'rentof2

Are there any students who stay on campus over the winter break. I don't mean so much the January interterm, but who just don't go home at all? Maybe some international students?

Agent of Sense

Also, knowing this Thanksgiving recess would be swell. Do a lot people remain?

Agent of Sense

So...anyone? Just want to know how it is during breaks - since there's less students than an average university, I'm assuming barely anyone stays right?

kwu

My question is, ARE we allowed to stay?

Does our Room and Board payment cover the winter and summer terms?

'rentof2

I would love to hear from current students on this. What I understand and/or assume is that some number of students stay for Thanksgiving (I think that's the norm at most non-communter schools). The Christmas week? I have no idea. That was what I was actually curious about.

I have read that Amherst closes all the dorms but one (Moore?) over the winter break. I don't know what that means exactly, but assume the other dorms re-open when the winter intersession begins -- ???

I would guess that, no, your room&baord would not cover summer. Winter... I don't know. Yes?

I also have read the dining hall closes over the Thanksgiving break, so for students that stay on campus I imagine they get food at Subway and whatnot in town, or cook in their dorm kitchens. Also, I'd be curious what the winter-season athletes do who have to be back on campus for training right after Christmas. Are they in the single open dorm, Moore? What happens to the stuff of the students who actually live in Moore the rest of the time? Do they have squatters in their rooms?

How's this work???? Expiring minds want to know.

Agent of Sense

Residences reopen on January 4. I assume athletes would remain at home for New Year's eve so they can come back on the fourth to their normal residences.

CRD456

Dorms remain open in Thanksgiving, but val is closed. Lots of wings haha. I think there actually is a Thanksgiving meal somewhere for those students on campus. Some people go to like NYC if they know someone there.
Some of the winter sports come back after Christmas. Dorms are closed for a few weeks for most everybody else between the end of first semester and the beginning of interterm. Interterm is a bit strange imo. I still don't get how they stay in Moore during those few weeks when the rest of the dorms are closed. Oh well, maybe I'll find out this year.

Themoonofdeath

I do not have any relatives in the US, so I think I will definitely stay on campus during winter break whether my financial aid covers room and broad during break or not. Anybody fancy a cup of hot tea with me?
By the way, I am an international student from Vietnam.

hpg90

I bet that you will meet someone and can go with him or various people over winter break. It looks like there are lots of interantionals, so you won't be alone in this situation. BTW, why not post this on the Amherst facebook instead, you'd get a lot more responses.

Themoonofdeath

Can you point me to the Amherst facebook, I have had a hard time finding it

Agent of Sense

Look for the Amherst College Class of 2012 group.

kwu

Catfish

After finals period is over, all the dorms are closed and locked off. There is one dorm (Moore) which is kept open over Christmas and New Years and you are allowed to stay there in a semi-unofficial way (ie, the housing office doesn't assign you a room, but the students that normally live there can let you use their room/couch). International students that can't get home over break either do that or stay with friends in the states. Dorms reopen in early January, and when a dorm reopens depends on how many people will be back for interterm.

reika

actually I was wondering, both about amherst and also about the policies of other schools. When you leave the campus during vacation/breaks, where do you leave your things? Is your room still left as it is, or are you given a storage space of sorts and you're supposed to clear your room?

Catfish

Your room is left as is. You only have to move stuff out at the end of the academic year.