<p>Ok so, this is a women's college, and I've heard all the stuff about "guys are jsut across the street" But thats fine for some things, but I like to have guys in my group of friends and it would be weird for them not to be just down the hall. Plus I think it would be strange to have that half missing from most of my class discusions. Because men do have different opinions. How many of your classes are really coed? And when scripps has college trips -like the ski/beach day - do they go with all the other colleges.</p>
<p>Baisically, I like the school alot, but I don't want it to be a wome's college because it seems just too unbalanced.</p>
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<li><p>I have many close guy friends, but I've also made a point of participating in some off-campus clubs that have allowed me to meet students from all the colleges. In general, though, you'll meet lots of people--guys included--from all the schools, and you can easily hang out with them as much as you want. There are a lot of freshman orientation events geared toward meeting off-campus students. Plus, remember that Harvey Mudd is across the street and is male-dominated. There are plenty of prospective techies who share your concern :-)</p></li>
<li><p>The Scripps students I know who had the strangest time adjusting to a women's college were those whose high school social circles were almost all male. In fairness, I came from a girl's high school, so my point of view is kind of skewed, but I really have never had a problem. Enough girls come in with your concern that there's definitely a concerted first-year effort to get around and meet people.</p></li>
<li><p>That half won't be missing from your class discussions, because not only will guys be in your classes, but you'll take classes off campus. I'm technically a senior-and-a-half in credits, so that's a lot of Claremont classes, and I've only had...5...that were all-female: Core 1, Core 2, Core 3, Writing 50, and "Philosophy of Feminism" (note that the first four are Scripps only and my other two women's studies type courses had male students in them). I've had one class (off-campus) in which I was the only girl, and a fair number in which girls were the minority, so it's all balanced out. As far as Scripps classes go, it really depends on what the subject is (Spanish will be more mixed than Ballet or Intro Women's Studies). I would say that it's very common for the majority of students to be female, but it's relatively uncommon for the whole class to be single-sex. </p></li>
<li><p>Scripps doesn't have ski/beach day. There are lots of school-sponsored trips, and sometimes they're just Scripps, sometimes they're open to various schools, and sometimes they're through Scripps but you're allowed to bring guests (I'd say the last of these is the most common). </p></li>
<li><p>Have you visited Scripps? If not, I highly recommend it...it might alleviate some of your concerns (or it might compound them, but I don't expect so). If you really do like the school, then I wouldn't be turned off by the fact that it's a women's college, because really it's as much of one as you want to make it. No, it's not going to be like some other schools where you have three guys in the room nextdoor and you all share a bathroom, but each situation comes with unique up- and down-sides.</p></li>
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<p>Good luck...feel free to ask any other questions you might have :-)</p>
<p>I concur with Student615 -- if you haven't visited Scripps, you should definitely try to do so! My daughter had exactly the same concerns about Scripps initially (and she came from a large co-ed high school with many male friends), but they were allayed after she visited and spent an overnight. She is completing her first year and loves the school. She has made lots of friends, both male and female, and feels she has the best of all worlds. Check out the "Scripps is a great choice" thread for some additional insights. Good luck making your decision!</p>
<p>From what I've seen, women I know who had lots of guy friends in high school tend to have lots of guy friends here. It kind of amazed me how quickly some made so many guy friends, actually! (It took me a while to get the hang of making friends with guys; most of my high school friends were girls.) </p>
<p>But like Student615 said, you will meet plenty of guys, particularly if you are making an effort to socialize with men at events and going to things. Yeah, it takes a little more effort when they're not just right down the hall, but even I have lots of guy friends, and I seriously had maybe one male friend in high school. It's really not far to friends on Mudd, or CMC or wherever. A little farther to Pomona, but not exactly a tragedy.</p>
<p>Another note on classes: there's always the option of off-campus classes, too. I take a lot of classes at Pomona so I know a lot of guys that way. </p>
<p>There are groups that do 5C trips. If you like hiking and stuff, I'd highly recommend getting involved in On the Loose (OTL), the outdoors club.
Ski-beach day, btw, is a Pomona event. I've never checked on if students from the other colleges can go or not. </p>
<p>I was very wary of the women's college thing, as I also very much enjoy having men in my classes. I highly recommend visiting, if you can; it was meeting so many amazing women here, and getting a feel for the campus and the community, that made me fall in love with Scripps.</p>
<p>I had quite a few guy friends while I was at Scripps. Really, the only big difference is that you don't live with them. And if you see how disgusting the dorms can be at CMC and Pomona, you'll be glad you don't live with them and can return to your nice clean dorm.</p>