How do you do it? any answers?!

dcmom3
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:59:31 +0000

Hey, South Jersey! Me too!! (Originally) I have 2 daughters who are each 8 hours away (in different direction, naturally!) The oldest was able to take a car to school so the limiting factor was how much could fit in her car (plus freshman year, one parent drove out and filled up another car.) Then she very astutely acquired an in-state boyfriend who lives half way on the drive between college and our house, so she could stop over there, store stuff there etc. Now that’s she ready to graduate, she is bringing stuff home with each trip.

Second d goes to school in a city where she couldn’t have a car. We drove her up in one car and severely limited what she could take–only 30 tank tops instead of the 200 she owns! She rented a refrigerator from the school, and we bought a bookcase once we got up there and identified needs in her dorm room. She has to carefully plan what she is bringing home for Thanksgiving–she will bring some extra winter stuff for the long winter break because she won’t be able to carry it all on the flight home in December.

The other thing to do is to have your family ship stuff to you just before or just after your arrival on campus. THen you will have to box it up and ship it back home in May. It is doable to get you and your stuff back and forth but it adds a complication to college adjustment that you have to plan around. So why not Temple, U of Delaware, Rutgers, Penn???