<p>Thanks for all the replies to my refrigerator question. I think we’ll volunteer to buy the fridge. When my D was a college freshman, she and roommates quarterbacked this whole room-furnishing thing themselves. I can already tell the boys will need some “assistance.” Then again, they won’t care if things aren’t perfectly color-coordinated.</p>
<p>wjb - LOL re boys need “assistance” - My son, at my request, has tried to initiate a conversation with his 3 suitemates about fridge, TV, etc. on facebook. 1 replied, "yeah sounds like a good idea (?!) and the other 2 have yet to respond. He told me that boys don’t care about this stuff like girls do. He said when they get there they’ll figure it out. End of story. And, yes, they won’t care about color either! LOL!</p>
<p>Flights from Ohio</p>
<p>My son needs to travel by plane from Dayton, Ohio or Cincinnati Ohio to Yale. He is attending FOOT. What do you think would be the best flights? Bradley, JFK? LaGUardia? The plane to Tweed from Philly is too small and the flights get canceled often. He is traveling alone, and although he has traveled before I always worry about missed connections and being stranded at the airport, specially when he flies back in November.
Thank you for any information! I need to get this ticket!</p>
<p>My dd is flying Southwest into Hartford for FOOT, then doing the shuttle. We will do the same when we arrive for move-in day with her stuff. Southwest allows 2 suitcases per person free, so we won’t have to ship anything separately. </p>
<p>It looks like Southwest flies out of Columbus, though, not Cincinnati.</p>
<p>My dd thought the shuttle from Hartford was really quick and easy when she did it before. The trip from New York City is much longer.</p>
<p>My first recommendation on flights is that for winter flights (generally meaning those over Winter Break), try to have as few connections as possible, because weather delays a lot of flights that time of year, and can leave you stranded, as happened to me twice!</p>
<p>Other than that, it all depends on price, and how he prefers to travel from the airport to Yale.</p>
<p>From Bradley, the only option is Connecticut Limo, which does van/bus service from the airport to Phelps Gate, except (sometimes) over Thanksgiving and Spring Break if ASA (Associated Student Agencies) decides to provide buses. CT Limo can occasionally be less than totally reliable, but the shortest travel time between any airport (save Tweed) and Yale is CT Limo from Bradley.</p>
<p>All of the New York airports also have CT Limo service to Phelps Gate, though it is, of course, somewhat farther and somewhat more expensive. In addition it’s cheaper and not too hard to take a Metro North train from Grand Central to New Haven, where there is a free Yale shuttle from the station to campus. From either JFK or Laguardia, there’s an airport bus (do a quick google search) to the train station. From JFK, one can also take the subway, though this is troublesome if one has a lot of luggage. </p>
<p>A final option is to fly to Newark airport and take Amtrak from the train station at the airport to New Haven. </p>
<p>I’ve done all of these at various points (except CT Limo from New York) and my favorite is flying into JFK, taking the subway, and then the train, but I have an inordinate fondness for public transportation - especially subways and trains - that makes me find the trip pleasurable even though it’s somewhat longer than the other possibilities. Trains are more comfortable than CT Limo buses and vans. That said, CT Limo from Bradley is definitely the simplest, though it may be more expensive to fly into Bradley than into one of the NY airports.</p>
<p>Any insights? Size of rooms, common room? Where is the bathroom?
