<p>Has anybody had luck with Uber in New Haven and/or to Bradley?</p>
<p>My son uses Uber all the time in New Haven and so have I. No problem whats so ever. As for the Amtrak train to Newark, my son has taken that as well. When booking through United, the airline usually allows for a two hour window upon train arrival at Newark and flight departure. The frequency of Amtrak departures is not that great that why we often use Metro North to NYC. </p>
<p>@diuron81365 - Good to hear that it’s worked out for your son to do the Amtrak/United duo ticket. The flights I was looking at on United were mostly allowing only a 90 minute window, which, with security at the crowded holiday time, seems like it could be problematic if there are any delays.</p>
<p>Anybody here knows if the YSO halloween show could be seen online live?</p>
<p>I answered you on the other thread–no, it is not online live. You can purchase DVD’s usually after the event from the YSO, and sometimes the films make it on to YouTube.</p>
<p>We are trying to book tickets for our freshman son for the winter break travel. The calendar says that the residence halls open on Jan 7th (a Wednesday) and the classes start on Jan 12th (the following Monday). I am wondering whether students go back as soon as the residence halls open or only need to get there by weekend. In particular, are they likely to have registration-related activities before Monday?</p>
<p>thanks
teacherman</p>
<p>There really isn’t registration as such since the semester starts with a class “shopping” period. My experience is that many students return several days early and it’s a fun, relaxing time before classes start. My kid has always returned the of or the day after dorms open and he’s booked to return on the 8th in January. Given the potential for bad travel weather in January, a few days early is judicious as well.</p>
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<a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/new-students/class-2018/academic-information/general-academic-information”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/new-students/class-2018/academic-information/general-academic-information</a></p>
<p>So does anyone have experience with Metronorth from NYC up to New Haven on the Sunday after Thanksgiving? We’ve always driven our DD back, but this year we have a freshman in the opposite direction, so we are thinking of splitting the difference and sending them each on their way from NYC. Just wondering if it is an incredible madhouse getting on a train at GCT.</p>
<p>We always fly D in and out of either LGA or JFK now. She prefers it to Bradley. If she doesn’t have much stuff, she takes the train (Metronorth) to Grand Central Station and there’s a shuttle from airports to GCS. If she has a lot of luggage and/or is very time pressured, she takes a GO shuttle. Since the dorms don’t close over Thanksgiving, we’ve generally had her return to campus on Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend instead of Sunday (though this year is complicated for family reasons).</p>
<p>One oddity – I went to purchase tickets for after finals, and the schedule says that the last day for finals is Dec. 16, so I purchased a ticket for that evening. D tells me that she has a final on Dec. 17. Huh? (Thank goodness SWA lets you rebook for no fee!)</p>
<p>Hmm. This one shows finals ending at 5:30 PM on the 17th. Maybe you looked at a different year?
<a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/calendars/2014-2015-academic-calendar”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/calendars/2014-2015-academic-calendar</a></p>
<p>D travels on Amtrak so she goes back Saturday after Thanksgiving. The rates on Sunday are outrageous.</p>
<p>Our daughter just told us yesterday that next year the last day for finals before Christmas is Dec. 23. We are pretty upset - she always has finals on the last day, and this means she’ll be traveling on Christmas eve, possibly even missing the evening church service. What was Yale thinking?? They do realize that not everyone can drive home, right? I wonder who to complain to, because that’s just plain stupid.</p>
<p>That sounds awfully late for a college to be finishing up the fall semester. You may want to check that! I’ve never heard of college kids getting out so late. I may be mistaken. </p>
<p>The provisional calendar backs up your daughter. I agree it is harsh (my daughter is a senior so is not affected; my son at Swarthmore has rather late final exams; I think Dec 21 this year)</p>
<p><a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/calendars/2015-2016-academic-calendar-provisional”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/calendars/2015-2016-academic-calendar-provisional</a></p>
<p>Wow! Thats awful! Why are they going so late into December?? </p>
<p>Finishing on Dec 23 means that many kids who fly home will not be able to leave till Dec 24th and may miss a large part of Christmas Eve with their families. For some families, the celebration IS on Christmas Eve. For some international students, this could mean missing most of Christmas Day since international travel can be +1 day. Whose idea was this?? It should be changed. It seems like they have classes starting one week later than usual. Maybe if they changed the start date back to the traditional one?</p>
<p>Yes, I’m trying to find out now who to contact to see if this can be changed. I’ll post here if I get any info.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine them changing it. They probably have everything scheduled for that whole semester in between the start of semester & the last day of the semester?? Would that mean that other events would have to be rescheduled as well? Could things be printed up for those events already? Changing the dates might be a nightmare. Again, maybe I’m wrong. </p>
<p>Well, they do call the calendar “provisional” - which says to me that it isn’t set in stone quite yet. </p>
<p>I agree that it is a long shot, but I can’t believe that they’ve thought through all the problems this is going to bring on for everyone. For example, some students will not be able to get a flight home on Dec. 24 (it is a busy flying day and tickets will be expensive). So they will ask their professors if they can take the test early. If enough of them do that, the professors will be really put out - scheduling make-up exams around lots of different classes is pretty difficult. So not only will this inconvenience the kids who stay and try to fly home on Christmas Eve, it will inconvenience the professors (and other faculty and staff, I’m sure). So I would think that whatever committee that thought this date was OK didn’t really think it through. Or else they must have a VERY good reason for starting school Sept. 2 instead of Aug. 26. Anyway, it is worth asking for it to be reconsidered.</p>
<p>I wonder if the professors who have children here in the NHV area are perhaps looking for a longer summer? If memory serves me, the independent schools start the Tuesday after Labor Day. The public schools start the week before. </p>
<p>That means that they will return later in January in 2016?? </p>
<p>Maybe I’m grasping at straws. Just a thought.</p>
<p>Sending mine back on Saturday too. Traveling from Union Station in Washington, DC The was a big difference in fares from Saturday to Sunday. That will give her a day to get back on campus and get re-acclimated prior to classes resuming.</p>