How far away is too far away?

mwnivek
Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:01:38 +0000

When my older bro was looking at colleges, he mentioned CalTech, and my mom created a rule that a college must be within a day’s drive from home (Columbus, OH). Now that I’m in the college search, she repeated her one day’s drive rule. Just recently she has been wavering about whether Dartmouth and Boston schools are too far away (12 hours of driving). Flying is not an option for financial reasons.

Now I’m wondering: is Boston too far? Where are others drawing the line as too far?