<p>Fogfog, parking is a bit of a hassle around Parents Weekend, but its doable. Ive found it can be preferable to stay outside of New Haven during parents weekend, if only because some students actually might like to get away from the city for a few meals, etc. It can be nice to take a quick break from campus. Plus, its unavoidable that hotels in new haven proper will fill up for that weekend, so many parents will be in the same boat.</p>
<p>Ive known people who, in the past, have even stayed at hotels and b&bs 20-30 minutes up I-95 in the Madison, Guilford area. </p>
<p>Parking wont be terrible. Yale opens up many of its lots to visitors on the weekend, and all New Haven street parking is free after 7pm (and all day on Sunday). At worst, you might have to park a few blocks from campus. But, hey, you get to see more of Yale, that way, right?</p>
<p>Parking: See my posts#770 and 774 on this thread. Parking at meters in New Haven even during Parents Weekend, is not a big problem. You just need to be willing to drive around the block a couple of times, be good at parallel parking, be willing to take the small risk that your car will be broken in, be willing to re-feed your meter or move your car every 2 hrs, and have plenty of quarters on hand. I always pack about $50 in quarters with me when I go to New Haven. The other thing to watch for is that some meters are reserved for people with handicapped placards, and they are not always easy to identify as ‘handicapped’ meters, especially in the evening when it is dark. Safe bet: if you find an open metered parking spot in what looks like the most perfect location, don’t get your hopes up too much, it is probably a handicapped spot. If you like to have a more predictable parking option, you can park in the lot behind Payne Whitney for free after 4pm on Friday. I believe there are a few other such lots that are opened to the public for the weekend.</p>
<p>You do have to be careful with the meters (unless it’s Sunday) but I noticed being local, I was the only car with a ticket last time and we all had run out. My husband said they probably knew you would pay it, the others might not.
If you can stay outside of New Haven, you might save some money and some areas are very nice.</p>
<p>Does anyone have a child waiting to hear if they were admitted to the Class of 2015? I think students start hearing back today at 5 pm (T-minus 5 minutes)!</p>
<p>for those wanting to be around in aug when their kids move in, whether they are freshmen or uppers, hotels.com has the omni on special at $127/nt; nothing for parents weekend like that yet but it is a huge deal;</p>
<p>We were withextended family over the holidays and an alum that does interviewing came by to meet our Yalie 2015. It was nice to heart about what Yale was like “back in the day” so to speak…as this person is a good bit older. We keep pinching ourselves -it is so exciting.</p>
<p>Has anyone else heard how shopping period is going for their student? My son has two science courses he is trying to get into, but says the odds look slim. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. It would be nice to get that science requirement out of the way.</p>
<p>How do things run at Yale with heavy snow storms etc?
Wundergound is reporting that starting tonight --they will get more than 20 inches of snow </p>
<p>Tonight
Snow likely this evening…then snow with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight. Snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Brisk with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph…increasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of snow near 100 percent.<br>
Wednesday
Snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Total snow accumulation of 18 to 24 inches. Brisk with highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.</p>
<p>2blue – I love shopping period; it’s the only week of the semester when we hear regularly from our son, who wants to give us the report on the day’s classes and puzzle over his evolving schedule. He is in love with shopping period – like a kid in a candy shop. Hope your son got his science classes – I didn’t realize there were classes that were capped. Are they big, popular lectures?</p>
<p>fogfog – It’s the Northeast, where snow is the norm, so I guess the short answer is, they manage.</p>
<p>They usually have classes when it snows, they do a pretty good job clearing the paths and roads around Yale. We will get hit with a lot in the AM though, so we will see what is canceled.
I saw many snowmen and forts over the weekend…I’m sure there will be many more! : )</p>
<p>My daughter said it was freezing in her room when she came back from break. I hope it doesn’t snow inside her room this time around.</p>
<p>Shopping period seems like a mixed bag for her, a lot like Christmas shopping- it is fun to try out and get new stuff, but the process can be quite stressful.</p>
<p>I agree vicareiousparent. My daughter said she has some possiblities but some things about the classes give her pause. I know one class she took last semester was played up one way during shopping period but wasn’t like that later. I’m sure that doesn’t happen often but she was disapointed in the change of direction and other things later on.
Her room is very warm, almost so much so, that she had to crack the window at times to get some air. Like many old buildings, it varies a great deal.</p>
<p>Yale has not had a snow day since 1978, and it looks as if today will be no exception.</p>
<p>While Governor Dan Malloy said he was prepared to close state roads and highways if needed after forecasts suggested 18 to 25 inches of snow across Connecticut through early Wednesday evening, Yale will stay open. Tuesday night, 51 of 56 Yale professors interviewed said they planned to hold classes as usual. From renting hotel rooms to digging out snowshoes, those professors said they would do their utmost to reach campus on time. </p>
<p>According to University policy, every employee must “make every reasonable effort to get to work as scheduled,” though “reasonable tardiness” on account of severe weather is excused.</p>
<p>Mixed bag here for shopping as well. S finds those classes that limit enrollment (such as Spanish) frustrating. He has to fight to get a seat in the room, and on the second day was not allowed in even though he was there 15 minutes early. He said one girl was almost in tears because she needs to have the class this semester. Even though there are more students needing the class than seats available, they are not going to open up another section. Same thing with the English classes. As a double major, he doesn’t have a whole lot of space for electives, so shopping period is basically to determine which section to register for in required major courses or distributional requirement classes. The snow, however, is something he’s enjoying today. He said he took lots of photos, and that campus seemed pretty quiet walking around today as many classes and rehearsals were being cancelled.</p>
<p>wjb, LOL on you loving shopping period since you hear from your son. I get to help make suggestions too so enjoy it. He gets frustrated though at having these absolutely wonderful looking schedules fall through. So far, he has not been able to get into a residential college seminar, an English and a science class and thoroughly expects not to get into the second science class he was trying for. He needs one more science. The science ones he wanted are big popular big lectures. He did get into his foreign language and a seminar for which he had to apply. Oh, he JUST called and has shopped another class he will take. Also, if the second science falls through, he thinks he has a back-up plan for that slot. </p>
<p>vicariousparent, he would love to know where you find freezing rooms. He’s been dying of heat since coming back from break. Everyone else in his suite is from a warm climate so loves it. </p>
<p>I feel so sorry for the girl in tears over Spanish. You would think they could somehow work something out in situations like those. I’d never thought about double majors, Clarimom, but can easily see how your son may end up taking some courses within his majors that aren’t necessarily the ones he’d prefer. Good luck to him with scheduling!</p>
<p>fogfog, my son says the snow is impressive.</p>
<p>ok so now should I be thoroughly worried…
I thought not being able to get into the classes you wanted was a thing found in large public state Us -
Our student is an engineering major and will need to lean heavily on those math and science courses etc…</p>
<p>And all of the talk about the huge book of course listings…</p>
<p>The science ones I mentioned are fun easy ones for non-majors. They’re popular because they’re a great way to get the science requirement. The one he went to today in his prospective major had 4 people show up.</p>
<p>D1 has never been completely thrilled with shopping because you have to keep up with the work in all classes and it tends to lengthen out the period of time it takes to find out what will actually be your schedule for the semester.</p>