Out of State Student

scansmom
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:55:42 +0000

Re computers, I know they do have some special deals to purchase computers (I think Dell and maybe also Mac?) although we did not use that so I am not sure what kind of deals they really are. There may be some info about this on the myneu webpage that each student has, and probably elsewhere on the school webpage; they will provide some info about this to admitted students later on (I even went to an info session at either welcome day in April or summer orientation).

As to other belongings, there are lots of options and you’ll start to see CC discussions on this during the summer. You could end up doing a combination of shipping or bringing some items from home and purchasing other things once you arrive. You could also purchase things online and have them shipped to the school. It depends on what will work best for you. And once you add in shipping costs, the higher Boston costs may even out… although I don’t recall it being outrageously higher than where I live (upper midwest).

D is also OOS and I accompanied him when he moved him; we flew out and rented a car. One thing we did was shopped in advance at our local Bed Bath and Beyond for bedding, towels etc, and arranged to pick up those items at a BBB close to school, and then did a Target run out there (actually multiple trips on move-in day once we saw his room). Also, during the first week of classes in the fall, they typically arrange bus trips to a nearby Target/shopping mall.