WASHINGTON DC

raquo Ernst amp Young Ltd HANOI VIETNAM

raquo East Africa Reinsurance Company NAIROBI KENYA

raquo Human Rights Watch LONDON ENGLAND

raquo Intuit SAN FRANCISCO CA

raquo Israel Social TV BAT YAM ISRAEL

raquo Kogakuin University School of Advanced

Engineering TOKYO JAPAN

raquo Prodigium Pictures LOS ANGELES CA

raquo SoundCops SAIDUL AJAIB INDIA

raquo University of Bristol BRISTOL ENGLAND

raquo The World Bank WASHINGTON DC

raquo United Nations AIDS Program WASHINGTON DC

raquo World Health Organization BEIJING CHINA

ldquoWhen I was applying to colleges

my parents looked at the costmdash

it was way out of range Pomona

was able to meet 100 percent

of the cost of attendancerdquo

ROBERT KIPKEMOI LANGAT

WALDAI KENYA

SUNNY CALIFORNIA Claremont has an average of 282 sunny days each year

Average High (C) Average Low (C)

DECndashFEB 20 6 MARCHndashMAY 24 10 JUNEndashAUG 31 16 SEPTndashNOV 27 12

ENGAGED STUDENTS Pomona College is for adventurous creative-minded students with the drive to explore

and pursue their academic passions Offering 48 majors a stellar faculty small classes and

unmatched resources supporting student success Pomona is widely regarded as one of the

worldrsquos leading liberal arts and sciences institutions Students studying at Pomona receive an

excellent education in the humanities fine arts social sciences and natural and physical sciences

in an academic and residential environment rich in resources intellectual collaboration and the

passionate pursuit of individual interests

The College enrolls approximately 1650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each

semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 The average class size of 15 offers students

the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process Close interaction between

teachers and students is the norm with most classes taught as seminars By challenging one

another and their professors Pomona

students develop skills in analytical and

critical thinking

Pomona is also a member of

the Claremont Consortium a unique

collection of five undergraduate and

two graduate institutions located very

near each other affording a wide choice

of facilities events and opportunities

common to larger universities

All Pomona students are

undergraduates No graduate-level

programs are offered and the College

does not enroll students who have

already completed a bachelorrsquos

degree or the equivalent

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Master of Theological Studies (MTS)

raquo NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Doctor of Medicine (MD)

raquo STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Doctorate in Operations Information amp Technology (PhD)

raquo UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Doctorate in Clinical Neurosciences (Phd)

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

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CLAREMONT VILLAGE

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SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

ldquoI SEE POMONA AS THE BEST OF BOTH

WORLDS IT PREPARED ME FOR AN

IMPACTFUL FULFILLING CAREER WHILE

IMMERSING ME IN A BREADTH OF DISCIPLINES

AND TURNING ME INTO A MORE EDUCATED

WELL-ROUNDED PERSONrdquo mdash Ziqi Xiong lsquo17 Dalian China (employed by Facebook)

UNDERGRADUATE RANKINGS Forbes raquo 1 Liberal Arts College in America raquo 10 Americarsquos Top Colleges

US News amp World Report raquo 3 Best Value Schools raquo 6 Best Undergraduate Teaching

The Edvocate raquo 1 Best 4-Year Graduation Rate in America

SAMPLING OF RECENT INTERNSHIPS COMPLETED BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo Chulalongkorn University BANGKOK THAILAND

raquo Daly amp Associates HONG KONG SAR CHINA

raquo Department of Energy WASHINGTON DC

raquo Ernst amp Young Ltd HANOI VIETNAM

raquo East Africa Reinsurance Company NAIROBI KENYA

raquo Human Rights Watch LONDON ENGLAND

raquo Intuit SAN FRANCISCO CA

raquo Israel Social TV BAT YAM ISRAEL

raquo Kogakuin University School of Advanced

Engineering TOKYO JAPAN

raquo Prodigium Pictures LOS ANGELES CA

raquo SoundCops SAIDUL AJAIB INDIA

raquo University of Bristol BRISTOL ENGLAND

raquo The World Bank WASHINGTON DC

raquo United Nations AIDS Program WASHINGTON DC

raquo World Health Organization BEIJING CHINA

ldquoWhen I was applying to colleges

my parents looked at the costmdash

it was way out of range Pomona

was able to meet 100 percent

of the cost of attendancerdquo

ROBERT KIPKEMOI LANGAT

WALDAI KENYA

SUNNY CALIFORNIA Claremont has an average of 282 sunny days each year

Average High (C) Average Low (C)

