<p>JackUK,</p>
<p>I understand the logistics of choosing colleges from overseas. I have nieces in an English public school, so I know that there are many breaks during the year. It is rather inexpensive to fly to the US, so if you can afford the time, you and your son should visit the schools. A possible itinerary could be:</p>
<p>Fly into JFK
Drive to New Haven (Yale) – 2 hours depending on the traffic
Drive to Hartford (Wesleyan) – 45 minutes
Drive to Amherst (Amherst) – 45 minutes
Drive to Williamstown (Williams) – 2 hours</p>
<p>Throw in Middlebury, Dartmouth, Harvard, Brown, and end up at Columbia. Or venture north to Bowdoin from Harvard or Dartmouth. </p>
<p>We toured Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Harvard, Amherst, Middlebury, Williams, and Bowdoin over one-year period. As an alum of two of the schools, I thought I knew these schools well. However, the schools presented themselves differently from what I thought I remembered from 25 years ago. </p>
<p>Sometime during a tour at Amherst, my seemingly diffident child was entranced. We knew then that this was the right place.</p>