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Student Body Admission • 1087 students • 15.9% acceptance rate (Class of 2024)
• 44 states represented • Common Application school • 29 countries represented • Early Decision I deadline – November 15 • 55.7% female • Early Decision II deadline – January 1 • 42.1% male • Regular Decision deadline – January 1
• 2.2% another gender International Scholars Program – Outstanding
Academics international students who demonstrate proficiency in English (70-100 TOEFL or 5.0-6.5 IELTS) are eligible • 40 majors for joint admission to Pitzer College and the • 20 minors International Scholars Program. ISP provides ongoing • 100 professorial faculty support as students move into increasingly demanding • 30% of faculty from underrepresented courses across the college curriculum. backgrounds
• 100% of faculty hold terminal degrees Core Values: • 11:1 student-faculty ratio • Average class size is 15 students Social Responsibility • Pitzer’s interdisciplinary Keck Science Intercultural Understanding Department allows students to explore and Interdisciplinary Learning range of scientific disciplines and conduct Student Engagement research. Environmental Sustainability • Pitzer students may take up to one-third of their classes at the neighboring Claremont Colleges: Pomona, Scripps, Claremont First-Year Applicant Checklist McKenna and Harvey Mudd. • Common Application • Application fee ($70) Popular Majors: • Pitzer Writing Supplement
Psychology, Sociology, Environmental • School Report (counselor letter optional) Analysis, Political Studies, Media Studies, • 1 letter of recommendation (from a teacher in the English and World Literature, Special/Self- humanities, social sciences, mathematics or natural sciences). Designed, Anthropology, Human Biology, • TOEFL or IELTS is required if English is not the Neuroscience and Economics applicant’s native language.
Pitzer has been Test-Optional since 2003. Students Student Life can submit their SAT/ACT scores if they feel their • 53% of Pitzer’s students study abroad results best-represent their academic potential. All • Pitzer programs: Southern Africa (Tanzania, students are given equal consideration in the South Africa, Zimbabwe), Brazil, Costa Rica, admission process with or without their test scores.
Ecuador, Italy, Nepal and Vietnam • 60 exchanges with foreign universities Tuition and Fees (2020-2021): • Pitzer is one of the top colleges for Fulbright • $55,878 Tuition and fees Fellowships in the nation • 250+ clubs and organizations throughout The • $13,080 Room & Board Claremont Colleges • $2,400 Books and Personal • 21 varsity athletic teams (10 for men, 11 for Expenses (approximation) women) shared with Pomona College • $71,358 Total costs
• 3 music festivals per year (Rockabilly, Kohoutek Financial aid and merit scholarships are Music & Arts Festival, and One Night Only) available, but competitive, for international • Student Senate: At least one student must serve as a voting member on every standing students committee at Pitzer
Members of the Class of 2024 Have Lived In:
China · Singapore · Indonesia· Vietnam · India· Japan · Brazil · Cambodia · Hong Kong S.A.R. · United Arab Emirates · Paraguay · Australia · Austria · Bolivia · Chile · Costa Rica · Cyprus · Dominican Republic · Ethiopia · France · Germany ·
Majors
Africana Studies Mathematical Engineering (Keck Science*) International Place: American Studies Mathematical Economics Art Mathematics I-Place is an active, Asian American Studies Media Studies international, multicultural Biochemistry (Keck Science*) Molecular Biology (Keck Science*) center for all of The Biology (Keck Science*) Music (Pomona, Scripps) Claremont Colleges, Chemistry (Keck Science*) Neuroscience (Keck Science*) Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies Organismal Biology (Keck Science*) featuring: Classics Organizational Studies • Support for Dance (Pomona, Scripps) Philosophy international students Economics Physics (Keck Science*) • Community events, English and World Literature Political Studies Environmental Analysis Psychology including International Gender & Feminist Studies Religious Studies Festival History Science & Management (Keck Science*) • Special events and Human Biology (Keck Science*) Science, Technology & Society field trips throughout International & Intercultural Studies Sociology International Political Economy Spanish: Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures the year Linguistics Theatre (Pomona)
Minimum IB Score Requirement: 35
Class of 2024 Admitted Profile Davis UWC College Scholar International Baccalaureate (IB) Member School Credit Policy • 274 first-year students • 42.9% in-state The Davis United World College No more than four IB credits Scholars Program provides grants to (combined) will be granted. Four credits • 57.1% out-of-state selected American colleges and may be granted for an IB diploma. If • 10.2% international universities to support United World certification diploma is not completed, • 46% students of color College graduates who matriculate to individual courses or exams completed member schools. toward the certificate may be given credit. • 10.8% first generation Credit will not be awarded for subsidiary • 3.98 average GPA Pitzer became a member institution in 2013, and regularly visits and conducts exams. IB credits are applied toward the interviews at United World College 32 course graduation requirement, but campuses around the world. may not be used to satisfy the Educational Objectives requirement.