Move-In Day

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<p>Actually this message may be a little early reminder for MAP to start her FAQ for incoming
freshmen (and transfers?) at NYU.</p>

<p>I just saw a picture of move in day with the long queue of students and parents in front of Founders. Is there any way of avoiding that madness on the first day? </p>

<p>Maybe have the student bring in just a suitcase and move other stuff in another day to avoid the crowds?</p>

<p>Choose certain times of the day, e.g., there is a move in slot as early as early 7 AM? Or end of the day move in? At what hour? 5 PM or therabouts?</p>

<p>Will there be time to finish moving in during Welcome Week if the parents are able to hang onto some of the stuff for separate trips (since we live relatively "nearby)?</p>

<p>Any thoughts welcome.</p>

<p>By the way, this question is also meant for the benefit of others on Move In Day. My son may have avoided this unpleasantness by getting into Project OutReach. I am fairly certain Project OutReach participants can move in earlier, but I will have to confirm this.</p>

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<p>I’ll write up a longer post later, but. . .</p>

<p>The first tip I have is: unless you absolutely want to make sure you have first pick of beds, THERE IS NO REASON TO LINE UP AT 6AM ON MOVE IN DAY. TRUST ME. You can move in that night, or even later in the afternoon. I was working at the Welcome Week picnic last summer and people were outside Weinstein at 6:30 in the morning. The only advantage to being the first one in the room is that you can pick your bed and mattress. </p>

<p>There are NO EVENTS on Move-In Day. If you wait until 6PM or 7PM that same day, you will waltz right into your dorm and still be able to unpack/eat dinner/hit K-Mart. RAs and Welcome Week Leaders will be around all afternoon. Theoretically, you COULD move in Monday morning, but Presidential Welcome is Monday afternoon, and that’s cutting it close. </p>

<p>Keep in mind that the first Hall Meeting of the year is on Monday afternoon. </p>

<p>The second tip I have is that you should be ready to haul things up the stairs. Bonus points if you can bring your own handcart. Most of the wait you will experience while moving into the dorm is waiting for a handcart to load.</p>

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<p>MAP,</p>

<p>This is very practical and helpful info. Thanks!</p>

<p>Hehe, one note: while the views might be great on the higher floors, I can imagine it would be tough even with a handcart to move up to, say, the 21st floor of Founders or a high floor in another dorm (maybe other dorms are not as high?).</p>

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<p>It’s the elevator wait that will kill you. And that’s why I strongly suggest even waiting until 3Pm or 4PM to move in. NYU is sponsoring free shuttles from campus to Bed, Bath and Beyond for Move-In Day. There will also be people handing out free 20% off entire purchase coupons on the streets for BBB.</p>

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<p>MAP, I gathered as much (about the elevators). I saw the pic with mostly parents (I think) next to big move in bins and I was thinking the elevator would only take one of those bins at a time. That actually started me thinking about how to avoid that unpleasantness of long waits (possibly in the heat outside of the buildings).</p>

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<p>The only other thing I could think of is to go to the dorm, get your keys, bring up SOME stuff (bed supplies, things that everyone can carry) get in the room, make the bed and then leave. At least pick the bed and rearrange the room. THEN go and eat, or go to the Welcome Picnic, go to the NYU bookstore, walk around, whatever. Then come back and unload. There are parking garages all around campus. That’s the only other solution I can think of. It’s just hectic for freshmen year because students want to be moved in by Monday. Upperclassmen get ALL of Welcome Week to move in.</p>

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<p>where do they have a Welcome Picnic? Is it inside? i’m trying to picture an outdoor space that would be only for NYU students. Or, is it in a public park?</p>

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<p>Last year it was in Kimmel, because the Stern Concourse was under construction. The year before, it was on the Stern Concourse. I don’t know where it will be this year, I hope they keep it in Kimmel.</p>

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<p>If someone wants to drive to NYC, how bad is it going to be, really, in the city on Move-In Day? We are considering making it a girl trip and driving from Texas, so I can visit S on the East Coast on the way back. I have driven in big southern cities, but never NYC. The alternative is bring what we can on the plane and ship the rest…I imagine the lines at Bed Bath & Beyond that day will be as bad as the wait for the elevator at the dorm!</p>

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<p>My father says that driving in Manhattan isn’t bad because everything moves slow enough that you can react. Lol. </p>

<p>Joking aside, the worst part of it will be parking. Parking will be atrocious in that entire area. If you can bring a car, it will be sooooooo much easier because you can try to “wait out” the worst of the crush of people. You can also drive to Hoboken or Jersey City and do your school shopping, where you won’t encounter many lines at all. Right across the river, there’s a mall with a Target, a grocery store, Sears, etc. (PM me if you want recommendations.) In Brooklyn, there is also an IKEA. </p>

<p>However, it IS possible to just fly in with what you need and buy/ship the rest here. Remember, CALL AHEAD to the individual freshman dorm and ask about shipping things to the dorm. If you fly Southwest, you can bring two bags per person for free. I know people who are international students who come with their parents, they just bring everything they can on the plane.</p>

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<p>writestuff,</p>

<p>Driving in NYC requires patience and alertness because of the many pedestrians and taxi-drivers (I would say both could be aggressive). It is doable for me since I worked in the city and parked there all the time. Just keep your eyes open and look out/ wait patiently for pedestrians who might run out sometimes when the light is red or they are just trying to make it through last minute green light turning red. Also, taxi drivers might cut you off because they are trying to get ahead whenever they can.</p>

