Scripps College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 77% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 68% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 68% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 10% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 8.76 on a 12.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• international relations
• psychology
• art

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August and in January.

• 33% continue immediately.
• 75% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 8%
• Medical School: 5%
• Graduate Business Programs: 4%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 33%
• Other: 25%

• Claremont Graduate Sch, UC system schools, University of Southern California.

• City of Los Angeles, government agencies, Peace Corps, retail companies.

• Suzanne Ely Muchnic, art critic, Los Angeles Times; Laura Thurston Gutman, professor of pediatrics, Duke Medical Center; Rosemary Radford Reuther, theologian; Ruth Ashton Taylor, TV news reporter; Susan Hertel, artist; Chapra Josefowitz, author and syndicated columnist; Tanya Toll, founder, "Para los Ninos" and "Beyond Shelter;" Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law.