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What would you/your freshman do?
Mom22039
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Over in the Parents Forum I posted a thread called Alone in Dorm. It's really about athletics as well.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/977654-alone-dorm.html
So, as would be pertinent to this group....if your D played a fall sport and arrived before other (general) freshman to do so, would you be uncomfortable if your daughter was slated to be alone in a dorm for three nights before the RA or anyone else arrived?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/977654-alone-dorm.html
So, as would be pertinent to this group....if your D played a fall sport and arrived before other (general) freshman to do so, would you be uncomfortable if your daughter was slated to be alone in a dorm for three nights before the RA or anyone else arrived?
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Replies to: What would you/your freshman do?
No.
This must be the college's standard operating procedure, if your D has not received the answers she is looking for from housing and the coach.
My worry is more in re: to what kind of coach doesn't answer the phone for an incoming student they recruited?
Coaches have kids too, this "empty dorm is scary" question I believe should be asked by your daughter...would they put their own daughters in a similiar situation?
Most D-1 coaches would house the student in their home if their student is scared or have a grad assistant sleep over with her.
I know an athlete who did not like the used toliet and sink in their suite, phoned the coaches, who came to see then overssaw the installation plus ordered new carpet too.
Don't understand your worry about a hotel or the dynamic if they are the ones not responding to your student's needs.
For the first night, he will be staying with a friend in his dorm, he is on the same team and was nice enough to offer. For the next night, the two will stay in the girls room with a locked door between them within the suite. She asked if he would stay in her roommates room, so that she would not be afraid. They have talked via facebook and this seemed like a solution to avoid the scariness of the situation for her. I know this isnt a perfect solution, but I wouldnt want him to leave her there alone.