DECndashFEB 20 6 MARCHndashMAY 24 10 JUNEndashAUG 31 16 SEPTndashNOV 27 12

ENGAGED STUDENTS Pomona College is for adventurous creative-minded students with the drive to explore

and pursue their academic passions Offering 48 majors a stellar faculty small classes and

unmatched resources supporting student success Pomona is widely regarded as one of the

worldrsquos leading liberal arts and sciences institutions Students studying at Pomona receive an

excellent education in the humanities fine arts social sciences and natural and physical sciences

in an academic and residential environment rich in resources intellectual collaboration and the

passionate pursuit of individual interests

The College enrolls approximately 1650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each

semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 The average class size of 15 offers students

the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process Close interaction between

teachers and students is the norm with most classes taught as seminars By challenging one

another and their professors Pomona

students develop skills in analytical and

critical thinking

Pomona is also a member of

the Claremont Consortium a unique

collection of five undergraduate and

two graduate institutions located very

near each other affording a wide choice

of facilities events and opportunities

common to larger universities

All Pomona students are

undergraduates No graduate-level

programs are offered and the College

does not enroll students who have

already completed a bachelorrsquos

degree or the equivalent

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Master of Theological Studies (MTS)

raquo NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Doctor of Medicine (MD)

raquo STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Doctorate in Operations Information amp Technology (PhD)

raquo UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Doctorate in Clinical Neurosciences (Phd)

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

j l l [ r

lt TH~

CLAREMONT VILLAGE

lZthSt

lltftSt

lOtltSC-

~ 9th5t-ij

8

8tlt5t

HorrtsonA1lte - 1 ~1wbull~

2ndSt_

I lstSt

n ~

Metroink

FoothUIBvd

j

-bull

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

PkrttBlvd~

SCRIPPS COLLEGE

PITZER COLLEGE

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE

t 1j

1

J L

r

l1 iii

I

5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5C

SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

UNDERGRADUATE RANKINGS Forbes raquo 1 Liberal Arts College in America raquo 10 Americarsquos Top Colleges

US News amp World Report raquo 3 Best Value Schools raquo 6 Best Undergraduate Teaching

The Edvocate raquo 1 Best 4-Year Graduation Rate in America

SAMPLING OF RECENT INTERNSHIPS COMPLETED BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo Chulalongkorn University BANGKOK THAILAND

raquo Daly amp Associates HONG KONG SAR CHINA

raquo Department of Energy WASHINGTON DC

raquo Ernst amp Young Ltd HANOI VIETNAM

raquo East Africa Reinsurance Company NAIROBI KENYA

raquo Human Rights Watch LONDON ENGLAND

raquo Intuit SAN FRANCISCO CA

raquo Israel Social TV BAT YAM ISRAEL

raquo Kogakuin University School of Advanced

Engineering TOKYO JAPAN

raquo Prodigium Pictures LOS ANGELES CA

raquo SoundCops SAIDUL AJAIB INDIA

raquo University of Bristol BRISTOL ENGLAND

raquo The World Bank WASHINGTON DC

raquo United Nations AIDS Program WASHINGTON DC

raquo World Health Organization BEIJING CHINA

ldquoWhen I was applying to colleges

my parents looked at the costmdash

it was way out of range Pomona

was able to meet 100 percent

of the cost of attendancerdquo

ROBERT KIPKEMOI LANGAT

WALDAI KENYA

SUNNY CALIFORNIA Claremont has an average of 282 sunny days each year

Average High (C) Average Low (C)

