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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Pitzer best values a student with an open and creative mind. They want
a sense that their student has ideas of his/her own and the motivation
to s... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Pitzer has finally broken into the top tier of liberal arts colleges.
This has resulted in a considerable increase in selectivity making
getting in... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Each application is read from cover to cover so it is important to make
yourself stand out on paper. Some people send in art or poetry which is
a ... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Pitzer College offers a holistic, balanced approach to the admissions
process. The SATs are optional, and the other factors are evenly
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Pitzer is part of the five college Claremont colleges system. As a
student you are able to take classes in the ajdoining four colleges
(Pomona, Sc... READ MORE
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Current Student
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One of the mistakes that students from the other Claremont Colleges make
is that Pitzer's courses are all going to be easy. Being a student who
ser... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Pitzer has "breadth of knowledge" requirements which mean you have to
take two arts or humanities, two social sciences, one writing class,
one log... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Suffice it to say that Pitzer College is a member of what is likely the
most respected collective of colleges in the country. With Scripps,
Clarem... READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Pitzer is a private college, which for many employers is already a plus. Mentioning it as one of the Claremont Colleges gives it extra points, since a... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Current Student
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We have career fairs and on-campus recruiting, but I haven't attended them. The career services office is a waste of time. They don't really know how ... READ MORE
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Current Student
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As some of the most rigorous and respected liberal arts colleges in the country, Pitzer College is part of a ever growing pool of alumni that receive ... READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Unfortunately, because many of Pitzer's graduates or more artistic and
free-spirited, their eventual incomes are lower (on average) than those
of ... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Current Student
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Students are guaranteed housing for four years and tend to stay on
campus for all of them. It is a fun living environment, very safe and
very enga... READ MORE
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Current Student
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For better and rarely for worse, there is a distinct feeling at times
that Pitzer College is a resort outside of the classroom. Students
often stu... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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There are five self-cufficient colleges in the Claremont system, each
with a lsightly different personality, different classes, different
social e... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Current Student
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We have no greek life. This gets everyone to be friends with everyone,
which is a great environment. The school sponsers all kinds of events,
even... READ MORE
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Current Student
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I cannot imagine an opprotunity to get to know so many like-minded
individuals in one place. Students here are progressive in their
thoughts, in t... READ MORE
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