<p>I’m not a student yet (got accepted ED), but I’ve visited Scripps twice and it seems like there are ample opportunities to interact with the guys of the other four colleges. When I had dinner at Scripps there were men from all of the other colleges having dinner there also. From what I’ve been told, Scripps seems the least like a women’s college than all of the other all-girls schools in the country. </p>
<p>Recently, I’ve come to realize that I may benefit more from the “Women First” attitude at Scripps. I’m not talking militant feminism, but more along the lines of building the confidence to survive in the business world and providing me with the skills I need to succeed in whatever career I end up choosing. I didn’t make Scripps my top choice based on the gender ratio, but because I genuinely admired their approach to learning and the opportunities available there. As I learned more about Scripps I thought less about the exclusion of men and more about the inclusion of women (I swear that made more sense in my head) and now I’m looking forward to attending a school where there is great emphasis on the success of the female population. </p>
<p>But that’s just my view! I’d still like to hear the opinions of some of the current Scripps students.</p>
<p>It really depends on your personality and interests, as well as what you want from the college. Students who are outgoing, major off-campus, or join lots of 5-C clubs will find themselves with a lot of male friends. Many students want a women’s college experience and have very few male friends at all. For students who just aren’t outgoing or don’t join a lot of activities, it will be much harder to create a balanced ratio of male to female friends. Your primary friends are based on proximity, and at Scripps that will mean women.</p>
<p>However, if you are concerned because you “don’t really like to hang out with girls,” you may just be jaded by your experiences with high school girls. Women at Scripps are typically fun, intelligent, friendly and not “catty.”</p>
<p>After your first year, though, if you decide you would rather be living in co-ed dorms, the 5-Cs permit a living exchange, meaning you could live in a dorm at another college if you find a female student there who would rather be living at Scripps.</p>
<p>personally i dont feel like i’m missing out on anything being at an all women’s college…believe me, you can find men when you want to but its so nice to be able to go back to your room and not have to share your shower with a guy. i’m majoring off campus (theatre at pomona) so all of my classes there are co-ed, but also at scripps, my french class and dance class are co-ed, actually all of my classes at scripps are co-ed except for core, writing 50, and gender and women’s studies classes</p>
<p>As an FYI, but not all gender and women’s studies classes are women’s only. This is just a trend. But I have heard of many GWS classes where males are prominent.</p>
<p>I never had any problems meeting and getting to know guys on the Claremont Campuses. I had guys in all of my classes (except for a few Scripps-only classes like core), even women’s studies classes, and it’s pretty easy to also meet guys through the dining halls (everyone loves to go to Scripps to eat, it has the best food), 5C events including joint organizations, concerts, lectures, and parties, and through other Scrippsies. Hell, you can just walk across the street to the heavily male Harvey Mudd, and I guarantee they’ll want to get to know you. Inter-marriages between Scrippsies and Mudders are are pretty common, supposedly.</p>
<p>If you really want to isolate yourself from guys for four years it’s easier to do so at Scripps than a co-ed college, but they’re not hard to seek out if you want to get to know them. I actually felt like my college experience had a somewhat co-ed flavor despite being at an all-women’s college, with the big exceptions being that I was in all-female dorms and that Scripps organizations and leadership positions were all filled by women. It usually felt like a “best of all worlds” situation.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m planning on transferring to Scripps (if all goes well application-wise) and I wondered if anyone could comment on going to school far away from their hometown. I live in Chicago, and I know only a few girls from my high school that now are in California for school, but they are mostly northern California. Is the distance a hard thing? Do you ever get really homesick and if so what do you do? Thanks!</p>
<p>I know a few girls from the Chicago area who go to Scripps. I myself am from Portland, which is much closer. I think the biggest problem with the distance is that it makes going home for breaks much harder. In the Fall we have a 4 day weekend called Fall break, and another in Thanksgiving. For students on the East coast or in the midwest, this can be difficult because you wind-up spending a whole day flying there, and another one flying back, and some people decide that at that point it’s not worth it. BUT the nice thing about Scripps is that a majority of people aren’t local (to SoCal), so it’s easy enough to find other people who aren’t flying back. I find that on-campus, most people are focused on student life and academics, and not so much on wishing they were back home. </p>
<p>I’m not one for homesickness, but over summer break i got homesick for Scripps.</p>
<p>I’m going to Scripps next year and I’m from Chicago as well. First, I wish you luck on your application! While I obviously can’t comment on what it’ll be like being so far from home yet, I can at least attest that you aren’t alone! So, worst case scenario, we can, like, eat ice cream and talk about Chicago snow together.</p>
<p>Haha, thanks Listenwell! Yeah, we don’t find out until the MIDDLE OF MAY!!! So I’m really crossing my fingers that I get in so we can talk about our lovely Chicago snow haha. Can you believe the weather this past week?</p>
<p>I’m actually from the Chicago area myself, and I had two good friends at Scripps from that area as well (one from the burbs, another from Kenosha). While more Scrippsies do come from the west coast and Hawaii, I did meet a decent number of other students from Chicago and the nearby midwest. I imagine Scripps has probably gotten even more geographically diverse since I attended, given that it’s more prominent.</p>
<p>I didn’t get too homesick at Scripps, although I’d wanted to move far from home. You can fly home directly from Santa Ana or LAX airports. I generally came home for winter and spring break and was usually home at least 3-4 weeks in the summer. Going home for Thanksgiving and fall break is a bit more of a pain but do-able. If you don’t make it home for those holidays, a lot of people are on campus over fall break (and on typical weekends generally very few people go home), and over Thanksgiving the Scripps president invites all Scripps students, alums, and family / friends to her house for dinner. My parents also flew out to family weekend my first year and a few other times throughout the years.</p>
<p>I found the hardest part of being from farther away that I’d go home for breaks, and most of my college friends would be home out on the west coast. If you keep busy with family and hometown / high school friends, though, it isn’t too bad.</p>
<p>I am currently torn between two schools, and judging by what I’ve read about each, I love them both: Scripps and Occidental. I have yet to visit either of them, but I plan to do so soon. I wanted to know if anyone could give me a good comparison of the two, besides location and cost? Mostly in terms of academics (specifically in politics/international relations and environmental studies, how things are taught, freedom in shaping one’s schedule, individual attention, internships, etc.) and campus “feel.” I get the notion that Occidental is more out there and engaged whereas Scripps (and the 5Cs) have more of an internal and traditional dynamic going on. I’m not sure about which I prefer, or if my observations are necessarily true.
