<p>Or does the proximity of the other Claremont colleges make it feel like a much larger institution?</p>
<p>I understand that there are 5 separate undergraduate campuses, but to what degree do they overlap, mix, and join to create one larger campus?</p>
<p>Feedback from alumni, current students, or campus visitors would be greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>D likened Pomona to having small class size, so that she got to know her profs, but the value added of a small university. Shared assets include the library, health services, bookstore, and some student/extracurricular organizations, plus students can cross-register for courses offered at the other Claremonts and eat in the 5C dining facilities. As a result, she got to know students from across the campuses - a much wider circle than at any one of the colleges. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Since all the campuses directly border each other, it does feel like one larger institution… but to a degree. Pomona is on an edge of the “5C campus,” as opposed to somewhere like CMC that’s more or less surrounded by the other schools. And if you live on south campus (which you definitely will as a freshman and in all likelihood will as a sophomore), you’re right on the edge of the 5Cs, so it can feel secluded.</p>
<p>As Little Mother pointed out, there is a good deal of intermingling, and it definitely definitely definitely makes the social scene more comfortable (assuming “comfortable” to you means more than 1,600 kids). All I mean to say is that it’s still no 40k-student university.</p>
<p>If you want it to feel bigger, then you can take advantge of the other “Cs”…take classes on their campuses, participate in shared activites, etc. (My S will take a class at CMC his very first Pomona semester.) But if you want the smaller feel, then stay grounded at Pomona. it will never have a huge feel no better how much you migrate to the other campuses, but you can definitely broaden your horizons if you wish.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses everyone! after doing some more research and reading through these responses, I’ve decided to put Pomona and McKenna on my list of schools to apply to :)</p>
<p>My son is a sophomore and he mingles with all students from all the campuses, all the time! He plays a sport and he even hangs out with the rivals at times. We have had Pitzer kids staying at our house over breaks, he is taking a class at Harvey Mudd right now and took Yoga at Scripps. It is all what you make it. You can eat at all the different cafeterias and they do cruise around to go to the best places on the best nights. They have a very integrated party/event scene. If you don’t want to do that, that is fine too. But if you want it to be bigger, the option is there. The best of both worlds!</p>
<p>People in the surrounding area have no problem seeing it as one big campus:
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