<p>Added note: Of the families that we know who sent children to well-known schools, none of them made any visitations to those Eastern schools. </p>
<p>I would guess, however, that if you are within comfortable driving distance, you should be able to make a visitation- a least to make sure the ivy isn't eating into the mortor between the bricks. The West Coast States- 6 hours, 300 miles, doesn't get you across the state and you can go from ocean to 5000 feet to desert in 3 hours.</p>