<p>My daughter signed up for the Service Co-curricular program and it says it runs from Aug 25th through 27th. Do you know when she would move in? Would it be the morning of the 25th or would it be on the 24th? I'd like to figure out when we will be driving to DC. Thanks!</p>
<p>well she should have gotten an email or something telling her of her move-in date because thats pretty important bc gw clears certain students to move in early for various reasons and so the key depot (where u pick up ur room key) gets all of this info to give out keys to those selected students. however, i am almost certain, actually i am positive, that her move-in will be the 24th, it would not be the same day as when she would suppose to start the program</p>
<p>I would check with the co-curricular program or with the housing office. When S did a co-curricular program 2 years ago, we moved him in on the day the program started. Students in the program met around 5pm that day to start the program. I wouldn’t trust what any of us say on this board regarding this…check with GW instead.</p>
<p>saf: I agree with shellfell. I was in the PE co-curricular program this past year, and we moved in the day before. Other programs moved in the day of. I would check with GW, and don’t be afraid to send an e-mail to the program coordinator if you still can’t find a reliable/definitive answer.</p>
<p>Good ideas! Thank you for the help.</p>
<p>To go along with saf’s question… I signed up for a co-curricular program as well and I was wondering where do we move in: our dorm room for the whole year or a specific dorm for the program? I’m hoping for the former.</p>
<p>according to the online CI “book”:
“Move in for each co-curricular program is the first date listed for each program.”</p>
<p>D will be emailing to verify that and to get more specifcs - what time, location of key pick up, etc. (although it does say that the housing program will be in touch with that info… not sure when that will be and we need to organize our travel from out of state). </p>
<p>according to the <em>last year</em> schedule for D’s selected co-curricular program (obviously that could change significantly… just using it as a tentative reference point), they don’t begin until the evening’s welcome event, so they have that day to move in - possibly. </p>
<p>according to the online FAQ’s, they move in to the dorm they will have for the year. </p>
<p>am also wondering if early move-in students will have early access to sign-out the network equipment they’ll need to sign out (equipment varies depending on dorm).</p>
<p>theinsomniac77: You will move into the dorm you are staying in for the remainder of the year.</p>
<p>1sttimemom: I’m a bit unclear as to exactly what you mean by “network equipment.” Could you specify a bit more?</p>
<p>Thank you 1sttimemom & Carly1229. I’m really looking forward to the whole experience :)</p>
<p>When my d did her co-curricular activity (community building community) she moved in the first day to her dorm room and was able to pick up the “network equipment” needed to connect her computer to the network. It was great to be able to move in early and they had stuff going on from that evening non-stop.</p>
<p>sorry - didn’t mean to be mysterious about the network equipment… i’m not up on hardware, so i’m not sure of the specific names of some of the cables, converters, hookups, etc… from what the tech website (STS?) says it seems like the equipment you need to get your computer online in the dorm depends on which dorm you’re in.</p>
<p>u dont actually need the network equipment to get conected to the internet</p>
<p>1sttimemom: Not a problem! I assume based on your further description that you were talking about computer hook-ups and the like. As PatM1401 mentioned, you don’t NEED to get an internet cable, but I would highly recommend that you do so. We have GWireless across campus, but I will admit that the connection can go in and out, and depending on where you are on campus, the reception can be pretty bad which can make loading pages slow, if the Internet doesn’t decide to just continuously re-rout you to the network homepage. I would recommend picking a cable up from the Marvin Center (they were passing them out the first few days of school this year) to use for the Internet. At the very least, it’s good to have on hand if GWireless decides to stop working efficiently at 2 AM while you’re trying to do research for a paper.</p>
<p>super - thanks so much for the tips!<br>
getting a cable to have on hand was also recommended on the tech site. </p>
<p>any differences between Mac and PC in terms of ease of network use?</p>
<p>1sttimemom: There is no discernible difference that I’m aware of. I use a PC, but many of my friends have Macs. We seem to have the same level of ease and user-friendliness in terms of accessing the network.</p>
<p>thanks carly!</p>
<p>no difference in difficulties with repairs/viruses, etc?</p>
<p>1sttimemom: Not a problem! In terms of repairs and the use of tech services, there isn’t a difference between having a PC versus having a Mac. There is a difference regarding viruses, however. Viruses have been developed for PCs, but to the best of my limited tech knowledge, have not been developed for Macs as of yet. So in that regard, Macs have better virus protection because effective viruses have yet to be developed for that software.</p>