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This happened to my D, too, who is sticking around to sing with the Glee Club. She found a place to temporarily store her stuff, but it was a hassle.</p>
<p>My S is moving into a senior single, and of course the senior is still living in there until commencement. So, S couldn’t move his furniture in…the Master told him to just leave his things (futon, bookshelf, lamp) out in the hallway outside the door with a note on it for the senior to move it in when he can. The hallway is a little tiny space–we’re wondering how long his things are going to last before someone either throws them away or takes them. He’s very concerned. And of course, now that he’s locked out, he can’t go back up there to check on his possessions. The senior isn’t responding to his emails…Yes, this is not a good system and there are many problems. It would have been better to just have left it in his previous common room with tags, and then picked it up in the fall–but the Master said this was not allowed. Not a happy parent here.</p>
<p>I think what we did was to “throw away” money in order to resolve many potential problems.</p>
<p>Both parents flied to the campus and stayed at Omni for several days. (Sometimes DS was staying with us as we’ll if his room was either too hot or too dirty at the end of the school years.)</p>
<p>Then, we started to “work” under the condition that we wanted to minimize the interruption of both DS and suite mates. The trick was to get DS’s stuff out of his room as fast as possible and with as few trips to his room/suite as possible.</p>
<p>We brought some mini-trolley and we made use of check-in baggages. Most of the time we move all of his stuff to our hotel’s room. We bought many UPS boxes. In the hotel, we decided what to ship by UPS (e.g., bass guitar) and what would fly back home with us in the check-in baggages and what to throw away. In those years, each passenger could still check in 2 baggages. So, for three people, we could check in 6 baggages.</p>
<p>Later years, DS knew several friends who lived off-campus. Everything becomes much easiers.</p>
<p>My husband and son and I cleaned the suite at checkout because we couldn’t afford to “eat the fine”, but none of the other suitemates cared. Not a happy situation.</p>
<p>I really do envy you parents that are close enough to be useful. Yale is a whole day of air travel for us (two, round trip), and the beginning of May is a tough time to miss so much work…</p>
<p>Since it was raining on Wednesday morning, I’m not sure how much of the furniture will be of use to the folks picking up the discards this year.</p>
<p>^Clarimom, hopefully since the hallway is inaccessible to most, your son’s stuff stays put. Still I don’t blame you for being irate. </p>
<p>It seems like there are a lot of poorly-thought-out-logistics, especially with the advent of the automatic keys and instantaneous denial of access. A two hour window of ‘homelessness’ might seem like no big deal to the powers that be but they might not have considered inclement weather or if one’s stuff can’t be guarded during that period. </p>
<p>Someone needs to put together a Gantt chart and figure out how all the moving parts of move out day can be managed.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know what the cleaning fee charge is? Curious for next year when S2 might or might not have assistance…</p>
<p>Re tamara6, #2717, I agree. </p>
<p>It is my major complaint about Yale that there is so little time between the end of exams and the closing of the residence halls. One year, QMP had a paper that was due <em>after</em> the residence halls closed for underclassmen. We moved things out to the Hampton Inn in Milford, and took two rooms so that my spouse and I could sleep while QMP continued to work. For seniors, it would not have been a problem–the residence halls were still open to them. For students who lived within a few hours of Yale, likewise, it would not have been much of a problem. QMP did not have the day and a half that it would take us to drive home–that is, the time before the paper was due was not enough to permit a day and a half off, and QMP could not work effectively in the car. </p>
<p>I posted this on CC once before, and heard from many parents of super-organized students that their children had not problems whatsoever at all! (Gee, thanks for the sympathy, guys.)</p>
<p>Oh, and re the cleaning fees: For us, the charge was the same, whether we had three people spending quite a lot of time cleaning up (QMP, me and spouse), or left the room in acceptable but not-so-hot shape due to the limited move-out time. $42. It has probably inflated a little since then.</p>
<p>Yale had some data that students discarded 20,000 pounds of “stuff” at the end of the year. This was thought to be shockingly high. I was shocked in the other direction–about 4000 students, and they are only discarding 5 pounds of stuff per student? QMP’s discarded paper probably weighed more than that, all by itself.</p>