DECndashFEB 20 6 MARCHndashMAY 24 10 JUNEndashAUG 31 16 SEPTndashNOV 27 12

ENGAGED STUDENTS Pomona College is for adventurous creative-minded students with the drive to explore

and pursue their academic passions Offering 48 majors a stellar faculty small classes and

unmatched resources supporting student success Pomona is widely regarded as one of the

worldrsquos leading liberal arts and sciences institutions Students studying at Pomona receive an

excellent education in the humanities fine arts social sciences and natural and physical sciences

in an academic and residential environment rich in resources intellectual collaboration and the

passionate pursuit of individual interests

The College enrolls approximately 1650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each

semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 The average class size of 15 offers students

the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process Close interaction between

teachers and students is the norm with most classes taught as seminars By challenging one

another and their professors Pomona

students develop skills in analytical and

critical thinking

Pomona is also a member of

the Claremont Consortium a unique

collection of five undergraduate and

two graduate institutions located very

near each other affording a wide choice

of facilities events and opportunities

common to larger universities

All Pomona students are

undergraduates No graduate-level

programs are offered and the College

does not enroll students who have

already completed a bachelorrsquos

degree or the equivalent

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Master of Theological Studies (MTS)

raquo NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Doctor of Medicine (MD)

raquo STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Doctorate in Operations Information amp Technology (PhD)

raquo UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Doctorate in Clinical Neurosciences (Phd)

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

j l l [ r

lt TH~

CLAREMONT VILLAGE

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8

8tlt5t

HorrtsonA1lte - 1 ~1wbull~

2ndSt_

I lstSt

n ~

Metroink

FoothUIBvd

j

-bull

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

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SCRIPPS COLLEGE

PITZER COLLEGE

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE

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J L

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5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5C

SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

SAMPLING OF RECENT INTERNSHIPS COMPLETED BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo Chulalongkorn University BANGKOK THAILAND

raquo Daly amp Associates HONG KONG SAR CHINA

raquo Department of Energy WASHINGTON DC

raquo Ernst amp Young Ltd HANOI VIETNAM

raquo East Africa Reinsurance Company NAIROBI KENYA

raquo Human Rights Watch LONDON ENGLAND

raquo Intuit SAN FRANCISCO CA

raquo Israel Social TV BAT YAM ISRAEL

raquo Kogakuin University School of Advanced

Engineering TOKYO JAPAN

raquo Prodigium Pictures LOS ANGELES CA

raquo SoundCops SAIDUL AJAIB INDIA

raquo University of Bristol BRISTOL ENGLAND

raquo The World Bank WASHINGTON DC

raquo United Nations AIDS Program WASHINGTON DC

raquo World Health Organization BEIJING CHINA

ldquoWhen I was applying to colleges

my parents looked at the costmdash

it was way out of range Pomona

was able to meet 100 percent

of the cost of attendancerdquo

ROBERT KIPKEMOI LANGAT

WALDAI KENYA

SUNNY CALIFORNIA Claremont has an average of 282 sunny days each year

Average High (C) Average Low (C)

DECndashFEB 20 6 MARCHndashMAY 24 10 JUNEndashAUG 31 16 SEPTndashNOV 27 12

ENGAGED STUDENTS Pomona College is for adventurous creative-minded students with the drive to explore

and pursue their academic passions Offering 48 majors a stellar faculty small classes and

unmatched resources supporting student success Pomona is widely regarded as one of the

worldrsquos leading liberal arts and sciences institutions Students studying at Pomona receive an

excellent education in the humanities fine arts social sciences and natural and physical sciences

in an academic and residential environment rich in resources intellectual collaboration and the

passionate pursuit of individual interests

The College enrolls approximately 1650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each

semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 The average class size of 15 offers students

the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process Close interaction between

teachers and students is the norm with most classes taught as seminars By challenging one

another and their professors Pomona

students develop skills in analytical and

critical thinking

Pomona is also a member of

the Claremont Consortium a unique

collection of five undergraduate and

two graduate institutions located very

near each other affording a wide choice

of facilities events and opportunities

common to larger universities

All Pomona students are

undergraduates No graduate-level

programs are offered and the College

does not enroll students who have

already completed a bachelorrsquos

degree or the equivalent

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Master of Theological Studies (MTS)

raquo NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Doctor of Medicine (MD)

raquo STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Doctorate in Operations Information amp Technology (PhD)

raquo UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Doctorate in Clinical Neurosciences (Phd)

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

j l l [ r

lt TH~

CLAREMONT VILLAGE

lZthSt

lltftSt

lOtltSC-

~ 9th5t-ij

8

8tlt5t

HorrtsonA1lte - 1 ~1wbull~

2ndSt_

I lstSt

n ~

Metroink

FoothUIBvd

j

-bull

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

PkrttBlvd~

SCRIPPS COLLEGE

PITZER COLLEGE

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE

t 1j

1

J L

r

l1 iii

I

5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5C

SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

ldquoWhen I was applying to colleges

my parents looked at the costmdash

it was way out of range Pomona

was able to meet 100 percent

of the cost of attendancerdquo

ROBERT KIPKEMOI LANGAT

WALDAI KENYA

SUNNY CALIFORNIA Claremont has an average of 282 sunny days each year

Average High (C) Average Low (C)

