Questions [Incoming Freshman]

neuchimie
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:44:24 +0000

Batteries, a few books, and really thick socks. Personally I wish I had rain boots (as opposed to boots for the snow) because when it hit the point in the year when it would rain, freeze, and then rain again all within 10 hours… It was a pain in the butt to realize my trusty snow boots had a tiny hole that was only noticable when I walked through a slush puddle.

Don’t walk through places at night by yourself. I’ve never felt afraid, even by myself, on campus. The school has a number you can call if you’re weirded out somewhere at night near/on campus, and they’ll come pick you up and drive you back to your dorm. I’ve never done it, but I know a few people who have because they were too lazy to walk across campus in the snow.

I know Barnes and Noble gift cards work at the bookstore (my parents put 600 dollars on one and gave it to me to buy books so I didn’t have to run up my debit card), so I imagine the discount card would work as well. Maybe not on textbooks, though, just on the other more “barnes and noble” type of stuff.

People go into the city depending on what their interests are. Some people head to BU or BC or MIT a lot for frats, and some people head to Cambridge for the cool and interesting shopping. Then again, I know a lot of people who just walk to Pru or Newbury when they want to shop. I’m from an area with a lot of huge malls, so I’ve gone to the Lechmere (sp?) T stop in Cambridge a few times to visit the Galleria, but I’m not really big on going to Cambridge for other things. It completely depends on what you want to do. Not many people however (especially freshman) are going to say on a Wednesday night “oh, lets go get something to eat in the North End tonight”, they’ll go to the dining hall or order chinese food. It’s mainly the weekends when city-exploring happens, but obviously that’s just my experience.

Typically when my friends go to the movies (which isn’t often), we head to the theather in Fenway or the AMC by boston commons.

You will get 15 meals for 3 days. Go to Outtakes Thursday (it may not be open though, for this very reason) and try and use up a bunch of them. Move-in is just your parents dropping you off, so no meals are provided.