<p>We live in AZ and S2 is a junior at BC. When we sent him off to college (as well as his older brother, who also attended a college in the NE), we told them that we could afford 2 round-trip tickets per year: Sept/Dec and Jan/May. That was it.</p>
<p>Both sons always managed to find something to do for Thanksgiving, Spring Break, and Easter Break each year. Almost always, they were invited to go home with one of their friends. (it seems like most students at BC are from NE, NY, or NJ – and from my son’s experience, very generous and friendly!) He did stay on campus this past Easter weekend (by choice) to catch up on some work and he found many other students around too and they hung out together – going into Boston one of the days. As trizz said, the campus is fairly quiet during holidays, but certainly not deserted. So I wouldn’t worry about your son, unless he is a complete social misfit – but then he wouldn’t be at BC, would he? :)</p>
<p>And no, there are no classes on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.</p>