<p>Very interesting topic. I had never really thought about it when my older son was at school and I don't think there was the option to do your own wash. Everyone sent their laundry out. Now I've checked the website and I see that the fee is mandatory. I wonder what would happen if you asked to have that waived and just had your kid bring their laundry home on the w/e's?? (as I know my son will be home most w/e's, with the exception of closed w/e's, his first couple of years).</p>
<p>How often is the laundry picked up and what is the turn around time?</p>
<p>Probably about 2-3 days. Last year I believe our s said that the laundry was picked up on Monday and returned on Thursday.</p>
<p>All teenagers, boys and girls, should learn to do their own laundry. They can be taught how to separate clothes and use laundry detergent products in 10 minutes and once they get the hang of taking the stuff out of the dryer and hanging it on hangars right away, it's a no brainer. Every BS student has time on the weekend to do laundry. And then they can do it at home too. They're supposed to be learning responsiblity and independence and time management. Laundry is the perfect exercise.</p>
<p>It's really not that hard and timely! I've been doing my own landry since I was 10. If you care about hygiene and take showers daily, I'm sure you it won't be torture doing landry once or twice a week.</p>
<p>You'd be surprised how many brilliant kids are clueless about simple things like laundry and cooking.</p>
<p>A former roommate of my college roomates was a very bright student. A 4.0 Chemical Engineering Student who earned several patents while working summer internships almost set their apartment on fire because it didn't occur to him to remove the plastic wrapper from the frozen pizza before putting it in the oven. D'oh!</p>
<p>Hahahaha. My old science teacher was an amazing teacher with a Phd and she didn't know how to cook.</p>
<p>my friend goes to Choate and she says they have to do laundry themselves.</p>
<p>ahh prepparent07, welcome!
^.^ always great to get more kids at exeter
is he/she coming for experience exeter?</p>
<p>here, most kids sign up for E&R laundry, where you send it in and it comes back in 2 days. but every dorm has a couple machines, so you also have the option of doing your own</p>
<p>umm E&R is a fairly decent service, things come back clean (yay). most kids do have a couple stories about losing stuff (i think i might've lost a couple socks, who knows) and some have had things damaged (i've heard of only 1 or 2 incidents this year). but E&R are good about it, and you can get refunded for your clothes.</p>
<p>REAlly? when i went to visit choate they sad that they have the option to use laundry service or not.</p>
<p>@ helenmelon: If clz' friend's parents are tightwads like I am, then -- despite the fact that CHOATE gives students a laundry service option -- it's not hard to imagine my son at Choate and still having to do his own laundry, like it or not. The parents have the option, but after it all shakes out, some students may not get the option. Capice? You need to go by what Choate tells you...well your PARENTS need to go by what Choate tells them. You need to go by what your parents tell you. (Moral: Be wonderful to your parents if you don't want to spend free time using coin-operated machines.)</p>
<p>hmm well from my experience, new kids at exeter are hard pressed to find a good free hour, so it might be necessary if you're very active.</p>
<p>I'd actually rather do it the old way- coin-operated machines rather than laundry service. :)</p>