By Chloe Mandel ’23
When I first began researching the Claremont Colleges, the word “consortium” didn’t really register. I spent way too much time stalking Niche.com’s description of each individual college (while keeping an eye out for one of the most important factors in my college search process, the letter grade used to denote the quality of every school’s food) without ...
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Scripps
Resources at Pomona
A new land. A new territory. A new adventure…
Everything will be new, or so it seems. I can imagine, if you are a newly admitted student, how complicated your feelings must be. You are excited, you are overwhelmed, and you are nervous as you prepare to bid farewell to your high school career and move on to college. If you are an international student, you might feel even mo...
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Across the 5Cs
Last week I wrote a not-so-happy blog post. This week is going to be much, much different. Because after I wrote out all those feelings last week, I felt better. Just getting it out on paper (err, pixels) made me feel lighter. I wrote that last Friday morning, then went and participated in an experiment run by CGU (Claremont Graduate University). I made $18 for about 50 minutes...
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The Motley Coffeehouse
At around 10:00 p.m. today, in need of a study break and a warm drink, I embarked on a ten-minute walk from Pomona's south campus to Scripps College. I was in search of hot chocolate, and where else should I get it, other than The Motley Coffeehouse?
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Last Friday Night
You might be expecting that we post about the first week of school. I guess that’s important. But, in order to reflect upon my first week here, I’m going to take you back to last Friday night. Let’s hope I remember mine better than Katy Perry. (more…)
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