<p>Hi, I was assigned a single in Balch Hall on the top floor. Does anyone know if parents are allowed to stay in the dormroom overnight?</p>
<p>also, what do people recommend to bring to the dormroom from home?</p>
<p>Are you referring to the time when you move in? I don’t think parents are allowed to stay overnight. I think you need to get a permission from an RA (resident advisor) if you plan to have someone stays overnight. Also, it’s the night when you talk to others and get to know them. So, it’ll be better to not have your parents around.</p>
<p>I think they have a list of what to bring (don’t remember where, classof2014.cornell.edu possibly??). A fan is relatively important for summer/early fall/late spring, but you wouldn’t need it afterward.</p>
<p>I don’t see why a parent couldn’t stay overnight. you’re allowed to have overnight guests for like two or three nights. you’d need to accompany them in the hallways but for one day that’s not a huge deal. it seems like a totally OK thing to me.</p>
<p>My parents came up a week after I moved in with some stuff I needed/forgot, and they stayed in my room for a night rather than spend money on a hotel (my single was large enough to fit an air mattress for two on the floor and still have room to walk). Unless you have a roommate, you don’t need anyone’s permission to have guests. However, I wouldn’t recommend that parents stay overnight during the first few days…you’ll want to be out making friends and all that.</p>
<p>I am the parent (mom) of a rising junior who was in Balch her first year - very nice place to live, by the way. I never stayed in her room the first year, but I did this past year, in West. I do not recall any rules against parents staying in Balch, and also remember my daughter saying a few moms stayed there during the course of the year. It saves the high cost of hotels, that is for sure! However, I agree that during that first “bonding” week, unless the parent cannot find anywhere else to stay, it would be best not to stay with their student. Good luck and enjoy Balch.</p>
<p>i agree with what everyone else said…but my own question…what room are you in? i lived in 6257 :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone! @ CUAmbassador, I’m in 6466. Same floor! :)</p>
<p>Im in 4474. 4th floor, unit 4??? :)</p>
<p>i was on the north side (units 1 and 2)
3 and 4 are on the south side</p>
<p>welcome to the towers rgnburd! get used to the stairs…the creepy tower of terror elevators dont go up that far!</p>
<p>CUAmbassador11…I got assigned room 6257 this year! What can you tell me about it?</p>
<p>after four years of living in a boarding school,
food is important. </p>
<p>of course, college dormitories would be better than what i had before, but hot water and a refrigerator is a must. careful when purchasing mini fridges though, because certain bad models can freeze everything…</p>
<p>that and a sturdy laundry basket (collapsible ones).</p>
<p>and a comfortable chair is very useful though. at first, i’d keep it tidy and actually sit on it…later on, i ended up piling up clothes. either way, very useful. beanbags get all dusty, so i never liked them. i always liked those target butterfly chairs. :)</p>
<p>so what exactly do we need to bring to a typical single Balch dorm that isn’t already there? furniture-wise and otherwise</p>
<p>side question for all dorms, not just balch: are you allowed to/do you have to register people of the opposite sex staying the night in your room?</p>
<p>you are allowed to have them, and you don’t have to register them. the only thing would be if your roommate has an opinion on the matter, that is relevant (and I could be in your roommate contract in fact.)</p>