

This is a fun one, but it’s also a trick question. Choose one of the following (150-300 words): (1) If you could trade lives with someone (fictional or real) for a day, who would it be and why? If you don’t talk about Claremont as a whole, you can’t go here.


You should also mention the location, and last, but certainly not least, the opportunity to be a part of the five Claremont Colleges. Choose specific activities at Scripps that are, again, an extension of the areas of focus you’ve already pursued. You should also hit the extra-curriculars. Make your grandmother proud and be pre-med on paper. You can do that when you get to school, but for the purposes of your college application, stay the course you’ve been working hard to develop for the last four years. They’ve been in advanced math for four years and, though their grandmother was really excited to tell her friends that their granddaughter was going to be a pre-med, they just want to study philosophy. Some students get to school and want a clean break. Whatever discipline you focus on should make sense with your own personal history. Research the academics at Scripps and speak specifically about the professors, classes, and tracks that interest you. And when we toured the Claremont schools every single student mentioned the food. Whenever we tour colleges, we talk to at least 20 of the students there. It’s really nice, it’s in California, it’s on a campus with the other Claremont schools, and there is access to five really great dining halls. Scripps is, in our opinion, the coolest of the women’s colleges. Why have you chosen to apply to Scripps College? (200 words) The campus is widely-regarded as one of the most beautiful in the nation. With a student body hovering just around 1,000, Scripps boasts small class sizes. Scripps College is a women’s liberal arts college and one of the five Claremont Colleges.
