Scripps

[Anonymous]

Thoughts on this college?

[Anonymous]

Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

[Anonymous]

DD strongly considered it but decided it was too far. great school with the best of both worlds, a small college within a consortium that actually works like a consortium. And one of the most beautiful schools out there.

[Anonymous]

Does it have a good reputation? (Is it well regarded for a slac?)

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

because a) she entered her junior year as a transfer; b) this was at Scripps during a time when being "out" wasn't discussed as much as it is now and she wasn't aware of what she would live with in the dorms nightly; c) she is heterosexual; and d) she lives in CA not Utah; and e) is not a Mormon (only a tiny percent of students attending BYU are non-Mormons and they all have reasons or links as to why they are there). Are you now OK with that Miss Know-It_All?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

because a) she entered her junior year as a transfer; b) this was at Scripps during a time when being "out" wasn't discussed as much as it is now and she wasn't aware of what she would live with in the dorms nightly; c) she is heterosexual; and d) she lives in CA not Utah; and e) is not a Mormon (only a tiny percent of students attending BYU are non-Mormons and they all have reasons or links as to why they are there). Are you now OK with that Miss Know-It_All?

What a bunch of crap. So miserable but a boatload of excuses why she couldn't seek a venue that would meet her needs.

And I love how you classify the dorm gay residents as 'what' instead of 'who' she would be living with. Guess it runs in the family,

[Anonymous]

I went to Pomona and think Scripps is a great school - had some good friends there. The campus is seriously gorgeous, and it's nice that women can take classes/socialize at the other campuses.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

because a) she entered her junior year as a transfer; b) this was at Scripps during a time when being "out" wasn't discussed as much as it is now and she wasn't aware of what she would live with in the dorms nightly; c) she is heterosexual; and d) she lives in CA not Utah; and e) is not a Mormon (only a tiny percent of students attending BYU are non-Mormons and they all have reasons or links as to why they are there). Are you now OK with that Miss Know-It_All?

What a bunch of crap. So miserable but a boatload of excuses why she couldn't seek a venue that would meet her needs.

And I love how you classify the dorm gay residents as 'what' instead of 'who' she would be living with. Guess it runs in the family,

You are projecting. "What" in this case meant sexual activity woman with woman on a twin bed four feet away from my relative who hadn't even experienced heterosexual sex. Every single night. Admin. was hostile to the request for a room mate-change or single. Ruined Scripps for her. What happened to hanging a sock on the doorknob?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

because a) she entered her junior year as a transfer; b) this was at Scripps during a time when being "out" wasn't discussed as much as it is now and she wasn't aware of what she would live with in the dorms nightly; c) she is heterosexual; and d) she lives in CA not Utah; and e) is not a Mormon (only a tiny percent of students attending BYU are non-Mormons and they all have reasons or links as to why they are there). Are you now OK with that Miss Know-It_All?

What a bunch of crap. So miserable but a boatload of excuses why she couldn't seek a venue that would meet her needs.

And I love how you classify the dorm gay residents as 'what' instead of 'who' she would be living with. Guess it runs in the family,

You are projecting. "What" in this case meant sexual activity woman with woman on a twin bed four feet away from my relative who hadn't even experienced heterosexual sex. Every single night. Admin. was hostile to the request for a room mate-change or single. Ruined Scripps for her. What happened to hanging a sock on the doorknob?

If what you're saying is really true and the school took no action, then I wonder what Scripps real reason was? I am going to take the liberty and send these posts to Scripps hoping that will address this. I will also be curious of the era that this happened.

Based on what you describe, I would be suspect why Scripps found no need to address your relative's nightly anguish whether it was yesteryear or tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

because a) she entered her junior year as a transfer; b) this was at Scripps during a time when being "out" wasn't discussed as much as it is now and she wasn't aware of what she would live with in the dorms nightly; c) she is heterosexual; and d) she lives in CA not Utah; and e) is not a Mormon (only a tiny percent of students attending BYU are non-Mormons and they all have reasons or links as to why they are there). Are you now OK with that Miss Know-It_All?

What a bunch of crap. So miserable but a boatload of excuses why she couldn't seek a venue that would meet her needs.

And I love how you classify the dorm gay residents as 'what' instead of 'who' she would be living with. Guess it runs in the family,

You are projecting. "What" in this case meant sexual activity woman with woman on a twin bed four feet away from my relative who hadn't even experienced heterosexual sex. Every single night. Admin. was hostile to the request for a room mate-change or single. Ruined Scripps for her. What happened to hanging a sock on the doorknob?

If what you're saying is really true and the school took no action, then I wonder what Scripps real reason was? I am going to take the liberty and send these posts to Scripps hoping that will address this. I will also be curious of the era that this happened.

