POMONA COLLEGE AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

2015–16 “I THINK PEOPLE ARE UNDERGRADUATE MUCH MORE OPEN-MINDED RANKINGS HERE. THEY JUST EXPRESS Forbes » #8 America’s Top Colleges WHATEVER THEY THINK, U.S. News & World Report » Top 5 National Liberal Arts College WHATEVER OPINIONS THEY Princeton Review » #1 Great Financial Aid HAVE. IT’S REALLY GOOD » #4 Best Run Colleges » #4 Their Students Love These Colleges TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE » #5 Best Science Lab Facilities » #13 Best Dorms FREELY LIKE THAT.” — Yiting Ji Nanjing, China SAMPLING OF RECENT INTERNSHIPS COMPLETED BY POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE » Alaris Consulting, SHANGHAI, CHINA SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA » AXA Financial Services, IRVINE, CA » Aspen Institute, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS » HARVARD UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Education, MEd, » BabyCare, Inc., BEIJING, CHINA International Education Policy Program » Park Pride, ATLANTA, GA » JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY School of Advanced International » NERA Economic Consulting, NEW YORK, NY Studies, MA, International Relations » Barclays Capital, HONG KONG » INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PHD » Samuda and Johnson Attorneys at Law, KINGSTON, JAMAICA » UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Theoretical and Applied » International Institute of Finance, WASHINGTON, D.C. Linguistics, MPhil » PwC Advisory, GHANA » TUFTS Graduate School » Neighborhood Legal Services, PACOIMA, CA » Economic Transformations Group, NEW YORK, NY » Skyview Capital, LOS ANGELES, CA » Samumed LLC, SAN DIEGO, CA

“ When I was applying to colleges, SUNNY CALIFORNIA my parents looked at the cost— it was way out of range. Pomona With an average of 282 sunny days each year, was able to meet 100 percent Claremont is an ideal environment for enjoying of the cost of attendance.” outdoor activities year-round. Summers are ROBERT KIPKEMOI LANGAT generally hot and dry, while winter is mild, WALDAI, KENYA with occasional rain. Average High (C) Average Low (C) DEC.–FEB. 20 6 MARCH–MAY 24 10 JUNE–AUG. 31 16 SEPT.–NOV. 27 12

San Francisco AVERAGE FINANCIAL AID AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: $45,738

Pomona Los Angeles College ENGAGED STUDENTS is for adventurous, creative-minded students with the drive to explore and pursue their academic passions. Ofering 47 majors and 37 minors, a stellar faculty, small classes and unmatched resources supporting student success, Pomona is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading liberal arts and sciences institutions. Students studying at Pomona receive an excellent education in the humanities and fne arts, natural and physical science and social sciences in an academic and residential environment rich in resources, intellectual collaboration, and the passionate pursuit of individual interests. The College enrolls approximately 1,650 students (with roughly 100 studying abroad each semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1. The average class size of 15 ofers students the opportunity to become full participants in the learning process. High value is placed on the interaction between teacher and student, 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 , a unique collection of fve undergraduate and two graduate institutions located side-by-side and afording the wide choice of facilities, events and opportunities common to STELLAR larger universities. FACULTY All Pomona students are Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate institution, there are no graduate students undergraduates. No graduate-level competing for faculty attention. Even in your frst year some of your classes may be taught by programs are ofered, and the College some of our most senior professors. Many of the College’s most distinguished faculty teach does not enroll students who have frst-year seminars, and senior science faculty ofen teach introductory lab sessions. already completed a bachelor’s degree or You’ll not only learn from extraordinary professors. You’ll get to know them well. With the equivalent. a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 and about 85 percent of faculty living within fve miles of campus, face time isn’t limited to classroom and ofce hours. You’ll fnd professors and students in every discipline working closely in research, as well as interacting in a range of casual settings—over lunch, on the playing feld, as participants in a musical ensemble, or just strolling across campus on a beautiful California day.

