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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scripps!  Ultra-super lefty now.  Gender studies everywhere.[/quote]

[b]Considering there was only 1 Gender Studies major in the recent graduating class of 205, I take it that you must not be very acquainted with your alma mater. Sad, really. [/quote][/b]

You really don't want me to post what I actually experienced there.  I rue the day I matriculated there and will never give a penny.  And of course I meant all the courses, listed here and the fact that gender issues permeate every single bloody class on campus.  http://catalog.scrippscollege.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=2429.  What a waste of four years![/quote]

[b]I'm sorry to hear that, but I am a bit perplexed. Wouldn't it have been easy to wander off to Pomona/CMC/Pitzer/Mudd and not have to deal with gender-related courses if they didn't appeal to you? There are 2800 courses offered across the colleges. How recent are your experiences?

The Niche surveys seem mostly positive (https://www.niche.com/colleges/scripps-college/reviews/) and the past five years average a 93% retention rate, which is pretty high (much higher than the national private college average of 66%).[/quote][/b]

My issue was what I had to deal with in dorm life.  I was young.  I am heterosexual.  I had a lesbian roommate and had to listen to her and partners every night.  College housing would not let me get a reassignment because this was the new norm and I had to learn to live with it.  Yes, I did take some classes at Pomona but I still couldn't get away from the "Lesbian is always right" attitude prevalent on the campus.  No matter what dorm I was assigned to it was right there in my face and I was the rude one if I complained about what I had to listen to five feet from my bed every night.  So I don't give money and never go to reunions.  I should have transferred the first year.[/quote]

[b]So if you had a straight roommate who had different partners every night, you would've been okay with that?   :roll: [/quote][/b]

Not at all.  I would have asked for a room reassignment then too.  eye roll yourself.  Any student in a double or triple should be allowed some semblance of privacy in order to sleep.  But because lesbians and trans rule Scripps, I was the outcast and not allowed to change my housing situation.  Everyone in the dorm heard about it from my rude roommate and so my life was hell.  Plus the academics weren't all that good anyhow.  I would never recommend Scripps to anyone unless they couldn't get into Pomona and wanted just a place  - actually, no, I wouldn't even recommend Scripps just as a place to sleep because of my experience.  The school was intolerant of my beliefs and need for privacy and sleep, so no I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.  It was a form of harassment and it was hell.  Did you attend Scripps or are you just eye-rolling and judging from afar?[/quote]

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