We’re a member of The Claremont Colleges, one of the nation’s oldest college consortia. We’re neighbors and partners with four outstanding undergraduate colleges and two innovative graduate schools. So you could walk across the street to Scripps and eat at their excellent dining hall. You could take a Russian class at Pomona, attend a lecture at Keck, join the Colleges’ powerhouse athletic teams, play in its outstanding orchestra, throw a party and invite several thousand new friends.

You’d have access to 2,500 classes, 600 faculty members, over 300 clubs and organizations, dozens of majors and minor programs, hundreds of social and

cultural events, a library with two million volumes—basically a small, well-appointed university. But Mudd would still be Mudd, Pitzer would still be Pitzer, and so on. There’s nothing like it in the United States.

Who are they? Why are they so beguiling?

POMONA COLLEGE: 1,550 students. Comprehensive liberal arts and sciences curriculum. Founded in 1887.

CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY: 2,000 students. Master’s and doctoral programs in 22 fields. Founded in 1925.

SCRIPPS COLLEGE: 900 students. 50 majors. Women’s college. Founded in 1926.

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE: 1,200 students, liberal arts curriculum emphasizing leadership, economics and public affairs. Founded in 1946.

CLAREMONT AND LOS ANGELES Claremont is a small city (pop. 35,000) with the heart of a small village. The center of the city—called, yes, The Village—is a dozen tree-lined blocks from campus. It is, in a word, ador- able: specialty shops, galleries, cafes and restaurants housed in exquisitely preserved two-story historic buildings. It’s also a town that serves seven colleg- es. Which explains the presence of Patty’s, the home of burritos as big as your head; a nearby donut shop that serves a 10-inch glazed donut; Rhino Records, your new favorite music store; a movie theatre; a jazz and fondue night spot;

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE: 730 students. Perhaps you’ve heard of us. Founded in 1955.

PITZER COLLEGE: 1,000 students. 40 majors. Flexible curriculum, interdisciplinary study, inter- cultural experience and social responsibility. Founded in 1963.

KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE: 140 students. First U.S. graduate school dedicated to applied life sciences. Founded in 1998.

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and so on. And we need to mention that the city—and our campus—is bordered by the 10,000-foot San Gabriel Mountains.

Los Angeles is—it’s Los Angeles! Chinatown, Rodeo Drive, Hollywood, the

Dodgers, the Getty Center, the California Science Center! The epicenter of style! A vision of the future of urban culture! Plus, it’s surrounded by some of the nation’s most spectacular natural resources: legendary mountains, beach- es and deserts. And it’s only 50 minutes by commuter rail from our campus (!).

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