<p>My freshman opted to stay with his entire (6 person) suite with the exception of the athlete in the suite who they have replaced with another athlete (original suite mate decided to move to a suite with all athletes, his sleep schedule was off by several hours compared to the rest of the boys in the suite). They got a pretty good draw in Trumbull and he gets another single next year, not too shabby. I think it’s such a great tribute to the sorting process that they all get along so well they want to stay together.</p>
<p>“What issues are kids having?” </p>
<p>Friends bunch together like Yalemom15’s son. But circumstances can occur where no sixes are left and only fours. Then what is the original six to do? Do two get jettisoned? Possibly. Room for hurt feelings, for sure.</p>
<p>I envy both of you…I don’t know the issues this year yet. Last year, he was in a suite of 6; S and one other from that group ended up in another 6 this year along with another friend and friends of the other two. He wasn’t thrilled at first, but all seemed to work out just fine. I’m hoping that this year will be ok too; I think it will. He has a tendency to immediately say how terrible things are if they don’t line up exactly as he wants them to - a trait that I hope will diminish. 
I will say, though, that I don’t think he’s the only one who ends up having problems with the way housing selection works; I spoke with a friend who has a freshman daughter there this year and she is pulling her hair out with trying to get her housing straight for next year.</p>
<p>Teach your loved one some plumbing skills before (s)he heads to college. Once the word that your son/daughter has this valuable skill is spread out, your loved one will be in a very high demand :)</p>
<p>In one year, one of DS’s suitemates had this skill. From time to time, he helped fixing things. It is not that the school won’t help fix things. But if your suite happens to have a handyman, everything broken could be fixed more quickly. (Not only he is good at fixing thingd, but also he always keeps the room super clean.)</p>
<p>For another suitmate, not only he did not help keep the common area clean, but also he very often did not flush the toilet after use. Yuck! Toward the end of that year, almost nobody wanted to have him in their group next year. A rumor about him was that he said he did not have time to help clean the common area when it was his turn to clean it. However, he had a plenty of time to study.</p>
<p>A part of the problem for many students is that their parents take care of them extremely well before college and many of them do not have the skills to live alone. It is a growing up experience for many of them when they need to survive by themselves without the parents or a maid around. Some could learn it after some time; but some could not. (A joke was a student said to her suitemates: I have never done this kind of job in my whole life, and I really do not want to do this now.)</p>
<p>I forgot that housing was being done–I don’t know what our kid is doing…
We skyped for 10 min today to catch up on something and kiddo didn’t even mention it.</p>
<p>Kiddo and the roommate are in a double and were staying together and going to add too/join others for whatever was open at the RC.</p>
<p>I believe each college has their draws on different dates. My son is at Morse and their draw doesn’t start until next week. Seniors on Monday, Juniors on Wednesday and Sophomores on Friday. The only draws they have this week is tonight for Swing Space and Penthouse Doubles.</p>
<p>I wonder how everyone feels about Sex Week at Yale? I mean seriously? A ‘deep throat’ demonstration on a banana? A sex therapist giving a talk that includes bullet points such as ‘anal adventures’? A talk by the founder of Babeland Sex Toys? I’m not so comfortable with this and I wonder how others feel. Does this topic warrant its own forum?</p>
<p>No one will force your kid to go to any of the Sex Week events, and many students pay no attention to them at all. From inside reports, most Yale students are having much less sex than their parents imagine.</p>
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Thanks to the 36 credits graduation requirement and all the core education courses need to be taken at Yale! (and that all the AP acceleration credits are essentially useless for most students who do not want to graduate early.)</p>
<p>YDN (or some other campus newspaper) once reported that many Yalies complained that they have too much work and too little sex 
But for many parents, even one incidence of sex adventure is too much for their child.</p>
<p>Well, I’m not sure the workload is the explanation, but maybe it’s part of it.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that if you keep your kid from going to Yale because of the possibility he or she will have sex there, you’re really going to be limited in terms of finding other top schools where they will be significantly less likely to indulge. Just because other schools may not have a “Sex Week,” don’t fool yourself.</p>
<p>If you’re worried about your son or daughter having sex at college I suggest the convent or the seminary. ;)</p>
<p>We are very conservative and were concerened about the whole infamous week and the issues etc. It lacks real educational qualitites/learning integrity etc. I wish they’d ban it. There were several great articles in the YDN about it.</p>
<p>FWIW, our student was far too busy with classes, a varsity sport and so on to take note of it. </p>
<p>It seems to be a very small desperate (sex week) group that puts it on/participates.</p>
<p>From what I have seen on our student’s FB pics, our kid is not lonely for friends and social life. …gosh it semes everyone in the pics is VERY good looking and having a great time!!
I don’t know about the private life, and don’t want too…</p>
<p>That said, the debased activities of “the week” seemed to go by unnoticed by most.</p>
<p>Sex Week events include those that are just for entertainment as well as those that are educational. Many are both.</p>
<p>It is a small, but not desperate, group that puts it on. Many students “participate” in that many students go to at least one event during the week.</p>
<p>Your child’s private life is probably more “debased” than the events held during Sex Week. I also don’t want to speculate why you are assessing the attractiveness of your child’s friends.</p>
<p>Wish “they’d” ban it? Sorry fogfog, you seem to have a rather odd idea about the whole point of a college education. There was an alternative event going on, called “true love” week as I recall, and my daughter went to at least one of their events, and thought that the sex week events were more intellectually valuable than the alternative, which seemed to have exactly one point of view. Hey back when I went to Swarthmore in the dark ages we had a similar extra-curricular seminar series. And I even participated in it.</p>
<p>Yale just banned fall rush for fraternities. That will have a much bigger impact on debauchery than banning Sex Week would.</p>
<p>As far as “assessing” looks–I just mean that though Yale was rated the “ugly” ivy—by no means are the kids I see ugly nor lonely.</p>
<p>We believe sex to be something reserved for a committed marriage NOT for “entertainment”.</p>
<p>Truly the % of those "participating " in the week is very small.</p>
<p>YMMV</p>
<p>Probably a dumb question, but is it possible for kids to get a real feel for the student body and the school “vibe” at BDD? There will be an awful lot of excited, already-committed future Bulldogs in attendance, but I imagine they will kind of travel in packs. An admissions event, wonderful as it may be, is different from real campus life. Looking back, do you parents of current Yalies think that your kids got an accurate feel and ‘read’ on Yale life at BDD? Thanks for any insights.</p>
<p>While Bulldog Days is certainly set up to sell the Yale experience, I do think that what my son experienced there was consistent with what his real experience as a student has been.</p>
<p>^ Ditto to Hunt’s response.</p>
<p>Agree with Hunt and learning…</p>