<p>what are some good private/lac schools in california?</p>
<p>stanford
usc
pomona
CMC
pepperdine (yuck christian school)</p>
<p>any other notable schools in cali?</p>
<p>edit:</p>
<p>shoot i forgot to mention oregon and washington schools also, so if you guys could say some of those that would be nice too.</p>
<p>the other colleges next to CMC,</p>
<p>Occidental near LA. Private+LAC, so I bet you'll like it :).</p>
<p>Reed in Portland. Very quirky and self-selecting, but if you like it, there's no other place like home.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd
Pomona</p>
<p>To name a few: Whitman (Washington), Willamette (Oregon), Claremont Consortium in CA (CMC, Pomona, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd), Lewis & Clark (Oregon)</p>
<p>Caltech meh</p>
<p>The Claremont schools mentioned above
University of Puget Sound (in Washington)
Lewis and Clark
Reed
Walla Walla University</p>
<p>Mills
St. Mary's
University of SF
Santa Clara University
Chapman
University of san diego
Loyola Marymount
Whittier</p>
<p>Do you want good LACs or great LACs?</p>
<p>Great:
Harvey Mudd College
Pomona College</p>
<p>Good-Great:
Claremont McKenna College
Scripps College
Pitzer College</p>
<p>of course, those are all Claremont Colleges...</p>
<p>Just to clarify from above....Mills is a womens college outside of Oakland, CA. It has a very fine reputation but not sure if OP is a female or male.</p>
<p>Any particular field of study Chaserz?</p>
<p>i am thinking along the lines of business.</p>
<p>oh im a guy by the way haha.</p>
<p>well, if you're going by US News rankings (which, I admit, are flawed) The best LACs in Cali go in this order</p>
<ol>
<li>Pomona (#7)</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna (#11)</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd (excellent, and comparable to any top engineering school in academic rigor, they're just extremely specialized so they take a hit in the rankings) (#14)</li>
<li>Scripps College (#28)</li>
<li>Occidential (#36)</li>
<li>Whitman (#37)</li>
<li>Pitzer (#49)</li>
</ol>
<p>I'm not as familiar with smaller and lesser-known schools, but all of the above are great choices.</p>
<p>Whitman is in Washington.</p>
<p>Up north there is also Lewis and Clarke (Or), Reed (Or), Willamette (Wash), University of Puget Sound (Wash), Gonzaga (Wash) ...</p>
<p>Oops. Thanks, MQD. I was thinking of Whittier.</p>
<p>Try californiacolleges.edu</p>
<p>AOK ... poster did indicate an interest in the north country as well ... so I thought I would clarify ...but still big in the Claremonts!</p>