<p>Well, I was not accepted as a transfer to Pomona, much to my disappointment. I have been accepted at Bowdoin, and also although I decided last minute not to apply to Scripps, I'm sure if I was to wait one more semester at my current institution I could transfer to Scripps no problem. For me, the main advantage of the 5-Cs over someplace like Bowdoin seems to be climate and numerous opportunities. If I went to Scripps, hypethetically, I would major at Pomona; Bowdoin also has a great program for my interests. Bowdoin is in the top-10 like Pomona, and Scripps is not even in the top-20. Are there any Pomona students (or parents) who have much of an opinion on what going to Scripps would be like, and what the relationship among the 5-Cs is truly like? Could going to Scripps be like going to Pomona? Would it be smartest to just go to Bowdoin, which I believe is a comparable school to Pomona, and not look back?</p>
<p>You can't major at Pomona from Scripps unless Scripps does not offer your major. Period. Don't look to Scripps (or any of the other Claremonts) as a backdoor to Pomona. Cross-registration is nice but often complicated and you may not get the classes you want. It seems that prestige is important to you, so go to Bowdoin because it's top 10 and don't look back.</p>
<p>(Okay. I'll probably do that. But in my defense, I was citing top-10 less for prestige than because it is possibly indicative of actual experience. As far as I'm concerned, none of these colleges are that well known/prestigous. Also, Scripps does not offer my major, but that may not change the fact it would actually be difficult to cross-register, if that is the case.)</p>
<p>Scripps offers a great education IMO equal to any top 10. My son's girlfriend who attends Pomona has taken a few classes at Scripps and has only good things to say, challenging, stimulating classes, great professors. My D considered going and attended a few classes and also had good reports. She could not handle the all girl aspect after spending a night on campus, but if that is not an issue then I would not rule it out. There is a different atmosphere there then Pomona, possibly more competitive then you would experience at Pomona but again that may be just a few students perceptions. Definitely visit, only you will know fit.</p>
<p>Well, I am currently at an all-women school, and that is one of my reasons for transferring. I don't mind residences with all-women. However, I would like a fairly co-ed environment for most classes and social activities. What precisely makes it difficult to cross-register and get what classes you want, sticky? How do those rules work?</p>
<p>-- Scripps is wonderful. Pomona is wonderful. Claremont as a whole is wonderful, but as the previous poster said, do not attend Scripps as a backdoor to Pomona unless you can appreciate it for itself. Many people apply to and consider multiple Claremont schools, but to use one as a backdoor to another will likely only lead to bitterness. It can be done...there are people who major at a different school, apply for a housing transfer to that school, etc. and pretty much backdoor things, but I can't say I'd ever recommend it. Come to Claremont because you love the consortium or to Scripps because you love Scripps, but don't come to Scripps because you love Pomona.</p>
<p>-- Cross-registration is NOT difficult. In my own experience nor in any that I've heard of has it presented ANY problem at all, and I'm always a little confused when I read contrary claims on these boards (I can't discredit them, but neither have I ever seen or heard any supporting evidence). Last semester, I had 6 classes...one at Pomona, three at CMC, one at Pitzer, and an audit at Scripps. As a Scripps student (will be senior), next semester will bring me to 2 Mudd, 3 Pomona, 4 Pitzer, 7 CMC, and the rest Scripps courses. Trust me...so not a problem, especially if you're an off-campus major trying to get into classes for your degree.</p>
<p>-- Scripps is as much of a women's college as you'd like it to be, so it is said. You'll be hard-pressed to have as co-ed an experience as at a co-ed school, but neither will you ever feel like you're actually at an all-women's school. If you take off-campus classes and choose to participate in 5C activities or attend any social events, you'll be fine. You might have to be a little more pro-active than you would be if you were sharing a hallway with guys, but I'm about the least pro-active person EVER and I have a boyfriend and many male friends. I recommend staying overnight and talking to people to gauge this, since it's definitely an important factor if it's related to your reasons for transferring. I will say that I came from a girls high school and one of the reasons that I chose Scripps (only single-sex school to which I applied) was because I REALLY loved the all-women's atmosphere, but I didn't want to feel isolated for 4 more years. Scripps, to me, seems to give the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>-- Going to Scripps is not like going to Pomona. They're different colleges. You will have many similar opportunities available to you, but the atmospheres are completely different, as are the general-ed requirements, residential life set-ups, campuses, sizes, so on and so forth. Furthermore, Pomona has some of the least interaction with the rest of the consortium because it is the most self-sufficient (having the largest student body, largest campus, and largest endowment).</p>
