SAMPLING OF RECENT INTERNSHIPS

COMPLETED BY POMONA
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

I think people are

much more open-minded

here. They just express

whatever they think,

whatever opinions they

have. Its really good to

be able to communicate

freely like that.

Yiting Ji 15
Nanjing, China

QUICK FACTS
HISTORY & LOCATION
Founded in 1887 as a coeducational, comprehensive, undergraduate college of the liberal
arts and sciences.
Located in Claremont, California;
56 km east of downtown Los
Angeles.

Alaris Consulting, Shanghai, China

AXA Financial Services, Irvine, CA
Aspen Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
BabyCare, Inc., Beijing, China
Park Pride, Atlanta, GA
NERA Economic Consulting, New York, NY
Barclays Capital, Hong Kong
Samuda and Johnson Attorneys at Law, Kingston, Jamaica
International Institute of Finance, Washington, D.C.
PwC Advisory, Ghana
Neighborhood Legal Services, Pacoima, CA
Economic Transformations Group, New York, NY
Skyview Capital, Los Angeles, CA
Samumed LLC, San Diego, CA

INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT PROFILE
Minimum TOEFL: 100
Minimum IELTS: 7
IB Testing: Our most competitive
applicants typically earn a score
of 40+ on the IB, including any
bonus points.
Class of 2017 (domestic and
international students):
SAT Critical Reading Score
Median: 740
SAT Math Score Median: 740
SAT Writing Score Median: 750
ACT Composite Score Median: 33

SAMPLING OF RECENT GRADUATE

SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES BY POMONA
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

VISA STUDENTS AT
THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES
Claremont Graduate Univ. . . 362
Claremont McKenna College 199
Harvey Mudd College . . . . . . . 92
Keck Graduate Institute . . . . . 45
Pitzer College . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Pomona College . . . . . . . . . . 123
Scripps College . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945

Harvard University Graduate School of Education, MEd,

International Education Policy Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, MA, International Relations
California Institute of Technology, PHD
University of Cambridge, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, MPhil
Tufts Graduate School

CALENDAR
Semester system. The rst semester begins in early September, ends late December; second
semester begins in mid-January
and ends in mid-May. The College has no summer session.
FACULTY
190 full time faculty members;
188 holding PhDs or the highest
degrees in their elds.
Student-faculty ratio: 8 to 1
Faculty advisors of freshmen and
sophomores take on 10 to 15 students, a small number that ensures individual attention.

The opportunity to study under

professors at the forefront of their
respective elds was a real attraction,
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 conrm that Pomona was
the place for me.

While the combination of stellar

academics, small faculty-to-student
ratio, friendly student body, and a
great weather all played a role in my
decision, knowing that I was not just
another number on campus was
the deciding factor.

CURRICULUM
The College oers no special
speaking, reading or writing
courses for those whose rst language is not English. Therefore,
all candidates for admission must
be fluent in English and be academically prepared for a challenging college program.
Focusing in a major encourages
depth of study. Students choose
majors from a list of 47.
Senior capstone exercises usually
include a seminar and a thesis or
other senior project.

When I was applying to colleges,

my parents looked at the costit was
way out of range. Pomona was able
to meet 100 percent of the cost of
attendance.
Robert Kipkemoi Langat 16
Waldai, Kenya

Zuzana Vuova
Most, Czech Republic

FPO

060920142000

Rachel Kelani Davidson

Vancouver, Canada

MAJORS & MINORS

Arts & Humanities
Art
Art History
Chinese
Classics
Dance
English

French
German Studies
Japanese
Late Antique and Medieval
Studies *
Music
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Romance Literatures *
Russian
Spanish
Natural Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Geology
Mathematics
Molecular Biology *
Neuroscience *
Physics and Astronomy
Pre-Engineering **
Psychology
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Economics
History
International Relations *
Linguistics and Cognitive Science
Politics
Sociology
Interdisciplinary
Africana Studies
American Studies *
Asian American Studies
Asian Studies
Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies
Environmental Analysis
Gender & Women's Studies
Latin American Studies *
Media Studies
Middle Eastern Studies
Philosophy, Politics and
Economics *
Public Policy Analysis *
Russian and Eastern European
Studies *
Science, Technology and Society
* No minor oered.
** Combined plans in Engineering are
oered in partnerships with the
California Institute of Technology,
Washington University in St. Louis,
and Dartmouth College.
POSTGRADUATE STUDY
Ninety percent of Pomona students graduate after four years.
Approximately 85 percent of all
graduates go on to graduate or
professional schools within 10
years of graduation.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Pomona College is the founding
member of The Claremont Colleges, a unique arrangement in
American higher education. Five
undergraduate colleges and two
graduate universities are located
on adjacent campuses and 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, the Keck Graduate Institute and Claremont Graduate
University.
Cross-enrollment within The
Claremont Colleges provides

