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1901

<p>My mail confusion continues and grows. </p>

<p>Can anyone differentiate and define overlap between the following?
-Residential College street address (for UPS)
-Residential College PO Box address that parents of freshmen were just mailed
-Yale Station PO Box that must be applied and paid for</p>

<p>I just received a parent mailing informing me of my kid’s RC specifics (College Affiliation, College Master, etc). There is a line that says:</p>

<p>“Residential College Mailing Address: P.O. Box XXXXXX, New Haven CT 06520-9088”</p>

<p>However, the Yale Handbook has this:
“In order to receive mail on campus, all students are required by U.S. postal regulations to have a U.S. post office box. You can apply on line for a post office box at <a href=“http://www.usps.com;%5B/url%5D”>www.usps.com;</a> see yalecollege.yale.edu/ content/mail-and-shipping for detailed instructions. . . . There is no direct delivery by U.S. mail to Yale buildings, so do not include the street address of your residential college or dormitory on packages sent by U.S. mail. All letters and packages to your post office box should be addressed according to the sample below:
Your Name Yale University Your P.O. Box Number New Haven, ct 06520
Letters and packages sent by U.S. mail can be picked up at the Yale Station post office, 206 Elm Street, during regular operating hours.”</p>

<p>Is the P.O. Box # we were given in the mailing (which they called the “Residential College Mailing Address”) the same thing as the “U.S. post office box” that the handbook says the student must apply online for? So is it NOT necessary to apply online for this after all? I tried going to the web page listed in the handbook,yalecollege.yale.edu/ content/mail-and-shipping, but it’s not a functioning page. </p>

<p>Found this page, though, through another link: [Mail</a> and Shipping | Yale College](<a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/mail-and-shipping]Mail”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/mail-and-shipping)</p>

<p>It says, in order to get a PO Box at Yale Station: </p>

<p>“Complete an online application at <a href=“http://www.usps.com%5B/url%5D”>www.usps.com</a>
Click on Manage Your Mail
Click on Reserve or Renew a Post Office Box
Click on Get Started
Under Search by ZIP Code enter 06520 – Click Search, and apply under:
Yale Station
206 Elm Street
New Haven CT 06511
Select Size #1 and click on either the option payment for 6 months at $29 or 12 Months at $58. – Click Continue
Under New to USPS.com, click on Sign Up Now to set up your online account.”</p>

<p>Which makes it seem like students DO have to apply online for PO Boxes. (and pay for them)</p>

<p>Thanks for any clarification.</p>

1902

<p>This sounds great, mimk6! I am thinking of handling the move similarly since we are also flying in with limited luggage. From what I understand, BBB will just hold everything you pick out at home and then you can decide at the CT store what is needed.</p>

1903

<p>Just noticed that the company selling linens to Yalies will deliver sheets to campus on Saturday the 25th. Could be awkward if you plan to sleep on them on Friday.
Has anybody found reasonable dorm insurance to cover electronics? I wasn’t going to bother till my D drowned her new ipod touch 2 weeks after getting it. She can be ruthless… Or something.</p>

1904

<p>Renters insurance will not cover phones or mp3 players. USAA, however has a great policy that will cover virtually everything else with reasonable premium and deductible. The great thing about it is that it is an all risk policy, so if one drops their lap top and destroys it, its covered!</p>

1905

<p>

That is correct.</p>

1906

<p>Any thoughts on whether the micro fridges that Yale rents are large enough for 6 suitemates to share?</p>

1907

<p>Thanks, Bulldog!</p>

1908

<p>My daughter shared her rental with 6, it got a little full at times but that was mainly because they weren’t great about emptying it when needed. Rules are usually made but keeping up with it is needed if you have “hoarders” who can’t throw out anything. : ) It should be fine.</p>

1909

<p>Thanks Debruns! This leads me to another question. Is there a grocery store near campus where student can pick up milk/cream, small boxes of cereal and yogurt (for example)?</p>

1910

<p>You might want to peruse this link. Durfee’s is a convenience store that carries many items.</p>

<p>[Where</a> to eat, Dining: Yale University](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/dining/locations/durfee.html]Where”>http://www.yale.edu/dining/locations/durfee.html)</p>

1911

<p>Durfees is one, Gourmet Heaven is another around campus but pricey.
[Gourmet</a> Heaven - Home Page](<a href=“http://www.gourmetheaven.com/]Gourmet”>http://www.gourmetheaven.com/)</p>

<p>There are also many Walgreens drugstores around campus and they sell milk, groceries, things like that.</p>

1912

<p>My son will be a freshman in Silliman and I wanted to know what the policy is regarding microwaves in the suite/room? I remember on a tour there was a kitchen in the basement of Silliman but I don’t remember if there is a microwave. Also, another parent indicated that her son’s dorm had laundry machines that automatically dispensed detergent. Is anyone familiar with this?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

1913

<p>Microwaves are not allowed in the dorms. That said, many students have small 700-watt microwaves in their rooms and hide them prior to a scheduled inspection and during winter and spring breaks. Not aware of the washers that dispense detergent.</p>

1914

<p>Thanks, Gibby.</p>

1915

<p>They have some “green” machines that do that, but my daughter likes unscented detergent so with certain things, she used other machines.</p>

<p>This was the original article on it:
<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2007/feb/15/laundry-may-go-green-in-fall/[/url]”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2007/feb/15/laundry-may-go-green-in-fall/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

1916

<p>Microwaves are not allowed in the rooms. That said, they sell microwaves in the campus bookstore. Most rooms have one; they get hidden for the inspections. You didn’t hear this from me :)</p>

1917

<p>

The number you were given is the PO Box number for the Master’s Office–that is, for the RC administration. It is not the student’s PO Box number–that you have to apply for.</p>

1918

<p>See: [Yale</a> University Mail Service](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/campusmail/StudentMail.htm]Yale”>http://www.yale.edu/campusmail/StudentMail.htm) and <a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/mail-and-shipping[/url]”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/mail-and-shipping&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

1919

<p>Thank you so much Hunt, for clarifying.</p>

<p>gibby, I have definitely been all over those websites, as well as the Handbook and the paper mailings. Thus my confusion.</p>

<p>I believe I have it sorted out now?</p>

<p>For US Mail: sign up for a Yale PO box.</p>

<p>For mailing something to the RC administration: use that PO box address we were provided in the mailing</p>

<p>For UPS packages (not during move in, but during the rest of the year): use RC street address, even when kid is a freshman & not living there</p>

<p>For Amazon prime: use dual address as described by CCparent in post 1850 (a combo of RC street address & Yale PO box)</p>

<p>Yes? And thanks very much to all for the help.</p>

1920

<p>Our student didn’t own a microwave…and never had use for one.
Food is readily available at dining halls and when it isn’t the kids enjoy Pepe’s, Sally’s, G Heavan etc…</p>

<p>The article for the washers is from 2007.
I know our student did laundry in Bingham…and bought detergent at Walmart.</p>