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Comparable Schools'
Nightlife Grades:
Quick Stats
Student Favorites
- Moose McGillycuddy’s
- The Colorado
Primary Areas with Nightlife
- Not Pasadena. Pasadena only has a few bars, but LA, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, and other nearby areas have many more.
Favorite Drinking Games
- Beer pong
- Card games
- Drunk Poker
- Power Hour
Cheapest Place to Get a Drink
The Colorado
College Prowler Take
At Caltech, the nightlife generally involves doing calculus homework until sunrise one night and doing it againg for physics the next night. Generally, the nightlife is nonexistent. Pasadena is a small city with mostly older residents. Though it is close to the LA party scene geographically, it in no way resembles an LA atmosphere at night. There are a few bars in Old Pasadena and some in neighboring Alhambra, but no clubs within close walking distance. For students who are intent on going out and clubbing, LA is the closest place, though sometimes transportation can be an issue. Another problem with going clubbing is finding other students interested in going with you on any given night. Also, coordinating schedules can, at times, seem impossible. Pasadena is not a lively place at night. The nightlife on campus on non-homework days can be amusing from time to time. Students will get together to drink and play cards, or just drink. There are not very many parties on campus. Sometimes, there will be parties at off-campus houses where students live, but these are few and far between. Besides these parties, each of the seven houses has a party once a year. These parties often involve constructing a club-type scene with a theme, and the parties resemble a nightclub, except that they are on Caltech’s campus and that they happen infrequently. Drinking games and such happen within the houses and amongst friends. Some houses even have special nights allotted to it, but the campus is usually quiet like the city of Pasadena itself. Students Speak Out
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Clubs in Pasadena are not so...
Clubs in Pasadena are not so great; there are many clubs in LA, though. Parties on campus are rare. People don’t really have that much time to party on the whole. |
Anonymous says: |
There aren’t many clubs around...
There aren’t many clubs around campus. You have to go into LA to go clubbing, for the most part. There are some very good bars around campus. |
Anonymous says: |
The parties on campus are unique...
The parties on campus are unique and, in my opinion, the best I have ever been to. The parties generally involve large amounts of construction and artwork centered on themes such as Tokyo, Egypt, Mayan Temple, Pompeii, New Year’s, and so forth. There are seven major parties around campus called the interhouse parties. Each one of the seven student houses throws one. Many of them feature an open bar (with carding bartenders). |
Anonymous says: |
There are eight or so parties...
There are eight or so parties organized by UGs every year that have free booze (with bartenders that card), snack food, loud music, and dancing. |
Anonymous says: |
The parties on campus vary....
The parties on campus vary. Sometimes tons of people show up and it’s fun, sometimes not. The Ricketts parties are interesting. I’ve never been to a club off campus, so I don’t know. |
FactsClub Crawler
For clubbing , areas outside of Pasadena are recommended.
Bar Prowler
There are not many bars in Pasadena. A few bars are attached to restaurants and most bars close fairly early.
Organization Parties
Once a year, every one of the seven houses at Caltech throws a large interhouse party. These parties usually involve construction and decorations around some theme. Some houses alter the theme yearly, and other houses keep the same theme as a tradition. These parties usually last until the wee hours of the morning and have professional DJs and bartenders. There are also smaller parties thrown by some of the houses during the year, but those are more spontaneous.
Bar Listings
Look for drink specials during happy hour between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Moose McGillycuddy’s 119 E. Colorado Blvd. (626) 304-9955
The dark atmosphere makes this bar feel like a dive, attracting Caltech students on a regular basis with the cheap drinks. The Colorado 2640 E. Colorado Blvd. (626) 449-3485
What to Do if You're Not 21
If you’re under 21, there are a few coffee shops or juice bars in the area, but not too much else. Going out to eat or to the movies is the preferred mode of entertainment. A Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Peet’s Coffee, and Jamba Juice are located within two blocks of campus on Lake Avenue. There is also a Starbucks and Juice It Up shop in the Paseo Colorado Shopping Center.
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