<p>Title says it all. :) We'll have a rental car so we can get out of Claremont proper if need be.</p>
<p>It depends a little on what fields you are interested in. The tour they give is very good and it’s a beautiful campus. Try to eat at a dining hall and talk to students if you can. My daughter enjoyed sitting in on a few classes - and if you like the arts try to see those buildings. We very much enjoyed the visit.</p>
<p>If you can’t decide which dining hall to visit, go for Frary on north campus.</p>
<p>Frary is a beautiful building, but Frank might have better food. You can check here (website made by a friend): [The</a> Five-College Menu (5C Menu) - MikeMaltese.com](<a href=“塔城股谥市场营销有限公司”>塔城股谥市场营销有限公司)</p>
<p>I take it we can eat at any of the dining halls without an ID? We’d just pay some flat rate?</p>
<p>Thanks for the menu link!</p>
<p>I take it we can eat at any of the dining halls without an ID? We’d just pay some flat rate?</p>
<p>Thanks for the menu link! Anyway to get more than the current day? I like to plan. ;)</p>
<p>ETA: Doh! I see now that I can click on the name of the dining hall and get the rest of the week.</p>
<p>Hmmm, as long as you have a car at your disposal, I would take advantage and see the area outside of the college.</p>
<p>The village is small and quaint with charm. There is not a lot to see but has a few nice restaurants and bakeries, yogurt, Jamba Juice, etc. It is nice just to get a lay of the land and to get a feel of the area. There is a metro station a couple of blocks away as well as Zip cars on campus that students can rent inexpensively. If you want a quick burger, the favorite place is In-N-Out Burger. A chain, but the burgers are good!
Close to Pasadena you will find Huntington Library which is quite beautiful to visit and see the many gorgeous gardens, you can have tea there as well. (This is only if you have time to visit places away from Claremont.)
Of course there is always Hollywood and a visit to the beach if time allows. Hollywood is about 45 minutes away and the beach an hour if there is no traffic. The students like to get away on the occasional weekend to Huntington Beach.
Los Angeles being the sprawling metropolis it is has many great museums depending on your taste. One of my favorites is the Getty museum set high on the hill top with a view that wont disappoint. Reservations are advisable. This is just a few of my favorite places.</p>
<p>Do take the time to visit all the campuses when you visit Pomona, each is interesting and has a distinct look and feel of their own. Having five colleges at your disposal for both classes and dining halls and social events was a big selling point for my DD.</p>
<p>Enjoy your visit!</p>
<p>As the previous poster stated, see the other campuses! They all vary, and as a student at Pomona you can take classes at all of them I believe!</p>
<p>Yes, the Claremont Consortium is a big thing that makes Pomona (and the others) what they are. As a student at Pomona, you can take up to 50% of your classes on the other campuses, which can be really nice if your school is missing a language or other course you want to take. Additionally, you can eat at any of the other dining halls, so you have 7 different options to pick from at any given meal, depending on how far you want to walk (Harvey Mudd’s dining hall is really good, but it’s far from Pomona).</p>
<p>As to paying for your meal, just stop by the admissions office when you arrive and you can get a schedule of classes, meal tickets, a parking pass, etc.</p>
<p>They’ll actually comp us a meal? I saw that there’s a student-hosted lunch at Pomona, but we’ll be there two days because he’s also going to look at CMC.</p>
<p>Yes, there’s a hosted lunch. DD and I visited the last week in January, and were the only people to attend the afternoon campus tour. They also don’t serve lunch to visitors in January, so we ate at the Sagehen Cafe. There’s nothing exciting off campus in Claremont, but if you’ve never visited LA, there’s Hollywood, the beach, and Disneyland.</p>
<p>Also USC, UCLA, Occidental, and Caltech…</p>
<p>[Visiting</a> the Campus - Pomona College](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/visiting/visiting-the-campus.aspx]Visiting”>http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/visiting/visiting-the-campus.aspx)</p>
<p>Claremont’s pretty quiet, but they do have some nice places to eat if you get an opportunity.</p>
<p>In the past, if you took the 11 am admissions tour, that came with lunch tickets for Frary. Definitely stop by Frary to see Orozco’s mural, “Prometheus,” ([Prometheus</a> - Pomona College](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/prometheus.aspx]Prometheus”>http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/prometheus.aspx)) and time a visit later in the day to view Skyspace ([Skyspace</a> - Pomona College](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/skyspace.aspx]Skyspace”>http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/skyspace.aspx)). The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden ([Pomona</a> College Magazine :: PCM Online](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/pcmfl04/47thingspg22.shtml]Pomona”>http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/pcmfl04/47thingspg22.shtml)) is just across Foothill Boulevard, and you can also check out Mt. Baldy.</p>
<p>Second In ‘n’ Out for a California burger experience (double-double animal style is my fave). Walking around Claremont Village is also lots of fun.</p>
<p>As others have mentioned, there’s lots to do in and around the Claremont area. Feel free to PM me for other opportunities (both of my kids went to school in SoCal).</p>
<p>Have fun!</p>
<p>[Claremont</a> Village Shop and Dine Business Directory - Claremont California 91711](<a href=“http://www.thevillageclaremont.com/directory.html]Claremont”>http://www.thevillageclaremont.com/directory.html) This is a link for the Claremont Village. Scroll to the bottom to see all the restaurant options.</p>
<p>Thanks, suzanne! That’s exactly what I was looking for. One night, ds is doing an unofficial overnight on campus with a friend, and I have a friend driving down to spend the night with me. We were looking for places to eat. I’d rather stay in the area and soak up local ambiance (there’s local ambiance, right? 
) rather than drive into the city.</p>
<p>I’ve eaten at Harvard Square Cafe, La Piccoletta, The Press, and the Village Grille. If you like good diner-type food, go to Village Grille ([The</a> Village Grille 50’s Diner](<a href=“http://villagegrille50sdiner.com/]The”>http://villagegrille50sdiner.com/)). For great Italian - La Piccoletta, and you’ll definitely need reservations since it’s so popular.</p>
<p>Also, D treated me to a facial at Aromatique as part of a mother/daughter special (we happened to be visiting around Mother’s Day).</p>
<p>A facial? Don’t I wish. My friend is requesting a margarita. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>Don’t go to Frary. Frary sucks.</p>
<p>The village is pleasant and has a nice feel. There are a number of restaurants there. It kind of depends on what you consider ambiance. It’s not Manhattan.</p>
<p>First of all… please please please do not construe this as an attempt to contradict the first-hand experience of a current student!! During her visit, DD had lunch at Frank and dinner at Frary. She has also had meals at about a dozen other colleges (including Scripps and CMC), She said Frank was very nice and had very good food. She said she doesn’t remember anything about the food at Frary, but added that she’ll never forget thinking that it was as if she was eating in the Great Hall at Hogwarts… except for that big naked guy holding up the roof.</p>