<p>Does anyone know about how long it takes for a student in the dorms to receive a letter or package (from across the country)? A week? 2 weeks? I assume it takes longer than mailing to a residence due to sorting. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>No, same amount of time. I have ordered things online for my kids and I haven’t noticed any delay. </p>
<p>Most people at the service center are done sorting after about 5 hours of receiving the package. The really lazy ones take at most a day.</p>
<p>From Colorado, it took about 5 business days for 1st class mail. UPS shipping for a large box was usually 4 days, and Fed Ex was 2. Most of the time, if the tracking number for a package indicated that it had been delivered, D had to wait about 4-6 hours before anyone could find it. The times that she took a tracking number with her, however, they found it very quickly. Mail, cards, etc. seemed to get sorted more quickly than packages.</p>