<p>BreakerBoy, the travel expenses really shouldn’t be a significant amount of money. I looked at ticket prices for travel from Chicago to Long Island (a fourteen and a half hour drive) for the admitted students weekend and it will only cost about $148 for the flight there and back or $168 for the train. I know someone who goes to UPenn (a four and a half hour drive from my house, one and a half hours by train) and she pays $100 for train tickets to and from her school. Another friend of mine goes to American University (five hours from my house) and it costs her ~$110 for the trip. Perhaps you can show your parents that the proximity of the school to your home doesn’t have a huge affect on the expenses?</p>