<p>I’m not a parent, but maybe some parents with older students can help with my question. I’m a rising sophomore so I’m not quite sure yet how move-in works for returning students. But at any rate, I’m unable to move in until the 28th because I’ll be coming back from a study abroad program. Will I be one of the last people to arrive on campus, and do you think arriving so (relatively) late could cause any problems with retrieving my stuff from college-provided storage? I haven’t received any emails with info about move-in.</p>
<p>livorneo: I don’t think there is any move-in procedure for returning students. You might want to check with your college master about storage opening hours at your RC.</p>
<p>MarathonDad</p>
<p>–thanks for the warning…That hasn’t arrived in our mailbox yet—Sounds very disappointing–especially on the heels of the DKE stuff and Yale being sanctioned for failure to provide a safe environment/report…and the litigation from past coeds…
Had hoped that things like the fringe’s “sex week” would also be a thing of the past…</p>
<p>Our student will find that material disappointing–as kiddo had hoped to move beyond that stuff–I suspect kiddo will find like minded peeps who also find that ridiculous.</p>
<p>Kiddo had some HS “friends” who spoke like that and others in the larger part of the group really looked down on them and that behavior…No one liked it…and those kids were regarded as a nuisance and something irritating–One in particular was so annoying and kiddo was really glad to be getting away from him…</p>
<p>Debruns - Thanks for the reassurance. I appreciate your boosting my confidence that my son will find a good positive peer group amid whatever other nonsense is going on.</p>
<p>fogfog - Yeah, be on the lookout for that noxious publication; you can’t miss it, the sophomoric hijinks begin right on the front cover. My son’s HS experience sounds similar to what you describe - mostly good self- [and other-] respecting kids, albeit with notable exceptions. I understand that the Yale student body will be diverse in many ways, including standards of behavior; I just wish the YDH wasn’t pushing new students toward accepting, and participating in, some of the less savory aspects of college life.</p>
<p>So the publication arrived–
front page “Welcome to Hell…etc re Harvard” inside JK–welcome to Yale.</p>
<p>From a skimming of the articles etc–lots of pithy funny stuff…
A few items I rolled my eyes on–and my student–who is busy playing COD–skimmed it and rolled eyes…</p>
<p>My younger student wonders if there was more than one version sent out…</p>
<p>Shoutout to ScoutsMom for pointing out the math link…kiddo hadn’t noticed it the last few days…</p>
<p>Beyond the BBB trip for pack/ship and a MD appt, kiddo is basically decompressing after a heavy/busy summer. Did spend a bit of time looking at the courses online and is pretty comfortable with the opportunties during shopping period. </p>
<p>Truly, Kiddo is pretty chill.</p>
<p>
If your son or daughter is planning on taking calculus there is an online test. See link below:</p>
<p>[Placement</a> Exam | Department of Mathematics](<a href=“http://math.yale.edu/undergrad/placement-exam]Placement”>http://math.yale.edu/undergrad/placement-exam)</p>
<p>It’s about 20 questions and you get the results as soon as you complete it. The results from this are taken to the scheduled advising session to determine placement. To answer your other question, my son is an entering freshman.</p>
<p>^ Thanks.
Our student has opened it and we will find the transcript for the info for the grades re math courses.
