<p>My D can’t get into her dorm until Jan 13, and classes start the 14th. This wouldn’t be a big deal, but she is flying back, and this means there is little buffer time for delayed, cancelled or whatever flights.</p>
<p>Is this normal, what do other schools do?</p>
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<p>D’s dorm opens up on a Saturday morning and classes start that Monday.</p>
<p>for me, classes start on a tuesday and dorms re-open the wednesday before. i plan on driving back on saturday or sunday.</p>
<p>S’s dorm never closes. He can stay in it from the beginning of fall term till the end of spring term.</p>
<p>D’s dorms open Saturday for a Wednesday start of classes.</p>
<p>My dorm opens the day before classes start. There is a large dorm on campus which doesn’t close during vacations, so students arriving early (or leaving late) can stay in a friend’s room over there.</p>
<p>Dorms open Sat before classes start Monday (1/26). We’re making a vacation of it—D2 has the previous Monday and Tuesday off from school…so we’re going up (to DC) the weekend before and playing tourist in DC) for the long weekend. H and D2 will return home on Tuesday, and D1 and I will “play” (and shop!) in DC and MD until Saturday when she gets to move back into the dorm. All her hs friends will have already returned to school, so she won’t be “missing” anything at home, and this will give her a longer chance to show us all her favorite places!</p>
<p>Our halls open on Sunday the 13th before classes start on the 14th.</p>
<p>Opens Saturday, classes start on that Monday.</p>
<p>Dorms open at noon sunday, classes monday. S. is going a couple days early, as there isn’t time for flight problems on sunday. will hopefully stay with a relative or family friend.</p>
<p>My poor son! His dorm reopens on Juanuart 1st! And classes resume at 8 am on Januardy 2d!</p>
<p>But he has been home since he finished his finals on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving…</p>
<p>he’s ready to go back now, especially because there is so much snow there and not here and he wants to use his new snowboard…</p>
<p>Dorms open on Sunday 1/7, and classes begin the next day. There is no buffer.</p>
<p>Dorms and Greek houses open on 2 January. Classes start on the 7th.</p>
<p>CMU rooms open Fri Jan 12 classes start on Monday Jan 14.</p>
<p>We had similar tight calendars during DS’ freshmen year. Thankfully, upperclassmen dorms at his school are open throughout. I guess they figure they don’t have to pay an RA to be there and the “kids” often have jobs, etc. that necessitate being on campus outside of the actual semester.</p>
<p>Going back Sunday the 6th for classes on the 7th. But not sure if dorms are open early. Food service doesn’t start until dinner Sunday.</p>
<p>They don’t close. Last exam the 20th. Classes resume 1/2/08. He doesn’t know yet when he’ll go back.</p>
<p>All the dorms remain open during break, but if you move in early, you have to pay for interim housing, except for one building where the contract includes break. The first day of spring semester classes is on 1/14, and they open up for spring housing at noon on 1/12.</p>
<p>DD’s dorms open at NOON the day before classes begin. There is no dorm staff there prior to that time. Dorms are closed. I think there is some arrangement they make for international students, but I’m not sure what it is. For those kids traveling cross country (like ours), it’s just a matter of scheduling the flight back so it arrives after noon. It would have been much easier flying the kid back on Saturday instead of Sunday.</p>
<p>Dorms open 1/8, classes start 1/14.</p>