opportunities for curricular enrichment and participation in the

Claremont collegiate community.
In collaboration with the 5Cs,
Pomona oers classes in 12 foreign languages. Pomonas Oldenborg Center for Modern
Languages and International Relations is divided into six separate language sections: Chinese,
French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
November 1: Early Decision 1
Application Deadline (International students requesting nancial aid may not apply for Early
Decision.)
January 1: Early Decision 2 Application Deadline (International
students requesting nancial aid
may not apply for Early Decision.)
January 1: Regular Decision
Freshman Application Deadline
February 1: Financial Aid Application Deadline (Students who do
not submit all nancial aid materials by this deadline may be ineligible to receive aid.)
March 1: Transfer Application
Deadline (Financial aid is not
available to transfer candidates
who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.)
TUITION & FEES
COST OF ATTENDANCE
(20142015)
Tuition: $45,500 (USD)
Room & Board: $14,700 (USD)
Fees: $332 (USD)
Total: $60,532 (USD)
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL AID
U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent
residents (green card status)
are eligible for federal assistance
and should le the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) and the Prole Registration Form with the College Scholarship Service (CSS).
Pomona oers nancial aid to approximately half of the admitted
international students each year.
Any admitted student with a
demonstrated need will be offered a nancial 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 U.S. International
transfer students are ineligible
for any form of nancial aid.
Foreign citizens requesting nancial assistance must submit the
CSS Prole or the International
Student Financial Aid Application
(ISFAA), the Certication of Fi-

nances, and documentation of reported income and assets for

consideration. For more information, please refer to:
http://pomona.edu/administration/nancial-aid/applicationprocess/international-aid.aspx.
Pomona provides no nancial 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, if eligible.
International students who intend to apply for aid must do so
before February 1. Financial aid is
not available to international students who apply Early Decision.
GETTING TO CAMPUS
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.
Those arriving from outside the
U.S. may nd LAX the most economical option. From LAX, you
may take a commuter flight to
Ontario, rent a car, take a shuttle,
or take the train to Claremont.
Students can take the Metrolinktrain 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
Please let us know if we can
provide more information,
answer questions, or help you
plan a campus visit.
Oce of Admissions
Sumner Hall
333 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: 909-621-8134
Fax: 909-621-8952
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.pomona.edu
NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
Pomona College complies with
all applicable state and federal
civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in education and the
workplace. This policy of nondiscrimination covers admission, access and service in Pomona
College programs and activities,
as well as hiring, promotion,
compensation, benets and all
other terms and conditions of
employment at Pomona College.

UNDERGRADUATE
RANKINGS
Forbes
#2 Americas Top Colleges

U.S. News & World Report

Top 5 National Liberal Arts College
#5 Best Value for National Liberal
Arts Colleges
#2 Highest 4-Year Graduation Rate

Princeton Review

POMONA
COLLEGE

#5 "Top 10 Best Value Private

Colleges for 2013"
#14 Best College Dorms
#10 Happiest Students

201415

The community of international

students at Pomona is open,
welcoming, helpful and fun.
The International Student Mentor
Program and the international
student events have given me a
strong sense of belonging.
Phillip Schmcker
Ulm, Germany

For information
about visiting or any other
aspect of the admissions
process, visit us online at
www.pomona.edu.

"After 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 U.S.
Mingyan Ophelia Ma
Shanghai, China

The support the College has

provided has been immense and
nurturing. The inclusiveness of
Pomona College is what truly makes
me grateful for my experience,
as I haven't felt excluded in an
environment completely dierent
from my natural one."
Sachit Taneja
New Delhi, India

ENGAGED STUDENTS

STELLAR
FACULTY

Pomona College is for adventurous,

creative-minded students with the
drive to explore and pursue their
academic passions. Oering 47 majors
and 37 minors, a stellar faculty, small
classes and unmatched resources
supporting student success, Pomona
is widely regarded as one of the
worlds leading liberal arts and sciences institutions. Students studying
at Pomona receive an excellent education in the natural and physical
sciences, social sciences, humanities and ne arts in an academic and
residential environment rich in resources, intellectual collaboration, and
the passionate pursuit of individual interests.
The College enrolls approximately 1,560 students (with roughly 100
studying abroad each semester) and has a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1.
The average class size of 15 oers 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 Consortium, a unique collection of ve undergraduate and two graduate institutions located sidedby-side and aording the wide choice of facilities, events and opportunities
common to larger universities.
All Pomona students are
undergraduates. No graduatelevel programs are oered,
and the College does not enroll students who have already completed a bachelors
degree or the equivalent.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF
POMONA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
CANADA
7

