What’s the drive time from home to your kid’s college?
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Anonymous
| My record is 2:15 but yesterday it was 3:40. (MD to Richmond) I love you Fredericksburg but I also hate you. |
Anonymous
PP here, we have actually decided to fly bc DH has miles from work travel. We explored but are not shipping anything. Instead DD is packing her clothes and personal effects into duffle bags and large rolly suitcases that we will check. Then we plan to spend 2 days going to Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc once we get there. DD is trying to get us to drive to Container Store in Milwaukee; we will see. On Wisconsin! |
Anonymous
| 12 hour drive , easy plane travel |
Anonymous
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Kid #1: 4.5 hours. After freshman year, I would drive to college, drop all his belongs and return home.
Kid #2: 7 hours. Had to drive thru DC, so had to time the drive due to the beltway. Bless you people who deal with that on a daily basis 
Kids were 1 year apart so the drop offs and pickups were often in the same week. |
Anonymous
| 20 minutes. 18 if I take the shortcut! 30 if leaving from my office. |
Anonymous
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25 minutes if there's no traffic. Up to an hour and a half if we go during rush hour (but then, we have no reason to go during rush hour).
He goes to UMD. |
Anonymous
| 20 minutes driving, 15 minutes taking Metrorail. |
Anonymous
| 9-11 hours (Maine). Did the dropoff freshman year but he's flying back this year and I'll ship stuff to him. It's not so much the drive up there, but coming back without another driver. |
Anonymous
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Most students stay close to home fwiw:
“Fifty eight percent of high school graduates attend college within 100 miles of their hometown, while 72 percent stay in-state” |
Anonymous
| 39 hours across country, or 3 days/nights. Just drove from MD to CA. |
Anonymous
Because most kids go to community or cheap state college 
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