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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's a "Boston College"?[/quote]

Is this sarcastic or have you really never heard of Boston College? You're like the PP who had never heard of Scripps...you guys need to do some serious research before you and your kids head into the college application process![/quote]

Not the PP, but calm down.  BC has certainly come up in the world, but it is not in the same league as the Claremont Colleges.[/quote]

LOL. Very few people on a easy coast know the Claremont colleges - they are regional. [/quote]

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Actually - no.  We are all from the east coast and DD's first choice two years ago was Claremont McKenna but she didn't get in.  Two kid's for DS's class are going to Pomona (I think) and Harvey Mudd.  There are big in the private school world maybe as they are very expensive and selective.   [/quote][/b]

I'm both a west coast and east coast person.  All educated people know about the Claremont colleges and its design to offer University-type services to five distinct colleges.  Money is pooled to create state of the art facilities like library and health center, but students apply to each college (very very walkable).  The child of a friend of mine coming in from Boston could not get into Claremont McKenna so accepted Scripps (all women) but is taking classes at Claremont mcKenna and will reapply every year until she gets in.  In my day, I got into Pomona, which is an xlnt school. Pitzer wasn't a serious contender then because they did not give grades, just teacher letters, and since I wanted to go onto law school, that concerned me.   The dorms were nicer at Scripps so I thought I would board there but take classes at then Claremont Men's College and Pomona.  I went to Stanford instead.  But I would rank Pomona and Claremont McKenna very high.[/quote]

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