Spring break is coming, and I’m sure you’re all dreaming of family vacations or taking a much need rest from your school work. However, for all you juniors out there, it’s time to start visiting colleges! We know this is a daunting task and sometimes you only have a few days to try to see as many schools as possible. With all of this in mind, we decided to create a few East Coast driving trips to help you see as many schools in any region as possible.

NORTHEASTERN LOOP:

Yale University (NYC → Yale: 2 hrs)

Connecticut College (NYC → Conn College: 2 hrs 15 mins)

Brown University (NYC → Brown: 3 hrs 30 mins)

Optional: Visit Clark University on your way to Amherst

Amherst College (NYC → Amherst: 3 hrs 15 mins)

Optional: see any of the other four colleges near Amherst College: Hampshire, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, or UMass

Trinity College (NYC → Trinity: 2 hrs 30 mins)

Wesleyan University (NYC → Wesleyan: 2 hrs 15 mins)

NYC→2:00→Yale→0:47→Conn College→1:00→Brown→1:00→Amherst→1:00→Trinity→0:30→Wes

Northeastern Loop

BOSTON LOOP:

Yale University (NYC → Yale: 2 hrs)

Brown University (NYC → Brown: 3 hrs 30 mins)

Wellesley College (NYC → Wellesley: 3hrs 50 mins)

Babson College (NYC → Babson: 3 hrs 50 mins)

Brandeis University (NYC → Brandeis: 3 hrs 40 mins)

Tufts University (NYC → Tufts: 4 hrs)

Harvard University (NYC → Harvard: 3 hrs 45 mins)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston College (NYC → Boston: 3 hrs 45 mins)

Boston University

Northeastern

Optional adds: see Bentley when you visit Brandeis & see Emerson the same day you see BU & Northeastern

NYC→2:00→Yale→1:40→Brown→1:15→Wellesley→0:10→Babson→0:20→Brandeis→0:30→Tufts→0:15→ Harvard→0:10→MIT→0:15→BC→0:15→BU→0:10→Northeastern

Boston Loop

NORTHERN LOOP:

Sarah Lawrence (NYC → SLC: 1 hr)

Vassar College (NYC → Vassar: 2 hrs)

Marist College

Bard College (NYC → Bard: 2 hrs 20 mins)

Williams College (NYC → Williams: 3 hrs 30 mins)

Skidmore College (NYC → Skidmore: 3 hrs 30 mins)

(Union College)

Middlebury College (NYC → Middlebury: 5 hrs)

Dartmouth

Optional: Head to Maine and see Bowdoin, Colby, and Bates – OR – head to Montreal, Canada and see McGill University

NYC→0:30→SLC→1:15→Vassar→0:15→Marist→0:45→Bard→1:40→Williams→1:25→Skidmore→1:50→Middlebury→1:40→Dartmouth

Northern Loop

WESTERN/UPSTATE NY LOOP:

Muhlenberg College (NYC → Muhlenberg: 2 hrs)

Cornell University (NYC → Cornell: 4 hrs)

Colgate University (NYC → Colgate: 4 hrs 15 mins)

Hamilton College (NYC → Hamilton: 4 hrs 20 mins)

Skidmore College (NYC → Skidmore: 3 hrs 30 mins)

Middlebury College (NYC → Middlebury: 5 hrs)

Optional: Head back through MA and upstate NY to see Williams, Bard, Vassar, Marist, & Sarah Lawrence College

NYC→2:00→Muhlenberg→3:00→Cornell→1:30→Colgate→0:30→Hamilton→2:00→Skidmore→1:50→Middlebury

Western Upstate Loop

PENNSYLVANIA LOOP:

Lafayette College

Lehigh University

Muhlenberg College

Optional: Drive out & see Bucknell & Dickinson – OR- go all the way to Carnegie Mellon

Villanova University

Swarthmore College (NYC → Swarthmore: 2 hrs 15 mins)

University of Pennsylvania (NYC → UPenn: 2 hrs)

NYC→1:45→Lafayette→0:30→Lehigh→0:30→Muhlenberg→1:30→Villanova→0:30→Swarthmore→0:30→UPenn

Pennsylvania Loop

SOUTHERN LOOP:

Princeton

UPenn

Johns Hopkins

Georgetown

Optional: While in DC you can also see George Washington University, American University, & the Catholic University of America

UVA

Duke

Optional: Add in or trade in University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, College of WIlliam & Mary, and University of Richmond

NYC→1:30→Princeton→1:00→UPenn→2:00→Johns Hopkins→1:10→Georgetown→2:20→UVA→3:20→Duke

Southern Loop