Pitzer kids and the consortium

panda852
Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:23:52 +0000

@pixeljig- He can definitely minor in physics through Joint Science (the science facility shared by CMC, Scripps and Pitzer), as well as minor in CS through Pomona, CMC, or Harvey Mudd.

I think the party school stereotype comes from the fact that we are a small liberal arts college? However, I think that some of the other Claremonts are more party schools than Pitzer is.

The hippie stereotype comes from our core values and the time period of our founding. Pitzer was founded in 1963, and was set up to be a womens school, however it expanded to be coed a few years later, and focuses more on the social and behavioral sciences such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc. Pitzer also emphasizes social responsibility and intercultural and interdisciplinary learning.

We are also unlike many other LAC because we have students that sit on committies, panels, etc. that help decide how the school is run (ie. when hiring faculty, deciding which bands come to campus, etc.).

It is definitely not fair to judge a school based on sterotypes, that, for the large part are not true. I think that Pitzer is slowly moving away from the hippie stereotype, but still and always will retain its core values, and its individualism.

I also think we have a good mix of students at Pitzer, in the sense that we get a bit of all the other Claremont Colleges, because we do have accounting majors (CMC), and IR majors (CMC/PO/SC), we have dance majors (PO/SC), engineering majors (Joint Science Dept), science majors (JSD), etc. We also have a lot of Econ majors (PZ), Psych (PZ), Soc/Anthro (PZ), etc. So you can kind of get a little bit of each Claremont at Pitzer

@singing314- You can choose to be as active or as inactive as you would like to be. Just because we have that sort of ‘activist’ reputation, does not mean you have to partake. The nice thing that I really like about Pitzer is that people aren’t going to pressure you into doing things, except for maybe professors who are pushing you to achieve more. People will accept your decision to be an activist or not, to smoke or not, to drink or not, etc., and even if you decide not to, they will still be your friend, and still want to hang out with you.

I can tell you that I am definitely not an activist, and I think most Pitzer students aren’t either. The best way to tell if Pitzer will be a good fit for you is by coming to campus, spending a few hours here, attending classes, and even spending the night.