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Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, is one of America's top small liberal arts colleges, with a charming campus.
Brown University is located on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island. The neighborhood is also called College Hill. Brown is within walking distance of downtown Providence.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is one of America's top small liberal arts colleges, and also one of the oldest (founded 1794). It is located in a charming coastal town 30 minutes from Portland, Maine (by car), and a 2 hour drive from Boston.
Dartmouth College is located in the small town setting of Hanover, New Hampshire. An Ivy League member founded in 1769, it bears the name "college" due to its focus on undergraduate studies, but is a University with highly respected graduate schools in Arts & Sciences, Medicine, Engineering (Thayer) and Business (Tuck). Dartmouth can be reached by bus from Boston or by Amtrak's Vermonter line to nearby White River Junction, Vermont. From Boston by car (about 2.5 hours), take Interstate 93 to Interstate 89 to Rt. 120. Hanover is about a five hour drive from New York City.
Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its landmark location is Harvard Yard, the heart of Harvard College (the undergraduate arm of Harvard University), and the home of the College's freshman dormitories, the mammoth Widener Library, and the statue of John Harvard (a favorite with tourists). The Yard is directly adjacent to the Harvard Red Line station. Across Massachusetts Avenue from the train station is the Harvard Coop, a three-building university store housing a cafe, a bookstore, and mountains of Harvard paraphanelia. Harvard Square has a profusion of bookstores and coffee shops.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located Cambridge, Massachusetts, just two metro stops away from Harvard University. Arriving by train from the south will bring you to South Station, which connects directly to MIT and Harvard on the Red Line subway. Arrival by plane will bring you to Logan Airport, from which Cambridge can be reached by car, or by train by taking the Blue Line to Government Center, the Green Line to Park Street, and the Red Line to Harvard or Kendall/MIT.
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is one of America's top small liberal arts colleges, and also one of the oldest (founded 1793).
Yale University is in New Haven, Connecticut. Travelers looking to avoid expensive Amtrak fares are in luck if they are traveling from New York City; New Haven is the last stop on the New Haven line of the Metro-North commuter railroad. A one-way ticket will cost up to $18, depending on time of travel. Travelers can walk to campus (about 20-30 minutes, somewhat conservatively speaking), take a taxi, which should be under $10, or call the Yale shuttle if they have friends who are Yale students. A recognizable destination for taxis should be "Phelps Gate," which is a gate that opens onto the east end, roughly speaking, of Old Campus, a major open space on campus.
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