Help me plan our spring break visits
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PS maybe think about doing one trip that is:
Wesleyan Connecticut College Bard Skidmore Maybe add Marist, Sarah Lawrence, and Fordham on the way back? Another trip that is Syracuse, Cornell, Ithaca, perhaps add Hamilton College and/or some other LAC's if of interest? You could even add a few SUNY schools to the mix if you're in the area, like Albany, Binghamton, and Purchase... Hope you have great weather and great trips! |
Anonymous
| I would personally have the second trip be some schools on PA or VA. I just think both trips that far will be tiring. You could do Cornell, Syracuse, SUNY BING, Ithaca in one trip, and 3 PA schools on the second trip - the PA schools could give her the feel of a smaller SLAC. |
Anonymous
I didn't mean to leave out Vassar! Great school... |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I’d do Syracuse/Cornell/Ithaca, consider adding Hamilton, then Skidmore, then decide your next priority. Either Dartmouth and UVM or down via Vassar. Bard/Vassar and Wesleyan/Conn are most easily done on a long weekend. But Dartmouth and Uvm are a lot add. |
Anonymous
But should add that Uvm is only 2.5 hours from Skidmore so if you want to get it done, I’d just do that and come back via Dartmouth. Might as well add Middlebury…? 
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Anonymous
Bard and Vassar go together; you really should see both if you are already there. If seeing Dartmouth is a top priority, you could forget about Skidmore and possibly take this nice loop: Vassar/Bard to Williams (90 min from Bard) to Middlebury (2 hours, stunning drive; stop in Manchester, VT) to Dartmouth (90 minutes) to the Five College area (under 2 hours straight south on highway). Just saying, going from Bard to Dartmouth you are going to pass relatively close to either Williams/Middlebury or Amherst anyhow (or both if you do it as a loop), so you might want to tour at least one additional school in those parts. If you do get to the Five College area, it is only 75-80 minutes from there to Wesleyan, and Conn College another 45… |
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Bard doesn’t give merit aid either. |
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OP here. So my first motive (in addition to spending alone time with her in a fun place) is to find safety/likelies she’ll fall in love with. She’s got good stats (high GPA, good test scores, dedicated leadership ECs but nothing so out of the ordinary.). I want her to let go of the Ivy/prestige idea and see what’s out there.
So Vassar, Dartmouth, Hamilton etc not high priorities - I’d love her to see Syracuse/Ithaca, UVM, maybe a couple of others but I’m wondering if we should just do Syracuse/Ithaca this trip and have one of us do a long weekend to NYC area schools another time. |
Anonymous
Don’t defend yourself. If you listed all black colleges they wouldn’t come write “oh bougey black girl”. I can’t stand the diversity mongers. Every damn school touts it’s diversity and Under-represented numbers. Who cares what these idiots think. |
Anonymous
Why do you need alone time? Just curious because college trips can be a good bonding time but there can also be stress and potential conflict. |
Anonymous
Yes true. But conflict or not she needs this to be just about her and parents alone. We have a special needs child that takes priority the majority of the time. And we can’t bring our other child with us or leave her home so it has to be her and one parent. Our idea was to split the week. But we are re-thinking. |
Anonymous
That makes sense! We split up some visits just one on one with our older child and had some nice trips. I only asked because if you were trying to resolve some other issues with the older child college visits can be intense and might not be the best time. |
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Aww she sounds like a good kid. My older child had severe anxiety (and other challenges) and the visits were good but also very stressful. |