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Scripps College Students Tell It Like It Is
Tips to Succeed at Scripps
* Do not let challenges and failures daunt you.
* Do not be afraid to discuss thoughts and ideas.
* Do not allow yourself to fall behind.
* Do not lose sight of your goals.
* Always be yourself.
* Love what you do.
* Be open minded.
* Be willing to learn from others successes and failures.
* Explore new things.
* Be comfortable with being seen in pajamas and a cap.
* Have fun.
There's so much more to choosing a school than a campus visit or brochure can tell you. The College Prowler guidebook to Scripps is full of tips like these and information that will make you feel like an insider before you ever set foot on campus! Make sure you find out everything the students feel you need to know and the administration doesn't want you to hear. Be sure that you will be a part of the 91% of freshmen that decide to stay, not the 9% that decide they made a mistake!

We'll let you know how the students really feel about . . .

Academics:

"The teachers at Scripps are phenomenal. Scripps encourages students to find connections between wildly different disciplines; interdisciplinary professors, interested in several different fields besides their specialization, help in this process."

Guys and Girls:

"The only annoying thing about being at a women's college is that you have to seek out guy companionship, which can be problematic if you just want to be friends. Sometimes there can be a 'Oh, you're talking to me, you must want to hook up with me' mentality with the guys."

Nightlife:

"Parties at Scripps are few and far between. Scripps is mostly a quiet campus and only hosts three or four parties a year. However, just because Scripps is quiet doesn't mean there's nothing to do; there are usually several large parties each weekend at one of the other campuses, and if you are really dedicated (and you really want to), you can find some sort of party every night of the week."

And their experience at the College overall:

"I have had a great experience being here at Scripps. Getting involved was the key to adapting quickly and taking advantage of the opportunities that abound here. Although I did not originally want to or plan on actually coming to Scripps, I am thankful I did. I know this is where I am supposed to be."

Find out if Scripps truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths.

Visiting campus isn't enough.

Read our Scripps College guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for 4 years.

Discover if Scripps College is Right For You

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Welcome to College Prowler®

During the writing of College Prowler’s guidebooks, we felt it was critical that our content was unbiased and unaffiliated with any college or university. We think it’s important that our readers get honest information and a realistic impression of the student opinions on any campus—that’s why if any aspect of a particular school is terrible, we (unlike a campus brochure) intend to publish it. While we do keep an eye out for the occasional extremist—the cheerleader or the cynic—we take pride in letting the students tell it like it is. We strive to create a book that’s as representative as possible of each particular campus. Our books cover both the good and the bad, and whether the survey responses point to recurring trends or a variation in opinion, these sentiments are directly and proportionally expressed through our guides. College Prowler guidebooks are in the hands of students throughout the entire process of their creation. Because you can’t make student-written guides without the students, we have students at each campus who help write, randomly survey their peers, edit, layout, and perform accuracy checks on every book that we publish. From the very beginning, student writers gather the most up-to-date stats, facts, and inside information on their colleges. They fill each section with student quotes and summarize the findings in editorial reviews. In addition, each school receives a collection of letter grades (A through F) that reflect student opinion and help to represent contentment, prominence, or satisfaction for each of our 20 specific categories. Just as in grade school, the higher the mark the more content, more prominent, or more satisfied the students are with the particular category.

Once a book is written, additional students serve as editors and check for accuracy even more extensively. Our bounce-back team—a group of randomly selected students who have no involvement with the project—are asked to read over the material in order to help ensure that the book accurately expresses every aspect of the university and its students. This same process is applied to the 200-plus schools College Prowler currently covers. Each book is the result of endless student contributions, hundreds of pages of research and writing, and countless hours of hard work. All of this has led to the creation of a student information network that stretches across the nation to every school that we cover. It’s no easy accomplishment, but it’s the reason that our guides are such a great resource.

When reading our books and looking at our grades, keep in mind that every college is different and that the students who make up each school are not uniform—as a result, it is important to assess schools on a case-by-case basis. Because it’s impossible to summarize an entire school with a single number or description, each book provides a dialogue, not a decision, that’s made up of 20 different topics and hundreds of student quotes. In the end, we hope that this guide will serve as a valuable tool in your college selection process. Enjoy!
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"This is the kind of information kids really want to know before they pick a college." --Michelle Slatalla, The NY Times, March 9, 2006

"...get viewpoints on a variety of topics from the student body, which is where the Prowler gets its roar." --Melissa Kaplan, Boston Globe, May 23, 2004

"There is information on which schools have packed computer labs, which dorms are studious or riotous, ..." --Ben Gilbert, The Washington Post, April 27, 2004

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  • PublisherCollege Prowler
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 1427401284
  • ISBN 13 9781427401281
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages180

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