<p>The UC has a discounted shuttle service. I know they run early and late, but not sure the exact times (only $6). Your child won’t be the only one coming in at all hours. </p>
<p>There are so many must take classes that I think the phrase lost its meaning. There are classes like CS50 and Stat110 that are must takes. However it’s more fun when your child finds out the fun courses from other students during shopping week instead of knowing already. Shopping is a time to sit in on the first lectures of a bunch of interesting sounding courses.</p>
<p>Zumazoom - Our Ds both took Steven Pinker and Greg Mankiw. Pinker because he’s awesome, Makiew because he rules the field of Econ. Both girls loved both profs.</p>
<p>Do you ride a Yamaha Zuma? I ride one to work every day that it’s not raining. It was my empty nest splurge to myself. :)</p>
<p>Yes although there are variations depending on room set up/size. This goes for freshmen dorms too. Not everyone has a closet, so maybe an indent in the wall with hanger space or a standing bureau is given (in case of the standing bureau, no chest of drawers). But same size bed, desk, floor lamp included.</p>
<p>Yes, Harvard supplies every student in the houses with the same furniture as in the freshman dorms – twin xl bed, chest of drawers, a desk, a desk chair, a standing lamp, and a bookcase (some bookcases are built-in, others are moveable). There is always some place to hang your clothes, although it may be just a pipe in an alcove and not a closet.</p>
<p>My son was a physics concentrator, and he is pursuing a doctorate in physics now. He is also a singer. From the reports that we got over his four years at Harvard, I think his “must take” was Thomas Kelly’s “First Nights: Five Musical Premiers”. This is a lovely video about the course.</p>
<p>My son said that Sanders was always packed with people…except on exam days, when it was only one-third full. Apparently, the other two-thirds of the people were just auditing. I wish I weren’t teaching at 10 a.m. so that I could audit it, too.</p>
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You definitely need both. If you want to get things before you arrive, you can order from LL Bean or Eastern Mountain Sports. If you want to buy things when you get to Cambridge, there is an Eastern Mountain Sports (and a City Sports) right near campus on Brattle Street (well, it’s on the corner of Brattle and something else, but I think of it as Brattle).</p>
<p>EnoughAlready, we bought my d her northface jacket from the store in Boston. It is so warm that she is still using it even after a year from her graduation. It is her warmest jacket and is knee length. It was well worth the money. I had initially bought her an Abercrombie jacket from our local store and the zipper broke within 3 months.</p>
<p>When we went for parent weekend, I took her to the Northface store and she tried out jackets over there. I then looked around online after we selected the size and style and had it shipped to her dorm.</p>
<p>Just FYI, there is a coat fund for students who receive significant financial aid and need winter clothes. I’m sure you could find out more information from the Admissions Office or the Freshman Dean’s Office.</p>
<p>@lousyanamom (I love this name), yes, Northface is great for lots of things, but rain jackets and rain boots are not their strong point, or can be gotten more reasonably elsewhere; Eastern Mountain Sports in Harvard Square gives students a 15% discount. My daughter is at Northwestern, and she finally broke down and let me get her a Northface knee-length coat, which she thought was silly. Then she experienced her first winter in Evanston (which makes Boston seem balmy). Well, she has certainly gotten my money’s worth out of that coat.</p>
<p>As for the coat fund, it really exists. My son’s blocking mate got aid from that fund for her winter gear (and a full ride from Harvard as well).</p>
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Sorry, no clue. If it needs to be dry-cleaned, we don’t wear it. My son’s tux for performances always needed cleaning, but we got that done in Belmont or Watertown.</p>
<p>Daughter says that she got something dry cleaned only once in all her four years at Harvard and has no notion whether that was a good shop or not. She says if she were looking for a dry cleaners there today she would just consult Yelp.</p>