I need advice, guys; assistance from those who have attended school already or been through this process.
I have applied for graduate schools and am now in the process of being invited for interviews and campus visits. Already, I have gone to 2 campus visits/interviews and will have a 3rd one this Tuesday. There is one school (Yale School of Drama in Connecticut, actually) I simply cannot afford to visit, based on location and where my finances are right now. I would rather save my money for the other out of state college visit I am planning (such as Rutgers in New Jersey. I've already interviewed, but haven't had a campus visit).
Here's the deal: depending on how I plan to get to Yale for the interview (plane, train, drive...I don't know), the cost to stay overnight is at least $130 in a hotel. I simply don't know how I can pay for this and my other college visits (especially since Yale is actually not my number 1 school choice).
Is Yale the type of school that interviews all applicants or just ones they invite? What would you do in this situation? I've addressed this in a short term to the representative who has emailed me, but there isn't much they can do.
Just need some input, as no one else I know has been put in such a situation.
-Amie