<p>Does anyone know what date the Claremont Colleges (Pitzer, Pomona, Scripps, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna) are releasing transfer decisions this year? Do they all release on the same date? I've heard mid-May, but haven't gotten a clear answer.</p>
<p>Also, how is everyone else handling the waiting period!? I'm going nuts.</p>
<p>I’ve become quite fluent in speaking American ***hole during this high-tension wait time, does that count? :)</p>
<p>I’m waiting on CMC and Pomona, and all they told me was around May 15th (obviously that is precisely mid-May, lol), but hey, that’s RIGHT around the corner! So thank god, it’s almost over!</p>
<p>Seriously though, I’m on the verge of finals week so I’m actually pretty busy (still doesn’t seem to eliminate time for freaking out, though, oddly enough…). How about you? Are you done for the semester?</p>
<p>Ha, I’d say that counts for something!</p>
<p>I’m waiting on Scripps and I’m super nervous. May 15th is a Sunday this year, as I’m sure you’re aware…do you think that means we’ll get notified on May 13th (Friday) or the week of May 16th!? I’m hoping for the former.</p>
<p>My finals week starts tomorrow, too. Meh. Good luck to you on your finals and certainly on your decisions!</p>
<p>And best of luck on both to you as well!</p>
<p>Yes, I was aware, and I could speculate, but I just did that with Harvard (I guessed the 16th), and then I received my decision…the next day, I think? Might even have been the same day, lol. So clearly I am not a good guesser! 
Friday the 13th is a slightly scary prospect, though, eh? Does this seem like a cruel cosmic joke to anyone else…? Haha </p>
<p>If you really want to know I’d say try to find some threads from last year and see when they found out. If I have time I’ll try to take a look, too, but there are surprisingly few threads related to the Claremont consortium. They do seem to be the-best-kept-secret-in-the-west or something…</p>
<p>I totally agree that admissions decisions on Friday the 13th seems to bring a bad aura. I’m hearing from Wellesley at 5 PM that day (not a guess; they’ve given a definitive answer)…eep!</p>
<p>I did check the threads from last year, and I think Pomona emailed decisions on the 12th and 13th. I hope we hear this week!</p>
<p>Also, I wish the “best kept secret” idea were true…then the CCs wouldn’t get as many apps ;)</p>
<p>^Haha, you definitely have a point there!</p>
<p>Ahhhhh, geez…so isn’t this like Harvard all over again? Over a thousand applicants vying for -5 spots?
I don’t know a whole lot about Scripps, but I’m assuming it’s pretty much the same as the others, chance-wise (meaning, number of applicants vs. number of spots available)?</p>
<p>Ok, just found a site that said Pomona received 200 transfer apps and accepted 19 students, but it doesn’t say what year this information is from…</p>
<p>If that’s at all reliable though, chances are slim, but nowhere near as bad as Harvard, lol.
Wonder how CMC and Scripps look…</p>
<p>WHOA, that’s a rough prospect. I read that HMC got 70 apps in 2009 and took 1 person (who didn’t even enroll).</p>
<p>Pomona transfer data for fall 2010:</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Pomona College - Admission](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Transfer data for most schools are available through the CBs College Search function or the Common Data Set.</p>
<p>Thanks, entomom! I suppose that the Pomona stats are, in effect, “like Harvard all over again,” since Pomona’s transfer acceptance rate is 6% and Harvard’s freshman acceptance rate is also 6%.</p>
<p>Scripps’ looks to be about 30%, but I was told they can only take ~16 transfers this year because of the over-enrollment from last year’s pool.</p>
<p>D2 will be an entering fr to Pomona and is very excited. Best of luck to all Claremont transfer applicants!</p>
<p>@entomom- I second that thank you. 
I don’t know why I always do that-- I KNOW the CB has all that data, for every school, but I always just end up Googling (is that a word? Lol) stuff because I want to compare notes, I guess. I mean, each site gives different info, for the same year, even. How can there be that much conflicting data out there…? I don’t know who to believe…(not that it matters too much, I suppose).</p>
<p>@Transfer014- Really?? Wow, that stinks!! 30% isn’t really too bad, but basically it won’t be 30% this year…you picked the wrong year to apply, eh? Lol I’m rooting for you!!
Let me know how it goes, and I’ll do the same.</p>
<p>Well, sad to say, but it looks like the four decisions I’m waiting on leave little to no hope, lol. Unless I am pleasantly surprised this week, it appears I will be a USC Trojan this fall. How about you?</p>
<p>@ entomom: Congrats to your D, and thank you!</p>
<p>@chasethecarrot: I am pretty much praying for Scripps to love me as much as I love them! I certainly will let you know what happens. I called this morning and they said decisions are being mailed “in mid-May” but would not give a specific date. I hope they mail them this week so I’m not anxiously waiting into the end of next week.</p>
<p>I’m waiting on Wellesley, Scripps and Bryn Mawr. I got into Mount Holyoke but am 85% sure I will not be attending, as I really didn’t get “the feeling” and am only interested in 4 or 5 classes there (Scripps, by comparison, has 30 courses I love). If I’m rejected from W, S and BM, I will probably stay at my current school.</p>
<p>USC is nothing to scoff at, certainly! Congrats to you! Which other schools are you waiting on?</p>
<p>@entomom- wow, that’s incredible! Huge congrats to both of you! Pomona looks like an absolutely fantastic school, and to be part of the larger consortium offers so many more resources and opportunities, while still giving students the benefits of the smaller school environment. I fell in love with Pomona almost instantly when I was researching potential transfer schools; it just seems amazing.