DECndashFEB 20 6 MARCHndashMAY 24 10 JUNEndashAUG 31 16 SEPTndashNOV 27 12

ENGAGED STUDENTS Pomona College is for adventurous creative-minded students with the drive to explore

and pursue their academic passions Offering 48 majors a stellar faculty small classes and

unmatched resources supporting student success Pomona is widely regarded as one of the

worldrsquos leading liberal arts and sciences institutions Students studying at Pomona receive an

excellent education in the humanities fine arts social sciences and natural and physical sciences

in an academic and residential environment rich in resources intellectual collaboration and the

passionate pursuit of individual interests

The College enrolls approximately 1650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each

semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 The average class size of 15 offers students

the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process Close interaction between

teachers and students is the norm with most classes taught as seminars By challenging one

another and their professors Pomona

students develop skills in analytical and

critical thinking

Pomona is also a member of

the Claremont Consortium a unique

collection of five undergraduate and

two graduate institutions located very

near each other affording a wide choice

of facilities events and opportunities

common to larger universities

All Pomona students are

undergraduates No graduate-level

programs are offered and the College

does not enroll students who have

already completed a bachelorrsquos

degree or the equivalent

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Master of Theological Studies (MTS)

raquo NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Doctor of Medicine (MD)

raquo STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Doctorate in Operations Information amp Technology (PhD)

raquo UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Doctorate in Clinical Neurosciences (Phd)

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

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SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

ENGAGED STUDENTS Pomona College is for adventurous creative-minded students with the drive to explore

and pursue their academic passions Offering 48 majors a stellar faculty small classes and

unmatched resources supporting student success Pomona is widely regarded as one of the

worldrsquos leading liberal arts and sciences institutions Students studying at Pomona receive an

excellent education in the humanities fine arts social sciences and natural and physical sciences

in an academic and residential environment rich in resources intellectual collaboration and the

passionate pursuit of individual interests

The College enrolls approximately 1650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each

semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 The average class size of 15 offers students

the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process Close interaction between

teachers and students is the norm with most classes taught as seminars By challenging one

another and their professors Pomona

students develop skills in analytical and

critical thinking

Pomona is also a member of

the Claremont Consortium a unique

collection of five undergraduate and

two graduate institutions located very

near each other affording a wide choice

of facilities events and opportunities

common to larger universities

All Pomona students are

undergraduates No graduate-level

programs are offered and the College

does not enroll students who have

already completed a bachelorrsquos

degree or the equivalent

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Master of Theological Studies (MTS)

raquo NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Doctor of Medicine (MD)

raquo STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Doctorate in Operations Information amp Technology (PhD)

raquo UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Doctorate in Clinical Neurosciences (Phd)

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

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SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

STELLAR FACULTY Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution there are no graduate students

competing for faculty attention Even in your first year some of your classes may be taught

by senior professors Many of the Collegersquos most distinguished faculty teach first-year

seminars and senior science faculty often teach introductory lab sections

Yoursquoll not only learn from extraordinary professors yoursquoll get to know them well

With small classes and about 85 percent of faculty living within five miles of campus face

time isnrsquot limited to classroom and office hours Yoursquoll find professors and students in every

discipline working closely on research as well as interacting in a range of casual settingsmdash

over lunch on the playing field as participants in a musical ensemble or just strolling across

campus on a beautiful California day

ldquoAfter four years at Pomona I have come to realize that there is nothing that can give an international

student a better experience of American higher education than a liberal arts college Pomona provided

the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the USrdquo

MINGYAN ldquoOPHELIArdquo MA

SHANGHAI CHINA

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

j l l [ r

lt TH~

CLAREMONT VILLAGE

lZthSt

lltftSt

lOtltSC-

~ 9th5t-ij

8

8tlt5t

HorrtsonA1lte - 1 ~1wbull~

2ndSt_

I lstSt

n ~

Metroink

FoothUIBvd

j

-bull

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

PkrttBlvd~

SCRIPPS COLLEGE

PITZER COLLEGE

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE

t 1j

1

J L

r

l1 iii

I

5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5C

SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

ldquo

rsquo

rdquo

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most effective way to prepare yourself to thrive in a changing

world With intimate classes a strong curriculum and deep resources Pomona is especially well

suited to provide students both the breadth of study that builds intellectual resilience and the depth

of study needed for advancement in a specific field

No specific course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation Designed to

encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice Pomonarsquos Breadth of Study

