Spring break is coming, and I’m sure you’re all dreaming of family vacations or taking a much need rest from your school work. However, for all you juniors out there, it’s time to start visiting colleges! We know this is a daunting task and sometimes you only have a few days to try to see as many schools as possible. With all of this in mind, we decided to create a few East Coast driving trips to help you see as many schools in any region as possible.
NORTHEASTERN LOOP:
Yale University (NYC → Yale: 2 hrs)
Connecticut College (NYC → Conn College: 2 hrs 15 mins)
Brown University (NYC → Brown: 3 hrs 30 mins)
Optional: Visit Clark University on your way to Amherst
Amherst College (NYC → Amherst: 3 hrs 15 mins)
Optional: see any of the other four colleges near Amherst College: Hampshire, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, or UMass
Trinity College (NYC → Trinity: 2 hrs 30 mins)
Wesleyan University (NYC → Wesleyan: 2 hrs 15 mins)
NYC→2:00→Yale→0:47→Conn College→1:00→Brown→1:00→Amherst→1:00→Trinity→0:30→Wes
BOSTON LOOP:
Yale University (NYC → Yale: 2 hrs)
Brown University (NYC → Brown: 3 hrs 30 mins)
Wellesley College (NYC → Wellesley: 3hrs 50 mins)
Babson College (NYC → Babson: 3 hrs 50 mins)
Brandeis University (NYC → Brandeis: 3 hrs 40 mins)
Tufts University (NYC → Tufts: 4 hrs)
Harvard University (NYC → Harvard: 3 hrs 45 mins)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston College (NYC → Boston: 3 hrs 45 mins)
Boston University
Northeastern
Optional adds: see Bentley when you visit Brandeis & see Emerson the same day you see BU & Northeastern
NYC→2:00→Yale→1:40→Brown→1:15→Wellesley→0:10→Babson→0:20→Brandeis→0:30→Tufts→0:15→ Harvard→0:10→MIT→0:15→BC→0:15→BU→0:10→Northeastern
NORTHERN LOOP:
Sarah Lawrence (NYC → SLC: 1 hr)
Vassar College (NYC → Vassar: 2 hrs)
Marist College
Bard College (NYC → Bard: 2 hrs 20 mins)
Williams College (NYC → Williams: 3 hrs 30 mins)
Skidmore College (NYC → Skidmore: 3 hrs 30 mins)
(Union College)
Middlebury College (NYC → Middlebury: 5 hrs)
Dartmouth
Optional: Head to Maine and see Bowdoin, Colby, and Bates – OR – head to Montreal, Canada and see McGill University
NYC→0:30→SLC→1:15→Vassar→0:15→Marist→0:45→Bard→1:40→Williams→1:25→Skidmore→1:50→Middlebury→1:40→Dartmouth
WESTERN/UPSTATE NY LOOP:
Muhlenberg College (NYC → Muhlenberg: 2 hrs)
Cornell University (NYC → Cornell: 4 hrs)
Colgate University (NYC → Colgate: 4 hrs 15 mins)
Hamilton College (NYC → Hamilton: 4 hrs 20 mins)
Skidmore College (NYC → Skidmore: 3 hrs 30 mins)
Middlebury College (NYC → Middlebury: 5 hrs)
Optional: Head back through MA and upstate NY to see Williams, Bard, Vassar, Marist, & Sarah Lawrence College
NYC→2:00→Muhlenberg→3:00→Cornell→1:30→Colgate→0:30→Hamilton→2:00→Skidmore→1:50→Middlebury
PENNSYLVANIA LOOP:
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Muhlenberg College
Optional: Drive out & see Bucknell & Dickinson – OR- go all the way to Carnegie Mellon
Villanova University
Swarthmore College (NYC → Swarthmore: 2 hrs 15 mins)
University of Pennsylvania (NYC → UPenn: 2 hrs)
NYC→1:45→Lafayette→0:30→Lehigh→0:30→Muhlenberg→1:30→Villanova→0:30→Swarthmore→0:30→UPenn
SOUTHERN LOOP:
Princeton
UPenn
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
Optional: While in DC you can also see George Washington University, American University, & the Catholic University of America
UVA
Duke
Optional: Add in or trade in University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, College of WIlliam & Mary, and University of Richmond
NYC→1:30→Princeton→1:00→UPenn→2:00→Johns Hopkins→1:10→Georgetown→2:20→UVA→3:20→Duke