<p>-- In my opinion, individual schools' rankings aren't that important when it comes to Claremont, especially if you plan to take many courses off-campus (which, as an off-campus major, you certainly will). The only place this plays a role is in general prestige (and while certain Claremont schools might be ahead in the name-recognition game, we're all well-aware that none of us is really all that high). Aside from this, bear in mind that you will be in classes with students from all the colleges, so the rankings are all mixed up. I've had Pomona classes that I breezed through and Pitzer classes that kicked my butt. The rankings will only provide you with generalities and all of the schools are strong enough that unless you're truly worried about "I NEED to go to a Top 10", then I wouldn't worry about them.</p>
<p>-- In my experience, the relationship between the 5Cs is truly dependent upon WHICH "C" you're at and what you're making of it. I'm in a 5C a cappella group and I take a ton of off-campus classes and I've always felt INCREDIBLY involved with the consortium and VERY well-accepted by students of other colleges. However, plenty of people complain of rivalries, pretentiousness, and whatever else, so I guess it's what you make of it.</p>
<p>-- I LOVE Claremont as a whole and would really recommend that you further research and visit Scripps if you're considering attending. It's not Pomona, but if you look at it for its own merit you may find yourself equally impressed. On the other hand, if you're really unhappy where you are and torn between Bowdoin and Claremont, then you may as well not spend the extra semester in discontent. Best of luck in your decision!</p>
<p>thanks Student, that was a really helpful response. Visiting is not really practical for me, since I live way on the other end of the country and both time and money is an issue. However, could you please be more specific about what you think characterizes the atmosphere of Scripps? Also, anything else special about Scripps you think I ought to know... The more detail the better, as far as I'm concerned. (I believe as a transfer, I wouldn't have to take the core, FYI) And what specific opportunities would be available to Pomona students but not to Scripps students? (not to be hooked on the Pomona vs. Scripps line of thinking, but b/c the best way I can figure out to learn about opps from a distance is to read school websites).</p>
<p>I thought I'd add, that in my opinion the Claremonts sound like a truly awesome environment, so I guess I just kind of am suspicious that there is some kind of disadvantage to attending Scripps, that makes it no more selective than most other women's colleges, whereas Pomona is super-selective. If you could prove my suspicion a mistake, I'd be perfectly happy. For a specific question: If there is a faculty member at Pomona I think I'd like to do research w/, is that any harder to do as a Scripps student?</p>
<p>Oh yes, one last question: since Scripps has about a 88% retention rate, for what reasons do you think students most commonly choose to leave?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Isn't scripps all girls? Wouldn't that be a reason to leave?
IMHO, Bowdoin will give you all the opps that pomona would give. It's a really good school, as is pomona.</p>
<p>rtc, thanks for your HO hehe. I still think I'll probably choose Bowdoin, I'm just a really anal-retentive decision maker sometimes, so I like to kick around all of my possibilities. Bowdoin's endowment is half of what Pomona's is, but I really have no clue if that makes much real difference, especially since Pomona itself isn't an option. The only real concerns I've got w/ Bowdoin is the climate and the relative isolation, but I don't think either of those things would keep me from having an overall positive experience. I do imagine that Pomona and Bowdoin are comparable; an issue of a Pomona magazine had a little article on twins who were the top of their class and got into every school to which they applied, then one went to Bowdoin and the other to Pomona. I thought it was pretty funny, since those were the two schools to which I'd applied. (And yeah, Student, I'd still like my questions answered if you could. Like I said, I like to examine my possibilities.)</p>
<p>-- Most common reason people leave...I have no idea. I've known people who left for so many reasons, including one girl who actually transferred and came back, lol. As a totally blind guess, I would say people probably leave mainly due to two reasons: financial aid cuts + girls school.</p>
<p>-- I'm not speaking on the basis of experience here, but I would always cringe at going to an unvisited school...I would <em>especially</em> worry about it for a transfer student. If there's nothing that can be done, then there's nothing that can be done, but try as hard as you can to really think it through, or if it's not really a serious option in the first place, then go with another choice. The only reason this worries me is b/c, as a transfer, it's clear that you KNOW what you don't like, you have an idea of what you WOULD like, and atmosphere (which can NEVER be conveyed in any other way) is important to you. I'm sure you know all this, but just...be careful! You might try calling Scripps' Admissions and asking if there's anyway you could be put in touch with a transfer student, someone from your area, or something like that.</p>