I don’t know what was on the math/science survey–I would have thought the courses, grades and AP stuff would have already been on this …</p>
<p>Interesting to read that each section of each calculus course will be customized due to who is in the seats. Thankfully kiddo has the AP scores to help the process/placement. We have a pretty good idea where the piece will fall into place. Nice they take the time to be thorough
:D</p>
<p>One note: Don’t confuse the Yale Herald [The</a> Yale Herald](<a href=“yaleherald.com”>http://yaleherald.com/) with the Yale Daily News [Yale</a> Daily News - The Nation’s Oldest College Daily](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/)</p>
<p>I was very disappointed in what I read of the Yale Herald. Admittedly, I did not read the whole thing, because I was so turned off by what I did read. I am not a prude, but I don’t find vulgarity for vulgarity’s sake that appealing. I require a certain ratio of wit to vulgarity, and I didn’t see it. My daughter, an incoming freshman, said she found the issue to be juvenile. I think it would have been better if they had not mailed that paper, as it was a shabby introduction.</p>
<p>One the whole, while the YH has some vulgar stuff and all of it was unnecessary; much of the teen-speak is really a tongue in cheek “tell it like it is” don’t you think?</p>
<p>Some good advice - ex: no one cares about your GPA and how the H admitted students trip was…and don’t FB friend “everyone” in your res college…</p>
<p>The whole hook up/do you want to find yourself in someone else’s dried sweat/vomit etc and explore your s3xuality and the “new fruits”/lonely homos3xuals was completely unnecessary…though I suppose the graphic nature gets the attention of this generation.</p>
<p>We weren’t amused and kiddo is likely to roll eyes at those who behave and talk like that anyway. Lets hope it is a smaller percentage of the population…and can be avoid</p>
<p>OK, glad to know I wasn’t the only one who found the Herald puerile and offensive. Those reactions strongly imply there will be a sizable cohort of kids who shun such attitudes & behaviors. I’ll be sleeping better now.</p>
<p>Puerile and offensive articles and publications have dotted the Yale landscape for a long long time. It’s kind of amusing – people writing “naughty” seems to have an appeal for some. Some even enjoy reading some of it (as some can be rather witty). Most is “eye rolling” quality, most is just boring.</p>
<p>I recall some of a very narcissistic publication that was entitled “50 sexiest” or something like that. It was probably published in the late 90s and someone scanned it in order to post it (it was not published with the purpose of being an online paper). There are some rather embarrassing poses that would rank with some of the worst FB excesses. I can imagine some mid-30 year olds are just hoping and praying that no one dredges those images up!</p>
<p>oh come on! Are you kidding me? As a parent, you should get off of College Confidential and hope that you have instilled your child with enough sense (of decorum, and humor) to take the Herald issue for what it is: a light-hearted, informal, funny (and, yes, informative) introduction to college life. They are 18 and will do what they will with the extracurricular aspects of college life. You are already getting the YDN, freshman handbook, and a thousand other “what to pack” “what to do” “calendar” stuff that is exactly the same. Do you want another exact copy? Wouldn’t you rather your kid go to a school where freedom of speech is practiced and accepted? Sorry, but it’s college, and your kid will be introduced (quite suddenly and unapologetically, as some of you believe this issue was) to sex, drinking, et al. But more importantly your child will be introduced to an accepting, diverse community that fosters creativity and an open mind. So, yeah, if this is not where you want your kid to be, don’t send them.</p>
<p>Wow - take a chill pill, merkalicious. Nobody is attacking freedom of speech; it would just be nice if some of those best-and-brightest young people used better judgment in exercising that freedom.</p>
<p>One person’s “light-hearted/funny” is another person’s “vulgar”, and those writers clearly tried hard to be offensive in a publication that was sent TO PARENTS. If that represents “creativity and an open mind”, you can have it. (As a theater student once told me, paraphrasing his professor: “You can take a [dump] on stage, but it’s not art.”)</p>
<p>… that same same professor also said the real word …</p>
<p>also: [Tate</a> Collection | Artist’s ■■■■ by Piero Manzoni](<a href=“http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=27330&tabview=text&texttype=10]Tate”>http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=27330&tabview=text&texttype=10)</p>
<p>merkalicious43, since you support freedom of speech, I find it interesting that you would invite Yale parents to leave College Confidential. The thread is called “Yale Parents thread” for a reason. This is a useful, easily found place for parents to seek and offer advice among ourselves, since we are being asked to assist our students in all manner of ways. </p>
<p>The posts normally deal with such mundane things as setting up bank accounts and finding restaurants. MarathonDad, however, deviated from this because he was alarmed by a mailing that was sent to parents. He was fully entitled to raise the issue.</p>
<p>I’m always amazed by people who cite freedom of speech when somebody else is criticizing speech. Don’t they teach civics in the schools any more?</p>
<p>I have to say I expected much worse when I finally received the Yale Herald today. I think the intent was to add some humor to it and both me and my son got a good laugh reading it. I think some people need to take a “chillax” pill as it wasn’t that bad or maybe some of you ARE becoming your fathers.:o</p>
<p>FWIW…
merkalicious43 is not an adult/parent…
See post history for posts on Harvards boards, Princetons boards etc
and Class of 2013
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/711463-class-2013-yield-higher-than-expected.html#post8102170[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/711463-class-2013-yield-higher-than-expected.html#post8102170</a>
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