<p>I don’t think Conservatory kids can move in any earlier than anyone else…at least that wasn’t true in our case.
We stayed through late in the second day of the 2-day orientation; some of the events were fun and some quite reassuring (a good presentation by a panel about how to make the most of the education at Oberlin); it was nice to help move stuff in, see what the eating arrangements were like, help negotiate a problem of a key that didn’t work with a rather recalcitrant fellow on the dorm staff…at the end, our kid just went off to a practice room, happy as a clam and so tearless that it was helpful for holding my own tears back! and we were on our own; we took off for a trip to Niagara Falls, which is only a few hours away, and Toronto. I recommend that trip!</p>