<p>-- What characterizes the atmosphere of Scripps...okay. First off, the campuses are just different in feel and appearance (although generally agreed upon to be the two most attractive). Pomona has more of an East Coast feel to it...it has an Academic Quad, a lot of big, stone, ivy covered classroom buildings with names like Carnegie and Crookshank, etc. It's also a much larger campus, with upper classmen housed on one end and lower classmen housed on the other (which gives you a greater opportunity to meet people in your own class but tends to discourage interaction with the other colleges due to being far away). Scripps is much more "California" feeling, with Spanish/Mediterranean architecture, a library designed to look like a Spanish Renaissance chapel, and lots of palm trees. All dorms are mixed-class and the campus is MUCH smaller to begin with. Scripps is probably the quietest campus of all the schools. On nice days, there are lots of people out sunbathing and studying on the lawn, and Seal Court (with the mailroom, Motley, student store, etc.) is generally busy, but for the most part, it's VERY quiet. The dorms are <em>BEAUTIFUL</em>, but there's really no dorm "community" to speak of. No parties are allowed on Scripps, so aside from the 3-4 that the school sponsors throughout the year (at least one of which was shut down early due to noise complaints from Scripps students, lol), you pretty much have to go off-campus to party. In my opinion, this is great b/c (a) "off-campus" is across the street. The biggest Mudd party dorm was actually closer to me last year than the farthest Scripps dorms (a 30sec vs. a 3min walk). and (b) You can always come home FROM a party instead of TO a party. Nonetheless, this is a unique policy that's really going to change the feel of any campus. It's hard to answer such a general question...I'm better with specifics, so shoot away if this answer isn't what you're looking for. I would say some of the biggest contributors to atmosphere are campus (which is truly beautiful, but quiet...and note that by quiet, I really just mean <em>quiet</em> and not "nothing happening" in terms of events) and dorms (no community, to speak of). All of Claremont is pretty quiet, simply b/c the campuses are HUUUGE for only 5,000 people, so all of the activity is spread out. We also tend to work more at Claremont in general than other schools, from what I hear. Scripps was 6th a few years back on some "Students Never Stop Studying" list. So...having not been to another school, I don't know what other students are doing, and I definitely spend pleeeeenty of time at work, but I've never considered it unmanageable or impractical. Either way, expect to work at least a few hours a night.</p>
<p>-- Whether or not you'd have to take CORE depends on what year you are when you transfer. As a sophomore transfer, I believe you would have to. As a junior, I don't think so.</p>
<p>-- Things available to you at Pomona and not at Scripps. Y'know, honestly I don't know. I'm sure there are things, but I don't know of ANYTHING that's 100% absolutely closed to you. Housing transfers happen, but can be hard to come by. Some events are Pomona only (end of first semester chocolate party, end of second semester strawberry party), but (a) you can backdoor your way into either and (b) not exactly a big deal. You can gain special permission to classes if you need them, but if you don't <em>need</em> them, science classes may be hard to get into (b/c Scripps is part of the Joint Science program and is equally difficult for Pomona students to get into, same both ways with Mudd). The music program is split in two...4C and Pomona, but I know a lot of people who've crossed over both ways. I haven't felt closed out, but I'm probably just not the person with the experience to answer this.</p>
<p>-- As for research, depends on what you want to research on. If it's a science, then this will be difficult because science is split so Pomona and Mudd have independent programs and CMC/Scripps/Pitzer share Joint Science. That said, if the professor WANTS to do research and has a reason why s/he WANTS you to do it with him or her, then this is probably totally get-aroundable. Outside of science, there shouldn't be any closed opportunities, but I'm not positive. As a philosophy major, research is not my specialty :o)</p>
<p>-- Claremont is an amazing set up for schools. If the consortium appeals to you, then in my opinion, Scripps is great b/c it really affords some of the greatest interaction b/c of its centrality. It's actually probably the biggest complaint I hear from Pomona friends...they wish Pomona better encouraged more interaction with the other colleges (which is not to say that they DON'T encourage it, simply that due to size and location, it happens a lot less...the reasons are logical, certainly, but it is a loss of a great resource). I'm not really sure how you'd like me to prove Scripps' selectivity. It's as selective as its statistics show (pay attention to numbers more than percent accepted--and this goes for all the Claremont schools--because as small and relatively unknown schools, selection pools are small), but the caliber of education at ALL the schools is boosted by the shared facilities. If you have two schools, college A and B, and A has lower admission standards than B, and then you take a class at A and fill it halfway up with B students, then admission standards don't matter so much in accurately predicting the difficulty of class A or the caliber of students within it. Yes, these numbers are still important in the "majority rules" sense, but lines are much foggier when it comes to Claremont b/c of all the overlap. </p>
