<p>Help a midwest parent!</p>
<p>Should I fly into Richmond or Charlotte, NC or another airport--assume I am flying from chicago?</p>
<p>I'm trying to save some money and book more than 30 days in advance.</p>
<p>Also, if you interview on Friday can you party with on Friday night with a student guide? (ha, kid's question)</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Richmond is about 2.5 hours away. Charlotte is at least an hour more. The closest airports are Roanoke and Charlottesville, but those will be more expensive to fly into. </p>
<p>You can walk into the admissions office and say "I want to sit in on a class" but I don't think "I want to attend a party" would work as well. The only way to do that would be if you knew someone on campus who was willing to take you to one.</p>
<p>There are no convenient airports to fly into. I fly into BWI, and rent a car down to Lexington. From Midway to BWI is very inexpensive, and the 3 1/2 hour drive is actually quite pleasant. I would recommend that method.
As for 'parties,' if your son or daughter is staying overnight in Lexington, simply have the Admissions office arrange for them to stay with a student in his or her apt/dorm. Then the 'party' issue is virtually automatic. Just make sure that you are specific about your child's interests so you don't end up with a computer geek when you're looking for a lacrosse jock.</p>
<p>The admissions office doesn't arrange overnights for prospective applicants, only for already admitted students so that plan would not work. Again the only way you would be able to do it would be if you knew a W&L student who would let you overnight with them.</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>he doesnt have to party --he'll live, imo. but that's a good reminder on personalities. i think he already has an idea about the party scene at WL, he just has to be admitted--ha.</p>
<p>bwi sounds like a good match on southwest.</p>
<p>Just a warning - BWI is a 3.5 hour drive and part of that is on the beltway so it may take you longer than that, there's nothing worse than beltway traffic.</p>