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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a very recent graduate of Pomona who took courses at Scripps. The Claremont Colleges are brought up together, and benefit from each other, but there are noticeable differences in terms of institutional funding and educational quality between them. Pomona has 3-4 times the endowment per student of Scripps, and it shows; a lot of Scripps buildings are beautiful but deteriorating on the inside, while Pomona is constantly being renovated. Of the five colleges, Scripps is the least diverse in students of color; 58.5% of Scripps first years are white compared to 34% of Mudd students and 36% of Pomona students. I have to say I was disappointed by Scripps academically compared to Pomona, CMC, and Mudd; the courses were less rigorous, the professors felt less knowledgeable, and the students seemed less engaged than those at the other colleges (and these were from taking the so-called highlight professors at Scripps, not just some average or mediocre professor). This isn't just my sentiment; Pomona distributed a survey among students to assess rigor, and only 12% of students agreed that their courses at the other Claremont Colleges were as rigorous or harder than that at Pomona. Scripps is the most liberal and PC of the 5 colleges, and many of their students are hyper-liberal to the point of removing speakers or writing hate speech about conservatives. They were actually called the most racist college in America. Yes, you'll see this at the other colleges too, but not nearly to the same extent. I wouldn't be comfortable sending my child to Scripps if it continues to be the same as it is now. [/quote]

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