<p>D was an OWL for Lincoln and she said it went pretty quickly. How were your experiences? Here’s ours:</p>
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<p>For such a large university, I thought move-in was seamless. Everything was very organized. We arrived at 8am at the Schott and were the first one's at the dorm desk...everything went quickly from there. Considering we drove in from OOS the night before (6 hours) I think we had the fastest turnaround possible. We headed back home after saying goodbye (also no tears...is that good or bad?) at noon. Four hours from start to finish! I am thinking of him constantly and wondering if he is doing alright. Don't want to call or text too much just yet....such a parental quandry!</p>
<p>Our move-in went well, too. We arrived at the Schott at 9 am. Didn't take long to get through the line. When we arrived at Taylor Tower, the OWLs were right there to take everything upstairs (two loads). My daughter's 3 roommates had arrived on Friday as part of their learning community. They were really sweet and welcomed my daughter and then left so we had plenty of room to get unpacked. We went out for pizza, then came back to the room and called the roommates so they could come back. Lots of kids were hanging out in the room already (since so many of them had arrived on Friday), so we said quick goodbyes to our daughter and left. There were no tears on either side. I was happy and excited for her. I hope I'll feel this way tomorrow.</p>
<p>D move-in went very smooth. We arrived on Thursday (also an OWL). I was expecting numerous trips to and from the truck to unload all her things, but they were standing there with those wonderful carts and within 5 minutes all her belongings were at her room. H and I helped her unload the carts then it was time for parents to leave so they could have a quick meeting. There were also no tears on either side. </p>
<p>Prior to move-in we ate at a sports place called Champps. It is at the opposite end where Target is. The food was great and very reasonable. </p>
<p>Got a call from her today with the cost of her textbooks (ouch) now I have something to really cry about LOL.</p>
<p>Move-in was smooth as silk. Very impressive indeed. No tears from my S, but the wife and I weren't so lucky. We waited until the ride home though. I guess we were the only ones....</p>
<p>Penniless, I'm waiting for a delayed reaction. </p>
<p>I was shocked that I wasn't crying yesterday because I've been so weepy all summer. On Friday my co-workers were all gving me words of wisdom and telling me to hang in there. Won't they be shocked today when they hear I didn't cry. Kind of scares me a little bit . . .</p>
<p>We went early too. We we at the Schott by 8am and there was no line at the Lincoln table. We had just a 5-10 minute wait to get to the dorm. It took about 30 seconds to unload the car with all the OWLs that were present. Overall, pretty impressive.</p>
<p>We even had one OWL offered to carry down one box and a suitcase all 20 floors, since the elevators could have been a long wait.</p>
<p>Great to hear that everyone's move went well. I always make it a rule to stay as far away from campus as humanly possible on Move-in day =)</p>
<p>Sounds like everyone is getting settled in for what will most likely be the best four years of your kid's life. My mom always just said that she would wait for me to call her unless it was an emergency...and I stuck to usually have a good, long conversation with her at least once a week (though, even as a senior, I still called her after I got my grade back on EVERY test I took)</p>
<p>One thing that I've been reading is the cost of textbooks...I know it sounds like a real pain...but I STRONGLY advise buying textbooks online. Nearly every book you need is online and typically, significantly cheaper. Fall quarter last year, my books were going to cost me about $300 in the bookstores (there were hardly any used copies available). I went to amazon.com and bought them all for about $110. </p>
<p>Same goes with selling books. Bookstores are TERRIBLE about giving you a reasonable sell-back price on your books. I ALWAYS sell my on amazon.com, and I make exponentially more than trying to sell back to the bookstore.</p>
<p>Convocation is today for all the new freshmen, hope their day goes well!</p>
<p>My son checked in at Nosker. The move in followed the same profile as everything else since the first contact with OSU:Professional, warm and enthusiastic! So far we couldn't have asked for more.</p>
<p>osufunguy, I hope you're out there today. I appreciate your post about the books. When we attended orientation in early July, one of the dads in our group recommended to everyone to wait until the first day of classes to buy books because professors sometimes change books or clarify if something is required (vs. recommended). </p>
<p>When my daughter arrived yesterday, her three roommates already had their books (as they had arrived Friday and all went to the bookstore together). I could see the look of panic in her eyes as she saw this. I told her we would take care of this--not to worry. </p>
<p>My question to you is this--is it too late to buy them on line for fall quarter? If it's not, is amazon.com your recommendation if you buy online? Thanks for the help!</p>
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<p>Hey there, good morning! Now this advice is coming from someone who graduated (and by his last quarter, questioned buying books at all).</p>
<p>There are a couple options for this:</p>
<p>1) If she buys her books right now online, she'll probably get them by early next week, which typically isn't a BIG deal, but it might be for a freshman that is already nervous about getting behind in classes (sometimes, I wouldn't get my book until the second/third week of classes)</p>
<p>2) She can browse a bit. Compare prices at the bookstore to online. If there's only a $5 difference...is it really worth it to wait for them to be sent to you? (Especially because the cheapest books typically come from another college student who is just selling theirs online)</p>
<p>3) Now this might sound extreme, but bear with me...She can buy her books from the bookstore...AND buy her books online, that way if she wants to make sure she can stay caught up...the bookstores typically give FULL refunds if the book is returned by the third week of class. She could buy the books at the bookstore, read those (make sure not to make any highlights or anything), then once she gets her books from online, trade her bookstore books BACK to the bookstore.</p>
<p>I know it sounds really complicated, but I did it many many times. If your D would feel more comfortable just buying her books from a bookstore for fall quarter, it's not a big deal. I assure you she'll start calming down after that first quarter. Like I said, my last year here, I had basically had all my professors before, so I knew if I needed the book or not. A really good question to ask (I've found) the professor on the first day is, "Are your tests based on lectures, book, or both?" If they say, "All my tests are based on lectures," I'm probably not coughing up $75 for the book.</p>