<p>Im going to book a flight for christmas. Is it the norm to leave the day of your last final and return a day or so before class resumes or what?</p>
<p>there really is no "normal" - leave whenever you want (as long as its before the required move-out date). Yes, most people leave the day of their last final and return a few days before the new quarter begins, but it really varies. Don't assume there's any one right way to do things.</p>
<p>The distribution for Christmas check-out times is very wide among students, but people who live in nearby SoCal tend to leave the earliest. I book the date for my flight home for as late as possible, i.e. the evening before the day the dorms close - it maximizes my time to unwind and stay up until 5:00 AM playing computer games.</p>
<p>so if my last final is the 13th and i wanna fly home the 14th...i may not have a check out date till the 17th? when do they release these check out dats cuz i needa book a flight</p>
<p>you can check out whenever you want lol - its not like move-in which starts on a certain date. Some people (lucky sons of.... ) finish like the first day of finals week, and they move out that day, or earlier.</p>
<p>The last day they'll allow you to stay in your dorm usually is by noon of the very last day of finals week (unless you have a finals that day, then its extended to some time that night). But that's only the latest you can stay- no one is holding you back from leaving any earlier.</p>