At the start of the 2015鈥�16 academic year, we as they were moving into their residence halls about why they chose Scripps and what their plans were for their college careers. Now, four years later, we鈥檝e caught up with some of those seniors to see how their plans shaped up, how they鈥檝e grown, and where they鈥檙e off to after graduation.
鈥淔our years ago, I had said that I wanted to major in English, but I ended up majoring in art history! Scripps has been a place where I鈥檝e not just grown academically and professionally, but emotionally, as well. I鈥檝e figured out what I care about and who I am. I was an intern at the Williamson Gallery last semester and got the chance to curate my own show鈥攁n experience I wouldn鈥檛 have gotten anywhere else. I鈥檓 now hoping to go into museum work, and I have an internship this summer at a museum in Memphis. I was the film and music columnist for the Scripps Voice, and that was an awesome experience. I鈥檒l miss doing that and having the chance to be published. Scripps has made me so poised for my future and for the variety of opportunities out there.鈥�
鈥擜li Bush 鈥�19
鈥淥n Move-In Day, I had said I wanted to major in linguistics, and I did it! I鈥檓 really grateful that I got such amazing support from my professors. I鈥檓 really close to one of my professors; I babysit his daughter and get dinners with their family. It鈥檚 amazing to have that connection to someone within my department who can provide both academic and life advice. To be able to have that and to know that I鈥檓 going to carry that connection post-graduation is really important and special to me. I am really going to miss the community I鈥檝e found here as well as the loving and accepting support system that I鈥檝e created and been part of. I really loved getting involved on campus and within The Claremont Colleges as a whole, specifically through Caf茅 Con Leche, Challah for Hunger, and by being a linguistic mentor at Pomona College.鈥�
鈥擪aela Fong 鈥�19
鈥淚 clearly remember Move-In Day, when President Tiedens was introducing herself and people were taking pictures. It was interesting to read what I said four years ago about being excited to meet people and loving the campus atmosphere. I chose Scripps based on what I envisioned the community to be like and, four years later, I see that it鈥檚 what I had hoped for. The Scripps community has broadened my horizons and taught me to be more thoughtful. I am thankful for my entire experience and the ways I鈥檝e grown both academically and personally. I really liked getting to know my professors, and I鈥檓 glad I took advantage of their office hours, especially in my last two years. I鈥檓 now working with a professor and advisor on publishing my own academic work. I鈥檓 planning to move to New York City to pursue marketing after I graduate with my bachelor鈥檚 in media studies and economics.鈥�
鈥擳aylor Milana 鈥�19
鈥淚鈥檓 an English major, and Scripps has the best professors in that department. The quality of my humanities classes was great, and I will miss having the department鈥檚 supportive resources. Assistant Professor of English Tessie Prakas was my thesis reader, and I will miss going into her office to talk about not just academics, but about life in general,鈥� says Patel, who in 2015 shared that she was interested in neuroscience and writing. 鈥淚 really enjoyed that my major and course of study didn鈥檛 inhibit me from participating in other things as well, both academically and socially. I went to Germany to do neuroscience research, which was completely out of my comfort zone. I鈥檓 one of the editors-in-chief of the Scripps Voice and president of the Hindu Society. I work in Denison Library, and I鈥檓 also the vice president of Tech for Claremont and Claremont Tamasha and the stage manager for Sanskriti, which is stressful but incredibly fun.”
鈥擱ena Patel 鈥�19