<p>my son was also reimbursed for his entire computer package. Our amount was $2000 and it was credited towards our portion of the tuition. Send in all receipts and keep a copy for yourself. It was done very quickly with no problems</p>
<p>have any of the seasoned parents out there ever used âcollege boxesâ for summer storage? I recently went on-line and checked out their website, they seem very efficient and convenient. They pick up from your students room and deliver back to the new room in the fall. They charge $45 per box and the boxes are 4 cubic feet each. Wondering if this is a good idea or not.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Several years ago, there were some serious problems with College Boxes. Thereâs a thread somewhere in the archives here about those problems. I believe there were also some articles in The Crimson about the problems.</p>
<p>Two years ago, however, my D used them, because thatâs how her house was providing summer storage due to some renovations, and she had no problem at all. I havenât heard about any problems since those well publicized ones a few years ago. Iâd also be interested in hearing about more recent experiences with the company.</p>
<p>guitars101,
Already my memory of one year ago is failing me, but Iâm pretty sure my D obtained boxes from Harvard for a small fee (she handled all this herself, so Iâm a little fuzzy on it), which were delivered to her room. From there, she moved them via dolly (available from Harvard) to her assigned house for Soph year, where they were stored at no charge. Someone else please chime in to confirm these facts.</p>
<p>Bay - There is a limit on how many boxes each student can store in his or her house, so someone might want to use College Boxes for the excess.</p>
<p>nceph is right about lack of storage. For the last few summers, Sâs roommates have been storing their overflow in my basement.
A few years ago, I read lots of complaints about College Boxes on CC not delivering boxes on time in the fall, or even losing them. You might want to do a search on CC and more importantly, check out if the problems have persisted or not.</p>
<p>I did a little research and it seems (according the the Crimson) that Harvard has tried to correct the problems with college boxes. Harvard has renewed their contract with new specifics. Hopefully the problem is resolved because we just ordered college boxes and they are arriving on the 22nd! :)</p>
<p>About moving out, does anyone know if the school arranges times for driving into the Yard to loadup like they did in September when we unloaded?</p>
<p>Yes, it is on the FDO website.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>By this time of the year my Sâs wardrobe consists of frayed jeans and cargoes, and ratty polos. Does he need to spruce up for the graduation festivities? Does he need nice slacks and a nice polo/sport shirt? What do they wear under the cap and gown? Nice clothes? Shorts and t-shirts? Hoping those of you who have been through Harvard graduations will provide some advice. Thanks!</p>
<p>S is graduating, too. Anything goes. S has managed to spend four years without once wearing the suit I got for him and he is not about to!
Depending on the weather, we will see sneakers, sandals, shorts (or rather we will not see these) long trousers, and so on. Members of the faculty get to sit under the canopy on the steps of Tercentenary Theater (aka Memorial Church) but, rain or shine, parents and gradutes get to sit or stand on the lawn. Twenty years ago it was pouring rain (I remember this very well because it was the year of the Tiananmen Square Massacre). I donât know what happened during the morning, but the afternoon Commencement speech was canceled, I believe.</p>
<p>Thank you, Marite. I was hoping you would chime in! Do I understand you correctly that even for the events where Sâs clothes wonât be covered by cap and gown (picnic dinner, class day, house reception, etc.), itâs still âanything goes?â</p>
<p>It better be! There is no way I could drag S to buy clothes. He lives in cargo pants (and, it seems, so does his advisor, so momâs urgings to dress more formally fall on deaf ears). The best I can hope for is that he unearth his khaki trousers and polo shirt, but I donât know whether theyâd be ironed.:)</p>
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<p>Last year for the non-cap and gown events most of the kids wore âbusiness casual.â It was a step up from the shorts and flip flops that were worn under the caps and gowns.</p>