Based on what you describe, I would be suspect why Scripps found no need to address your relative's nightly anguish whether it was yesteryear or tomorrow.

Seriously? This probably happened 20 years ago and who are you to bother Scripps about it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty. A beautiful member of the Claremont colleges. Very liberal. All female, of course. Small. You can take courses at Pomona and the other colleges, which is a positive. A relative went there and hated it because she didn't like the extreme liberal views amongst students and faculty and the lesbianism going on in the dorms - but that's her.

Then why did she choose to go and even stay if it bothered her that much? There are other ultra conservative colleges (BYU?) she could have attended that wouldn't have assaulted her sensibilities.

because a) she entered her junior year as a transfer; b) this was at Scripps during a time when being "out" wasn't discussed as much as it is now and she wasn't aware of what she would live with in the dorms nightly; c) she is heterosexual; and d) she lives in CA not Utah; and e) is not a Mormon (only a tiny percent of students attending BYU are non-Mormons and they all have reasons or links as to why they are there). Are you now OK with that Miss Know-It_All?

What a bunch of crap. So miserable but a boatload of excuses why she couldn't seek a venue that would meet her needs.

And I love how you classify the dorm gay residents as 'what' instead of 'who' she would be living with. Guess it runs in the family,

You are projecting. "What" in this case meant sexual activity woman with woman on a twin bed four feet away from my relative who hadn't even experienced heterosexual sex. Every single night. Admin. was hostile to the request for a room mate-change or single. Ruined Scripps for her. What happened to hanging a sock on the doorknob?

If what you're saying is really true and the school took no action, then I wonder what Scripps real reason was? I am going to take the liberty and send these posts to Scripps hoping that will address this. I will also be curious of the era that this happened.

Based on what you describe, I would be suspect why Scripps found no need to address your relative's nightly anguish whether it was yesteryear or tomorrow.

Seriously? This probably happened 20 years ago and who are you to bother Scripps about it?

Seriously, not the PP but what business is it of yours if the PP wants more information. Unless you're the thread police, you don't dictate who does what when and where. And how do you know when it happened?

[Anonymous]

This is exactly why people need to be careful about disparaging colleges. It's one thing to voice an opinion that a school has low academics, frat/soro school, etc. But when you accuse a school of disregarding basic rights of privacy, that's a different ballgame because people take this seriously.

Many people who read these threads take to heart the reputation of schools and want to ensure that actions or events that may have occurred years ago or six months ago have been resolved.

I see no problem with wanting to be sure privacy issues are respected if your child is considering a particular school.

[Anonymous]

PP has posted about this relative before, every time the issue of Scripps comes up. I don;t when her relative went there, but it was not recently.

I think the idea of contacting the school now -- when the administrators probably weren't even there when this happened -- is very odd, and overkill.

You know what they will say -- if there is a roommate problem like that we have ways of addressing it and will reassign if the situation can't be resolved. Now, obviously this didn't happen in PP's relative's case, but since it was long ago, I'm not sure how relevant the situation is. The fact is, this is a scenario that could happen at any college, with straight or gay couples, and I'm sure it happens every where. That it happened to PP's relative may not be any indication of how often it happened, and more importantly wasn't addressed, then or now. if you are concerned about your roommate having sex while you are there, then your DC should be asking how schools -- all schools -- would handle that situation.

But to go to the school about something that happened some time ago to someone you don't even know, that you've heard about 2nd hand on an anonymous message board, is really odd.

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Anonymous wrote:PP has posted about this relative before, every time the issue of Scripps comes up. I don;t when her relative went there, but it was not recently.

I think the idea of contacting the school now -- when the administrators probably weren't even there when this happened -- is very odd, and overkill.

You know what they will say -- if there is a roommate problem like that we have ways of addressing it and will reassign if the situation can't be resolved. Now, obviously this didn't happen in PP's relative's case, but since it was long ago, I'm not sure how relevant the situation is. The fact is, this is a scenario that could happen at any college, with straight or gay couples, and I'm sure it happens every where. That it happened to PP's relative may not be any indication of how often it happened, and more importantly wasn't addressed, then or now. if you are concerned about your roommate having sex while you are there, then your DC should be asking how schools -- all schools -- would handle that situation.

But to go to the school about something that happened some time ago to someone you don't even know, that you've heard about 2nd hand on an anonymous message board, is really odd.

I agree, and I'm sure when the poster sees these remarks and has a chance to cool off, I doubt Scripps will be contacted. However, I still maintain that some decorum should be used when people get into debates about what school is the best and why your school is unworthy of attendance.

I was unaware of this particular poster who deems it necessary and very odd to keep alive an incident that happened to a relative years ago. It seems like an opportunity to disparage Scripps every chance she gets on behalf of her relative.