It is expensive and there is very little financial help available. They claim they will help you, but it has been impossible to find a job. Students that are on work study seem to be able to find some assistance, but the financial aid office is useless. I was shocked at how little the man that runs the financial aid department cares. Once he learned I was not a financial aid student and one that had to find a way to pay the tuition myself he had no suggestions. I will have enormous debt when I leave Scripps. All scholarships available on campus are need based. There isn't one scholarship that is available to a students that are not on financial assistance. This has been a HUGE disappointment to my family. We were sure that we would qualify for some financial assistance, we have received ZERO help from the college. Be extremely careful. $57,000 a year is a lot of money.

Great resources and opportunities at the 5C's.

The class sizes are definitely the bang for the buck, with classes at Scripps being at most 15-20 students on average. Also the food and course offerings. With these small class sizes though, most are forced to take courses off campus on the other 5 C's campuses, so be prepared to interact with other students from other colleges. Also, sometimes I feel like my tuition is going towards most of the parties, but it's Scripps, so I don't think that's a huge issue.

It's expensive, but the Financial Aid department is wonderful and merit aid is available.

Though tuition is challenging the support I receive from my professors, tutors, writing support centers and state of the art equipped science laboratories are well worth the financial sacrifices.