<p>OK, im trying to figure out how to get up there to one of those Spring Open House dates. I live in NYC. </p>
<p>Which is the cheapest way to get to Rochester....plane, train, bus, or car? Take into consideration that car im against somewhat because driving 10 hours i cant do.</p>
<p>NYC? umm u can get a round trip ticket for about 100. but if u book ahead of time, it'll be cheaper. (from nyc-roc)</p>
<p>Round trip..i found Jetblue...108 round trip, is that the cheapest possible?</p>
<p>The dilemma is that i have not heard from Brandeis, Cornell, Tufts, Georgetown, and UVA (likely letter received though) yet. Those are my top schools. Rochester was just below that. I dont know what to visit because it all depends on where i get into, because i like all these skools and see myself at all of them. I feel booking a flight now is just stupid. But March 31 is so close to spring break that prices will be much more expensive.</p>
<p>jetblue is THE cheapest from JFK to ROC...</p>
<p>when you're booking a flight for rochester, the cheapest tickets will be the ones you buy way in advance. when i flew up we paid a whole lot more than people who bought their tickets early.</p>
<p>I don't think you need a 10 hour drive from NYC to Rochester...</p>
<p>Wat do u mean by need? Well its around 7-8 hours.</p>
<p>plane is probably the best combination of monetary value and speed. i would recommend that</p>
<p>yeah. it's about 7 hours from South Jersey. And, about jetblue, 108 is the lowest possible. yeah, if u book within in some time period, u get it for the 108 roundtrip, if you dont' it will be expensive. so when are those spring open house dates?</p>
<p>They range from April 2- April 21 i think...every other day of the week</p>
<p>A plane! Why don't you just drive? It is only about 5 hours (according to mapquest). A plane just feels like a waste of money to me.</p>
<p>Mapquest says that it's five hours, but that doesn't account for the (rather extreme) traffic, which makes it closer to eight, from what I've heard.</p>
<p>it's not eight hours!! lol. from south jersey as i said, it's almost 7 hours at the max. and taking the plane would make sense only if it's like one person or 2. if you are going to take your whole family, driving might save more money. cause like the gas money u waste for 1-2 ppl is not worth it. so,
more ppl=car, less ppl=fly</p>
<p>Why not combine a trip to Cornell and Rochester? Can you do that? Then you can drive. The drive is fine, as long as it isn't winter. Otherwise flying probably makes the most sense. The train is AWFUL (it's always late and it's NOT cheap) and I have no idea about buses, but they're probably bad.</p>
<p>good points there weenie...about buses, i tried that once...if ur fine with sitting for a long period of time, it's fine. u just have to change the bus up in scranton. it's just boring and monotonous...do u like mountains? lol. you'll see lots of them on the way...haha</p>
<p>I think it'll be about 6 hrs for you if you go out 80 (not sure if it's quicker to do the NY Thruway North to 90W). I live in NW NJ and it takes me 5 hrs to get to Rochester. Cornell is a nice break. My d goes to school at RIT and we stopped at Cornell one time to watch the Cornell-RIT hockey game. Then drove about 2 hrs from Ithaca to Rochester. Of course, it snowed the entire way.</p>
<p>lol i live in nj too, and visited over the summer, its supposed to take 5 hours, but I can't quite understand how it took us 8 hours and an overnight stay in rochester. Lol and I live in clifton. As for taking a break trip to cornell go for it. It is such a beautiful campus, if only cornell were a warmer school. The enviroment there was so depressing, but I fell in love with thier beutiful campus.</p>