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The following are ideas for regional college tours. These lists of colleges and universities are not exhaustive; they provide samples of colleges and universities students might visit on a single visit to a major geographical area.
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Greater Boston (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston College, Tufts University, Brandeis University, Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, Brown University, College of the Holy Cross, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Smith College, Williams College
Greater Cleveland (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): Case Western Reserve University, Allegheny College, College of Wooster, Kenyon College, Denison University, The Ohio State University, Oberlin College
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Allegheny College Meadville, Pennsylvania / 2,113 miles Allegheny College Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio / 2,027 miles Case Western Reserve University College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio / 1,977 miles College of Wooster Denison University Granville, Ohio / 1,915 miles Denison University Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio / 1,933 miles Kenyon College Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio / 1,993 miles Oberlin College The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio / 1,866 miles The Ohio State University
Greater Philadelphia (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College, Princeton University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Franklin & Marshall College, Villanova University
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania / 2,338 miles Bryn Mawr College Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania / 2,283 miles Franklin & Marshall College Haverford College Haverford, Pennsylvania / 2,339 miles Haverford College Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania / 2,344 miles Lafayette College Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania / 2,336 miles Lehigh University Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey / 2,379 miles Princeton University Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania / 2,348 miles Swarthmore College University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2,348 miles University of Pennsylvania Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania / 2,337 miles Villanova University
Iowa (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): Grinnell College, Coe College, Cornell College, University of Iowa, Knox College, Simpson College
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Coe College Cedar Rapids, Iowa / 1,553 miles Coe College Cornell College Mount Vernon, Iowa / 1,539 miles Cornell College Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa / 1,461 miles Grinnell College Knox College Galesburg, Illinois / 1,620 miles Knox College Simpson College Indianola, Iowa / 1,394 miles Simpson College University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa / 1,517 miles University of Iowa
New York (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): New York University, Fordham University, Vassar College, Colgate University, University of Rochester, Barnard College, Columbia University
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Barnard College New York, New York / 2,445 miles Barnard College Colgate University Hamilton, New York / 2,391 miles Colgate University Columbia University New York, New York / 2,445 miles Columbia University: School of General Studies Fordham University Bronx, New York / 2,451 miles Fordham University New York University New York, New York / 2,417 miles New York University University of Rochester Rochester, New York / 2,276 miles University of Rochester Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York / 2,465 miles Vassar College
New York / Connecticut (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): New York University, Fordham University, Vassar College, Yale University, Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, Brown University, Colgate University, University of Rochester
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Brown University Providence, Rhode Island / 2,618 miles Brown University Colgate University Hamilton, New York / 2,391 miles Colgate University Connecticut College New London, Connecticut / 2,565 miles Connecticut College Fordham University Bronx, New York / 2,451 miles Fordham University New York University New York, New York / 2,417 miles New York University University of Rochester Rochester, New York / 2,276 miles University of Rochester Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York / 2,465 miles Vassar College Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut / 2,537 miles Wesleyan University Yale University New Haven, Connecticut / 2,518 miles Yale University
North Carolina (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): Davidson College, Wake Forest University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina / 2,071 miles Davidson College Duke University Durham, North Carolina / 2,229 miles Duke University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina / 2,151 miles University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina / 2,087 miles Wake Forest University
Southern California (Click for Map of Sample Tour Route): Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College), Occidental College, University of Southern California (USC), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Thomas Aquinas College
Name of School Location (Click for Map) / Distance from Cesar Chavez High School Link to College Board Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California / 343 miles Claremont McKenna College Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California / 343 miles Harvey Mudd College Occidental College Los Angeles, California / 377 miles Occidental College Pitzer College Claremont, California / 343 miles Pitzer College Pomona College Claremont, California / 343 miles Pomona College Scripps College Claremont, California / 344 miles Scripps College Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, California / 444 miles Thomas Aquinas College University of California: Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California / 388 miles University of California: Los Angeles (UCLA) University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles, California / 377 miles University of Southern California (USC)
