<p>So i’ve heard that BU has some crazy rules for the dorms</p>
<pre><code> -you can’t have visitors stay with you in your dorm, unless they are approved the Thursday before the weekend they are staying
-you have to be in your OWN residence hall by 8pm
</code></pre>
<p>are these true? can anyone verify these? do the students follow them? are they enforced? how are they enforced?</p>
<p>Well, it's for good reason. BU is in a very urban area (Comm. Ave), and it's probably better to have stricter dorm rules.</p>
<p>I know visitors need to sign in or something, and there are metal detectors I believe.</p>
<p>All I know is that you don't want to be caught wandering Boston late at night.</p>
<p>There are no metal detectors.</p>
<p>You do NOT have to be in your dorm at 8.</p>
<p>The rules are pretty complicated but basically, if youre having someone stay you have to fill out a form 1 day in advance, Thursday for the weekend. You can not enter another residence hall but your own after 8; you must sign yourself in, which you can do until 12, and then you must leave by 1 (2:30 on wknds), or get a stud extension so you can stay til 7am.</p>
<p>It's not THAT bad. Just a pain in the ass. They say theyre going to change it soon.</p>
<p>They are changing and are no where near what the OP feared in her description. Check it out on BU web site under Residences sections. Lots of kids ignore the rules but if you end up with a room mate in the habit of bringing home friends on a regular basis, without notice, you'll appreciate a little strictness more. Boston is an extremely safe city. It has more to do with the size of the university and not wanting it to turn into a constant party scene. Some dorms, especially Bay St and South campus, have little if any site security so the rules are quite lax while Freshman dorms have more. Considering that most of your friends will live in the same dorm building you live in the visiting policy hardly matters.</p>
<p>"OP feared in her description."</p>
<p>I'm a guy. And thanks for all of your responses.</p>
<p>Overnight visitation requires some notice but when I stayed with my sister she was able to fill out a form for a late notice that allowed family to stay in the dorm.</p>
<p>This was also for dorming in Warren Towers, whereas other dorms may be less strict or have different requirements.</p>
<p>chrisso is right. you can go into other dorms after 8, you just have to be signed in. all these rules can be avoided anyways by borrowing other people id cards or whatever if you need to. also i think that these rules only strictly apply to certain dorms, brownstones and other upper classmen dorms are probably more lenient.</p>
<p>can girls stay in the guys dorms - mean everyone iss an adult pretty much</p>
<p>Just about to ask the same question ^^. Probably a self-explanatory answer, but my friend stayed with her boyfriend at UNC for a week on several isolated occassions…</p>
<p>My daughter said it doesn’t really matter. You should get verbal consent from a roomie for overnights, etc. This is college. Hookups, etc. happen.</p>
<p>hahaha when i was a freshman and sophomore you had to have a co-host host your guest if he was of the opposite sex, even if it was your brother. for any guest you also needed to submit for approval 2 weeks in advance of their stay. it was so ridiculous that they finally changed it, and mostly everyone there now doesn’t even know that used to be the policy. it’s totally fine now, and i actually felt extremely safe in the dorms because of the rules in place because they basically make sure that no random creeper can get into the dorms. and they’re not metal detectors they’re swipe access for your id to assure you either live in that dorm (past 8 pm) or are a student. brownstones only have swipe access for those living there, but u have the freedom of welcoming any guest in by opening the door and not getting guest passes. u just need verbal consent from your roommate.</p>
<p>This thread is really old, but so nobody is confused here is the current guest policy (from a freshman who currently lives in Warren):</p>
<p>Any BU student who lives on campus can swipe into any dorm until 2am, after that they have to be signed in by someone who lives in the dorm. </p>
<p>Guests who don’t go to BU can be signed in whenever (with restrictions during final exams).</p>
<p>Signing in (for BU and non-BU guests) just means you have to fill out a form with your name and their name and they have to leave photo id or BU id at the security booth which they pickup when they leave.</p>