<p>There were so many students flying out the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Emory provided free shuttle service to the airport (must sign up in advance.) My D’s a freshman and I would have preferred she fly home on the Tuesday, but the orchestra director told them that if they missed the Tues. night rehearsal, they would be marked down an entire letter grade. 3 weeks before, he changed his mind and cancelled rehearsal but of course I had already bought her ticket. My D’s exam schedule wasn’t finalized until early October which was a pain so I didn’t buy her ticket until then (and it was more $ than if I had purchased in September.) She didn’t have classes Wednesday but officially professors could have kept them until then which made no sense (Oxford’s official last day before Thanksgiving was Tuesday.) </p>