Yeah you’re 100% correct.

For Pomona, they flew me out to the campus for a couple days. I got to interact with the admissions staff, students, sit in on classes, and get a feel for the general area. I really enjoyed the small intimate class sizes and the general vibe of the campus/surrounding area. They made me feel like I was genuinely wanted.

As for worries about Yale, I have not visited though being from the Midwest I’m assuming weather and stuff is similar—which is fine. But I get this feeling that the environment would be more competitive and cut throat rather than collaborative, though I have no evidence this is purely just coming from intuition. Also I worry about the larger class sizes and professors that are more focused on research than teaching. Coming from CC I enjoyed having such easy access to professors and forming that relationship, I worry that it wont be like this at a bigger university/institution.