<p>Well, summer is almost here. Other '14s at other schools starting to come home now. The D Plan delays summer vacation about 3 weeks. But it allows the DC students to enjoy the spring a little longer. Still no sign of his bike, so next year will have him buy a much cheaper bike. All attention is focused on the room draws tomorrow. Hope he and his buddies get what dorm they want. Also asked him about the food plan for next year, he saw the changes and he is not pleased but we will wait and see. This fist year has flown by and I appreciate all the support from you parents. Aloha. MPI</p>
<p>Yes, canât believe the yearâs almost over. Sorry to hear about the bike. One of the seniors warned my D when I was there recently there were some more thefts, to be careful. Still not as bad as other places, but just be a little more careful. I have to get her a bike (and a car for the summer).</p>
<p>Do love Dartmouth, it is just the meal plan is making it costly. With the push not to have to much in student loans, to take loans to pay for a costly plan doesnât help the students. Maybe they could have a plan that offers 2 options full meals vs. a la carta. Each of the lower plans increased at a good rate. </p>
<p>The D Plan is interesting, only thing about the year schedule is how the exams are right after Thanksgiving, so it is hard to go too far. I wonder if they ever look at starting a week or so early to have exams before the holiday (Thanksgiving). Maybe it is difficult, but havenât looked at it that closely.</p>
<p>âgood luck with housing and room draw for your son. Last year, there were some snaffuâs with the system for Freshman, perhaps it will be a little better this year. No system is perfect, but D still loves the school. Many voiced concerns over the meal plan, with protest, etc. </p>
<p>Have a great day!</p>
<p>Magnum, sorry to hear about your sonâs bike. We just bought D a bike when we were there for Family Weekend. We debated on what to get, and we ended up just getting a bike at Walmart. After reading about the theft, Iâm kind of glad we went the cheap route. My College Kid, starting the kidsâ junior year, the calendar has been revised and finals will be before Thanksgiving with a long winter break. Fall term will start a bit earlier, so they will not have much time between sophomore summer and fall term. Overall, I think the new calendar is much better though. Good luck to everyone at room draw today. D actually got an apartment at Channing Cox with some friends. It looks like they have quite a few rooms left in McLaughlin, which is where D lives this year. She loved everything about it, and she probably would not have gone for the apt. if she knew she could have stayed in McLaughlin (she had a great number for room draw). But, apt. living will be a new experience for her and should be fun. Only drawback is the location. But she will be off winter term, so hopefully it works out great.</p>
<p>I went to grad school at a university that was loaded with both bikes and bike thefts. Almost nobody graduated without losing at least one bike along the way. My bike was a decent, but not top of the line, ten-speed. But I managed to go four years without it ever getting stolen - largely by rendering it unattractive. I installed clunky, uncool fenders (which also kept the water stripe off the middle of my back when riding on rainy days). It had ratty-looking frayed tape hanging from the handle bars. I never cleaned the bike. I deliberately made it unattractive to thieves, but underneath it was still a pretty good bike.</p>
<p>My D needs a bike and maybe a car for summer job. Good to know,didnât plan on anything expensive.</p>
<p>D is still looking into summer positionsâŠnot much here, how was summer housing at Dartmouth and did your students have any luck on finding position their? If you want to PM, that may be easier. Is it getting hard to get a summer position (this time of the semester). Any suggestions?</p>
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<p>Interesting!</p>
<p>MCK, have no idea of summer job situation in Hanover, but sounds like it would be fun to be there during summer. Sigh, still no sign of the bike. I think it was lifted by non-students. It was a decent bike, a Giant Escape with fenders, a rack and light. Coureur, come to think of it, I had my bike stolen in college too. In graduate school I used a womanâs 3 speed bike with a basket that I found in a trash heap. Never had to lock it and nobody wanted it. I may have son go this route or Walmart in the futureâŠlike you Dumbo. Funny how your D was friends with LhornMomof4âs son. 6 Degrees of separation. Great to meet you too.</p>
<p>Son is happy with room draw. Wheeler with 2 buddies. 3 weeks until summer. Cheers.</p>
<p>S, a 13, had his bike âstolenâ w/i a week of arriving on campus way back in 09.</p>
<p>Turns out these bikes are usually only âborrowedâ by classmates, and while many may disagree, as the poster above stated, âif thats the worst thing that happensâŠâ.</p>
<p>get him a cheap bike w/ the knowledge that sooner or later, it too will be donated for the use of many. )</p>
<p>Yeah, the vast majority of bike âtheftsâ arenât malicious in nature. Itâs usually: A) someone in a rush to get somewhere, or B) someone who is drunk and messing around.</p>
<p>Youâll rarely see someone actually keep or sell a stolen bikeâŠ</p>
<p>But still, I agree that âborrowingâ a bike without permission is unacceptable</p>
<p>jdjaguar! Long time no see. How are things?</p>
<p>Just joined CC. D will be a '15!!</p>
<p>Welcome to you on the Dartmouth Parents Thread and welcome to your D at Dartmouth !!</p>
<p>15Dartmouthâ welcome aboard and congrats.</p>
<p>Welcome 15Dartmouth. </p>
<p>My S has 2 bikes both from Wal-Mart. His first one was completely rusted out,etc but
still usable. The following year we bought another. I wouldnât spend a lot on a bike
because it will probably be left outside.</p>
<p>My S will be a '15âŠwe are excited to join the D community!</p>
<p>^^Welcome, chilaxin. My daughter is a '13 and is currently in Europe for her semester abroad. We are looking forward to Sophomore Summer this year.</p>
<p>Welcome '15 parents, and enjoy your 4 years!</p>
<p>CoureurâŠwhere did your D go for Spring term? The possibilities of the D plan are mind boggling!</p>
<p>Welcome, '15 parents! Enjoy itâŠit goes by SO fast. I canât believe my S will be a senior in the fall.</p>
<p>BTW, speaking of the D plan, in case anyone didnât knowâI certainly didnâtâstudents are allowed to take a 13th term IF it is a summer term. S is planning to take one this summer. He discovered a significant academic interest junior year, and will take the only suitable course in that dept offered during the summer, plus a distrib and something else to make it easier to construct a strong minor in it. Or at least that appears to be the plan.</p>
<p>I actually think it would advance this plan better to take NEXT summer, but I assume that would mean not graduating with his class. Weâll have to discuss it.</p>
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<p>Vienna.</p>