<p>We are planning to visit Occidental over the Easter Vacation with my son and daughter and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on a local place to stay. We want to spend a couple of days in the area while we check out colleges.</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
<p>Hi, I'm an admission officer from Oxy, so I thought I'd respond. We have a list on our website at <a href="http://www.oxy.edu/x5499.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.oxy.edu/x5499.xml</a> for you to check out.</p>
<p>The hotels on our website are close to the campus--within a 10-15 minute drive. Those in Pasadena are close to Old Town where there are many great restaurants, shopping, bookstores, etc. </p>
<p>Some families choose to stay in West LA--Santa Monica, etc, which is a much longer drive (up to 1 hour in traffic), but close to the beach and other shopping and entertainment. Some also stay near the beach communities of Manhattan, Redondo, etc--which are also up to an hour drive, but again, beaches :-)</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>That helps a lot! I check here everyday to see if there is any activity and we are planning a visit at the same time. Brettleb, if your still around, could you comment about overnights? Without sounding presumptuous, will there be one for admitted students and/for URM's? We are hoping my D might have that opportunity but would also love to be able to plan.</p>
<p>We take requests online for overnight visits, at which point a student staff member will call and/or email to finalize the details. That information is here:
<a href="http://www.oxy.edu/x1981.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.oxy.edu/x1981.xml</a></p>
<p>As for admitted students, we will have 3 Friday receptions on these dates:
Friday, April 4, 2008</p>
<p>Friday, April 11, 2008</p>
<p>Friday, April 18, 2008</p>
<p>We also host overnight visitors on the Thursday night prior, and usually have a special program for URMs and other students that begins on those Thursdays as well. Studentsl get a separate invitation for that.</p>
<p>BrettleB</p>
<p>That helps immensly! About how far away timewise (considering traffic) would Arcadia be?</p>
<p>Another family from our High School may be coming as well, so I will forward on any information I get here.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>With no traffic, less than 30 minutes. With traffic, maybe 30-40 at the most. Not sure where you're from, but by SoCal standards, Arcadia is what we would call close--10-15 miles or so ;)</p>
<p>See you on campus!</p>