<p>Hi:</p>
<p>I’m looking for some current BC’ers to weigh in on the check in process.</p>
<p>Should we expect it to take hours? I am in a forced triple on upper and am trying to be very realistic about packing. I am sure it is a clusterf*** to some degree, but how much?</p>
<p>Are cars lined up? I have heard at other schools of people being in their cars hours early (???).</p>
<p>Any insight would be really appreciated.</p>
<p>GTCIB</p>
<p>There will be busy (later morning) and slow (later day) times. You show up in line, they send your car to your building when a spot is open, there are a dozen upperclassmen to help you unload, you move the car to a parking spot in one of the parking garages. Since it only takes 5-10 minutes to unload, it doesn’t back up too much. Now it may take several more hours to get yourself situated in the room and oriented to the facilities.</p>
<p>The residential streets around Upper campus can get very congested and the wait can be long. I would avoid arriving in the middle of the day. I believe students can start checking in on a Friday. If possible, try to come then; Saturday will certainly be more crowded.</p>
<p>BTW; Check in is on a Wednesday/Thursday 2/3 this year, football game Saturday.</p>
<p>How busy does the area around 90 STM get for upperclassmen move in?</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the input. Makes sense and gives me a rough idea of how it’s going to work.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Freshmen move in is always a disaster. My best advice - check out a map of the area before heading in. It helps to know the back roads if you have to circle around a few times.</p>
<p>What is the policy for hanging things on walls in the dorms? Are we limited to tape only or are nails permitted? What about the windows, when we visited there were some blinds that were pretty ineffective at keeping the light out, can we hang some kind of a rod? If this is posted on the bc website then please accept my apologies but I couldn’t find it.</p>
<p>Hey My son is getting ready to start his soph year at BC. He lived on Upper last year. Moving him in actually went very smoothly. We went early afternoon the first day (after a run to Target for some essentials). We actually practiced getting to the upper gate entry the night before because I was a little confused with the one way street. There are plenty of people out helping direct traffic. I then went back to Target at least twice (haha) in the two days I was there and had no problem getting in to Upper and parking in front of his dorm to drop stuff off. Be sure to take photos and posters for the walls :)</p>
<p>You can’t hang nails on the walls, unfortunately. I think tape is allowed.</p>
<p>besides drop-off and room setup, are they any specific activities for the parents? Or, is it just drop and go?</p>
<p>There aren’t any organized parents activities to speak of - that was during orientation and will happen at Parent’s Weekend. I wouldn’t have had time anyway - what with moving in, going to Target 3-4 times, helping him get his books, meeting roommates/roommate parents/RA,etc. Some parents that live close by just dropped off and left. I stayed to make sure he had everything (see Target comment) and left the next night.</p>
<p>I don’t think there are any planned activities for parents during move in. There is the football game that weekend and Parents’ weekend is the last weekend in September. I highly recommend that you attend that weekend and make your hotel reservations now. Boston is crowded during the fall. Also remember that September 1st is the big changeover time in Boston with regards to apartments, so be patient with respect to traffic and double parking.</p>
<p>We just moved our son into Newton early due to his commitment to the Marching Band.
The walls are mostly painted cinderblock so there was no way to use nails. </p>
<p>I did buy that special tape you see advertised that is supposed to come off easily. Let you know how that works in the spring.</p>
<p>The traditional double is 18 feet wide by 11 feet deep with each side of the room a mirror of the other. So you come into the room, and on the right is a closet with a double rod, small cabinet that can be padlocked, bed raised to about 32inches (high enough that we put the refrigerator under it; a two drawer stacking drawer from Bed Bath and Beyond, and his hamper), 5 drawer chest, and desk and wooden chair. The end of the room has two windows with a shade. Also there a bookcase hung on the wall above the desk. There is a mirror on the back of the door.</p>
<p>The rooms are also carpeted. Pretty nasty.</p>
<p>The student’s Eagle card provides access to the building; he/she will receive the numbers for the cominbation to the room and bathrooms.</p>
<p>Good luck class of 2013!</p>
<p>thanks. But, definitely won’t be attending Parent’s weekend given the cost to travel from the left coast and timing (3 weeks after drop-off seems rather silly to me, particularly since it was four weeks since orientation…)</p>
<p>Since you are in a forced triple I hope you know that not all the beds are “equal.” If you want good dibs, you might want to go early.</p>
<p>I believe last year there was a line at 8am on the first day, but the number of people moving in drops off dramatically in the afternoon and second day.</p>