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 Here’s a new way to choose a college: Colton Neves
picked Pomona because the campus passed the breath test.
Sure, academics and the social climate were key for Neves as
he considered several top schools, but what finally tipped
Neves toward Pomona was the weather: this was the only
college where he didn’t see his breath as he toured the
campus. “The sun did
get to me,” he says.
Colton can’t always enjoy the Southern California sunshine
-- there’s serious studying to be done here. He spends
plenty of time in Professor Deborah Burke’s lab, working as
a research assistant. “That’s really what I like about
Pomona, that opportunity to be close to your professors and
to end up as a sophomore researching cool stuff,” says Neves.
Pomona’s academics are challenging – there are some long
nights of homework – but he finds the atmosphere is more
cooperative than competitive. “It’s not ‘if you do well, I
can’t do well,’’’ says Neves. “It’s ‘we both can do well, we
both can succeed.’”
He lunches with his advisor, Professor Kyoto Kurita, about
once a month just to catch up on his academic plans: “She’s
very calm and understands I’m a harried, insane sophomore.”
And Professor Samuel Yamashita has asked him to lunch a
couple times – they’re both from Hawaii. “The people here,
they’re understanding, they're warm,’’ he says. “That goes
for the professors as well, in and out of the classroom.”
Outside of class, his activities have ranged from the quiz
bowl to the ballroom dance team. At Pomona, if you ask
people what they’ve been doing, they have 10 different
things,” he says.
He gives credit to Pomona’s system for integrating
first-year students into residential life. They’re placed in
small groups with a sponsor, providing what he calls the
“instafriend network.” “That’s a really cool way to get a
base connection with the people who are going to be with you
for the next four years,” he says. “I can talk to people
about what I want to talk about whether it be academically,
intellectually -- or who’s the best superhero.” |
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