“AferfouryearsatPomona,Ihavecometorealizethatthereisnothingthatcangiveaninternational studentabetterexperienceofAmericanhighereducationthanaliberalartscollege.Pomonaprovided the resources and support I needed to transition to life in the U.S.” MINGYAN “OPHELIA” MA SHANGHAI, CHINA “ The community of international students at Pomona is open, welcoming, helpful and fun. SUPERB RESOURCES The International Student Mentor Program Our students enjoy both the advantages of a small school, where professors teach every class, and andtheinternationalstudenteventshave givenmeastrongsenseofbelonging.” the opportunities and resources of a larger university setting. When you add the resources of the PHILIPP SCHMÜCKER (the 7Cs) to everything Pomona already ofers, all told you get more classes ULM, GERMANY to choose from (2,200), more students to bounce ideas of of (7,000), more clubs to join (227 and counting)—and more dining halls to eat in (7). Benefts of being in are harder to quantify. Where else can you explore performance and social justice through the Theater for Young Audiences program; stargaze with three astronomy professors on a feld trip in Anza Borrego desert; and create an app for a hackathon that representatives from Microsof, Intuit, 10Gen, Amazon, 7CsYelp and Google will judge on-site? THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES TRUE LIBERAL ARTS A true liberal arts education is the most efective 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 specifc feld. No specifc course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation. Designed to encourage exploration while providing great freedom of choice, Pomona’s Breadth of Study Requirements include one course in each of six areas—Creative Expression (two courses); Social Institutions and Human Behavior; History, Values, Ethics and Cultural Studies; Physical and Biological Sciences; and Mathematical Reasoning. Central to this rich and empowering intellectual experience is trading ideas with other exceptional students in an environment that encourages collegiality, not competition. And with 90% of all classes with fewer than 30 students, it is virtually impossible to get lost in the classroom.

“ThesupporttheCollegehasprovidedhasbeenimmenseandnurturing.Theinclu- sivenessofPomonaCollegeiswhattrulymakesmegratefulformyexperience,asI haven’tfeltexcludedinanenvironmentcompletelydiferentfrommynaturalone.” SACHIT TANEJA NEW DELHI, INDIA ß TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Pomona is a globally oriented college, with international experiences woven throughout GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF student life, curriculum and faculty scholarship. POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS As a recognized leader in international education among U.S. undergraduate CANADA MONTENEGRO BULGARIA RUSSIA institutions, Pomona seeks to deepen the international experience of students in preparation 7 UNITED 1 SERBIA 2 1 KINGDOM 1 CHINA for leadership in an interconnected world. The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages 3 49

and International Relations provides a hub for international life for the Pomona community. KOREA Native speakers of Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish live in each of 23 the six language sections as advisors to help organize activities and events for the students who live there. The Oldenborg Language Lunch Program invites students, faculty, and staf GERMANY at all levels of fluency to converse informally in 25 languages. Oldenborg also sponsors a 1 FRANCE wide variety of international and intercultural activities including a guest speaker series and JAPAN 2 4 international flm screenings. MEXICO 3 HONG KONG Pomona ofers international students a supportive environment in a community aware GREECE 3 THE BAHAMAS 1 of many cultures and political systems around the world. International students at Pomona 1 NEPAL GHANA 1 have the support of the International Place (I-Place) of The Claremont Colleges, which JAMAICA 4 2 VIETNAM serves as a social and cultural center to more than 1,100 international students throughout SUDAN 1 1 the consortium. In addition to hosting regular lunches and other cultural events, I-Place MALAYSIA TANZANIA PAKISTAN 1 1 3 organizes a special, week-long orientation that helps international students prepare for and SINGAPORE BRAZIL COLOMBIA KENYA 3 adapt to their new surroundings before they begin academic and social life at Pomona. 1 ZIMBABWE 2 ETHIOPIA INDIA AUSTRALIA 2 3 2 12 1 “ While the combination of stellar academics, small faculty-to-student ratio, friendly student body, and a great weather all played a role inmydecision,knowingthatIwasnotjustanother‘number’on campus was the deciding factor.” 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. A large number of students carry out research on campus and a signifcant number participate in projects in various locales such as Oregon, Maine, Colorado, Illinois and international sites such as Botswana, Ghana, Russia, Tanzania, Egypt, Pakistan, France and the Cook Islands.

