-: Well, besides the terrific weather
which is always a plus, it's a very small school.
I got to know my classmates well,
and I got to know my teachers well.
I was in small groups, and really forced to be able
to defend my ideas, come up with interesting ideas,
because you're not in a lecture of all of a hundred
people, you really have to be able to stand
up for yourself and think about what's important.
So I think Pomona shaped me in that way.
I think the other thing too and this is less obvious,
but I had so much autonomy here, I was able
to join clubs, I was on a political magazine for a while,
and because there are relatively few people here
it really gives you a chance to wear a lot of different
hats in a way that I think you wouldn't get at a bigger
school where you might have to just specialize in one
or two things, and it also means that you get to know
almost all your class, and I think that's helpful
for both kind of interpersonal skills, but also
just for kind of, things in the future, seeing people
like I'm doing right now for reunion weekend.