<p>The suites and rooms for freshman are as varied on the inside as the architecture on the outside. My D is going to be in JE and she got a JE handbook the other day electronically that was a godsend. Some of the questions they answered was about the room and they had pictures/dimensions of single and double bedrooms. Also helpful tips like the singles have beds low to the floor with shallow drawers so they can’t be stacked. Of that there is enought room to separate the bunk beds in the doubles. Or that rooms have wall shelving in Farnum, and all but the 4th floor rooms have another set of shelving that runs along near the ceiling. Common rooms on the fourth floor have window seats. It also went on the introduce the Master, Dean, RC staff, frocos and lots of other information pertinent only to JE freshmen. I am sure other RC must have done this. Ask your kid. I didn’t know about it until my D started quoting stuff from it and I asked her where she was getting her info.</p>
<p>If you RS does not do a handbook, encourage them to ask on the FB page. I have trolled through my D’s page and there are a lot of questions asked that are answered almost immediately by the moderators.</p>
<p>My sons, and basically everyone they knew at Yale, did their own laundry. It’s very convenient and easy–you can even check online to see when your washer/dryer finishes the cycle. I think it’s one of those essential ‘life skills’ to be learned.</p>
<p>^^ Agreed. My son is a rising senior, and he and everyone he knows – including a few kids from ultra wealthy families who have maids at home – do their own laundry at school. It is a valuable life skill. </p>
<p>Hello everyone. Thank you for all of the valuable information. My daughter will be attending the 6 day FOOT program. My husband and I will be arriving at midnight from the west coast the night before. Our plan right right is to order everything at Bed Bath and Beyond and pick it up in the morning prior to her arrival back to campus. This includes a futon that she signed up for (have yet to purchase). Am I correct in assuming that they will let us deliver all of this stuff to her room without her? She does not arrive back from FOOT until later in the day. Also, I wanted to ship all of her clothes to the school beforehand since we will not be flying in from home. Has anyone shipped several boxes to the school prior to the start of the semester? Thanks!</p>
<p>1) I knew NO ONE who used the laundry service – even my friends from crazy high wealth. I think your kids would run away screaming from the social shame of doing something so bourgeois.</p>
<p>2) @GeorgeBailey: a) to get to her room beforehand, you or she should call the masters office of her Res College. They’ll tell you how to get the key (and to get permission from your daughter) when you arrive. b) shipping boxes is normal. You’ll send to the Res College’s street address (since they actually have staff who can sign for it). Then you’ll have to go over there to get it and bring the boxes to Old Campus (if that’s where she’s living).</p>
<p>Yale FOOT website indicates parents will have access to rooms for moving in on the morning of Aug. 22 prior to the return of FOOT students around midday.</p>
<p>Yale “Planning Your Move” website has specifics on shipping packages.</p>
<p>The mention of shipping packages tempts me to unleash my annual rant about the horribleness of the Yale post office. This year I will simply post this link as a heads-up to new families; it reflects my student’s experiences in both freshman and sophomore years:</p>
<p>@bookmobile So sad and so true! The Yale Station post office is the worst! And I’ve given up all hope of it getting better. We circumvent the post office as much as possible (i.e. all care packages are sent to the RC Master’s office), but unfortunately, some things (like Amazon book orders) are not within our control. </p>
<p>Last year I found that the best way was to fly my cardboard moving boxes with me. It was cheaper than buying sufficient luggage to take everything (the boxes were like $1.50 at Uhaul) and then I didn’t have a bunch of suitcases to store in my room during the school year. The airlines really don’t care if you check a box instead of a bag, and that way I didn’t have to deal with the post office or picking up boxes in the Masters Office. I don’t know whether or not this would work for your specific situation, but I thought I’d throw it out there as an idea.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your helpful responses. On a different topic my daughter sent out a sign up list to her 5 suite mates so that they can sign up to bring items to furnish the common room. The list included a futon (DD took that), chairs, a rug, a coffee table and lamps. Everyone signed up to bring a lamp.
It will be a sparse but well lit room:)</p>
<p>@GeorgeBailey, lol at least they are communicating:) My son is assigned to a suite of 8 and to this date they have not touched base! It’ll be interesting when they meet…</p>
<p>Yeah, the FOOT thing is a great deal for the kid. You’ll arrive, get the key to the room, bring the stuff in–still waiting, might as well unpack it; still waiting, might as well make the bed, etc. Then the kid will saunter in later.</p>
<p>Note: this has been mentioned before, but if you arrive during the scheduled move-in hours, there will be upperclassmen from the residential college there to help you carry stuff up to the room.</p>
<p>Regarding laundry - all the kids in my son’s suite did their own. The prep school boys were experienced - if a couple of kids team up, the whites, lights, and darks can be combined in three machines simultaneously to save some bucks. They are also good at tying neckties and ironing. Who would have thought? </p>
<p>How organized to team up to get larger loads of whites, lights, and darks.
My younger son, still in HS, has gone to various pre-college summer programs during HS, and was separating his laundry while at these programs. The other kids were astonished and said that they never heard of such a thing as separating their laundry and told him that he was misled. When DS got home, I reinforced the fact that he was correct in separating his laundry and the other students will learn this soon enough.</p>
<p>Team up to do laundry is a great idea! Do any of your kids stayed at Vanderbilt Hall during freshman year? My son’s room is so tiny and don’t know what to get for his storage. Do I need to get bed risers or do they have them already. The school won’t allow me to see the room before moving day and my son has a single room but it’s only 79 sq. How much space does he have under bed for storage? </p>
<p>Do not get risers for beds in Vanderbilt, as the beds are already waist-high on risers with a 3-drawer dresser underneath the bed. (There is a little room for storage behind the dresser underneath the bed.) I can’t post a picture to CC, but if you send me a PM with your email address, I can send you a photo.</p>