<p>-- If you have specific questions, I'm happy to help/speculate, sorry I'm having such a tough time with the generalities!</p>
<p>I had to choose between Bowdoin and Pomona! I also met another kid who made the same decision and know of a few others. I'm sure I would have been happy at Bowdoin too. Don't go to Scripps if you don't like it. Go to Bowdoin! There are so many Pomona-Bowdoin kids who have to flip a coin to decide between them! In this case, Pomona flipped a coin and made the decision for you. Go to Bowdoin! Be glad that you are saved the agony of having to decide between such awesome schools! Going to Scripps will probably make you bitter unless you really love it.</p>
<p>The saddest part of me going to Pomona is having to turn down Bowdoin... seriously! I mean, do you love SoCal THAT much? In the end, it's your decision, but just don't set yourself up to be unhappy again.</p>
<p>No, that's fine. I'll try to get more specific. And yeah, I do wish I could visit, but I guess I also have this belief that I can learn about the campus from looking at pictures and reading, and that there will be diversity among students wherever I go, so I should be able to find some friends.</p>
<p>Okay, now I'll try with specifics: I AM interested in science, in Environmental Biology, to be precise. The Environmental Analysis -Biology major is offered through Pomona, whereas CMC/Scripps/Pitzer offer "Environmental Science" and "Environmental Studies." It's safe to say I'm a little confused about what would be available to me as a Scripps student wishing to major in Environmental Biology, although I talked to the Scripps registrar and she believed a student could at least do that major at Pomona. I heard only Pomona students have access to Pomona science buildings after certain hours. Do you happen to know anything about student access with regards to the Biological Research Station or the organic farm? </p>
<p>Also, I imagine I'd want to spend lots of time on other campuses, eat at other dining halls, go to parties, etc. I love ballroom dancing and outdoor activities like hiking. Here's another specific question: I've heard from friends at the Claremonts that Pomona classes are generally "seminar style" w/ around 10 people, which I think is nifty. Most other elite colleges don't have MOSTLY seminar styles. Is that true for all the Claremonts, or just Pomona, in your experience?</p>
<p>What in your mind would be the big disadvantages of being a Scripps student and doing those "backdoor"-type things with Pomona? Do Pomona students or faculty sometimes have negative attitudes towards Scripps students, or do Scripps students get less facetime with Pomona faculty when taking their classes? I'm sorry if I'm still being too fuzzy, I'm just having a REALLY tough time grasping how attending Scripps would be very different from attending another college in the consortium. How far away from Pomona is Scripps, exactly?</p>
<p>And yeah, with selectivity, sorry to be so fuzzy. I'm still trying to sort it all out, some people say SATs are the meaningful number in determining student capabilities, others say class-rank, and others say it's more intangible than even that. Bowdoin has a similar SAT scale to Scripps, and somewhat higher class ranks, but not a huge difference on paper. And I guess realistically, all those schools overlap in stats. I don't know how to compare the academic experiences of Scripps and Bowdoin specifically, or of Pomona and Bowdoin, w/o actually attending the schools. What I know about differences between Smith (where I am now) and the Claremonts, comes from a couple of girls from Pomona and Scripps, respectively, who visited Smith for a semester and were a little tight-lipped about the difference they experienced. Overall, prob more similar than different, except for the single-sex part.</p>
<p>Aside from Environmental Analysis, my other main interest is Africa. For that I would def benefit from classes at the 5 colleges.</p>
<p>And then there is the issue of grad placement -I feel that Bowdoin's name is probably more cach</p>
<p>Even if you major at Pomona, your degree will only say Scripps. Your transcript will indicate your major and may indicate where you took each course (PO, SC, etc.) What I am concerned about for you is your desire to spend so much time off campus. I enjoy having the benefits of taking classes at other schools, eating at the different dining halls, and participating in the various clubs offered. However, it seems like you truly want to spend they majority of time not at Scripps, which may isolate you from a lot of the students at Scripps. Just my concern.</p>
