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<p>Hey everyone I had a question about Pitzer College.</p>

<p>My dream is to transfer to Claremont Mckenna College from my community college, but seeing as I only have a 3.7gpa I doubt it will happen. I know that Pitzer is a part of the Claremont College system so was considering applying.</p>

<p>CMC is very strong in it's political science program which I am applying to and is well-known for sending their students to grad schools such as stanford, upenn, yale, harvard, columbia, berkeley, etc. </p>

<p>Since I am a political science major grad school is pretty much a need wether it's for MPP or law school I am still unsure which however. I am pretty set on (trying to) going to a high-ranking grad school. </p>

<p>Would a student from Pitzer be considered as desirable to grad school admissions counselors as one from Claremont Mckenna or Pomona?</p>

<p>Just kind of concerned how others see Pitzer college as I only ever heard of CMC and Pomona being mentioned as having a good reputation.</p>

<p>Any info is appreciated!</p>

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<p>Pitzer’s selectivity has been growing in recent years, and I expect their reputation in graduate admissions is doing likewise.</p>

<p>In addition, you could always take a high number of CMC and Pomona courses and subtly emphasize that in your grad applications.</p>

<p>However, because of the increasing selectivity I mentioned, your chances for Pitzer and CMC may not be as far apart as you think they are. Don’t skip applying to the school you want over a few percentage points of difference.</p>