<p>fogfog, DS used to be an UG at Yale, but a grad student now, which means he has lost the privilege of living in a residential college and eating the food in a residential college. I heard the food at Marigold is not as nice, and the food will be weighed to determine how much it will cost. (The atheletes who eat more than the average will be in “money trouble.”)</p>
<p>Be grateful when yours is still a UG there. Yale indeed takes care of UG students very well because they are not quite a “young adult” yet. DS heard of a “funny” story from the other side: Some non-UG students who worked in a research lab once complained to DS that, while they have some concerned about whether they will continue to have drinking water being provided, a RC has a water fall/beach. DS needed to explain to them that the water fall is really a tiny one. They probably imagined that Yale built a delux one like the one you would see at Disney World for the UG students to enjoy.</p>
<p>Regarding “will negotiate these issues well…being a young adult…”, well, hopefuly, you will be able to “cut the cord” better than I do when it is time for you to do so. It takes some time for a helicopter parent to get off the helicopter :)</p>