Requirements include one course in each of six areasmdashCriticism Analysis and Contextual Study of

Works of the Human Imagination Social Institutions and Human Behavior History Values Ethics

and Cultural Studies Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematical and Formal

Reasoning and Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature

Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading

ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages

collegiality not competition And since 90 of all classes have fewer than

30 students it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom

While the typical Pomona student is very bright and academically accomplished you

don t feel the same cutthroat competitive atmosphere at Pomona that you might at

other colleges with similar academic levels Instead Pomona college students are

above all collaborative as opposed to competitive

ALEXANDRA PITCHON

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

j l l [ r

lt TH~

CLAREMONT VILLAGE

lZthSt

lltftSt

lOtltSC-

~ 9th5t-ij

8

8tlt5t

HorrtsonA1lte - 1 ~1wbull~

2ndSt_

I lstSt

n ~

Metroink

FoothUIBvd

j

-bull

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

PkrttBlvd~

SCRIPPS COLLEGE

PITZER COLLEGE

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE

t 1j

1

J L

r

l1 iii

I

5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5Cs5C

SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Amhe

rst

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

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SUPERB RESOURCES Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school where professors teach every class and

the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting When you add the resources of the

undergraduate Claremont Colleges (the 5Cs) to everything Pomona already offers all told you get

more classes to choose from (over 2500) more students to bounce ideas off of (nearly 6000)

more clubs to join (250 and counting)mdashand more dining halls to eat in (7)

Benefits of being in Southern California are harder to quantify Where else

can you explore performance and social justice through the Theatre for Young

Audiences program stargaze with three astronomy professors on a field trip to

the Anza Borrego desert and create an app for a hackathon that representatives

from Microsoft Intuit 10Gen Amazon

Yelp and Google will judge on-site

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

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TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Pomona is a globally oriented college with international experiences woven throughout

student life curriculum and faculty scholarship

The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations provides a

hub for international life for the Pomona community Native speakers of Chinese French

German Japanese Russian and Spanish live in each of the six language sections as advisors

to help organize activities and events for the students who live there The Oldenborg foreign-

language lunch tables program invites students faculty and staff at all levels of fluency to

converse informally in 25 languages Oldenborg also sponsors a wide variety of international

and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and international film screenings

Pomona offers international students a supportive environment in a community aware

of many cultures and political systems around the world International students at Pomona

have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges which

serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1100 international students throughout

the consortium In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events I-Place

organizes a special week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for

and adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona

The International Student Mentor Program (ISMP) is also a key part of many international

studentsrsquo lives as they connect with others on campus who can relate to their experiences

and offer mentorship and friendship

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (BY HOMETOWN)

NETHERLANDS ITALY MONTENEGRO ESTONIA BULGARIA 1 2 1 1 TURKMENISTAN LITHUANIA 1 TURKEY 11CANADA UNITED LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM GREECE HUNGARY 9 UKRAINE 12 KINGDOM 1 1 6 2 MONGOLIA VIETNAM SERBIA 1 ISRAEL 21 GERMANY 1 22 14 BHUTAN

1

RUSSIA 2

CHINAIRELAND 53

1 FRANCE JAPAN

MEXICO 6 4BERMUDA 2 SPAIN 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA

BAHAMAS 10 1 AUSTRIA TAIWAN

1

HONDURAS HONG KONG 2 42 8SENEGAL

EL SALVADOR 1 GHANA PHILIPPINESETHIOPIA 82 NEPAL 13 INDIA JAMAICA 1EGYPT

PERU 23 1 1 KENYA INDONESIA2 BRAZIL

5 RWANDA 4 1NICARAGUA COLOMBIA 31 THAILAND 2

TANZANIA MOZAMBIQUE 6 AUSTRALIAVENEZUELA 1 211 ZIMBABWE SWAZILAND PAKISTAN SINGAPOREECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA 2 1 4 82 2 1

