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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t go to Claremont unless you want to major in economics or political science. 90% of kids at Claremont major in these or perhaps government. Students can be on the obnoxious side. Many finance bros. 
The 5 colleges don’t mix all that much. Harvey Mudd is the most separated. Pomona kids are aloof. Everyone looks down on Pitzer. The town is tiny and boring. If you don’t have a car, you are pretty much stuck on campus. But otherwise all good. [/quote]
I've had the opposite experience. The 5Cs are easily the best consortium in America, and you get all the benefits in walking distance. I take a ton of classes off campus and, as a Pomona student, we are the least incentivized to do so, since they usually don't register for credit, are furthest away, and tend to be PERM-only. My CMC friends are in all kinds of majors: geology, history, cs, etc. Sure a lot of CMC is in econ, but the consortium makes it, so it really doesn't matter. No one is stopping you from taking Harvey Mudd classes, just sign up. The HMC courses are practically wide open outside of CS (even then, upper divs are easy to get with PERM). Claremont is chill, and I like the On the Loose Trips.

If you aren't feeling the consortium is functioning, you never will use one correctly. It is 10x harder to take classes, take extracurriculars, etc. in other consortiums. CMC and Pitzer have both spent money on me to do research and to go on class trips.[/quote]

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