<p>That seems only fair. Thanks for the info. We got the welcome packet in the mail today. I still can’t believe this is happening. Seems like a dream!</p>
<p>D got Wiggleworth. Does the room number indicate floor and/or side of building, such as odd numbers on street side or visa-versa?</p>
<p>Here is an interactive map of the freshman dorms. Click on the buildings marked on the map in red and it will take you photos of the place.</p>
<p>[Frosh</a> Dorms Project: Graphical Map](<a href=“http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~trishin/sergey/galleries/2004/froshdorms/]Frosh”>http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~trishin/sergey/galleries/2004/froshdorms/)</p>
<p>The link to Mass Hall photos is broken. Here is the correct link:
<a href=“http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~trishin/sergey/galleries/2004/froshdorms/mass/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~trishin/sergey/galleries/2004/froshdorms/mass/index.htm</a></p>
<p>Also, just for fun, here’s a link to Dorm History Search, to find out who previously lived in your child’s room: [Dorm</a> History Search](<a href=“http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dorms/]Dorm”>http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dorms/)</p>
<p>D’s dorm is Thayer. She is seems happy to finally know where is going to be living and her roommates. Thanks for posting the links to the dorms. Nice to see the inside of a dorm room. Looked at past people that have resided in her actual dorm room.</p>
<p>My son is in Hollis-- he used the Dorm History Search and discovered that again the FDO made a joke (each year they put a Matthew, Mark, Luke and a John in a quad…and some groups all have the first name–) he is a composer and conductor and his room has had a few conductors of the Bach Society and professional conductors (no–not Lenny…). We now live near Boston so he drove over today and convinced a summer student to show him his room-- he is very excited. I like that it is on the first floor (no staircases on move-in day!).</p>
<p>Etondad, so cool that your son got to see his actual room! My S is on the first floor too (Wigglesworth). No stairs, but a long way from the science center where, I understand, the stuff we ship will end up.</p>
<p>My S has a life threatining allergy to nuts. We just received his roomate info and one wrote to him and said (not knowing about his allergy) that he is a peanut butter fanatic. It is so important that peanuts not be in the suite at all. I think my S should write to his prospective roomates and let them know about this medical condition. My thought is that if this is going to be difficult for any of his roomates this would give them the option to find a new housing assignment in advance. What do you think? Is this a good way to deal with this? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!</p>
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<p>Move-in stairs weren’t that bad. It was 44 steps up to my my daughter’s room and 44 steps back down again. But the task was made much easier and quicker because there were teams of volunteer upperclassmen (from clubs and athletic teams and such) on hand to help you carry all that stuff up. They were all decked out in matching T-shirts bearing the team name you could easily tell who was there to help.</p>
<p>Wow, etondad! I can’t believe the sophisticated sense of humor of those folks at the FDO. I don’t think many other colleges would have been clever enough to come up with that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John thing. And to put a composer in another composer’s room; how utterly droll (even if it wasn’t Lenny’s). I’m really starting to appreciate the fact that my son chose Harvard over Slippery Rock.</p>
<p>revbon50 not only should your son tell his roommate(s), he should tell the proctor of the entryway and the FDO dean in charge of his section of the Yard, too. He probably should have a bunch of epi-pens given to these folks and others --“just in case.” Have you also let the Dining Services know? I’m sure the FDO will help…</p>
<p>I’m sure that his roommates would very much like to know – much better than to have cause him harm. I bet that no one would ask for a change of rooms based upon his allergy–and if they did then they wouldn’t be folks your S with which would want to room in any case.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when we can start sending boxes to the Mail Center? Thanks!</p>
<p>revbon50 - I agree with etondad that it is a good idea to let your son’s roommates, proctor and dean aware of his allergy. You will feel a lot better, and they must have dealt with this before. Also, it would be good for your son’s roommates to become familiar with how to use an epipen and know where your son keeps his. Hopefully this won’t lead to a change in rooming arrangements, as most kids are getting really excited about connecting with their suitemates and if they were matched in other ways a sudden change may not be as good a fit. My son had a life threatening milk allergy until he was six and I remember how much planning it took make things go well at daycare and at school. My son hates peanuts, by the way. 
Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the supportive and helpful comments. It is hard because my S never wants me to make A “big deal” about this but it is such a big deal when his life is at stake! Thanks to my nagging, he is going to e-mail his roomates tonight. Thank you for the suggestions about other folks to contact. I am going to do that today. S is a recruited athlete so when he came for his weekend last year, I told his coach who put put an e-mail to the whole team. My S was upset with me because he felt that demontrated that a lack of trust in him to handle this himself. I guess that is a small price to pay, however, to keep him well. Thanks again!</p>
<p>revbon, I think you should really alert housing and Harvard Student Health about your son’s allergy. This is kind of eating at the back of my head. It’s very hard to tell a bunch of teenage boys, “Hey, you can’t have peanuts here.” As you know MUCH better than I do, peanuts are in a ton of things, even candy bars that are NOT outright peanut candy (as well as granola bars, etc). This isn’t a preference issue or a “my precious boy can’t have roommates who play loud music” issue. This is a life-threatening issue.</p>
<p>Did anyone put this on his housing form (the student or the parent one)? I remember writing very little on the form except for the fact that my son has wicked dust mite allergies, and that dorms with carpeting/curtains would be really bad for him. Apparently, that kept him out of Canaday. </p>
<p>I don’t want to be alarmist. It just runs in my ethnicity and gender ;)</p>
<p>Want to say they do a GREAT job matching suitemates.</p>
<p>Absolutely, the peanut-allergy freshman or parents should contact the office of disabilities & FDO to have the student reassigned to a single for medical reasons. It would be rather difficult to guarantee that a group of freshman boys would always remember to avoid peanut butter, peanut products, along with their room visitors; in both sober and ah, altered states.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone. I called the FDO this morning and they are going to contact both his potential roomates and the proctor to decide on the best course of action. I so appreciate your insights.</p>
<p>Do dorm rooms have a lockable drawer or closet for privacy/security?</p>
<p>^^^ No, dorms do not have lockable drawers or closets.</p>