<p>You will find lots of helpful information on this site…I will try to dig out some threads from last year that covered this in detail and post them here for you. </p>
<p>About when to leave, I think Saturday, right after the brunch with Dr. Shalala is a good (and popular) time to wrap up your trip. We ended up saying goodbye to our D the day before tho, because she was going to be tied up in some orientation activity on Saturday.</p>