@Tperry1982, my youngest S just graduated last May, so it is pretty current information unless things changed radically this year. I guess it depends on the residential college. I was talking Trumbull. The storage boxes allowed were quite large. And, yes, they always found assistance with the furniture from their suitemates and help with the boxes, or used a rolling cart borrowed from the master’s office. We usually visited in the spring for a concert and would take some things home–since Southwest allowed 2 free bags we would fly with just carryons and 2 empty suitcases, which would come home with us full. That’s how we handled it every year.
Hi all - lots of great information on this forum! My daughter was fortunate enough to be accepted early action and is thrilled to be heading to Yale in the fall.
I have a question that I’d appreciate any thoughts on. She listed a school performing arts group as a class on her application, as she understood it was a class based on how similar groups she participated in were handled in prior years. She participated in several similar groups in earlier years and all were treated as classes with grades.
However it turns out that this particular group is considered an after-school activity so it doesn’t appear on her transcript.
I assume she needs to contact admissions about this and I’m hoping this will be seen as a minor mix-up . . . any thoughts on how best to proceed?
@canoe2015 I think it’s so minor as to not mention. The status of it being a class or not was not why Yale chose her or would have any misgivings forthcoming due to that oversight. Just let it go. It’s really nothing.
@T26E4 Thank you, that’s helpful perspective.
I agree with T26E4, but I will add that if she is a worrier, she could send an e-mail to the admissions office telling them this information. It will still make no difference, though.
@Hunt Thanks - I’ll mention that to her.
My son reports substantial snow, strong wind, and low temperatures…sounds like fun!
My son, whom I’ve been after to finally get himself a real winter jacket, tells me that he’s had to layer his not-quite-warm-enough jackets. 
^^ they have to learn for themselves. That cold is no joke.
The good news is that my son cleaned driveways the last few years of high school, and has the experience of bitter cold to draw on. His roommate from California, not so much.
My son, coming from Northern New Jersey, should know better. But, for all the SAT/GPA/IQ/IB/etc., parents of teenage boys know that at some level, they’re pretty stupid. I say that with love, because he’s my idiot.
@IxnayBob As a teenage boy, I concur
Hi justdrive. If you don’t mind driving a little there are tons of Hotels within 20-25 min from Yale which are very accessible from parkway route 15( route 34 exit 57/58). There will be no on street parking that day. It will be a nightmare. However there are plenty of parking garages open. Just get there early! Also, Find out where the alternative college graduation ceremony will take place in case it rains. We had to walk across campus with our entire family in tow to get to the Yale Repertory Theater in the pouring rain. All the hotels in immediate area are lovely, however that weekend might already be blocked. Check the Shelton or Milford areas for Hotels. Reasonably priced and very accessible to I 95/route 8/route 15 parkway. Our S graduated Yale 2012, and graduates Yale Law in 2016 as well. Luckily we live less than 10 miles from Yale :). Good luck and congrats!!
My suggestion is to go DIRECTLY to the financial aid office. THEY ARE AMAZING! they will lead you in the right direction as well as do the very best they can to ensure that the whole process is painless ASK for Diana Torre.
For graduation, shouldn’t be a problem to park on street in the East Rock neighborhood. Then no more than one mile walk down Whitney Avenue. Many people commute to Yale and walk or take shuttle from East Rock.
Hi. Wondering how many nights (and which ones) parents usually spend in NH at graduation? What about the rest of the extended family?
Thanks!
While this is true, there are several parking garages much closer to campus–they aren’t free, of course.
((I mistakenly posted this as a new discussion in the main Yale forum instead of in the parents thread, my intended destination. Apologies if you are reading it in both places.))
A good news/bad news situation!! I thought I was being very proactive, and made all the arrangements for graduation way in advance. Good, right? Then my son got an employment offer which necessitates him skipping graduation. Bad 
I now have two rooms on a two-night prepaid reservation that I would love to transfer to someone looking for close-in, very reasonably priced lodging. Best Western Plus, North Haven Hotel. Check-In: 05/17/15 Check-Out: 05/19/15. Total stay for 2 rooms x 2 nights: $576.78. PM me if you are interested. And have a good graduation – darn it, I was looking forward to that! (But, grateful for the good news as well.)
BluehouseMom, IMHO you don’t need a printer. They have them all over the place. In my opinion it would be more of a pain transporting, storing, setting up and maintaining the thing. Just use the networked printers. My daughter is CC’17 and I (CC’90) went to Bulldog Days with her, my son and my exchange student son. The prospective students are immediately separated from the parents/families and get to stay with current students. We all had a blast! There are lots of activities for everyone (parents and kids). You should definitely go whether or not you have already decided. It can really help with the decision.
Not sure where BluehouseMom’s question is…but I’ll differ from EdBenjamin. We took the general advice here not to send our son with his printer but ended up sending it to him a month later, and wished we had hauled it with us on move-in day. It’s true that there are printers everywhere, but printing costs add up quickly (we were surprised by this cost as the two-year college where I teach and my son’s boarding school both provide free printing to students). My son has a b&w laserjet printer–he’s had it for five years and we’ve only purchased one toner cartridge for it, so it’s far more cost-effective than paying for every copy. I think he has it in the common room so that his roommates can use it as well.