Thank you</p>
<p>I understand that you can take Amtrak from Bradley…</p>
<p>Thank you 50isthenew40 and svalboardlute…</p>
<p>You can’t take Amtrak from Bradley without first taking a bus or cab to an Amtrak station - there is no Amtrak stop at the airport (unlike in Newark).</p>
<p>Common room is really very nice and pretty spacious - the bedrooms are small. Most people end up putting their desks in the common room - so it’s a good thing it is pretty large. I think in most cases, two suites share a bath. One suggestion - because the bedrooms are so small, be honest with each other in terms of sleeping patterns and neatness. </p>
<p>At first DD was a little disappointed she wouldn’t be on Old Campus for freshman year, but that feeling soon went away once she started living in TD. She really loves it there. The Master is fanatical about IM’s - even people who never played a sport are recruited to participate. </p>
<p>I think you will be very happy.</p>
<p>Ah, the difference between the males and females. I had to laugh freshman year when I went by a suite with a beautiful flat screen tv and no furniture - guys, and on the next floor suites with futons and small area rugs all color coordinated - girls!</p>
<p>Re: Fridge</p>
<p>So nobody has heard of Yale freshmen surviving a year in a suite without a fridge? Darn…I like to think I’m not the last Luddite in the world…</p>
<p>I don’t object to having my D share in the cost of a fridge, if the other 3 suitemates are so gung ho about it. For her, a place to keep your beer cold is irrelevant (and I’m surprised that parents find that to be a good reason for buying a fridge…for 18 year olds. Not that I care if she has the occasional beer, but planning for stocking it regularly is over my line.) </p>
<p>I suspect that if it were up to her, she’d find some other use for $100, but I would guess that out of any random assortment of 4 girls, at least one will find a fridge to be essential.</p>
<p>Just FYI, the beer comment was from someone who is a Yale alum, not a current parent. I’m not sure how old T26E4 is, but back in my day the drinking age was 18.</p>
<p>re: “but back in my day the drinking age was 18.”</p>
<p>Mine too. I enjoyed many a fine evening sipping JD on the rocks with friends at local bars. Also, at “Sherry Hours” actual sherry was served. I don’t know what they called “Master’s Teas” at Yale in the 70’s - possibly something stronger than tea was served?</p>
<p>did any parents read the copy that was sent out in the mail? (welcome freshman type issue)</p>
<p>^ didn’t get it - at least not addressed to us ('rents). Got a letter today, nicely worded, basically reminding us that FIRPA means we don’t automatically get to see grades, and giving us the names and phone #s of college master, etc. We don’t plan on helicoptering but it’s nice to have the numbers and names at hand for some sort of emergency.</p>
<p>Yes, we got the Yale Daily News yesterday, as well as the letter from the dean. We really enjoyed reading the newspapers, but won’t be subscribing! I will definitely read it on-line, though. It’s really a high-quality newspaper.</p>
<p>Dd though is still anxious to get her Blue Book. She usually prefers to do things on-line, but says she doesn’t like the Course of Study on-line, because she doesn’t know what to search for. She really wants to browse through the Blue Book and get the big picture!</p>
<p>I’m guessing it will arrive today or tomorrow.</p>
<p>When I was a student shortly after the Earth’s mantle cooled, no online version of the Course of Study was available. Every August for four years, the day the Blue Book arrived in my mailbox was one of the best days of the doggone year! I’d pore over that thing like I’m sure people used to pore over the Penneys and Sears catalogues from day’s past.</p>
<p>Sounds wonderful T26E4! We really need an adult equivalent of the Blue Book to arrive twice a year full of new possibilities for us, don’t we?</p>
<p>My dd has learned this week the downside of being on the west coast-all your facebook friends have the blue book before you do, and one had the nerve to update his facebook status with the winner of So You Think You Can Dance before it had even started here! She recovered quickly from her dismay, and enjoyed watching the show anyway.</p>
<p>I’m sure this is a stupid question, but what is Darfee’s?</p>
<p>[Where</a> to eat, Dining: Yale University](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/dining/locations/durfee.html]Where”>http://www.yale.edu/dining/locations/durfee.html)</p>
<p>And it’s “Durfee’s”. I find the website link title amusing, because it doesn’t really fall under the category of “dining” but more like “desperate for something right now.”</p>
<p>It’s on the north edge of Old Campus and is like a slightly upscale 7-11; things are overpriced, but in a pinch, you can find food/shampoo to tide you over until you can get to a real store.</p>