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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

Crazy take!

USC is only 15 miles from the beach. But you have a point about Claremont - that's a difficult drive out of LA (I'm from there and drove that lat month so don't try to tell me it's an easy drive from LAX, it's horrible).

Bruh. In LA, 15 miles can take 2 hours!

USC is a straight shot off the 10 from the beach - can take 30-35 minutes. If it’s really bad commuter traffic it can take a hour. But 30 minutes is a reasonable estimate. There is also an Expo Park metro stop and you can get to Santa Monica that way.

Like the other PP said, Claremont Colleges are inland and quite far from the coast.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

Crazy take!

USC is only 15 miles from the beach. But you have a point about Claremont - that's a difficult drive out of LA (I'm from there and drove that lat month so don't try to tell me it's an easy drive from LAX, it's horrible).

Bruh. In LA, 15 miles can take 2 hours!

True! I'm from there. I keep telling people but they don't believe me and chatter on about the Claremont colleges bragging you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon (sure, in the 70s). The traffic is so awful that I won't go back anymore.

Where isn't the traffic awful? Any metropolitan in US?

Ironically near Claremont Colleges . Going to LAX or the beach isn't a daily, weekly, or even monthly thing right? then reject Caltech with the same logic - it's not close to the beach, LAX, and the bad traffic.

Yes - a school like UCSB, Pepperdine, or UCSD is an awesome 4 years. True beach schools - ones where kids do at the end of the day hangout at the beach. It's a perk not the main reason. U of Hawaii might be better if that's an important part of college.

True. It’s all bad. I drive from Newport to San Bernardino via Claremont recently and regretted it. I won’t go near LAX anymore. Orange County is hideous.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe there is already a thread.? What are colleges in southern CA worth visiting? Public. Private. LA to San Diego, Santa Barbara (an hour north of LA). Other?

Claremont colleges :
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1041280.page

Another on Claremont colleges:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/45/1314055.page

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

Crazy take!

USC is only 15 miles from the beach. But you have a point about Claremont - that's a difficult drive out of LA (I'm from there and drove that lat month so don't try to tell me it's an easy drive from LAX, it's horrible).

Bruh. In LA, 15 miles can take 2 hours!

True! I'm from there. I keep telling people but they don't believe me and chatter on about the Claremont colleges bragging you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon (sure, in the 70s). The traffic is so awful that I won't go back anymore.

Where isn't the traffic awful? Any metropolitan in US?

Ironically near Claremont Colleges . Going to LAX or the beach isn't a daily, weekly, or even monthly thing right? then reject Caltech with the same logic - it's not close to the beach, LAX, and the bad traffic.

Yes - a school like UCSB, Pepperdine, or UCSD is an awesome 4 years. True beach schools - ones where kids do at the end of the day hangout at the beach. It's a perk not the main reason. U of Hawaii might be better if that's an important part of college.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

Crazy take!

USC is only 15 miles from the beach. But you have a point about Claremont - that's a difficult drive out of LA (I'm from there and drove that lat month so don't try to tell me it's an easy drive from LAX, it's horrible).

Bruh. In LA, 15 miles can take 2 hours!

True! I'm from there. I keep telling people but they don't believe me and chatter on about the Claremont colleges bragging you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon (sure, in the 70s). The traffic is so awful that I won't go back anymore.

Where isn't the traffic awful? Any metropolitan in US?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

Crazy take!

USC is only 15 miles from the beach. But you have a point about Claremont - that's a difficult drive out of LA (I'm from there and drove that lat month so don't try to tell me it's an easy drive from LAX, it's horrible).

Bruh. In LA, 15 miles can take 2 hours!

True! I'm from there. I keep telling people but they don't believe me and chatter on about the Claremont colleges bragging you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon (sure, in the 70s). The traffic is so awful that I won't go back anymore.

Here is another thread talking touring colleges in CA.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1309437.page

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

Crazy take!

USC is only 15 miles from the beach. But you have a point about Claremont - that's a difficult drive out of LA (I'm from there and drove that lat month so don't try to tell me it's an easy drive from LAX, it's horrible).

Bruh. In LA, 15 miles can take 2 hours!

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand being from here and not going to a “beach” socal school. USD, ucsd, ucsb, lmu, Pepperdine. Maybe ucla. Why go to usc or to one of the Claremont colleges? Just to be in ca?

So the only good thing in CA is the beach?? Huh, good to know.