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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Based on the post above, I don’t see the point of the consortium.  If you want more class options with less headaches, just go to a bigger school.  There are plenty in the 5,000 to 15,000 student range.[/quote]
I like the diversity. The admissions offices and schools run completely independently, so that means that the student body and academic goals for each department are very different. Taking an English class at Pomona is different from English at Scripps is different from Literature at CMC. I also just wanted a small college environment and don't really see "headaches" from having a shared portal where I enroll in whatever classes I want, no matter campus. Also very few universities have the resources of Pomona/CMC in the 5,000-7,000 student population range that are in Southern California or just aren't as hard to get into as the rest.

I love going to a small college and most cannot have the breadth of course work with CMC's econ-accounting, Pitzer activism and organizational theory/psych, Scripp's Art conservation and Gender Studies, Harvey Mudd's very impressive STEM, and Pomona's exhaustive great departments.[/quote]

I don't think most parents consider activism a plus, so thanks for alerting us that's a thing in the consortium.  Otherwise, I disagree with you, there are plenty of medium size colleges that offer all of these subjects.  [/quote]
I'm not sure what you're getting at. Many policy and non profit organizations are activist organizations. It's not just protesting on the quad.

We'll just have to disagree on the second part, because it's not just the coursework but the opportunities that exist at the 5Cs. I can't convince your child to go here lol.[/quote]

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