<p>apology accepted 
Of course, you are correct.</p>
<p>Understood. The screwup was UPS. Also figuring out that the Yale post office does not like to accept FEDEX and UPS parcels. In the future will have it delivered to RC (once confirmed that this is still okay) or have it sent US Postal or if that is not an option, have it sent to me so I can take it to post office and remail it. I know that is time consuming but at this point I don’t trust sending it directly to the school ( and I am an alum so I am not speaking badly about my school). </p>
<p>I sent a big envelope last week by USPS via my son’s PO box and got there fine. I just mailed a 10 lbs box with UPS today and it’s suppose to arrive Monday. Let’s cross our fingers, lol</p>
<p>Saona63 - let me know what happens. At this point I am too gun shy.</p>
<p>Our kid does not have a USPS box but we UPS stuff to the UPS pick-up station.
We addressed the UPS packages/envelopes this way:</p>
<p>Firstname Lastname
Yale University
Morse College
143 Elm Street
New Haven, CT 06520</p>
<p>We also include his email address in the UPS order.
When the package/envelope arrives, the people at the pick-up station email him and he walks over.</p>
<p>It has worked well for over a year. We do not send anything via USPS and he has to be careful that on-line purchases are definitely sent by UPS only. Many businesses ship UPS or USPS at their discretion and you can’t choose when ordering.</p>
<p>@keesh17 that’s very interesting . . . why did I think that undergrads had to have a PO Box? Seems like a great solution to me. Thanks for sharing!</p>
<p>I’m a parent of a senior so some of this is in the distant past, but I did think that a USPS box was required. We have one, but I have encouraged my DD to just buy the books at the bookstore, since the post office is such a PITA. </p>
<p>As far as we know, Yale does not require the USPS box. The little bit of surface mail from Yale to the student is sent to the student’s permanent address which is the home address.</p>
<p>Just to present a different side–for 8 years we used only the USPS to send boxes, letters, books, etc., to both our sons (from 2006 to 2014). We never had a problem–everything arrived just fine. They both also shipped boxes home from the Yale post office, and they arrived in timely fashion. So, we were very satisfied with the Yale post office–no complaints whatsoever.</p>
<p>I think the Yale PO works fine year round-- except for the first two weeks of the semester, when books from Amazon are arriving. We found the delays then were 3-5 days (on top of what Amazon promised)</p>
<p>My son experienced P.O. delays of a week in the past, well beyond the first two weeks of school. Just as bad was the wasting of times in long lines. One time last year he waited on line for an Amazon package for an hour and a half.</p>
<p>Article in today’s YDN about changes in the mail system: <a href=“New mail systems shake up campus - Yale Daily News”>http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/09/04/new-mail-systems-shake-up-campus/</a></p>
<p>It will be interesting to see if this actually helps. If the mail situation doesn’t improve, I shudder to think how it will be when mail for two additional residential colleges is added to the mix a few years from now</p>
<p>UPS (and other private shipping services) are now using the relocated Yale Student Receiving Center. </p>
<p>Use this address format:</p>
<p>(Your Name)
Yale University
(Your Residential College Name)
135 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511</p>
<p>Make sure you provide the student’s email address to the shipper as well.</p>
<p>We recently shipped via UPS to the old Elm Street address and the package was automatically forwarded to the Prospect Street location.</p>
<p>The new address is from this webpage - <a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/new-students/class-2018/planning-your-move/mail-and-shipping”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/new-students/class-2018/planning-your-move/mail-and-shipping</a></p>
<p>On that page it says to use that address before the beginning of fall term.
It says to use the Elm Street address after fall term begins.
When you order from online vendors sometimes you don’t know who will ship. That one Elm St. address is supposed to work for anyone.</p>
<p>@tperry1982,
There are 3 forms to fill out at the Yale post office.
1 is a form whereby your student gives permission for USPS to accept Fed ex packages and UPS packages on student’s behalf and put it in their USPS PO box
2 is a form to request an email when something goes into their po ox.
3 is a form, can’r remember what it’s for.
They are listed on the yale mail website.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman and he was woken up at midnight by his roommate asking him to vacate the room so that he and his date can have the room to themselves. My son ended up staying out in the cold until 3 in the morning until he finished his business. This has happened three times already in the past two weeks, and I’m concerned that this will be a regular pattern. My son really likes his roommate and does not want to rock the boat, but I am afraid that this is going to take place every weekend. I’m sure that many students deal with this problem, but this is our first experience with this issue and I’d really appreciate any input. </p>
<p>My son dealt with this by saying No unless it was planned and he had a place to go. If he likes him, hopefully they can also.,</p>
<p>@thegtrlvr, why was he in the cold? isn’t he in a suite?</p>
<p>@thegtrlvr I think your son needs to put his foot down and say “NO”. It’s completely unreasonable.</p>
<p>@thegtrlvr Agree with the above – your son needs to set some boundaries now, before this does become a pattern. And if he’s not complaining, why would his roommate think it bothers him at all? Is he one of the unfortunate few who are not in a suite? Because if he is in a suite, I might suggest the roommate entertain his gf in the common room.</p>
<p>I will also add that, back in the dark ages, when I had such a need with my BF, it was more like “when will you otherwise be out of the room?” (concert, lab, visit home). That’s when we would have our “get-togethers”.</p>