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[quote=Anonymous]We went over spring break last year. We rented a car and turned it into a spring break vacation (and the weather was spectacular!).

Stayed 2 days - 2 colleges each day. Didn't tour Harvey Mudd because DD has no interest in a hardcore STEM degree. We stayed at the Doubletree in Claremont.

DD loved Pomona - was one of her 1st choice colleges. Ended up applying elsewhere ED so won't go, but she still thinks about it.

Liked Scripps more than other women's colleges we toured (maybe because it's so pretty and the weather was so nice). But we also had a good tour guide, which influenced her. She was going to apply here RD.

Liked CMC too, but not as much. It's hard to describe, but the atmosphere there wasn't as happy as the other colleges. That may be because 2 students there had committed suicide a few weeks before, and our tour guide knew them (someone on our tour asked about it and he went into great detail about it - he knew both of them). DD decided not apply to CMC.

Our Pitzer tour guide was one of the best tour guides I've ever seen (and I have 4 kids so I've seen a lot). Super bright, funny, enthusiastic - DD wasn't planning on applying there until we had out tour. BUT then we had the info session and it may be the worst info session I've ever seen. It was run by a graduating senior who was not bright, not funny and not enthusiastic - totally canceled out the tour guide. No to Pitzer.

As opposed to other colleges that are in consortiums, the kids at the CCs all said they took classes at the other schools. Also, we liked that each school had it's own distinct style architecturally, which also seemed to be reflected in the atmosphere of the school.

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