<p>We bought a Rubbermaid flat cart with a handle that folds down for storage. The base is grey and roughly 3 feet by 2 feet–maybe a little larger. It was about $65. Best purchase ever for Yale move in/move out. I think it took us until junior year to purchase it.</p>
<p>While a lot of the suites do have sofas, QMP never had one. It is possible to get along without one. Moving sofas takes help of some sort. However, as mentioned above, sofas can be stored in the rooms for next year, along with one floor lamp, a bookcase (and I think, a chair–maybe some other stuff). Refrigerators cannot be stored in the rooms over the summer, however.</p>
<p>My daughter said the fine was $100 per student if the room was not clean.</p>
<p>Wow, tugtraveller, the room cleaning fee is going up even faster than tuition!</p>
<p>I talked with daughter and she also said it was rough trying to finish papers, take finals, clean up the dorm and pack all at the same time. What was more ridiculous was that daughter’s residential college wanted all stored items turned in by the 5th, two days before the finals were over. Many kids were sleeping without bedding! I am definitely writing to the school to complaint.</p>
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That may be true once they are off-campus as I believe most leases run from June 1st to the end of May. It is still a problem for those just moving off-campus. My son is in this situation and he had to put stuff in storage as his apartment is not available until June 1st. Complicating matters is he leaves for study abroad next week so he won’t be able to move his items until he returns in July. :o</p>
<p>Hello all:<br>
Hard to believe but in one week we fly out for graduation! Questions for you experienced Bulldog parents: could you advise me on the dress code for three days of events? </p>
<p>Saturday - Presidents reception, Boola Ball
Sunday - Baccalaureate Service, brunch in Commons, Class Day on Old Campus
Monday - Commencement on Old Campus, diplomas at residential colleges, lunch afterwards</p>
<p>I’m thinking a dress for the reception and the Boola Ball. Could nice pants work for Baccalaureate and brunch since Class Day (with the funny hats) seems more casual? Then another dress for actual commencement/diploma ceremonies? Do men need jackets/ties for most events? Which events are most formal, which less so?</p>
<p>Any advice most appreciated! I can’t believe this is happening…</p>
<p>centraleagle–I can’t offer too much in the way of advice, but your plans sound completely appropriate. </p>
<p>My husband wore a suit to everything we attended. As I recall, there were a number of people who were less formally dressed. No one will really be paying too much attention to what you are wearing!</p>
<p>We missed baccalaureate, but if we had gone, I would have dressed as I do for church–so, a pants suit, sometimes. Nice pants would work for commencement as well. </p>
<p>Partly, it depends how early you will be in New Haven each day (if you are staying in town or elsewhere). If you are coming from any distance away and need to park, you may have quite a hike from a parking spot to commencement. We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Milford, as did some of QMP’s suitemates’ parents, which meant a drive in to New Haven for commencement. It’s a good idea to wear shoes that you feel comfortable walking in.</p>
<p>Have a great time! The commencement events are really nice. Say hi to Handsome Dan for me, please.</p>
<p>Thank you QuantMech. I am looking forward to it - although I’m sure I’ll shed a few tears! We opted for convenience and are staying on campus, at Old Campus, so less hassle. I hope to see Handsome Dan in the flesh as I haven’t yet. And a last visit to Pepe’s Pizza.</p>
<p>I’ll miss checking in with this board - moving over to the Penn board for the next four years!</p>
<p>It strikes me that at a cost of $400 to $500 per uncleaned suite, it would be substatially cheaper to hire a professional cleaning service to come and clean up. If we get hit with a fine, we’ll be doing that next year.</p>
<p>But I also think the amount of the fine is unconscionable. Yale’s cost for cleaning is a tiny fraction of that.</p>
<p>We are fortunate to live only two hours from campus. Last year, my husband, son and I cleaned his individual room (a single) and the common area so as to avoid any fine. When the fine was assessed (appeared on our August bill), I called to find out why we were fined. Other than telling me that there was a refrigerator left in the room, which we knew belonged to another suitemate, they couldn’t give me a reason for the fine. I told them that unless we received an itemized bill, I wasn’t paying the fine. They ultimately credited our account.</p>
<p>I’m wondering if they assess the fine to every suite, burying it in the August bill which also contains the fall semester’s tuition fee, thinking few will notice. (Our charge last year was $75, I believe.) We did the same clean up this year, so it will be interesting to see if we get an assessment again. </p>
<p>Moving off campus next year…</p>