I go to a different Claremont college and I will say this-- the above poster is absolutely right about the value of a small class size and professors who know you and can write good letters of rec. That alone might be a good enough reason to go there. That said, Pitzer is NOT very pre-professional AT ALL. It is a great place to be an english major, a sociology major, an environmental studies major... but not the strongest place to be a premed. It's just not Pitzer's focus at all, and people who are pre-professional there often feel out of place. Pitzer doesn't even have its own science department-- it shares with CMC and Scripps. It still might be a better option than a state school.... but consider yourself warned.