<p>Just to clarify my last post, a number of things to think about:</p>
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<li><p>Not a great way to start the year with a new roommate; no one is going to want their roommate's parent(s) staying with them the FIRST FEW days of college, but they won't want to start a fight over it either, it will just be awkward either way</p></li>
<li><p>SO much stuff will be going on, in dorms and otherwise, and you will only feel restricted by your parent(s) knowing where you're going, when you're coming back, if you were partying, etc... which is the antithesis of college independence</p></li>
<li><p>Everyone will be hanging out in rooms at night, going around trying to make friends, people would probably not want to be hanging out with someone's dad and you might feel isolated at a terrible time to feel that way</p></li>
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<p>Just consider these kinds of things before deciding.</p>
<p>As a parent who has dropped off three kids at college , I sympathize with the costs for your father to stay in a hotel. But it is in no way appropriate for him to stay in the dorm - he would make the other students on the hall (let alone your poor roommate) very uncomfortable.</p>
<p>Having done the Northwestern drop-off, I can tell you there is no need for your dad to stay more than one day. If you have to arrive the night before because of travel plans, find a cheaper hotel on the outskirts of Chicago. Try Skokie, Des Plaines or even the hotels around O'Hare Airport. That's only a 20+ minute drive to campus (if you leave early enough to avoid rush hour.)</p>
<p>You can unload the car in an hour or two. You can set up your room while your dad picks up last-minute items. There are orientation sessions for parents in the afternoon that kids don't attend. And starting the first evening, you have dorm and other meetings which parents are not invited to. </p>
<p>When I dropped off my son, we were done with his dorm room by 11 a.m. I grabbed some sandwiches for both of us in town and then spent the afternoon at the parents' orientation sessions at Norris. I was able to take my son out for a quick, early dinner. We said goodbye as he headed to his 7 pm meeting. I went back to my hotel and got on the road first thing the next morning. </p>
<p>It's meant to be a quick separation - like pulling off a band-aid. You would be uncomfortable having your dad tagging along and he would feel out of place with no other parents bunking in.</p>
<p>i went to a program over the summer in china and we got to stay in 2 man hotel rooms. it was bigger than a dorm but my friend's dad had to sleep over for 2 nights. and omg, it was the most awkward thing ever. i felt like i had no freedom, even more restricted than if my own parents were there. </p>
<p>yea it was just a bad experience over all. i was so glad when he left...only to find that he had washed all of our underwear and hung it out the 10 story building for drying.</p>
<p>From the overwhelming consensus, I'll tell my dad to stay at an hotel, although I had told him he could stay in my dorm.</p>
<p>Unless my dad rents a car, I won't be using one, because we are flying in to O'hare a day before move-in. Since my dad works outside the US, he will be staying an extra day or two before he departs.</p>
<p>@gaffe
my dad stayed in my room one night because his flight was early in the AM the next day. However, i lived in a single. If your dad wants to stay a while it might be a little weird unless you're good friends with your hallmates (which i assume you won't be yet). My mom stayed in the dorms during senior week this year, but it was ok since i was living with friends and we had extra rooms.</p>
<p>Generally i'd say if you have a parent who wants to stay, clear it with those who live with/around you first.</p>
<p>so, my worried parents were wondering,
if, during the spring and winter breaks, you had to pack ALL your stuff and empty the dorm? or do you just have to be off campus?
i didn't think you had to pack all your stuff and clear the dorm, but my parents weren't convinced for some reason :)</p>
<p>There is a club fair, though many clubs will start advertising well before that. </p>
<p>As for cliquiness, it definitely depends on the club. Some will be by application only to get "in" on the club- basically being on the executive board, but others are just group things, and regardless, if you help out with events you'll generally endear yourself to the club. In my experience clubs have been very friendly and been after new members. </p>
<p>Obviously performance groups are a bit different- A capella groups and the Improv groups are definitely very cliquey and based entirely on auditions. Though its better with improv.</p>
<p>What would be a typical position on a wait list where one could still have a good chance of getting into a class? Once a class has a wait list, is it impossible to get into?</p>
<p>That always depends on the class and the teacher. If the teacher plans on letting 2 extra kids in, the first day s/he will go through the waitlist and start reading names. If no one shows up but you, you could be 15, 20, whatever and still get in-- and lots of times people don't show. Or you could try to get in without a waitlist and just email the teacher with the hopes of getting a permission number. This has happened to me a bunch of times.</p>
<p>I will add to dlfeish, it helps to both add yourself to the waitlist AND email the professor. And if you know anybody who knows the professor and likes you, especially faculty and administration, play those cards too. Probably not necessary for your run of the mill class, but some are too good to risk :)</p>
<p>1.can any students comment on summer storage? what do you normally do?</p>
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<li>is it possible to rent mini-fridges through northwestern? would you recommend this option or is it better to just purchase one yourself?</li>
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<li><p>Summer storage is handled through external private companies generally. It's pretty easy to arrange.</p></li>
<li><p>Not through NU, and it's generally not much more expensive to buy one than it is to rent. If you're gonna be storing things over the summer anyway...</p></li>
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<p>Hey guys..I have been assigned 'Intellectual Property in the Informative Age' as my freshman seminar. However, I have not yet been contacted by my peer or faculty advisor as of now, whereas some other freshmen have been contacted by both. Also, I have not yet received the book-Reluctant mr. Darwin which again has been received by other freshman.
Is there someone else in the same situation or should I contact NU about the same? If yes, which office should I contact?</p>