UNITED
KINGDOM
4

Since Pomona is an entirely undergraduate

institution, there are no graduate students
competing for faculty attention. Even in your
rst year some of your classes may be taught
by some of our most senior professors. Many
of the Colleges most distinguished faculty
teach rst-year seminars, and senior science
faculty often teach introductory lab sessions.
Youll not only learn from extraordinary
professors. Youll get to know them well.
With a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 and
about 85 percent of faculty living within ve
miles of campus, face time isnt limited to
classroom and oce hours. Youll nd professors and students in every discipline working
closely in research, as well as interacting in a
range of casual settingsover lunch, on the
playing eld, as participants in a musical ensemble, or just strolling across campus on a
beautiful California day.

TRUE LIBERAL ARTS

A true liberal arts education is the most eective 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 specic eld.
No specic course in the Pomona curriculum is prescribed for graduation. Designed to encourage exploration while providing great freedom of
choice, Pomonas Breadth of Study Requirements include one course in
each of ve areasCreative Expression; 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.

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 of more than 7,000
students. When you add the resources of the
Claremont Colleges (the 7Cs) to everything
Pomona already oers, all told you get more
classes to choose from (2,200), more students to bounce ideas o of (7,000), more
clubs to join (227 and counting)and more
dining halls to eat in (7).
Benets of being in Southern California
are harder to quantify. Where else can you
garden on a college campus in January with a
geology and environmental analysis professor; stargaze with three astronomy professors on a eld trip in Anza Borrego desert;
and create an app for a hackathon that representatives from Microsoft, Intuit, 10Gen,
Amazon, Yelp and Google will judge on-site?

SERBIA
1

BULGARIA
RUSSIA
ROMANIA
2
1
1

UKRAINE
1

TURKEY
4
TURKMENISTAN
1
CHINA
53

THE BAHAMAS
1

COSTA RICA
1

With an average of 282 sunny days each year, Claremont is an ideal environment for enjoying outdoor
activities year-round. Summers are generally hot
and dry, while winter is mild, with occasional rain.

DEC.FEB.
MARCHMAY
JUNEAUG.
SEPT.NOV.

Average High (C)

Average Low (C)

20
24
31
27

6
10
16
12

The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) enables students in

GHANA
4
SUDAN
4

JAMAICA
2

SUNNY CALIFORNIA

KOREA
21

GERMANY
2
FRANCE
3
AUSTRIA
2
GREECE
1

MEXICO
1

RESEARCH
SUPERB
RESOURCES

MONTENEGRO
1

COLOMBIA
2

JAPAN
5
HONG KONG
3
TAIWAN
1
NEPAL
1
ISRAEL
1

INDIA
14

MALAYSIA
1

TANZANIA
1
BRAZIL
1

ZIMBABWE
3

VIETNAM
1

KENYA
ETHIOPIA
2
2

PAKISTAN
3

SINGAPORE
4

AN INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY
Pomona is a globally oriented college,

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

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 signicant 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 Resources (Emelia Asiedu '11 Accra, Ghana)

Latin American Studies: A study of the Sino-Chilean trade: Its implications for

China-Chile Relations and the United States (Ge Zhang 13 Shanghai, China)
Molecular Biology: Synthetic Phenolic Compound Bha Causes a Signicant

Increase of Single-Strand Breaks in S. Cerevisiae (Christian Gallardo '10

Buenos Aires, Argentina)
History: A Study of the Environmental History of the Lakshadweep Islands

in the Indian Ocean (Madhav Mehta '12 New Delhi, India)

Economics: A Comparison of RMEcoB with Other Major Currencies in Forex

Market (Shiwei Zhang 14 Jinan, China)

Chemistry: Calculating and Extrapolating the Average Walklength of Random

Molecular Diusion Across Quasicrystals (Ian Chua '12 - Singapore)

TO KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE

with international experiences woven

throughout student life, curriculum and
faculty scholarship.
As a recognized leader in international
education among U.S. undergraduate
institutions, Pomona seeks to deepen the
international experience of students in
preparation for leadership in an interconnected world. 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 Language Lunch Program invites students, faculty, and sta
at all levels of fluency to converse informally in 35 languages. Oldenborg
also sponsors a wide variety of international and intercultural activities
including a guest speaker series and international lm screenings.
Pomona oers 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 900 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.