<p>^^Oh, fun! </p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies.</p>
<p>Re the assembly: male students don’t need to wear a suit, do they? Would slacks and button down shirt be ok? And if so, is a short sleeve collared polo shirt ok? Or do they need a jacket? Thanks.</p>
<p>desiw – If dad doesn’t have to wear a coat and tie, neither does son! Both my guys will wear khakis and a long-sleeved dress shirt.</p>
<p>Thanks wjb!</p>
<p>Have heard (read) all the advice about not overpacking… what’s a realistic expectation for S as far as clothes (especially underwear!) are concerned? Is 2- weeks worth enough?</p>
<p>ALSO: Does anyone know if there’s a cleaning service available for suite bathrooms if the group is interested in splitting the cost? Talking realistic expectations again, this time about how much (or little) the boys will clean their own bathroom!</p>
<p>Thanks so much, this forum has been enormously helpful.</p>
<p>There is no cleaning service available, unfortunately. My S had a terrible time with the bathroom situation freshman year on Old Campus. Only he and his roommate, out of 7 people sharing the bathroom, would ever clean it. I believe Yale should be cleaning every bathroom, even when between suites, and we have written letters to that effect, but no go. Anyway, as for 2 weeks of clothes, I think that’s just right.</p>
<p>YM13, Last year the common room and bathroom was cleaned by the Yale cleaning service only once (Christmas Break), after the students moved in.</p>
<p>D was in a 6 person suite (2 were cleaners, 2 occasionally helped, and 2 never cleaned). Once during the Fall I called and hired a private cleaning service to clean the common room and bathroom, hoping the suitemates would be happy with the results and pitch-in to have the service semi-monthly. It didn’t happen……the 2 non-cleaners didn’t think it was necessary and didn’t want to share the cost.</p>
<p>Dont forget the students are responsible for the hand soap, toilet paper, and paper towels for the bathroom as well.</p>
<p>I read in a JE publication that toilet paper and cleaning supplies were given to us…is that on a college by college basis?</p>
<p>Last year when D was on Old Campus, TP, soap, and paper towels were NOT provided by Yale. They had to buy their own. This may change once you are living in your residential college.</p>
<p>The publication my son got from JE also said that Yale provides the toilet paper and all the cleaning supplies for the bathroom, the kids just have to pick it up</p>
<p>My S has spent the last 3 summers away and finds 2 weeks worth of socks, etc is best! Enough “wiggle room” to get through when things get busy without a strict one week schedule of laundry. That said, hope there is enough room in the drawers!
The 5th floor of L-Dub has no common areas. I assume a hall bath…does this mean TP provided? I assume we get/bring cleanning products. (I am like one of the other “posted” Moms…rather bring things we have at home and minimize the Target, Ikea, BB bill!)
My S is a musician and now wants to learn another instrument. Are there any instruments available for something like this? (He plays euphonium and now wants to learn Tuba, or trombone or…) He has seen something online, but I would rather he find out what might be available at Yale and save some $$ for new experiences that come up!</p>
<p>Wait, does Yale not supply toilet paper for the hall bathrooms? Or does this just apply to suites with bathrooms in them?</p>
<p>toilet paper we have to bring, yet
this is like packing for the former Soviet Union</p>
<p>I have to say, JE has someone very wonderful at the helm sending out lots of useful and detailed information.</p>
<p>Yale provides toilet paper, even for the suite bathrooms. You get it from the same place you get the cleaning supplies. Relax, people.</p>
<p>The school supplied toilet paper has a crimson “H” on each sheet.</p>
<p>Just kidding.</p>
<p><em>snort</em></p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>NEJsMOM (re post #230):</p>
<p>It looks like most freshmen will not be allowed to store furniture over the summer. This from the Yale website: “Students residing in rooms on the Old Campus or in annex apartments must remove all personal effects and furniture when they vacate housing at the end of the spring term.”</p>
<p>[Dormitory</a> Regulations | Regulations | Undergraduate Regulations | Yale College Publications](<a href=“Yale College”>Yale College)</p>
<p>Unless times have changed, freshman must clear their Old Campus rooms, but can store furniture in their residential colleges. In my college, you were allowed to move stuff into the room you were going to live in the next year at the close of the current school year. Under those rules, people would move their furniture from Old Campus to their room for next fall in their residential college on the last day the dorms are open. Some colleges limited the furniture that could be stored over the summer (for instance only one couch could be stored), but you could frequently put the rest in the res college’s basement storage area.</p>
<p>ShirlyWorly101: Yes, furniture is stored in the room the student will be residing in for the upcoming fall–not the room they are leaving. So, freshmen in Old Campus have to haul things over to their new place in May. Each residential college has specific directions and details (i.e. tagging system, number of items allowed, etc.)</p>