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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We visited extensively.  On the whole the consortium opens up the social and club possibilities for these small schools.  The extent very much depends on the student making an effort.  I got the impression that the ties are strongest between the pairs of schools that join up for sports but for an extroverted kid, no real barriers to making friends campus wide.   My kid did not end up applying because his academic interest is in a multiple disciplinary major that would have had to be supported by multiple schools.  The information we received from students was that cross registration could be very difficult for the upper level courses due to prioritization for "home" school or not offered.  It just sounded as if it could get really complex for meeting graduation requirements.  Beautiful campus with plenty to do in LA.  His friends that now attend are very happy.  They happen to be humanities majors and pretty much have their classes within the college they were admitted to.  If my kid didn't really need a university setting, he would have gone there in a heartbeat.  [/quote]

It is pretty far from LA.[/quote]

About an hour with traffic.  I can reach Pasadena in about 35 minutes.[/quote]

Like college kids are going to be doing all of this driving on a regular basis.  And, I would think that Claremont itself would get a little boring after a while.  [/quote]

There's a train station on the south end of Pomona's campus that will take you to Downtown LA in under an hour, and of course with no traffic. It runs hourly from early morning to late nights. From there, you can take any bus, subway, or metro, covered from the initial cost of the train ticket (it comes with free access to any of LA's public transport systems). If you miss the train hours, there's a bus service that runs 24/7 and will take you to/from Downtown LA for under $3.

It's very, very easy to get to LA, and the students don't need a car to do so. The vast majority don't have one. And while Claremont itself may not have much to offer, the colleges themselves are lively and filled with events, parties, speakers, and so forth. Five colleges make for five times the fun. [/quote]

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