<p>When my D was applying to schools, we didn’t discourage her from applying to schools very far away. Since she has been at Cornell, she has come down with 3 major illness and all 3 times we’ve had to drive up to bring her home. I know there are many kids that go to schools cross coast, but I don’t think it’s easy. We have a second one coming up and we would encourage to apply to schools 3-5 hours drive away. Air travel used to be a lot easier, it is very expensive and a big hassle now. I understand you may want to go somewhere new, but I think there’ll be other opportunities once you are out of college. The biggest negative to me about Vanderbilt is it is a southern school. I don’t think it would be easy for a New Yorker to adjust.</p>