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

ldquoWhile the combination of stellar academics small faculty-to-student

ratio friendly student body and great weather all played a role

in my decision knowing that I was not just another lsquonumberrsquo on

campus was the deciding factorrdquo

ZUZANA VUOVA

MOST CZECH REPUBLIC

RESEARCH The Summer Undergraduate Research

Program (SURP) enables students in

practically every discipline to conduct

extended focused research in close

cooperation with a Pomona faculty

mentor More than 230 receive

funding for SURP projects While

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS raquo ART amp ART HISTORY Redefining ldquoProgressiverdquo

Conceptual Changes in Twentieth-Century Shanghai Architecture (Vivienne Yixuan Shi Ningbo China)

raquo ASIAN STUDIES Changes amp Developments in South Korean Feminisms in the 2010s (Eugine Choo Jeonju South Korea)

raquo BIOLOGY Sphagnum Moss Naturersquos Air Gun (Pulkit Bansal Bangalore India)

raquo CHEMISTRY Hydroxyl Scavenging Activity of X-Phenolics (Lusajo Mwakibete Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania)

raquo ECONOMICS Which Trends in Intergenerational Mobility (Senan Hogan-Hennessy London UK)

many students carry out research raquo HISTORY Labor and Empire in the Philippines

on campus even more participate in (Tascha Shahriari-Parsa Vancouver Canada) projects in various US locales and raquo LINGUISTICSCOGNITIVE SCIENCE Investigating

international sites the Neural Basis of Age-Related Deficits in Word Retrieval (Kerem Oktar Istanbul Turkey)

raquo MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Investigating the Half-site Reactivity of P Horikoshii CoADR (Maxim Leshchinskiy St Petersburg Russia)

ldquoThe opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their

respective fields was a real attrac-

tion and after a visit to the beautiful

sunny campus during which I met

many of the friendly and intelligent

people who work and study there

it was easy to confirm that Pomona

was the place for merdquo

RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON

VANCOUVER CANADA

raquo PHILOSOPHY Cyborg Selves (Octave Duclos Paris France)

raquo PHYSICS Binary Star System Simulation (Nikolaos Angelos Papastavrou Psikhiko Greece)

raquo POLITICS Tackling Japanrsquos Under-Representation of Women in Politics (Kirara Tsutsui Kawasaki Japan)

raquo THEATRE amp DANCE Ethnochoreology of Kusht Depdi or Why Do We Dance (Merjen Atayeva Ashgabat Ahal Turkmenistan)

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

QUICK FACTS HISTORY amp LOCATION

raquo Founded in 1887 as a coeduca-tional comprehensive undershygraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences

raquo Located in Claremont California 56 km east of downtown Los Angeles

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

raquo Minimum TOEFL 100 raquo Minimum IELTS 7 raquo IB Testing Our most competitive

applicants typically earn a score of 40+ on the IB including any bonus points

raquo Domestic and international students admitted to the Class of 2022 SAT EBRW Median Score 735 SAT Math Median Score 760 ACT Composite Median Score 34

VISA-HOLDING STUDENTS AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES 2017-18

raquo Claremont Graduate University 467 raquo Claremont McKenna College 226 raquo Harvey Mudd College 84 raquo Keck Graduate Institute 56 raquo Pitzer College 154 raquo Pomona College 196 raquo Scripps College 60 raquo Total 1243

CALENDAR

raquo Semester system The first semester begins in late August and ends in mid-December the second semester begins in mid-January and ends in mid-May The College has no summer session

FACULTY

raquo 186 full-time with 99 holding PhDs or the highest degree in their fields

raquo Student-faculty ratio 8 to 1 raquo Faculty advisors of first-years

and sophomores take on 10 to 15 students a small number that ensures individual attention

CURRICULUM

raquo The College offers no special speaking reading or writing courses for those whose first language is not English Thereshyfore all candidates for admission must be fluent in English and academically prepared for a challenging college program

raquo Focusing in a major encourages depth of study Students may choose from 48 majors

raquo Senior capstone exercises usually include a seminar and a thesis or other senior project

