<p>In new york - d received blue book Monday</p>
<p>I think the Blue Book arrived here in FL on Monday as well.</p>
<p>Really well done. Full of information, but Iāve only had a chance to give it the once over.</p>
<p>Our Blue Book arrived on Sat and by Monday my S was already signed up with his roommate and picked a meal plan. Very easy and quick!</p>
<p>West coast got the Blue Book on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Purpleacorn-- I love the students who post in the parentās forum! Maybe we will meet you at Parentsā Weekend. Just wear a name tag āPurpleacornā and you will be surprised how many parents know you! ;)</p>
<p>Has anyone ever ordered any bedding from the campus store? It looks like a great deal for the price but I donāt know if the quality is really poor and Iāll have to replace in a year. Then itās not worth it but it sure is convenient and since I have a son who doesnāt really care to pick out each item himself as my 2 daughters did I was wondering if anyone else has experience with it.</p>
<p>In NJ here and ours arrived on Saturday. Still wrapped up with APās and other stuff here, so heāll look at it more thoroughly very soon (I hope!).</p>
<p>@Kelowna-Yes, āXLā is extra long. Target carries that size, as well. (In Durham, Bed Bath & Beyond and Target are in opposite directions.)</p>
<p>I donāt know if I want to out myself like thatā¦ Iāve got the Blue Book in Dallas, but not the catalog yet.</p>
<p>@garetville-Iām not familiar with the quality of the campus storeās bedding. However, since Central (where most upperclassmen are housed) have quite a few apartments will full size beds, we had to purchase new bedding for my D at Junior year.</p>
<p>Hey parents, are you going with your admitted students to orientation? What if you have to fly?</p>
<p>Got the Blue Book on Wednesday here, in the flyover country 
Now off to clean my full mailbox! Sorry guys, we will be able to communicate soonā¦</p>
<p>@Mandoggy - yes I am planning to be there for the first two days, and I am flying in (probably a week after my Dukeā17 DS who has mandatory pre-orientation camp.)
I am originally from Europe, and since my other kid does not plan on studying in the US, this is my only chance to experience convocation and all the excitement of starting a college here. They do not bother with stuff like that in Europe 
Looking forward to it!</p>
<p>We are all going for move-in! Wouldnāt miss it. And we are all flying in from CA. Iām thinking of going a day early with DS to shop and have my husband come for move-in and parent stuff only.</p>
<p>I went through the Duke stores catalog. We will definitely buy several things from there. Do we really need the mattress cover and mattress pad? I was thinking of only getting the egg crate pad.</p>
<p>I think DS will also get his new computer through the tech dept. Does anyone know if Pratt lists someplace computer requirements, software, etc? </p>
<p>Wow, itās really happening! That Blue Book is sure packed full of things to think about and do!</p>
<p>Our Blue Book has still not arrived here in SoCal. </p>
<p>On another note, we have already purchased our plane tickets for move-in, but only planning on staying for the first day of orientation. Iām pretty sure my daughter will be shooing us out the doorā¦ :)</p>
<p>LAMom-- from a schedule I caught last year, the first day of orientation is mostly move-in things, along with some other things; the second day is a lot of the info session/convocation. The schedule is here, from last year, and the parentsā schedule starts on page 15. Iām guessing it wonāt change significantly?</p>
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<p>And it looks good , too :)</p>
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<p>I just went to make plane reservations for move-in, and I realized that I donāt know what to do for the ticket for my who who is actually attending Duke. Are you buying a one-way on Southwest or are you booking the return for Thanksgiving? Help. Iām not ready for this!!!</p>
<p>Oops. For my <em>son</em></p>
<p>We will probably buy return for Christmas. Not planning on flying him in for Thanksgiving since we will be there in October. I donāt have the date for his camp yet so canāt book the flight :(</p>
<p>For those thinking about flying your D or S home for Thanksgiving, keep a couple things in mind. </p>
<p>It is a nightmare time to travel, we flew my D home last year at Thanksgiving and she had a miserable return travel experience on Sunday. Like several of you on here we are in CA so itās a fairly long trip. </p>
<p>We will not fly my D home this year for Thanksgiving. Looking at the Academic calendar for next year (itās in your Bluebook), Thanksgiving comes very late this year. There is only 1 week of classes after Thanksgiving and then a few days reading period and then finals andā¦of course winter break. So, they basically would be flying home again 2-2 and half weeks after returning from Thanksgiving break. Kelowna has it right from my perspectiveā¦go to parents weekend and then fly your kiddo home for winter break!!!</p>
<p>I am so glad that seasoned parents are joining this thread!</p>