<p>My dream school, Notre Dame, is only 4 hours away from home in Ohio, so not to bad. But I kind of want to get out and experience new things, out of my comfort zone, away from my parents. A lot of my other safety and match schools are in the South and and maybe a couple in California.</p>
<p>But part of me doesn’t want to go too far, so I may stay East of the Mississippi. But I don’t want my parents coming to visit every weekend, lol.</p>
<p>What about you guys?</p>
<p>im going to the other side of the country. Its the school not the location for me though. if it was across the street I’d still want to go.</p>
<p>I don’t want to go all the way across country. I live in NJ, and I’ve applied to schools in PA, Vermont, Maine, Missouri and one school in NJ. So, a decent distance away :P</p>
<p>I’m not concerned about how far from home a school is but what it’s surrounding location is like. I’ve pretty much limited myself to either coast or big cities in between. It would be a complete lifestyle change to go to school in, say, California, but a part of me is so ready for that kind of change. From suburban Ohio to urban anything would be great.</p>
<p>Far enough away so that my parents can’t just randomly visit me but close enough so that travel expenses are a big problem. I live in central Illinois, and ideally that would mean I’d like to go to a school in Chicago, Indiana (Notre Dame being the only one I would consider), or in St. Louis.</p>
<p>As it turns out I will be in St. Louis.</p>
<p>im keeping to the east coast just cos it would be too much trouble moving everything across the country. my first choice is in nyc even though i live in nj. i dont really care if im close to home or not and it seems silly to rule something out just because its less than 2 hours away from home. i dont think my parents would visit me that much anyway.</p>
<p>ya… I live in the smack dead center of the upper midwest. I’m going east coast. Its only like what a 15-24 hour drive. I can do that straight through</p>
<p>away away AWAY!!! lol… i live in GA wanna go to MA</p>
<p>I’m not sure where I’m gonna end up, but here are the distances for the places I’m applying…</p>
<p>UCLA - 10 minutes to 1 hour driving, 90 minute walk
Caltech - 30 minutes to 2 hours
Harvey Mudd - 1-2 hours (not sure exactly, it’s a little farther than Caltech)
UCSD - 2 to 4 hours driving
UC Berkeley - 8 hour drive (bus trip), short flight
Harvard - All the way across the country
Princeton - all the way across the country</p>
<p>SMC - 5-10 minute drive, 40 minute walk</p>
<p>lol, UCLA 10 to 1 hour driving</p>
<p>That LA traffic sucks, huh?</p>
<p>Not once you’re used to it :)</p>
<p>Anyway, 1 hour is only in somewhat extreme cases, like if there’s a big crash on the freeway and it’s closed. If there’s an extreme case (like Prop 8 protests), it’s better to walk.</p>
<p>Yeah, I used to live in NYC and go to Chicago every once in awhile. People here in Cleveland complain about traffic and I’m like, “you don’t even know what traffic is”.</p>
<p>Anywhere in the northeast to the midwest. Staying away from the south and far west (I’d miss the snow).</p>
<p>Princeton’s in my backyard, so…</p>
<p>My dream school, Cambridge, is all the way across the ocean, plus a little bit of America, since I live in Western Ohio. Other than that, none of my schools are more than about 10 hour away, which is a distance I’m used to traveling because pretty much all of my family lives that far away. My parents might move after I leave, so I don’t really know how far away from them I’ll be.</p>
<p>A 13 hour plane ride away…ahh, how appealing.</p>
<p>Other side the country here. I am getting out as soon as possible.</p>
<p>As far away as I need to.</p>
<p>Live in northwestern North Dakota, and I plan to go to IU-B. Long day’s drive.</p>
<p>penn and princeton are both less than an hour away by car. hopefully nearby!</p>
<p>At least seven hours away in driving distance, AKA Chicago.</p>