Each year following the Annual Conference, International ACAC hosts a Bus Tour for secondary school counselors to explore universities in the local area. The tour takes place over a week, including accommodation, transportation, and most meals.
2025 Counselor Bus Tour, July 19-26
The registration list is full, but you may sign up for the waitlist below.
The 2025 Bus Tour will take place July 19-26, bringing participants to multiple institutions outside of Boston, including western Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island.
- The 2025 tour cost is $425 USD, and includes accommodations (double-occupancy) for seven nights, bus transportation, and most, but not all, meals.
- You must register for the 2025 International ACAC Conference to participate on the tour.
- Maximum of 35 participants for the 2025 tour.
Tour Stops
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Clark University |
Worcester, MA |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Worcester, MA |
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TBD |
Amherst, MA |
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University of Vermont |
Burlington, VT |
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St. Michael’s College |
Colchester, VT |
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Champlain College |
Burlington, VT |
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Dartmouth College |
Hanover, NH |
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Colby-Sawyer College |
New London, NH |
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Bates College |
Lewiston, ME |
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Bowdoin College |
Brunswick, ME |
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Rhode Island School of Design |
Providence, RI |
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Brown University |
Providence, RI |
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Providence College |
Providence, RI |
Please note that Bus Tour stops are subject to change.
Important Dates
Full payment for the Tour is due by April 1, 2025. Accepted participants will be notified starting in February.
Tour Details
- Friday, July 18 will be free for participants to see universities in and around Boston. Friday accommodations are to be secured at your own expense.
- The bus tour will begin on Saturday morning, July 19.
- The tour will conclude on July 26 in Boston; participants can depart after 3:30 PM on July 26th from Boston Logan International Airport. *Do not purchase airline tickets until you receive confirmation of your tour participation.*
For more information or questions, please contact 2025 Counselor Bus Tour Co-Directors
Jaclyn Mandart and Malissa Takacs
BusTour@InternationalACAC.org
Testimonials from Previous Tours
"It was a fabulous tour. I would go on a tour with them again. We had a very fun mix of people and have gotten to know each other better through the tour. All in all, it was a whirlwind tour of great enrichment. I thank both tour guides and all participants for a well invested time during our summer break."
"I LOVED the opportunity to meet counselors from all over the world and once again came away from an International ACAC Bus Tour with many new colleagues and a few new friends. These tours are SO EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE...I wish that you guys would have them at other times of the year as well. :-)"
"The range of programmes and locations have given me many more options to share with my students."
"It was a good mix of experience and backgrounds making the trip relaxed and comfortable despite the heat. Everyone was able to ask the questions they needed to ask and I learnt a lot from the questions posed by more experienced counselors."
"I feel there were so many best parts…learning about the variety of institutions and their "specialties" was great."
Additional Tours
Every year, a number of tours are offered to counselors that immediately precede or follow the International ACAC Conference. As we are notified of tours, we will post summarized content below.
To be included in the list below, send tour details, including website and a contact email address to Admin@InternationalACAC.org.
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Tour |
Dates |
Location |
Contact |
| Best of Indiana | July 18-25 | Indiana, USA |
bestof@indiana.edu |
| Metro New York International Counselor Tour | July 7-11 | New York, USA |
MetroNYTour@gmail.com |
| Step through the South | July 18-22 | Vanderbilt, Sewanee, Emory, and Georgia Tech |
sara.riggs@admission.gatech.edu |
| The Quebec Tri-University Counsellor Tour | July 19-24 | Quebec, Canada |
egendron@ubishops.ca |
| UCalgary International Counsellor Fly | July 10-14 | Alberta, Canada |
smkelly@ucalgary.ca |
| Upstate New York International Counselor Tour | July 7-9 | New York, USA |
UpstateNYCounselorTour@gmail.com |
| Worcester “Heart of Massachusetts” Counselor Tour | July 13-15 | Massachusetts, USA |
worcestercounselortour@gmail.com |