SAMPLING OF SURP PROJECTS BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS » THEATRE: REVIVING GHANAIAN THEATRE: THEATRE IN GHANA - DEVELOPMENT, METHODS AND “ The opportunity to study under RESOURCES (Emelia Asiedu – Accra, Ghana) professors at the forefront of their » LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES: A STUDY OF THE respectivefeldswasarealattrac- SINO-CHILEAN TRADE: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR tion,andaferavisittothebeautiful, CHINA-CHILE RELATIONS AND THE sunny campus, during which I met (Ge Zhang – Shanghai, China) many of the friendly and intelligent » MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: SYNTHETIC PHENOLIC people who work and study there, COMPOUND BHA CAUSES A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE itwaseasytoconfrmthatPomona OF SINGLE-STRAND BREAKS IN S. CEREVISIAE was the place for me. (Christian Gallardo – Buenos Aires, Argentina) RACHEL KELANI DAVIDSON » HISTORY: A STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL VANCOUVER, CANADA HISTORY OF THE LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN (Madhav Mehta – New Delhi, India) » ECONOMICS: A COMPARISON OF RMECOB WITH OTHER MAJOR CURRENCIES IN FOREX MARKET (Shiwei Zhang – Jinan, China) » CHEMISTRY: CALCULATING AND EXTRAPOLATING THE AVERAGE WALKLENGTH OF RANDOM MOLECULAR DIFFUSION ACROSS QUASICRYSTALS (Ian Chua - Singapore) QUICK FACTS HISTORY & LOCATION CURRICULUM » Interdisciplinary » In collaboration with the 5Cs, a demonstrated need will be » Students can take the Metrolink- Africana Studies Pomona ofers classes in 12 ofered a fnancial aid package train from LAX to Claremont by » Founded in 1887 as a coeduca- » The College ofers no special American Studies * foreign languages. Pomona’s that meets 100 percent of that taking the LAX FlyAway bus to tional, comprehensive, under- speaking, reading or writing Asian American Studies Oldenborg Center for Modern need and is based on tuition, Union Station in downtown Los graduate college of the liberal courses for those whose frst Asian Studies Languages and International fees, room, board and incidental Angeles. The San Bernardino arts and sciences. language is not English. There- Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies Relations is divided into six expenses. Pomona does not Metrolink line will take you from » Located in Claremont, California; fore, all candidates for admission Environmental Analysis separate language sections: provide for travel expenses to Union Station to Claremont. 56 km east of downtown Los must be fluent in English and Gender & Women’s Studies Chinese, French, German, or from the U.S. International Angeles. be academically prepared for a Latin American Studies * Japanese, Russian and Spanish. transfer students are ineligible CONTACT challenging college program. Media Studies for any form of fnancial aid. INTERNATIONAL » Focusing in a major encourages » Please let us know if we can Middle Eastern Studies APPLICATION DEADLINES » Foreign citizens requesting fnan- STUDENT PROFILE depth of study. Students choose provide more information, Philosophy, Politics and » Early Decision 1 cial assistance must submit the answer questions, or help you » Minimum TOEFL: 100 majors from a list of 47. Economics * Application Deadline: Nov. 1 CSS Profle or the International plan a campus visit. » Minimum IELTS: 7 » Senior capstone exercises usually Public Policy Analysis * Financial Aid Forms: Nov. 15 Student Financial Aid Application Ofce of Admissions » IB Testing: Our most competitive include a seminar and a thesis or Russian and Eastern European » Early Decision 2 (ISFAA), the Certifcation of Sumner Hall applicants typically earn a score other senior project. Studies * Application Deadline: Jan. 1 Finances, and documentation of 333 N. College Way of 40+ on the IB, including any MAJORS & MINORS Science, Technology and Society Financial Aid Forms: Jan. 15 reported income and assets for Claremont, CA 91711 bonus points. *Nominorofered. » Regular Decision consideration. For more infor- Phone: +1 909-621-8134 » Class of 2019 (domestic and » Arts & Humanities ** Combined plans in Engineering Application Deadline: Jan. 1 mation, please refer to: http:// Fax: +1 909-621-8952 international students): Art areoferedinpartnershipswith Financial Aid Forms: Feb. 15 pomona.edu/administration/ E-mail: [email protected] SAT Critical Reading Score Art History the California Institute