Harvard Parents 2013

EAO1227
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:15:03 +0000

Funny you should mention that. The Getting Started Brochure says…

“All students must be in residence by 6:00p.m.on Thursday, August 27. Because students are fully occupied with orientation events beginning at 8:p.m. that night, families should plan to depart Cambridge by Thursday evening”

I think this is wise advice, as hard as it is to say goodbye its a good time to go, they are busy getting to know their new roommates and floormates and they should do this without us!

That being said thought I’d share what happened last year… they had a really bad storm the first night and Harvard lost electricity and Harvard evacuated all the freshman dorms and moved all the freshman into the science center until the electricity was restored, this went till 2 or 3 a.m (I think). Our D called us as we were in a nearby hotel and all her roommates had contacted thier parents as well so we ended up getting her and letting her sleep an extra night with us. The kids who ended up at the Science Center were well fed and from what we heard later actually had a great time…it was a bit of an adventure. In hindsight my D wished she had done that.
I will probably stay till Friday morning just because it will be too late to drive or fly out!