Mingling between Claremont campuses?

Colleges & Universities Scripps College
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<p>How often do Claremont students interact with people not in their own colleges? Since their respective campuses aren’t too big alone, is it often? How often do they get off their own campuses to take classes at another?</p>

<p>I’m visiting Scripps in a few weeks, and I’m trying to choose a class to visit. I have limited time in Claremont, so…less choices. Do you guys think it would matter if I attended a class on the Scripps campus whose subject I don’t necessarily care about, or a class at one of the other campuses about something I might enjoy more?</p>

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<p>Mingling is easy, campuses are adjacent to each other. Students can eat at any dining hall within the consortium. </p>

<p>The website has some information about percentages of classes that can be taken on the other campuses. Seems pretty common.</p>

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<p>Oh…as an adult…I thought your wanted to know about “mingling” and was going to say that my brother and his wife met in college(Claremont/Scripps)-does that qualify for mingling? ;0)</p>

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<p>Depends on the student.</p>

<p>I had friends who took the vast majority of classes and had the vast majority of their close friends on Scripps. Still, those people got off pretty frequently for things like events, concerts, lectures, meals in other dining halls, etc.</p>

<p>Personally, I took about 1/2 of my total classes off-campus (there are rules re: how many classes you can take off campus, but in practice, those policies can be flexible). I was very active in a 5C group, majored in a joint program (philosophy is joint between Scripps, CMC, Mudd, and CGU, so all philosophy classes on those campuses counted as on-campus), and minored in math (Scripps department is strong, but tiny, so I took many classes off campus). I was off campus for something–class, rehearsals, events, hanging out with friends, dinner–every day, and had close but mostly separate circles of friends across the campuses. On a completely typical day, particularly during my upper-class years, I’d get up and go to class on Scripps, class on CMC, lunch at Pitzer, dinner at Mudd, work at Scripps, and rehearsal at Pomona. I probably utilized the consortium an above-average amount, but not extremely.</p>

<p>Just depends on you, your interests, and your schedule. If you do want to “mingle,” the schools are all right there. It’s easy :)</p>

<p>If you’re visiting Scripps, definitely attend a class on Scripps’ campus (if you have time, feel free to try an off campus course, but if you’re limited to one, view for the school you’re visiting). The schools have very different academic “vibes.” A discussion-heavy class may be most interesting unless you’re sure that you’d rather observe something else.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’d have to say it really depends as well. </p>

<p>I go off campus all the time to see speakers, meet friends, attend 5C club meetings, whatever, but I know some people who have never been to Seaver theatre at the end of Pomona, or even been to the Mudd Hole, which is a food-place that is even closer to my dorm than the Scripps dining hall.</p>

<p>About taking classes off-campus, it’s very easy. Especially if you’re majoring in an intercollegiate major, like media studies, or an off-campus major, like sociology. There are rules about taking classes off campus, but I feel like they aren’t very enforced. This semester I’m taking half my classes at Scripps, but next semester I’m only taking one class at Scripps and my adviser didn’t have a problem with it. So, I would take the class that you’re most interested in regardless of campus. Though, if you can, I would also visit a Core class or a Writing 50, since all students need to complete those.</p>