<p>Someone somewhere here talked about flying over to visit Princeton, and meet with adcoms, professors etc. Not so difficult actually. One is able to get cheap tickets these days during off-peak season. Get into Newark airport, mono rail to Newark Penn station, NJ transit to Princeton jn, and a feeder line train from P jn to Princeton U. After mid-terms in Jan, maybe you can take one of your parents and fly down. Just suggesting that you to keep your mind open on that. Need not mortgage parents' home for the trip.</p>