rate these new england itineraries

TheDad
Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:43:50 +0000

Too much is being crammed in on both itineraries, giving it the flavor of a European tour of 15 countries in 7 days…yes, you can say you’ve been there but how effective is the experience?

Having done the seven-day Boston-NYC marathon, the only time I would recommend doubling up two in a day is if two schools are virtually next door to each other: Harvard/MIT is okay…Harvard/Tufts would be stretching it, imo. N.B., if going to Amherst and offspring is female, take a look at Smith, 20 minutes away and back towards the Interstate anyway.

While driving is a pain, as is the rental car costs, you will be losing more time to “overhead” by having to fit into train schedules. I think you need to allow time on campuses for more than info sessions & tours. Taking a meal, letting S/D talk to students about what they like/dislike etc. The packaged point of the visits (tour/info session) are points of departure, not the goal, imo.