<p>My daughter tells us she needs to be out of the dorm by 10 a.m. Wednesday.
I sense she expects us to pick her up Wednesday morning and is making other plans for Tuesday night.</p>
<p>What is move-out like? A mad house like move-in? Will we be able to drive up to the dorm? What time should we be getting to campus in order to get her out by 10, assuming she is packed (she probably won’t be) and all we have to do is make a few trips to the car to load it up? Will we need to wait in a line to get the car onto campus?</p>
<p>And what if 10 o’clock comes and we’re still moving out? Will she turn into a pumpkin?</p>
<p>No advice but we’re wondering too. Will be loading up this weekend though our D will stay through Tuesday. Bringing our vacuum! Hoping it is less hectic than moving in but still anticipating crowds. Wednesday might be easier since many parents cannot come mid- week.</p>
<p>Your daughters may surprise you. But I don’t know how hectic it is as my daughter just packs her stuff in boxes provided by the UPS store. Gets them pickup by UPS for storage during the summer then takes a taxi to the airport. I guess there are some advantages to being 5,000 miles away!</p>
<p>Yep, we were a UPS store family too. So convenient! Now she has an apartment so she will keep her stuff there while she’s goes to her summer internship. So, I have no idea about move out. I would suspect that it isn’t as hectic as move-in, as everyone is staggered by finals dates, etc. People kind of trickle out over the last week or so.</p>
<p>Another UPS storage fan here–and now that she’s graduating, D will be shipping home her possessions via UPS. The round trip drive seems much more daunting than it was four years ago (could that possibly have something to do with mom and dad being four years older?), so we are traveling there and back by train, and D will pack and ship everything that doesn’t fit in a suitcase. But even if you are traveling by car, I highly recommend storing bulky items, linens, towels, winter clothing, and anything else not needed at home during the summer rather than dragging them back and forth. A lot of that can be done in advance, making move-out day much simpler. UPS will re-deliver wherever/whenever you tell them to. We had one bad experience with them at the start of D’s sophomore year, when they “lost” her boxes for a couple of days and she had to borrow sheets and such from her roommate, but after that it was smooth sailing.</p>
<p>hey so I’m moving out in like an hour haha and it’s a lot more chill compared to moving in. It will be extremely helpful if your daughter has the majority of her stuff packed because if she does I would say leaving would take at maximum 1 hour. There isn’t also too many lines outside so I think you should be fine!</p>
<p>I expect that move-out will be more staggered (and therefore less chaotic) than move-in, since students have been instructed to leave within 24 hours after their last exam. I’m going to be really disappointed if it turns out I’m wrong about that.</p>
<p>Moved out today around 3 and though there were many cars parked in front of the dorms, we got a nearby spot and all went well. Much easier than moving in except that things were not as carefully packed so our minivan is stuffed. D and friends seemed a bit sad about the end of freshman year.</p>
<p>I’m hoping it will be less hectic than move-in (although we had help from some upperclassman at move-in, which I don’t expect this time). My son did inform me that there is a sign up by the curb in front of Hughes giving a time limit of 30 minutes to park in front of the dorm. After that, I guess you would have to park in the Katzen garage or Nebraska Ave lot ($2 per hour).</p>
<p>Moved out today, in the pouring rain. Lots of cars parked in front of Hughes when we got there, but we were able to find one parking space. Altogether it took us an hour to move everything out, and it really was not stressful at all (except for the rain). My son said that today (Tuesday) was the busiest move-out day so far. Not sure if tomorrow will be quieter, but it’s possible.</p>