<p>Also, for Class Day it poured rain, but the show and speech (Ben Bernanke) went on. And reporters from WSJ, NYT and other big papers sat out in the rain for the whole thing, eagerly taking notes on everything Chairman Bernanke said.</p>
<p>And for Commencement, if you want a seat where you can actually see anything, show up very EARLY. If you show up more or less on time you will be stuck way in the back on the lawn beside Widener.</p>
<p>For those attending Commencement this year, be sure to watch for an interesting treat in the form of the Latin Oration given by a graduating senior. Back in the 17th and 18th centuries, graduating seniors traditionally gave three speeches at Commencement - one in Latin, one in Greek, and one in Hebrew. The Greek and Hebrew have long since been replaced by speeches in English, but the Latin continues to this day.</p>
<p>Every year a bunch of seniors (more than 20 of them last year) compose speeches in Latin and compete in tryouts for the honor of giving the Latin Oration. They are usually humorous and fun to listen to. Parents get English translations in their programs so they can follow along. The graduating seniors do not.</p>
<p>Last yearâs speech compared the Harvard experience to running the Boston Marathon. The year before it was a humorous comparison to Star Wars. You can see some of these prior speeches on Youtube.</p>
<p>âParents get English translations in their programs so they can follow along. The graduating seniors do not.â</p>
<p>Actually seniors do get an English translation as well. I graduated last year and we all had one in our programs.</p>
<p>^^HmmmâŠmy daughter, who also graduated last year, said she and the people around her did not have translations. As I recall it was an insert to the program. Perhaps theirs were lost or never inserted, since I canât see any reason why the senior wouldnât get one.</p>
<p>Question - do any of you have a copy of the freshman register? Is it common to include the home address? Also, this question was asked in a separate thread, but do most students submit yearbook photos (suit, jacket) or are they more casual?</p>
<p>Friends -</p>
<p>Proposed budget cuts to Harvard operations were recently announced. In light of the current economic situation, a wide range of cuts was anticipated and necessary. But the combination of two of these cuts in particular - the closure of the Quad library and curtailing late-night shuttle service from the Quad to other campus libraries - has the potential to pose a very real safety risk for the Quad students, who are feeling increasingly isolated from the rest of campus. I sent the following e-mail last night to Dean of the College Evelynn Hammonds and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael Smith:</p>
<p>"Dean Hammonds and Dean Smith,</p>
<p>"As a college administrator, Iâve been involved in budget-cutting and rethinking campus services over the past year, as you have. I know itâs no fun. But as a Harvard parent, I want to be sure that you are aware of the safety risk posed by the combination of closing the Quad library and curtailing late shuttle services.</p>
<p>"The closure of the library at the Quad is unfortunate, but understandable given the availability of shuttle service to Lamont and Widener Libraries. With the cutbacks to Quad shuttles however, students will not discontinue studying late at night - theyâll just walk through a neighborhood and a park with poor cell service, low lighting, and no University Police patrols.</p>
<p>âNo library of their own, and now no way to get back and forth to the others? This would be a major morale hit for freshmen who have just begun to get over the sense that theyâve been disenfranchised and exiled by being sent to the Quad. But it would be a source of sleepless nights for thousands of parents who consider their studentsâ safety to have been placed at risk by this pair of mutually-irreconcilable budget cuts. With two daughters in the Quad, my wife and I will be among those sleepless parents. Losing the Quad library is hard enough - we urge you to spread the other cuts around fairly without further isolating the Quad residents or placing them at peril.â</p>
<p>The full scope of proposed cuts may be viewed at: <a href=âhttps://planning.fas.harvard.edu/[/url]â>https://planning.fas.harvard.edu/</a> . If you wish to express concerns regarding the shuttle cutbacks + library closure, or any of the other proposed areas to be cut, you can reach Dean Hammonds at: 617-495-1560; evelynn<em><a href=âmailto:hammonds@harvard.eduâ>hammonds@harvard.edu</a>. Dean Smith can be reached at 617-495-1566; mike</em><a href=âmailto:smith@harvard.eduâ>smith@harvard.edu</a>.</p>