<p>My biggest headache is not the driving. It is the parking as commented on by MAP. I have relied on preparation before hand by looking for the cheapest parking garages in the area of NYC I plan on going to. I rely on <a href=“http://www.iconparking.com%5B/url%5D”>www.iconparking.com</a> which has competitive prices in Manhattan and you can search by neighborhood in Manhattan, e.g., East Village or West Village for NYU. </p>

<p>As an aside: The Hippodome Parking Garage, on 44th St. (go north on 6th Ave and make a right on 44th St.) has the best rate for theatre parking (something like $14 during the theatre play times). In case you want to attend a play and park near Times Square. This is one of the best parking deals in high traffic Manhattan areas.</p>

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<p>This thread has confused me again. Welcome week begins on the 30th right? Is move in day the 29th then? Sooo confused</p>

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<p>ok, aside from the strictly logistical things, there are other things to note about move in day (from my personal experiences).</p>

<p>IT WILL BE HUMID!!! The weather last year was god awful. I am from Southern California, and tried to prep myself for it, but it defeated me. I was gross, sticky, sweaty, tired, sleepy, grumpy, annoyed, and upset. How to prepare for this? I don’t know. I thought I had dressed properly, but maybe the fact that I was on an overnight flight, and moved in by myself without the help of anyone (while my roommate who had arrived before me seemed to have brought along with him a move in crew), just really overwhelmed my body and created for a horrible move in day for my body.</p>

<p>DON’T EXPECT TO BE MR./S POPULARITY THE FIRST NIGHT THERE!!! Everyone goes to the same party the first night (usually held at some 18+club/lounge, since most people don’t have fake ID’s yet), and if you don’t go, most people are there with their parents going around the city and stuff, and if not that, freshman congregate around WSP. If you feel like the first night is tame/boring, dont feel too bad. Don’t feel isolated if you don’t know the people in your hall after the first day, haven’t really solidified any relationships, or don’t have a plethora of new numbers on your phone. This is what happened to me, and I was sure that I was going to transfer after the first night there. You will be an emotional wreck, most likely, but that is really only for the first few nights. Give it time, you will party and find friends eventually; don’t feel upset if it takes a few nights and you don’t rage every night of welcome week.</p>

<p>DONT PACK EVERY EVENT YOU CAN INTO YOUR WELCOME WEEK CALENDER!!!
Yes, there are TONS of activities (Sternies excluded–Stern kids dont really get to do ANY of the activities), but dont feel obligated to go to all of them/fill your day up exclusively with all of them. You need time to relax, chill, nap, explore on your own, eat, decorate your room, get to know the neighborhood. Limit yourself to 2/day, SOMETIMES 3.</p>

<p>On to more logistical things:</p>

<p>The lines at Hayden, at least, moved really quickly! I got there around 11am, and didnt have to wait for more than 10 mins for anything. </p>

<p>UTILIZE THE PACK AND HOLD!!! It makes your trip to BBB so much quicker, it isnt even funny. Basically, you go to your local BBB and they give you this neat gun scanner thing, and you scan items that you want, which they ship to the store in Chelsea, and you simply go and pick up the items there, where they have them stored in a big box, so you dont have to worry about rummaging around the store. They hire lots of extra help that day at BBB, and they are all amazingly nice and sweet, and give you water and snacks the whole time. Awesome experience.</p>

<p>Also, The Marketing Society sponsors a trip to target in jersey city that week, where they take you on a shuttle bus to the target and pick you up, giving you snacks and stuff along the way, as well as coupons. Definitely a must do.</p>

<p>thats all I have for now. haha. I am hoping this was somewhat helpful. It has kinda motivated my to start a Stern incoming freshman topic here.</p>

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<p>@thestorm</p>

<p>the first Sunday of Welcome Week is Move-In Day.</p>

<p>[Welcome</a> Week](<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/life/events-traditions/welcome-week.html]Welcome”>http://www.nyu.edu/life/events-traditions/welcome-week.html)</p>

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<p>@wood</p>

<p>I think it would be great to start a Stern Welcome Week thread! Their Welcome Week is different from the general one (that I’m a part of) and it would be helpful to the new Sternies.</p>

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<p>I live in CT… is there any way I could just drive down the week before? Would they let me in?</p>

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<p>No, they won’t. They really won’t and they’re really stubborn about it. The REAL reason is that RAs are being trained in the weeks before Move-In, and it’s probably a liability to let you move in before the actual “move-in” day. </p>

<p>Believe me. I wanted them to let me move in early before Welcome Week training, and they wouldn’t let me do that. :-/</p>

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<p>@woodendynomite</p>

<p>Thank you so much for the great post!! I am actually an incoming graduate student, not freshman, but the information you provided was so helpful! I am moving from Florida to NY, so I plan to deffinitly use the Pack and Hold from BBB!! Thats so great! Hopefully there are shuttles or something to get all the students to BBB!</p>

<p>Thanks again!!!</p>

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<p>From a parent"s perspective, we drove into Manhattan for my D welcome week move in when she was a freshman and it really wasn’t bad at all. We were allowed to unload our car at the curb. There were welcome week people who were very helpful. H parked car around the corner from dorm. The NYPD cornered off the areas around the dorms near Washington Square were NYU people were allowed to park their cars. Much to the residents chagrin, NYU has pull in the neighborhoods around the campus, so there were signs all over the place which allowed for parking where it might not be allowed other times. Union Square was a little different sophomore year, but that is another story.
Be prepared to wear comfortable shoes and clothing, don’t come with your designer clothes on and only bring people who will actually help you haul your stuff. Don’t bring granny who may be more of a hinderance than a help. Just sayin.</p>

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<p>Haha, milkandsugar, I wanted to say the line about granny, but I was afraid people would jump on me for it. Glad parents feel the same.</p>