PLT DEVIATED FROM ASSIGNED CLRNC.

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AS A RECENT IFR PLT; I AM LEARNING MY WAY AROUND THE SYS. MY EXPERIENCE THUS FAR HAS TAUGHT ME THAT THE CLRNC ASSIGNED DIFFER FROM THE ROUTE FILED; EVEN AFTER DEP. AFTER ENG START AND TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE; I RECEIVED A CLRNC WHICH ONLY REFLECTED MY INTENDED ROUTE IN TERMS OF DEP POINT AND DEST. THE FLT WAS PLANNED ON L28 AND THE ROUTE FROM NE PHILADELPHIA TO ALB WAS FILED AS; PNE DIRECT ARD DIRECT SJB; V249 SAX; V213. THE ROUTE REQUIRED VIRTUALLY NO COURSE CHANGES. I OBTAINED MY CLRNC AFTER RUNUP; WHICH TOOK ME TO LHY AND THEN TO ALB VIA V449. I REVIEWED MY CHARTS BEFORE ACCEPTING THE CLRNC; NOTING THAT THE ROUTE TOOK ME ON A 70 MI DETOUR TO THE W; AND TO THE EDGE OF MY CHART. BOTH LHY AND ALB WERE ON THE CHART; ALONG WITH A 33 MI SEGMENT OF V449 INTO ALB. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I REACHED CRUISE ALT (ABOUT 15 MINS AFTER DEP) AND BEGAN SETTING UP FOR THE LAST PORTION OF THE FLT; THAT I REALIZED THAT I MISTOOK THE BORDER OF MY CHART AS PART OF V449 FROM LHY. PHILADELPHIA DEP WAS NOT PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH MY EXPLANATION; BUT ALLOWED ME TO AMEND MY CLRNC TO: LHY V408 SAGES INTXN; V489 ALB. ON THE RETURN FROM ALB TO PNE; I OBTAINED MY CLRNC 'AS FILED' WHICH WAS THE REVERSE OF MY PLANNED ROUTE TO ALB (V213 SAX; V249 SJB; DIRECT ARD; DIRECT PNE). SHORTLY AFTER DEP; BOS CENTER AMENDED MY CLRNC TO INCLUDE: V449 TO LHY. AFTER ADVISING CENTER THAT I WAS UNABLE; THEY PROVIDED ME WITH THE FREQ PLUS INBND AND OUTBND COURSES TO DNY; WHICH WAS OFF MY CHART. I HAVE REVIEWED MY ERROR; AND DETERMINED THAT THE DIFFERENCE BTWN AN ARWY AND THE EDGE OF A CHART ARE APPARENT. BUT; WITH THE ENG RUNNING; THE RADIO CHATTERING; A DELAYED DEP; AN UNDREAMED OF ROUTE; IN AN UNFAMILIAR PART OF THE NATION; THE EDGE OF THE CHART MAKES A NICE ARWY. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL INVESTIGATE A CLRNC MORE THOROUGHLY BEFORE ACCEPTING IT AND TRY TO CARRY BORDERING CHARTS WHEN OPERATING NEAR THE EDGE.