Pomona
Decision sheet

The starting point

Top-tier LAC in the Claremont Consortium with 100%-needs-met, no-loan need-based aid and an unusually student-friendly outside-scholarship order — Pomona reduces student contribution, work-study, and parent contribution BEFORE touching the Pomona Scholarship.

Start with the aid policy. This research does not list a merit award. Check the school's financial aid options and application requirements; an empty award list is not proof that no aid is available.

Awards to discuss

No merit awards are listed in this research. Ask the school about need-based aid and any other funding options.

Ask before you decide

1. Which entering-year policy and residency category apply to us? What are the admission and scholarship deadlines?
2. What grades and credits are required to renew, and for how many terms?
3. How would other school awards or outside scholarships change the offer?

Recorded stacking policy: Pomona's published outside-scholarship order is unusually student-favorable: outside awards first reduce the standard student contribution ($1,900 for first-years), then the student work award ($2,800), then the expected parent contribution, and only after all three of those are absorbed does Pomona reduce its own institutional scholarship.

Our unanswered questions / Family notes

Keep the sources with the decision

Full research, award details and source context: https://meritplaybook.com/colleges/pomona/merit-aid

• Pomona stacking policy: https://www.pomona.edu/financial-aid/policies
• Pomona cost-of-attendance worksheet: https://www.pomona.edu/financial-aid/cost-attendance

The research date is not a guarantee that a policy still applies. Confirm current amounts, deadlines and conditions with the school before making a financial decision.