can a college be too far away?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is going to a school very, very far away. He is happy but did admit recently that in retrospect he might have considered a closer option, because the multiple flights are grueling and expensive and it would have been nice to be able to come home for long weekends. He was not thinking about how hard the travel would be….I was, but didn’t push the issue. So I love to read about the posters’ children who want to stay within driving range or just one flight away.

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My DD's best friend goes to school in CA and can't come home for anything other than major breaks. My DD is glad she chose to stay closer to home (4 hr. drive) so that she's got all the space she needs but can still come home whenever she wants/needs to.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We have set a limit of eight hours max. Our reasoning is that if we needed to get to DC and could not fly we wanted to drive that was doable in a day or less. DC is currently looking at schools between three and eight hours away.