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Making Connections in Classes
Picture this: it’s the first day of Fall Semester your freshman year, and you’re walking into your very first class. Nerves are high, but you’re excited to see if there’s any familiar faces from NSPO week or from your dorm. It’s a Scripps class, so you’re expecting to see at least one person you know. […]
Read MoreTravel, Friends, and Conferences
One of my favorite parts about being on the Model UN team is having the opportunity to travel. As an out of state college student without a car on campus, it is often difficult to travel anywhere further than where the metro can take me. While this lack of travel never deterred my college experience, […]
Read MoreTop 5 things I’ve learned through research
Hi everyone! My name is CJ and I’m a senior studying neuroscience and dance. This semester I’m completing my neuroscience thesis from research I’ve done since my first year at Scripps! I thought for this blog post, it would be a good idea to reflect on my time in the lab and list the top […]
Read MoreStudying for a STEM midterm as a non-STEM major
A big part of the Scripps experience is interdisciplinary learning which takes the form of various general education (GE) requirements. As a Politics major, the requirement that I was dreading the most was: natural science with a lab. To curb some of my fears – I followed the advice of my classmates and friends and […]
Read MoreStaying Organized and Adjusting to College After High School
If you’re a current high school senior or a transfer student working on college applications right now, you know how stressful and hectic it is. There’s so much unknown about the near future: where will you be in less than a year? How will you know which college is the right fit? These are all […]
Read MoreHow Double Majoring in Politics and Art has Helped me Appreciate the Beauty of Interdisciplinary Studies
Hihihi, I’m Alyssa, a sophomore studying both Politics and Art, and am here to tell you how those two work more seamlessly together than you would think. As a first-year student, who was still more of an undecided student than a Politics major, I chose to take classes that would fulfill a majority of my […]
Read MoreHow I Spent My First Year
Class Structure When I first started college, I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do. So, I decided to spend my freshman year focusing on General Education (GE) classes. There are 8 GEs at Scripps, and I figured it would be a good idea to knock those out early. I ended up spending most […]
Read MoreMeet CJ ’25
My name is CJ and I am a senior at Scripps majoring in computational neuroscience and minoring in dance. Outside of admissions, I also work as a TA for neuroscience and chemistry. This semester, I’ll be writing my thesis! I work in a neuroscience lab applying movement analysis to an app-based cognitive task. I spent […]
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2023: Melina Durre ’25
Hi everybody! My name is Melina, and I am a senior from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. I am a Media Studies major and a Biology minor. I first started seriously looking into the Claremont Colleges when I was a junior in high school- one of my best friends was looking to get recruited for softball […]
Read MoreMeet Louise ’24
Hello everyone! I’m Louise Schiele, a senior here at Scripps from Seattle, Washington. I’m dual majoring in both Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures (I think this is the longest major name at the 5Cs), and Cognitive Science. It took me a veryyy long time to come to this fun combination, but as […]
Read MoreMeet Scarlette ’24
Hi there! I’m Scarlette. I’m a senior at Scripps from Lafayette, California (20 miles east of San Francisco). I’m majoring in anthropology and am writing my thesis this year. Aside from working in the Admissions Office as an ambassador, I am a member of the Claremont Running Club on campus (I trained for my first […]
Read MoreThe In’s and Out’s of Intramural Sports at Scripps College
Hey Everyone! A new activity I have started this spring semester is my roommate and I joined a trivia team through CMS (Claremont, Mudd, Scripps) recreation, which means it qualifies as an intramural sport! I was really intrigued by the intramural sports that CMS has and decided to ask around and find out more. At […]
Read MoreDorm Living Tips No One Talks About
Hello Everybody! Today Louise and I are going to discuss different aspects of dorm life at Scripps! Louise is going to touch on how to make your dorm room feel homier and I am going to talk about tips for living with roommates. First, here are some basic facts about the Scripps dorms. Scripps is […]
Read MoreThe In-State vs. Out-of-state College Decision
Hi everybody! As we get closer to the start of the fall semester, the anxieties I had when picking an out-of-state school are coming back. For context, I am from Hopkins MN which is about 1,870 miles away from campus. I knew from the start of my college search that I wanted to go to […]
Read MoreYvette Fahim, Operations Assistant
Yvette Fahim is from Covina, California. Her favorite space on campus is Margaret Fowler Garden. Contact Yvette: [email protected] or (909) 621-8149
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