hi!!! So I’m going to be a senior next year and have recently begun researching colleges for next year and Scripps has increasingly become one of my top choices, but I still have many questions. I ultimately want to go to medical school and was wondering what the biology program was like there & if any current or past students could share their experience?? Also, I know many people ask about the social environment bc it is an all girls college, but I just want to know if making guy friends is as easy as people say it is? Thank you so much for any responses.
Unfortunately, can’t speak about pre-med much. I can speak about Keck Joint Science Center if you want since I am a science major, but there isn’t that much overlap between physics and biology (except of course for biophysics majors)
As far as social environment, yeah everything is mixed with the other colleges. It’s quite literally impossible to have only classes with only other women, and - especially with a STEM major - may be impossible to take only Scripps courses. In fact, our science center, Keck Joint Science Center, is shared between CMC, Pitzer, and Scripps. Since Scripps is the second smallest campus, you’ll often find yourself needing to take courses on the other campuses. Many students attempt to take at least one course at every college before they graduate, and some even try to do so in one semester. So you will most certainly meet guys in your classes.
Also, Scripps doesn’t really have parties that often, so most of that sort of social life takes place on the other campuses. The few parties that Scripps does host are generally well attended by the other colleges. Other events such as snack tend to be only Scripps, or are designated as for only Scripps students.
Religious life, support groups such as CLSA or Queer Resource Center, and most clubs are 5C. Although there are, for example, consortium wide groups for African-American students, and then a Scripps only group, so that they can choose where they are comfortable, or be a part of both. Several programs like the music and theater programs are on only one or two campuses and are therefore composed of people from across the colleges.
Also, even though it is a women’s college, men are allowed in the dorms. (Note, if this is a concern and you do end up going to Scripps, make sure to write it on your roommate forms over summer so they don’t put you with someone who’ll be inviting partners to stay the night!)
So in short, Scripps has the support system of having resources geared towards women and 4 classes (3 Core courses + Writing 50) of women only, but otherwise functions as any other college. Most Scripps students I know (any myself) hadn’t seriously considered the idea of a women’s college until they discovered Scripps and the Claremont Consortium.