<p>"D is considering applying to Scripps, a sch w/ which I am totally unfamiliar. What's Scripps like socially? Academically? </p>
<p>Just wanted to add that, while my d. really liked Scripps (and so did I), it didn't have anything like the air of intellectual excitement that she sensed at Smith. Some of it is sheer size, I think. Some of it is in the new or unique ventures - the engineering school, the women's financial network, the amazing JYA offerings, the STRIDE research positions for first- and second-year students. Some of it is the 250 older students. Some of it is the very "happening" town (No one would ever mistake Claremont for Northampton.) Some of it is that Smith is the hub of the 5 colleges (with more imports than exports.) Some of it is the 5-college offerings (and roving faculty).</p>
<p>My d. wasn't actually looking for a women's college, and was accepted at a slew of co-ed ones, from Williams on "down" (whatever that means). But, for her, she simply found more "there, there" than at the other LACs she visited.</p>