of Technol- » Students who do not submit all fnancial-aid/application-process/ Web: www.pomona.edu Median: 730 Chinese ogy,WashingtonUniversityinSt. fnancial aid materials by the international-aid.aspx. SAT Math Score Median: 740 Classics Louis, and Dartmouth College. deadline may be ineligible to » Pomona provides no fnancial NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY SAT Writing Score Median: 730 Dance recieve aid. assistance in the form of athletic ACT Composite Score Median: 32 English POSTGRADUATE STUDY » Pomona College complies with » Please check website for or merit scholarships. Students French all applicable state and federal » Ninety percent of Pomona transfer application deadline may seek employment on campus VISA STUDENTS AT THE German Studies civil rights laws prohibiting dis- students graduate in four years. (Financial aid is not available during the school year as well CLAREMONT COLLEGES 14-15 Japanese crimination in education and the Approximately 85 percent of all to transfer candidates who are as in the summer, if eligible. Late Antique and Medieval workplace. This policy of non- » Claremont Graduate University 449 graduates go on to graduate or not U.S. citizens or permanent » International students who in- Studies * discrimination covers admission, » Claremont McKenna College 223 professional schools within 10 residents.) tend to apply for aid must do so Music access and service in Pomona » 101 years of graduation. before the appropriate deadline. Philosophy College programs and activities, » Keck Graduate Institute 49 TUITION & FEES Religious Studies as well as hiring, promotion, » 101 SPECIAL FEATURES COST OF ATTENDANCE GETTING TO CAMPUS Romance Literatures * compensation, benefts and all » Pomona College 155 (2015–2016) » Pomona College is easily Russian » Pomona College is the founding other terms and conditions of » 44 accessible by car, plane or rail. Spanish member of The Claremont Col- » Tuition: $47,280 (USD) employment at Pomona College. » Total 1122 Four airports service the greater Theatre leges, a unique arrangement in » Room & Board: $15,150 (USD) Los Angeles area, including Los » Natural Sciences American higher education. Five » Fees: $340 (USD) CALENDAR Angeles International (LAX), Biology undergraduate colleges and two » Total: $62,770 (USD) Ontario International (ONT), » Semester system. The frst se- Chemistry graduate universities are located mester begins in early Septem- John Wayne-Santa Ana Computer Science on adjacent campuses and they INTERNATIONAL For information ber, ends late December; second International (SNA), and Bob Geology cooperate to greatly broaden the FINANCIAL AID aboutvisitingoranyother semester begins in mid-January range of opportunities available Hope-Burbank (BUR). The Mathematics » U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent aspect of the admissions and ends in mid-May. The Col- to students. The other members closest airport is Ontario. A cab Molecular Biology * residents (“green card” status) process,visitusonlineat lege has no summer session. of The Claremont Colleges are ride to Claremont from Ontario Neuroscience * are eligible for federal assis- www.pomona.edu. Claremont McKenna, Harvey takes 15 minutes and costs Physics and Astronomy tance and should fle the Free FACULTY Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps around $30. Pre-Engineering ** Application for Federal Student Colleges, the Keck Graduate » Those arriving from outside the » 188 full time faculty members; Psychology Aid (FAFSA) and the Profle Reg- Institute and Claremont U.S. may fnd LAX the most 174 holding PhDs or the highest » Social Sciences istration Form with the College Graduate University. economical option. From LAX, degrees in their felds. Anthropology Scholarship Service (CSS). » Cross-enrollment within The you may take a commuter flight » Student-faculty ratio: 8 to 1 Economics » Pomona ofers fnancial aid to Claremont Colleges provides to Ontario, rent a car, take a » Faculty advisors of freshmen History approximately half of the admit- opportunities for curricular en- shuttle, or take the train to and sophomores take on 10 to 15 International Relations * ted international students each richment and participation in the Claremont. students, a small number that Linguistics and Cognitive Science year. Any admitted student with ensures individual attention. Politics Claremont collegiate community. Sociology