<p>Planning on going over spring break (D-hs Jr) to see Tufts, BU, and Brandies. Thought we could do Tufts and BU in one day, then Brandeis next day before driving home. Any thoughts on this as well as good place to stay over night? Thanks</p>
<p>You want to do a two day swing, I assume? There's countless other schools in the area as well (Northeastern, BC etc.). You could probably fit BC BU and Northeastern in for one day (all close to one another). Tufts is not that close to BU, (Medford vs. Downtown Boston), but it shouldn't pose a problem if you wanted to do the two and nothing else in one day. Brandeis is roughly 20 minutes from BC (30-40) w/ traffic, so Brandeis could not be done with more than one other school </p>
<p>I would recommend taking the T (Boston Ttrains) to visit Tufts, BU, BC, and Northeastern. All easily accessible from the T and you won't have to deal with finding parking places/traffic and Boston drivers =)</p>
<p>Do you plan to actually tour? Just note that fitting BU and Northeastern in one day can be a hastle due to the lengtth and concurring tme slots of their tour/info sessions.</p>
<p>Brandeis could easily be done in the same day with Wellesley or Bentley if you are looking into business. If this is your daughter, I would highly reccomend taking a drive through Wellesley, not that far from Brandeis, even if she show little interest into all-girls schools, perspectives change once kids actually get on campus and actually talk to people. If you need any help with tours at Wellesley or Northeastern, I have friends & colleagues in both admissions offices (actually, a sister in one ;)).</p>
<p>Descant covered mos of the feasibility issues. As forhotels, I can't help you there, before I moved, I always just stayed at the most centralized Hampton Inn, good rates, complimentary hot breakfast, cable, pools, and for the financially strapped like me, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg... otherwise, I'd be staying at the Nine Zero Hotel everyday.</p>
<p>I'm not the best at recommending hotels, but I can tell you that you probably want a hotel located by Back Bay to make your traveling a tad bit easier.</p>
<p>Thanks. We've pretty much narrowed it down to those 3 with Tufts as a 1st choice. I thought we could do an info session and tour at Tufts (10:30/11:30) and then make it to Bu for a 2/3. After Brandeis we'd drive home (Phila). Not sure if we should stay in Cambridge or near BU on Fri eve. Thanks</p>
<p>Umm, yeah with Tufts campus, it's better for you to take the info session, tour, and then they like to have take a complimentary lunch in the dining hall with Tufts students. It's actually quite nice. It's better that you not rush the Tufts experience, b/c the really guides you through only 2/3 of the campus, leaving out big parts like, the engineering school, the Fletcher school, freshmen housing. I would count on rushing out of Tufts at 1:00 and getting down to BU with parking forthe 2:000. It's do-able, but you don't have too much flexibility and it's aconstant time crunch. If you do plan to do it, I would highly recommend taing the T, and assume that you're not going by car.</p>
<p>It actually seems more feasible fo you to visit all these schools by Boston T, with exception to Brandeis, andforego the car.</p>
<p>Also, I'd really tink you should tack on one day or do a quick drive through of either Boston College or Wellesley on the Brandeis day, b/c you're touring probably two of the most unspectacular campuses in the area. Dor you to get a full picture of Boston's schools.</p>
<p>If you don't want to see either, you should probably take a drive through Northeastern on the BU day (After seeing both, Northeastern's campus is what you probably expected BU to be, just take my bet on that one ;))</p>
<p>Also, you can stay in Cambridge, there are many nice hotels, but it is not ideal for your college list or plans of travel.</p>
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<p>Um, if they're looking at Tufts, BU, & Brandeis, them they probably are foregoing MIT and Harvard for a good reason...</p>