<p>Could someone who goes to/went to Scripps discuss the community at the school? Also, since it is an all women's college but shares a campus with the other Claremont Colleges, to what extent does Scripps feel like a womens college?</p>
<p>Not many Scripps students seem to follow this forum so I will atempt to answer your question from the point of view of a parent of a rising Junior. Yes, Scripps does feel like women’s college from the standpoint of the college being clean, beautiful and somewhat more quiet than the other C’s. But it has a very different feel to it than say, Wellesley, where, you can walk around campus and not see any men. If you have not visited Claremont, it is almost like the five schools are on one big campus so you do not have to walk far to be on a co-ed campus. Also, my D’s experience is that except for Core, most of her classes have men in them as well. I think that Scripps retains the identity of a women’s college but has the advantage of being very close to co-ed schools. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Having looked at multiple women’s colleges during my college app process, I think Scripps very uniquely maintains a women’s college feel while simultaneously being an engaged member of the very tightly knit Claremont consortium. I was once asked if I thought Scripps would ever “modernize” and become co-ed (the way Pitzer became co-ed from it’s women’s college beginnings), but the question is ridiculous because Scripps is a thoroughly modern institution, and being a women’s college is so much part of the college’s ethos. I have never learned so much about feminism as I have at Scripps in the last three years… even having never taken a class specifically on feminism! It just becomes something that is discussed (without the feminism-is-a-dirty-word vibe I got in high school). However, very few of the school’s policies recall the women’s colleges of the past; there are no curfews, boys are allowed in the dorms, etc. Scripps students are adults and are treated as such. </p>
<p>As for community… Some days I feel like Scripps fosters a really strong sisterhood. Though far from a social butterfly, I’ve somehow wound up with an enormous network of friends (with a smaller group of friends within that, for my introverted-self). At the same time, Scripps doesn’t build the same kind of dorm-based ties that are really characteristic of Harvey Mudd (or fraternities, I suppose), and some people feel that aspect of the Scripps community could be changed.</p>
<p>As a current Scripps student I would say that it is up to the student how much they would like to make their Scripps experience a women’s college experience, which is one of the things I love about Scripps. Personally, I love having the women’s dorm system, and things like mixed-grade dorms and hall council(depending on how good your hall council is) add a huge amount of community to your dorm. However, I still like to have guy friends and don’t necessarily want to be surrounded by women all of the time and there are environments that I can put myself in to avoid that. The Scripps pool and the Motley are definitely co-ed settings, as well as parties and any location on another campus. If you really are looking for a “women only” experience you can get that, but it’s also very easy to have some men in your life.</p>