<p>Okay, I just read alscharr's response. Out of curiosity, why do you think there is so much overlap between Bowdoin and Pomona? Is there more than between Pomona and AWS, for instance? What do you know about how the two schools compare? (and again for the record, it's not that I feel incompetent to answer these questions for myself and be completely content with my decision, it's just that everyone has different experiences so while I have (too much?) free time this weekend I'm garnering some insite). No, I didn't get to visit either, a time and money thing. But I have talked to students and faculty from all these schools who've also been at Smith, looked at pics of campus, etc., so going there doesn't seem like such a scary thing.</p>
<p>(And no I don't know that I "love SoCal THAT much." I am truly a warm-weather junky, I love working outside in 90 degrees sweating with practically no clothes and all that jazz, but so much of Bowdoin sounded great to me which is why I applied despite location. I'm in Mass now surviving the winters, so I know I can do it in ME even if it limits the amount of fresh air I want to get. There's always the tropics for summers and grad school, right?)</p>
<p>Ecape, to be competely honest I don't think educational opportunities will differ. As far as summer research and other things go, I'm sure Bowdoin would be more than happy to fund things in Africa or help pay for them (call and ask).</p>
<p>The science programs at Pomon and Bowdoin will be comparable. As far as grad school admissions go, they are also comparable. These statistics are slightly old, but prove that both pomona and bowdoin are good feeder schools (remember this is only for the 'top ranked' grad programs in that year).</p>
<p>Since science majors are in the minority in most LAC's (i'm going to wesleyan this fall and I know it's true there), the classes, especially beyond the intro classes, will be small. This is true even if the classes are lecture based.
I'm interested in Neuroscience and even though the mid level class I sat in on at wesleyan was lecture based, the professor stopped every now and then to facilitate questions. The fact is that not everything can be taught in a seminar method especially in science. You need to be given the facts and those facts are not up for debate, the interpretation of the facts might be up to the person but that style of seminar class comes later or through research.
Science is more personable at most LAC's for the very reason that classes will be smaller and even though the profs are doing phenominal research, they will be there primarily for you (which is why I picked wes over penn state's honors college which is amazing). This is true at both schools so there isn't THAT much of a difference between pomona and bowdoin other than location. They're both equally well regarded.
As the student from Scripps said, one person transferred out and came back in. I talked to students at wes who said that one of their friends transferred to brown and then came back because he didn't like it there as much, so this happens at all the schools.
You do know that if you do pick bowdoin, you'll get a phenomenal education which will be highly viewed in the eyes of graduate schools and you will get into a grad program if you do well in college.</p>
<p>-- Despite being LACs, science is not a minority field in Claremont. Biology is one of Scripps' most popular majors, and we're the school with the humanities focus, so I imagine that this can be generalized. Most of your questions would be MUCH better answered by faculty than by students. I recommend emailing faculty at both JSC and Pomona and asking them your questions (esp. @ Pomona, re: research opportunities). Not a science student myself, I can't give you a guarantee here, but I ASSUME through all of my own experiences that as a Pomona <em>science</em> student, you would have the EXACT same opportunities/facilities available to you as all other Pomona science students. Access to the research station is probably dependent upon necessity, regardless of school. Also questions better left for faculty.</p>
<p>-- I don't think it's a problem that you indicate wanting to spend so much time at other dining halls, other campuses, etc....this is the best part about Claremont. I LOVE Scripps, but I would never have attended it without the surrounding consortium, not because it's not a great place on its own, but because I could NEVER receive the same resources, opportunities, social life, academic flexibility, etc. at an isolated school of 800, or even at a solitary school of 5,000. The only way that your feelings would be problematic is if you were viewing it not as taking advantage of the consortium, but as getting away from your home school. And hey, that's allowed, but it would kind of suck :-</p>
<p>-- I've never experienced any negativity from an off-campus professor, never felt frowned upon for going to Scripps, never felt shut out for being an off-campus student. I certainly can't speak for all faculty members, but I've never heard of this being a problem. </p>
<p>-- Pomona is a 5-15 or 20 minute walk from Scripps, depending on where you're headed. From the south edge of Scripps to the north edge of Pomona is probably more like 3 minutes, but from the dorms to the farthest corner of Pomona is 15-20 (basically the only things that far away are theatre, art, music, dance, one dining hall, and some lower classmen dorms). From central Scripps to the academic buildings of Pomona is probably 10-15ish. It's really not far at all, but we're generally spoiled by the fact that the schools are all very small and Scripps is central, so this is pretty much the farthest we EVER have to walk. I just called my mom every M/W at 2:30 for my walk down, so hey! It's also not at all uncommon to ride a bike.</p>
