<p>Can someone please explain what goes on with moving into college dorm and what not? Anyone with experience would be nice to hear from too :) I know you move in, I not stupid. I just would like some reiteration. Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>Might be a better question for the College Life forum. I mean, I’ve never lived in a dorm, but I stayed in one for a week and witnessed move-in day at a campus near my house.</p>
<p>Basically, the school has a move in day shortly before the term starts. You show up, either by yourself or with your parents, along with all your stuff. You check in at your new dorm (which you’ll have already been assigned), you’ll go find your room, and then you’ll unpack your stuff and settle in. At some point, you’ll meet your roommate(s), but they might come earlier or later than you. I bet at first the halls are really empty and then gradually there are more and more people, so you’ll be meeting people throughout the day.</p>
<p>After I get my stuff into my room, I would check out the dorm myself, just to get oriented. Maybe visit my RA to introduce myself, go to the lounge or common room, even go to some of the rooms on my floor to meet some people. There are also a lot of things that have to be done on the first day, like orientations and getting a student ID card.</p>
<p>It seems like a blur, but I can try to describe it the best I can (Right now, I am a freshman)
The line was huge, it took 2 hours to sign in before I could actually move into my dorm room. Setting up the dorm room took around 3 hours or more (Plus all the time I spent afterwards). So for me, there was not really that much time to say a long goodbye. Most of the time was either setting up the dorm room or obtaining necessary items (keys, id, etc.) Luckily, I saw my dad 2 days after orientation and said goodbye to him then.</p>
<p>Was it hard to say goodbye? I’m really close to my parents and since I’m the first one going away it’s gonna be so hard (maybe not due to technology now-a-days: Skype, FaceTime, calling, texting, etc).</p>
<p>It wasn’t difficult to say goodbye. I just gave my mom a hug and she left and I went to dinner with my roommates.</p>
<p>I’m going to boarding school in september, so will have to go through this as well :/</p>
<p>Ualpilot, sometimes colleges have events that are designed to help say goodbye. At D1’s college they had an afternoon “tea” for parents and students. They indicated on the list of events for that day that parents were expected to say goodbye at that point. We had already spent the day unpacking, having lunch on campus, and walking around a fair with club and activity signups. I admit, I cried when I left her. Then I almost got run over by a big truck on a busy street on the way back to my car, which dried up my tears in a hurry.</p>
<p>You can certainly keep in touch with your parents far better than we could when in college. My D1 phoned me EVERY DAY for the first two years of college. Maybe because I cried when I left her. 
But for whatever reason. We are really close, and it was great to chat so often. You certainly can do that if you want – it is easy with a cell phone to call between classes or when walking to the library in the evening or whatever. Your parents will not mind!</p>
<p>Watching the last five-ten minutes of “The Kids Are All Right” scares me.</p>
<p>I realise that I am not doing much to disprove stereotypes of Britain, but hey I’m off to the top school in the UK</p>
<p>Don’t know which one is generally considered the best of Oxbridge.</p>
<p>I mean high school, college is never school here, and only occasionally college, I get confused.
I would have to say Oxford, but being the kid of two alumni, I’d say I was a little biased.</p>
<p>Idk how everyone else does it but I had a friend that went to a college that I really want to go to.
Basically he attend the “early week” (you get to move in and explore early but for like $320- it’s a good deal since you get free everything for that one week). Basically he said that he move in his mom stay for one night (at a hotel) and that was the goodbye. He met his roommate the second day. There was some dispute about what goes where and which side and closets to choose but he said they work it out. </p>
<p>So I imagine sort of the same but I got way more stuffs then he does…</p>