Greetings From the Campus of ….Scripps College in Claremont, CA!
Scripps is home to 860 undergraduate women. The beautiful campus is nestled between Pomona and Harvey Mudd Colleges. You know you’ve arrived at Scripps when you are surrounded by the 1920’s-built white Mediterranean-style architecture, the orange-grove-lined paths, the expansive, rolling lawns and the perfectly manicured hedges. The lounge-chair lined pool in the recreation center is literally jaw-dropping – it is so beautiful.
The college is officially all-women, but men from the other (Five-C) Claremont Colleges may cross-register for classes (and potential dates) and Scripps women may take classes at any of the other 5-C’s. Scripps women seem to appreciate their own area of campus and smaller, home-like dorms. They also seem to appreciate being able to easily wander to adjacent campuses for a more active social life. For a women’s college, it’s the best of both worlds.
Don’t let Scripps fool you; it is quite challenging academically. For Admission, the average weighted GPA is a 3.9 and SAT’s average from the mid-600’s to the low-700’s. Students say that they have to work very hard for an A at Scripps. They do, however, appreciate the close-knit relationship they have with faculty resulting from a small average class size (15). This is furthered through student-faculty dinners, Thanksgiving at the Dean’s house, and other traditions such as afternoon tea.
The goal of Scripps is “to develop women to think clearly and independently and to live courageously and hopefully.” Scripps will push both the mind and the spirit of a teenage girl to develop her into a confident woman in every sense. Academically, Scripps has a multidisciplinary humanities curriculum with a focus on “what it means to be human and have a mind and a voice.” Admitted students tend to be multi-talented and have multiple interests. Many do dual majors and most pursue Masters Degrees.
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