<p>-- Attending Scripps, Pomona, or whatever other Claremont school is very unique. Attending one of the schools is not like attending any of them, simply because shared facilities do not account for the majority of your college life. You're in class for a minority of your day, and the makeup of the student body, the interests of those around you, the architecture and landscaping of the campus, the style and set-up of the dorms, sthe ocial scene, alcohol policy, email server, friendliness of the staff, and blah blah blah forever will, though they won't appear in any ranking, be equally significant in your experience. Every college has a different focus, a different atmosphere, different policies, different GE requirements (Pomona's have now changed so as to be very similar to Scripps), different "type" of student, different mission, so on and so forth. They're all GREAT schools and yes, they share a LOT-LOT-LOT, but I can't stress enough that going to one is simply not like going to another. That said, it's also not necessarily the end of the world if you get to Claremont and find out you may have been a better fit somewhere else. I know people whose social circles have been mainly at other colleges, and with shared social scene, cross-majoring, and the remote possibility of housing transfers, people get by. I also have a close friend who loves Claremont academically and has some great friends, but is transferring because he can't stand the atmosphere of his home campus. I mean, there are really multiple angles to this issue. On the one hand, going to Scripps is an awesome way to utilize great resources which attracted your interest at Pomona. For me, I think that I'd have a hard time "backdoor-ing" it b/c I'd feel weirdly caught between feelings of superiority and inferiority, and a little bit bitter at being around a school that rejected me. That said, you know yourself and maybe it wouldn't bother you at all, or would be outweighed. Many, many people in Claremont applied to more than one of the schools, and many of them did not get in to all to which they applied. My wariness is more to the fact that you're looking at this as backdooring instead of as an opportunity to attend another good school with the same resources. I certainly don't mean to discourage you as much as to just give some food for thought. Chalk it up to school pride ;-)</p>
<p>-- As for grad school placement, (a) You would have a Scripps diploma, as stated. I do not know whether or not it would indicate that your major was through Pomona, but my guess is no. Also, (b) Everything I have ever read and heard has told me that the name-value and prestige of one's undergraduate school is NOT a significant factor in grad school admissions. While a better undergrad school might afford you better opportunities, and while the difficulty of a school might be taken into consideration alongside GPA, the name itself is not a primary factor of consideration.</p>
<p>-- I don't know anything about Bowdoin, so I'm not speaking at all relatively, but: "plenty to do but with low population density and pretty surroundings, preferably warm, outdoorsy stuff and dance stuff to do. Smart students, who are mostly engaged and willing to debate in class. Ability to have a degree of personal relationship with most professors. At least some 'radically liberal' students, who are also down-to-earth. Access to parties, but dorms which were quiet and study-focused" <em>is</em> Scripps. For that matter, the very last part aside depending on where on each campus you're housed, it's Claremont in general. Then again, climate aside, it's probably most LACs.</p>
<p>-- Ballroom dance is huge in Claremont, so that's good news for you!</p>
<p>-- Feel free to shoot with any other questions. Sorry for the length of my replies, but I'm trying hard to balance my own feelings of "like Scripps for Scripps" and "this has a downside" with "okay, it's really not that uncommon." I also know a (the?) girl from Scripps who spent this past semester at Smith, so it's funny to me that you mention that :-) Again, best of luck!</p>
<p>yeah, I knew her:P We hung out for a couple of weeks. Primarily the reason I know about Scripps, and considered applying in the first place. We're a bit different in disposition though, her and me, so she wasn't quite able to answer all of my questions.</p>
<p>Your answers are very good for my purposes. I'll probably come back with a few questions later.</p>
<p>"However, it seems like you truly want to spend they majority of time not at Scripps, which may isolate you from a lot of the students at Scripps. Just my concern."</p>
<p>I thought I should just add that I think Scripps is a very good school, overall, and I certainly am not opposed to being friends with anyone based on what campus they live on. It's just that I know Pomona has the specific resources to match a lot of my interests. I wasn't meaning that I think being a student at Scripps isn't something to be proud of as well.</p>