Also, is it possible to dual major if one of the majors is from Pitzer and the other from Scripps?</p>
<p>At the moment, I’m thinking of majoring in sociology. scripps says that they offer the major through courses @ pomona. is it REALLY that easy to take classes at the other claremont colleges? Have you experienced any difficulties with this?</p>
<p>I don’t know that anyone here is going to be able to answer your question satisfactorily. Unless, by some fluke, there is an oxy student who transferred to Scripps. You’re really going to have to become the expert on that one! The best advice I can give is that when you visit the colleges, you will want to make sure to go visit classes in those specific areas, and talk to faculty or students majoring in those classes.</p>
<p>In general, at Scripps you have a lot of flexibility in shaping your schedule. Internships are really encouraged, and faculty and our CP&R office are incredibly helpful in that area. Depending on the nature of the internship, it’s possible to get credit for it, as well. I know that Environment and Bio classes often make use of the Bernard Field Station, which is a natural area to the north of the Harvey Mudd campus, and Pomona’s Environmental Analysis classes make use of the Pomona College Organic Farm. If you want to go abroad, Scripps is really good about making that happen. It takes a little more foresight if you are a science or dual/double major, but it’s definitely possible, and probably recommended if you are thinking about IR. We partner with really great programs (Copenhagen springs to mind, as it has both Science and Politics classes in it’s program) and if you’d rather go abroad for two semesters, focusing on one of your majors for each semester, you can petition to do that.</p>
<p>Overall, it is definitely flexible. The dual major including two different colleges shouldn’t be a problem. We also have a Self-designed major option, in case you decide you want to major in something like International Environmental Policy or some-such and combine them even further.</p>
<p>I hope you come out for SADIOS, or at least at some point! I hope this was at least a little helpful?</p>
<p>It REALLY is that easy. All students at the 5 colleges register at the same time, so you will not have to worry about one college beating you there. All 5C classes are listed in the same course catalog, so you don’t have to run around finding all five. It isn’t anything like cross-registering at a different college, because getting into classes at the other colleges is just as easy as getting into scripps classes. This semester I’m taking two Scripps classes, 1 CMC class and 1 Pitzer class.</p>
<p>Well, it’s all relative to the student. Coursework is difficult in that it challenges you to really think and analyze, but it’s not filled with a bunch of busywork like in high school. I feel that my classes here never ask too much of me, and Professors are always willing to help. At the same time, I feel like I’m learning so much. However, if you’re looking for a school that will inflate your GPA, that isn’t Scripps. 4.0s are radically hard to come by, which is how it should be IMO. </p>
<p>Are you an admitted student or looking for next year?</p>
<p>D was accepted to Scripps and wl at HMC. Would she have any trouble doing math courses at HMC if she wants to… I wondered if there’s reluctance to let Scripps students do math courses at HMC.</p>
<p>Scripps policy is that if a major (and a specific class for a major) is available at Scripps, then that is where that class should be taken. However, the Math major requires a handful (5?) electives in math, and I believe students are encouraged to take those classes from other Claremont Colleges. A separate course catalog containing all math courses offered at the 5-Cs is available to students through math faculty. To speak specifically about HMC/Scr relations, I believe students are welcome to take classes at HMC, and that there is no reluctance or subtle prejudices against Scripps students. It’s only classes like Calc I-III (req. for the major and offered at Scripps) that cannot be done off-campus.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information on the music department, in particular, the choral/singing opportunities? Vocal performance is an area in which my daughter is interested. Are there a capella groups? Do they tend to be popular or competitive? Any information would be appreciated.</p>
Inter-marriages between Scrippsies and Mudders are are pretty common, supposedly.</p>