<p>why are there no posts here? someone must have something to say? who is applying? what do you like about scripps? have you had an interview? was it on campus or off campus? how did it go? are there any current scripps students reading this post? if so, let's hear what's great about scripps, or what's not! come on! somebody? anybody?</p>
<p>just so that i won't be a hypocrite and say nothing... my D is planning on applying to scripps. it's her only west coast school. my S attends one of the other claremont colleges and is having a great experience.</p>
<p>i'll keep checking back here, so if someone has something interesting to say, i promise to post back...</p>
<p>this is sad that there have been no other posts in the last 30 days! there must be at least a couple people who are applying to scripps ED who want to ask or say something!</p>
<p>Current Scripps student at your disposal. I'm happy to try and answer any questions that you and your daughter (and anyone else) have about Claremont! Scripps comes up a fair bit on the boards, but usually in the midst of other discussions. We're small. It happens.</p>
<p>Really, there's a silver lining to it all:</p>
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<li><p>Prospective students need no listing of stats, rankings, comparisons, and opinions. They already know Scripps is amazing...convincing them is unnecessary!</p></li>
<li><p>The Scripps admissions team is so helpful, thorough, and honest that prospective students need not look elsewhere!</p></li>
<li><p>Scripps students and prospies are so active and engaged that internet message boards just don't make the cut. Much too busy saving the world.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Kidding, of course, on all three counts, but you get the idea. Posts or no posts, it's a fantastic place! Ask away, and thanks for your interest :-)</p>
<p>here's a question: when checking out the stats of recent scripp's freshmen classes, i see that the avg GPA is 3.9 or 4.0... does this mean that A minus students have no shot at getting in? if even if these are weighted numbers, i still find this to be a bit skewed... i wish that schools would release unweighted along with weighted GPA's otherwise many excellent candidates might just feel intimidated to apply!</p>
<p>I applied in 2003, but my GPA was below that mainly because I'd had a horrible freshman year. Scripps, like any other college, will look for upward trends, will evaluate the quality of your school, the average GPA of your school, your class rank (if available), the difficulty of your classload, and so forth. GPA is never a good indicator of anything if looked at in isolation. Also, remember that some schools don't weight A- and A differently, so an A- student would have the same GPA as a straight A student, speaking strictly numerically. I don't know Scripps exact policies for current incoming classes, nor have I heard any numbers myself, but I do know that each incoming class is raising the bar (especially for the JES scholarship).</p>
<p>If the given GPA is freaking you out, then I apologize for not having any knowledge to support or contradict what you've seen. I would recommend calling admissions and talking to them. Also, take a moment to consider for yourself what your GPA says <em>in combination with other factors</em> (i.e. "I come from an urban public school, have taken an easy courseload, and A's are really easy to get," "I come from a challenging school where I took a difficult courseload and I'm ranked first in my class," or "I take a challenging courseload but have very little free time because I'm an Olympic level such-and-such"). Obviously those are all totally random examples, but the overall point is not to worry too much about GPA (provided that the other parts of your application are strong) because it says nothing on its own and will generally be considered as part of a whole.</p>