<p>Tutoring is great. My daughter is a tutor and the pay is pretty good too.</p>
<p>Anybody hear if their kidâs research grants have been cut since last year because of financial issues?</p>
<p>Compmom - My daughterâs proctor held a few study breaks and was certainly pleasant to the kids ⊠but that was about as far as it went. As far as I know, the freshmen were perfectly happy with the situation.</p>
<p>My S and his roommates loved their proctor. They remember her great cupcakes. She does not sound to have been at all intrusive, but welcomed the students into her own life. Last summer, they discussed getting together with her (sheâs now living in the suburbs). Your Dâs proctor sounds a bit unusual. Your D may want to bring it up with the Freshman Dean who can gently let the proctor know that she should back off.</p>
<p>Yeah, it sounds like this proctor is trying too hard. He needs to be a little more casual and natural.</p>
<p>I havenât have a chance to talk to my freshman D recently because she seems to be so busy with academics and activities. Is it just her or is it a normal adjusting process to most of freshmen?</p>
<p>btw, I am buying an airline ticket for the winter break for her. The winter break starts on Dec. 17, but iâd like her to come her over on the 16th, if possible. Do most of the classes have normal schedule on the last day? Also, do they need to be in school during the reading period? I am thinking about Jan 5 for the returning date, but not sure with the school expectations. Any tips would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I thought they had to be back for reading period by the 2nd or 3rd? My daughter was upset since she would have to leave so early after New Years to get back, is everyone else waiting till the 5th to send them back?</p>
<p>On another note, For all parents going to Parents weekend, wanted to pass on my deal. I took a chance and used Priceline.com and used the âname my own priceâ option for a hotel. The cheapest hotel I had been able to find was 200 a night so I bid low $75.00 a night and they accepted my bid and I ended up getting the Doubletree Suites, ended up saving 700 dollars from my previous reservations (I am staying 5 nights). Just wanted to pass it on in case anyone is interested in trying it. DownsideâŠYou cannot pick your hotel but you can pick # of stars and the area, i.e. Cambridge, Quincy Market etc. Its a bit of a gamble but I had looked on all the major travel sites Expedia etc. to see what hotels were still available that weekend and had an idea of the hotels available âŠthen figured what the heck I would be happy with any of them. Great option for saving money but not an option if you absolutely want to be able to pick your own hotel.</p>
<p>My son is a senior. His first three years he had to be back the first day of reading period for his Chinese class. I was under the impression that this was the case for all language courses, but couldnât say for sure. This year heâs not taking Chinese and returning on the fifth.</p>
<p>Last summer when we were making hotel reservations my husband found a site where you can list the location and amenities provided by a hotel you are considering bidding on and others on the forum will tell you what hotel it is. Worked like a charm; maybe someone else knows the specifics.</p>
<p>Thanks all. The FDO is a good idea. Others in the dorm are feeling the same way, and can figure it out with her. I am staying out of it except to express an opinion if asked!</p>
<p>If you drive to H, you can find hotels out of Cambridge which are even cheaper by using Priceline or Hotwire. Hotwire provides very competitive price that i was not even able to get from Priceline. Parking in Cambridge hotels is expensive. Most of hotels charge you for $25 per day. So looking for hotels with free parking is a plus.</p>
<p>Thank you. Youâre right. She said if she is taking a language class, she needs to be in school during the reading period. Many of her friends will be returning on the 5th of Jan.</p>
<p>So . . . who of you are heading to Cambridge this weekend? My wife and son and I are flying up Friday morning.</p>
<p>My husband, son and I are headed to Harvard on Thursday. We plan on buying Dâs wintercoat that evening.</p>
<p>My husband and I are flying up Thursday night!</p>
<p>We canât wait to see our D! Hope the weather holds upâŠ</p>
<p>Shall we wear our âHarvard Parent Buttonâ on the right lapel?</p>
<p>I leave tomorrow morning with my youngest daughter (Wednesday) too far to go for a short time. Thanks for the reminder about the Harvard Parent Button havenât packed it yet but will. The idea of the pin is a good one but what are the odds that tons of people will be wearing their Buttons on their right lapel and we will go up to these people and ask if they are on CC and get a strange look? Iâm game unless you all come up with something different. I will keep looking.</p>
<p>Safe travels and donât forget to vote!!! (Like you could with all the press!)</p>
<p>How about upside-down on the right lapel? (By this weekend, I should be able to remove the Obama button from my right lapel. 
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<p>I hope those of you who got to Cambridge last weekend had a wonderful time with your students. I was having breakfast in our hotel and got into a conversation with the person at the next table who, after a while, asked if I was a participant on College Confidential. It turned out to be Loki5! Very cool - thatâs the first time Iâve ever met someone with whom Iâd conversed on CC. Loki, I trust you all enjoyed the weekend and the mostly great weather.</p>
<p>It was fun meeting you Gadad! WE missed the best weather, as we were off by Sunday morning, but we enjoyed it all regardless.</p>
<p>What a wonderful weekendâmy husband attended three classes, I two, and the highlight for us was Rev. Gomes talk. He posed the question, âwhy were parents here?â Noting that not too much time had passed since we had dropped off our children, he speculated that we had come because we suspected that our âchildren were having too much fun at our expenseâ and that, perhaps, we were a bit jealous. (So true!) On a more serious note, he commented about the transformative experience of being in college generally, and at Harvard specifically. From his perspective, the development of âgoodnessâ in students was more important that âgreatnessâ and he predicted that our children, transformed and educated after 4 years, would do good in the world. All in all, very inspiring.</p>
<p>It was wonderful to see our D in situ, as it were, and to pretend, for a day or two, that we were 18 and Harvard students. Hope those of you who attended had a similarly terrific time.</p>