Tell her to watch out for the campus ghost, though…spooky… ;)</p>
<p>It’s so funny…schools like HYP, etc. are SO well known, while fantastic schools like Pomona are almost unheard of. That’s why I called it the “best kept secret…”; I’m in Missouri, and everyone who has asked where I applied to gives me the same totally blank stare when I say Pomona and Claremont McKenna, lol. I can tell they’re assuming these are my safeties, when in fact they’re a couple of the most selective schools in the country, AND part of the “New Ivies” title granted to the prestigious west coast colleges.</p>
<p>@Transfer014- I’m just down to Amherst, Pomona, CMC, and Stanford. So, yeah- I’ll be completely blown away if I receive any more acceptance letters! The odds at each of my final four are simply ridiculous. Ah, sad day. 
Lol, but you’re right- USC is nothing to scoff at. It’s an absolutely beautiful school, and the school spirit is CRAZY! I could definitely enjoy being a part of something like that. I just hope that, no matter where I end up, I can carve out a place for myself and feel like a part of the group, despite my non-traditional status and the fact that I’ll be raising children on a college campus. </p>
<p>I thought about applying to some of the schools that have programs specifically for students like me (actually, I DID apply to one of them- Columbia’s GS program, for non-traditionals- I was accepted, but their financial aid is awful). Unfortunately, during app season I was unaware of just how many great programs there were for students like me; I didn’t find out about most of them until I received some advice on the Parents’ forum (which is a fantastic place, btw, if you ever need help or advice in any way- they’re wonderful, very knowledgeable people- I highly recommend at least cruising by the forum every once in awhile!), but I’m not sure it would have mattered. I came into this whole process with the attitude that I wanted to see how I measured up to everyone else, the “normal” students. I didn’t want “special treatment,” you know? A lot of people have told me that’s silly and those programs would really be a good fit for me, or even that I’ll be “sorry” (jerks ) but it’s just something about my point of view that I can’t easily change…I felt like a cheater when I got my GS acceptance, too.</p>
<p>Kinda got off on a tangent there, lol, in any case, it sounds like Scripps hold a great deal of appeal to you; I’m focusing all of my positive energy on envisioning your acceptance!! I really hope you make it in. What about the other two? I don’t know much about Wellesley and Bryn Mawr- Will you be equally or almost equally excited to be accepted to either of them as you would be to get into Scripps?</p>
<p>I’m applying to transfer because I’m at a community college right now, graduating in a week…or something…shoot, I need to check on that, lol, it would be just my luck to miss my own graduation… hahaha
Point being, I have to transfer no matter what, so that’s what started this circus of stomach ulcers. Sounds like you’re at a 4 year, though. Can I ask which one? And why you decided you wanted to leave?</p>
<p>Wow, best of luck! I don’t know much about Amherst’s acceptance rate for transfers, but Stanford is well-known for their 1-2% rate…so absurdly frustrating. I’m glad you’ll be happy at USC – the way I see it, if USC is your worst-case scenario, you’re still pretty set! I think what you’re doing is amazing. Obviously, I don’t know your full circumstances, but the idea of raising kids while completing/financing undergrad (and the lives of your kids) is such a challenge. It speaks a lot of your character that you’re taking so much on, and you seem to be handling it with a level head. I’m in awe.</p>
<p>Congrats on Columbia, even if you weren’t super pleased by the acceptance. I definitely understand not wanting to be treated like a “special” student, although I think there is merit to letting a school know/accept you for who you are…and if that’s not a “typical” student, that’s okay too. </p>
<p>I LOVE, love, love Scripps and feel the same about Wellesley. I like Bryn Mawr, but am not nearly as passionate about it as I am about S & W. I would certainly be happy to get into BMC, though! Thank you for your positive energy! I’m sending lots your way, as well.</p>
<p>I’m glad you have a great acceptance under your belt to (hopefully) calm some of your nerves! And congrats on graduating, of course :). I’m at Boston University and there really is no sense of a cohesive community. I am also pretty passionate about the idea of an all-women’s education and the sense of empowerment that brings. I hope to be a part of it at W or S, although I realize that I want to be somewhere I LOVE (which is why I’m not just picking MoHo since it’s all-female).</p>
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<p>If you can find the Common Data Set for a school (not all schools make them available), that is data from the primary source and is reliable. The CB is good, but it takes a few months for them to catch up and post data from the most recent cycle. I know the transfer numbers for some schools, so I know they are now displaying fall 2010 data. Other sources like books tend to have older data since they’re published and then not updated for several years (if at all). Of course the college website is good if they list transfer data; Dartmouth is one of the few that I’ve seen that gives numbers for the past several years.</p>
<p>I can’t wait at this point! I asked pomona and cmc an they both said to expect decisions the week of the 16th since the 15th is a sunday, best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Ugh, so annoying that they’re waiting til next week to send them. I’ll be anxiously waiting by my mail slot til the 20th.</p>
<p>When I called Claremont McKenna a day or two ago the admissions rep told me they were trying to have them out by Friday, but there would really be no way to tell.</p>