<p>Hey!</p>
<p>So I got accepted into Scripps College!! When I first applied, Scripps was my first choice. After visiting, however, I got a weird vibe. Maybe it was because of my tour guide, who expressed her disappointment about being at an all girls school. She said since she didn't go to a lot of parities at CMC, she didn't have that many guy friends. She said the girls can also get catty and gossipy. While she loves Scripps, she's trying to take all her classes at CMC and Pomona to meet more guys. Is this just one girl's experience or do other Scripps students feel the same way?</p>
<p>Thank you, in advance, for answering this post.</p>
<p>Not a Scripps student but it sounds like the Office of Admission should be a little choosier when it comes to tour guides! Kidding aside, our tour guide last year loved Scripps and said it was the absolute best of both worlds. With the five colleges right there so close to one another there are many opportunities for students to get together – in classes, clubs, sports, and casually. She talked specifically about how she and a group of her friends from Scripps had befriended a group of Harvey Mudd boys as their study buddies – she said they were the greatest group of guys. From what I have heard, there is a lot of friendships among the five campuses. </p>
<p>Hi!
I’m a current Scripps student. As a science major and off campus minor, I would say that meeting guys hasn’t been a problem at all. I am happily dating a Harvey Mudd student.
I would say that many Scripps students didn’t apply to any other women’s colleges, but are very happy to be at Scripps. I personally love the supportive nature and open discussion of the women’s college aspect (plus our dorms are amazing), but I also enjoy the co-educational aspects in many of my classes. I have always had guy friends, and I still do. It probably takes a little more effort than at a co-ed university because men aren’t generally living in the dorms, but there are guys everywhere.
In my experience, Scripps has provided a supportive environment in which to be a women in science and encouraged me to think critically about the world.
The only time I have really encountered any cattiness was around hall draw time, and it was primarily because deciding who to live with is generally stressful. </p>
<p>While there are obviously students at Scripps who feel the way this student does, I assure you that it isn’t the norm!
Many students love the combination of the women’s college and co-ed consortium.</p>
<p>-Current Scripps Student</p>