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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Doesn’t really matter how far away they are. Even if they were close you should only be seeing them for major holidays and long breaks[/b]. [/quote]

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Our dd goes to college 4 hrs from us. She has also spent many of her breaks on trips all over the USA. She plans to do a semester abroad.  We are excited for her and know she is going to do great. BUT when we got a phone call last night that she had been injured in  club sport ihave never been more grateful that we could get in the car and be at her side in just 4 hours. [/quote]

Exactly!!!!!  Some schools are in the middle of nowhere though very well ranked. But I can’t tell DC to choose based on my own fear. [/quote]

However, you can explain and make sure DC understands what it's like to be in the middle of nowhere. For us, I explained that if a school is 2-3 hours from an airport (thinking of Bucknell) and it would then then involve 2 flights to get home, that a trip home means a 12+ hour day and if flight back to college gets in after normal shuttle services are running, it means a very expensive uber trip (and not sure I'd want my DC in an Uber for 2 hours alone).   That means you can't really come home for a 4 day weekend for fall break or 4 day thanksgiving.  So not saying No to colleges like that, but DC has to understand the implications/reality of that choice.  
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There’s the Harrisburg Airport near Bucknell, sort of. [/quote]

It's over 60 miles to the Harrisburg airport, so still a 60-90 min shuttle/uber/lyft, and then would be 2 flights to get to our area.  So, it would be 9-12 hours from when first flight takes off until 2nd flight lands for my DC (depending upon the flight options), add in the transport to airport and getting there 90 mins early and it's easily 11-14 hours from when my DC would need to leave a dorm until their flight touches down in our home city.  So just something to consider if considering a more rural school.   So unfortunately this would mean that a 4 day thanksgiving would be almost pointless and way too stressful.  DC needs to be aware that this isn't just a 20 min uber to airport and then hop on a 6 hour flight home.
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Yeah, that is definitely long. I know there’s a bus station in Selinsgrove (20 min from Bucknell) that has Greyhound buses. [/quote]

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