<p>What are they? And if you could tell me a bit about them I'd be grateful. Please exclude Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd.
Thanks in advance</p>
<p>The other 3 Claremonts.</p>
<p>I come from NY so i think Stanford, but that's probably not what you had in mind.</p>
<p>Occidental and Redlands might be worth researching.</p>
<p>USC, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Occidental.</p>
<p>University of Southern California (USC)
Occidental
Pomona College
Scripps (all-girls)
Universtiy of Redlands</p>
<p>Stanford is in Northern California and definitely not near LA. About a 5-8 hour drive from Los Angeles, dependent upon which freeway, traffic, and starting point (LA is a big place!).</p>
<p>Pitzer College.</p>
<p>That's the fifth Claremont Colleges which I forgot.</p>
<p>Whittier College, Woodbury University, Biola University, Chapman University, Mt St Mary's, Otis COllege of Art & Design, Art Center,</p>
<p>But in my opinion the only good private colleges in the LA area and surroundings worth going to are Chapman University(orange county), Loyola Marymount, Occidental, Claremont Colleges, USC and of course Cal Tech</p>
<p>I agree with liek about only good ones. Biola is an extremely conservative extremely Christian college, so I wouldn't waste my time looking into it if that's not your thing</p>
<p>What, Redlands isn't a good school?</p>
<p>Redlands is a good school; strong for music too.</p>
<p>WOW the person from my class who went there had like a 1050 and a 2.9.</p>
<p>And Berkeley accepted students with 900 SAT scores, Harvard accepted students below a 3.0, and I could go on and on. Does that mean that the programs of those schools are any lesser in quality?</p>
<p>see the thing with private college in the LA area, or private colleges in general within California is that chances are that the UC's are a better bargain than most privates. </p>
<p>I personally would rather attend UCB/UCLA/UCSD over most privates in Cali with maybe the exception of Stanford, Cal Tech, and Pomona just based on academics.</p>
<p>A little bit south, but the University of San Diego is a great private school.</p>
<p>USD is gorgeous; I visited the school and the view of Mission Bay was awesome .</p>
<p>Liek0806: Yup, UC's are a better deal if you're an in-state student, dependent on the UC you go to; but the only problem with UCs are the impacted classes.</p>
<p>Not only is USD gorgeous, their science and poli sci programs are excellent.</p>
<p>UCs are definitely a better bargain, but you trade off the small classes and professors who are there to teach, as opposed to many UC profs who are there for research and rely on TAs for much of the hands on. Many UC students are also looking at 5 years to graduate, so you need to factor that into the financial equation. Also if you qualify for financial aid or merit aid, the financial difference between the UCs and LACs evaporates.</p>
<p>Chapman and Pepperdine, my two top choices.</p>
<p>If you're not too hot about religion, I wouldn't recommend Pepperdine. If you are religious and want an institution that incorporates it to campus life, Pepperdine is a good place to be.</p>