MAJORS amp MINORS

Africana Studies American Studies Anthropology Art Art History Asian American Studies Asian Studies Biology Chemistry Chicanao-Latinao Studies Chinese Classics Cognitive Science Computer Science Dance Economics English Environmental Analysis French Gender amp Womenrsquos Studies Geology German Studies History International Relations Japanese Late Antique-Medieval Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Middle Eastern Studies Molecular Biology Music Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy Politics amp Economics Physics amp Astronomy Politics

Pre-Engineering Psychology Public Policy Analysis Religious Studies Romance Languages amp Literatures Russian Russian amp Eastern European Studies Science Technology amp Society Sociology Spanish Theatre

No minor offered Combined plans in Engineering

are offered in partnership with the California Institute of Technology Washington University in St Louis and Dartmouth College

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

raquo 92 percent of Pomona students graduate in four years Approxshyimately 85 percent of all alumni go on to graduate or professional schools within 10 years of graduation

SPECIAL FEATURES

raquo Pomona College is the founding member of The Claremont Colshyleges a unique arrangement in American higher education Five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities are located on adjacent campuses they cooperate to greatly broaden the range of opportunities available to students The other members of The Claremont Colleges are Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Pitzer and Scripps Colleges Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute

raquo Cross-enrollment within The Claremont Colleges provides opportunities for curricular enshyrichment and participation in the Claremont collegiate community

raquo In collaboration with the 5Cs Pomona offers classes in 12 foreign languages Pomonarsquos Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

ampPomona yenCollege

Relations is divided into six separate language sections Chinese French German Japanese Russian and Spanish

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AID

raquo US citizens or US permanent residents (ldquogreen cardrdquo status) are eligible for federal assisshytance and should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Profile Reg-istration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS)

raquo Approximately half of the admitted international students each year qualify for need-based financial aid Any admitted stu-dent with a demonstrated need will be offered a financial aid package that meets 100 percent of that need and is based on tuition fees room board and incidental expenses Pomona does not provide for travel expenses to or from the US International transfer students are ineligible for any form of financial aid

raquo Foreign citizens requesting finan-cial assistance must submit the CSS Profile or the International Student Financial Aid Applica-tion (ISFAA) the International Student Certification of Finances and documentation of reported income and assets for considshyeration For more information please refer to wwwpomona edufinancial-aidapplying-for-aid international-aid

raquo Pomona provides no financial assistance in the form of athletic or merit scholarships Students may seek employment on campus during the school year as well as in the summer

raquo International students who intend to apply for aid must do so before the appropriate deadline Students who do not submit all financial aid materials by the deadline may be ineligible to receive aid

GETTING TO CAMPUS

raquo Pomona College is easily accessible by car plane or rail Four airports service the greater Los Angeles area including Los Angeles International (LAX) Ontario International (ONT) John Wayne-Santa Ana International (SNA) and Bob Hope-Burbank (BUR) The closest airport is Ontario A cab ride to Claremont from Ontario takes 15 minutes and costs around $30 (USD)

raquo Those arriving from outside the US may find LAX the most economical option From LAX you may rent a car use a ride share service or take a taxi or shuttle to Claremont or to a train station with service to Claremont

raquo Students can take the Metrolink train from LAX to Claremont by taking the LAX FlyAway bus to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles The San Bernardino Metrolink line will take you from Union Station to Claremont

CONTACT

raquo Please let us know if we can provide more information answer questions or help you plan a campus visit Office of Admissions Sumner Hall 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone +1 909-621-8134 Fax +1 909-621-8952 E-mail admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

raquo Pomona College complies with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting disshycrimination in education and the workplace This policy of nonshydiscrimination covers admission access and service in Pomona College programs and activities as well as hiring promotion compensation benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment at Pomona College

For information about visiting or any other aspect of the admissions process visit us online at

wwwpomonaedu

DEADLINES

EARLY DECISION I NOV 1 EARLY DECISION II JAN 1 REGULAR DECISION JAN 1

COST OF ATTENDANCE (2018-19)

TUITION $52412 ROOM amp BOARD $16716 FEES $368

TOTAL $69496 (USD)

FINANCIAL AID FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Average financial aid award for international students (2016-17) $55022

International students receiving a financial aid award (2016-17) 444

JOIN US POMONAEDUADMISSIONSVISIT

OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS 333 N College Way Claremont CA 91711 Phone 909-621-8134 Fax 909-621-8952 Email admissionspomonaedu Web pomonaedu

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Los Angeles Pomona College