@curiousparent888 Depends who comes first. In North it’s pretty symmetrical though. BJ on the other hand…oy vey.
Question on housing in general, is housing pretty hard over about being “closed” during breaks, for example, if you wanted to come back from Spring break on Saturday instead of Sunday, is that difficult or even possible?
Not possible.
Res. halls close for spring break?
Aw crap. Just confirmed this on the res. hall calendar. Why?
Yes.
In the older buildings they need to check pipes to make sure nothing bursts over the winter. North is still being finished (lol).
You can stay in I-House or South I think (?) though that might have changed recently. You have to live in I-House to keep your room but people were able to live in other people’s rooms in South if they filled out forms and found someone willing to let them use the room over break.
Welcome to college, @JBStillFlying. Lucky for you, your child and most of her classmates will probably move off campus after a year or two, so you won’t have to deal with this too many times. And there are probably upperclassmen who could use a cat sitter during spring break.
@JHS you mean “welcome to UChicago”. My two olders aren’t required to leave campus (one is on quarters, the other on semesters but they don’t even close the res. halls during the 4 week winter break which is VERY nice indeed).
She’ll probably want to book out - or go stay with Chicago relatives. Thought I heard two of them planning a FL. spring break trip but we’ll have to see about that one.
In my experience, personal and vicarious, it’s unusual for dorms to remain open during academic breaks.
Most schools I know on semesters stay open for spring break. Most, regardless of academic calendar, close for winter.
Uni’s on a quarter system that stay open for spring break include Northwestern, Stanford, and Cal Tech. Cal-Tech also stays open for winter break. Dartmouth, also on a quarter system, seems to have limited “interim housing” for winter and spring breaks.