Visiting Claremont Colleges - tips?

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Anonymous wrote:I just check airline schedules. I don't see any direct flights from BWI or DCA to ONT.

There probably aren't any. Ontario is a small airport

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Anonymous wrote:If you have never driven in CA, then renting a car from LAX and driving to these colleges will jangle your nerves.

I find California drivers better than DC area drivers.

Oh my! Californian here. From DC originally. California drivers at bat shit crazy. Just saying. 65 is the legal speed limit. But if you dare go as slow as 80mph, people will be on your ass. sorry for language.

I'm a Californian too. Horrible drivers. Much worse than DC. Once upon a time it was a pleasant place to drive.

[Anonymous]

Do you remember how much Uber cost from the airport to the colleges?

[Anonymous]

Check LAX via FlyAway bus to LA Union station and from there a metro link to near the Pomona campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s LA: rent a car.

We took Uber

[Anonymous]

I would try to fly into Ontario or rent a car from LAX. LYFT'ing from LAX to Claremont won't be cheap - I guess worth no traffic headache if you plan to stay out there and not see LA at all while you're there.

My SIL went to Scripps, my BIL went to Harvey Mudd (that's where they met). They loved it FWIW.

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30 or 40, but it was around 10 or 11 at night, and we did Pool.

Anonymous wrote:Do you remember how much Uber cost from the airport to the colleges?

[Anonymous]

I used to fly into Long Beach airport and drive to Claremont.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just check airline schedules. I don't see any direct flights from BWI or DCA to ONT.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]I used to fly into Long Beach airport and drive to Claremont. [[/b]/quote]


Long drive on congested freeways. Did you rent a car?. I bet you came in on Jet Blue. I thought the neighbors got traffic at that airport shut down or minimized. Anyhow, this is why we didn't even go look at the Claremont college. I'm a Californian and applied long ago and got in to both Scripps and Pomona but went to Stanford. A relative went to Scripps. I would never return to SoCal due to the traffic. The Claremont colleges are lovely but just too far away from any airport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]I used to fly into Long Beach airport and drive to Claremont. [[/b]/quote]


Long drive on congested freeways. Did you rent a car?. I bet you came in on Jet Blue. I thought the neighbors got traffic at that airport shut down or minimized. Anyhow, this is why we didn't even go look at the Claremont college. I'm a Californian and applied long ago and got in to both Scripps and Pomona but went to Stanford. A relative went to Scripps. I would never return to SoCal due to the traffic. The Claremont colleges are lovely but just too far away from any airport.

[Anonymous]

Maybe visit Occidental too. Oxy is located in an out of the way neighborhood in LA, not far from Pasadena. It has its own vibe that's different from the other LACs in the region.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]I used to fly into Long Beach airport and drive to Claremont. [[/b]/quote]


Long drive on congested freeways. Did you rent a car?. I bet you came in on Jet Blue. I thought the neighbors got traffic at that airport shut down or minimized. Anyhow, this is why we didn't even go look at the Claremont college. I'm a Californian and applied long ago and got in to both Scripps and Pomona but went to Stanford. A relative went to Scripps. I would never return to SoCal due to the traffic. The Claremont colleges are lovely but just too far away from any airport.

I find it hard to believe that a teenager bases their college decision on proximity to the airport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe visit Occidental too. Oxy is located in an out of the way neighborhood in LA, not far from Pasadena. It has its own vibe that's different from the other LACs in the region.

Well, that's putting it nicely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe visit Occidental too. Oxy is located in an out of the way neighborhood in LA, not far from Pasadena. It has its own vibe that's different from the other LACs in the region.

Well, that's putting it nicely.

If you want to slam a school why not just say what you mean instead of this passive aggresive BS?