<p>Hey,</p>
<p>When move in day comes around, are your parents going to help you move in to your dorm room? How long do you expect them to stay?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>My parents are gonna help me unpack and organize and little, and then when that's done, they're out. My parents would be to bored to stick around campus. </p>
<p>But honestly, you should really take advantage of your parents being there. I mean, if you notice some more stuff you need for your dorm, yall can quickly head over to the local BBB or Target etc by the school. They can also help build furniture and install stuff.</p>
<p>They'll help me move in and unpack. The college is having a picnic that evening, so they'll be gone before that.</p>
<p>I'll be a sophomore this year and yes, they'll be helping me move in again. We have no elevators in my building, just a dumbwaiter that the line is always huge for, so the more helpers I've got the better. They'll help set up the TV, computer, etc, and mom likes to make my bed up for me so it's fresh and made as only a mom can make it, at least for the first night. Last year my mom and stepdad stuck around and walked around campus with me, went to buy my books with me, etc (dad had left as soon as the computer and tv were set up), but this year, they probably won't stick around as long. Or maybe we'll go downtown and have lunch after I move in. We'll see. We play it by ear. But there's no way I would move in without their help. Too much heavy stuff</p>
<p>My parents are not leaving until the evening of the next day...they want to check out L.A. </p>
<p>Don't just shove your parents out of the door the second you are done unpacking...that's really rude considering that they're most likely paying for your dorm and possibly your tuition as well.</p>
<p>My parents basically helped me load all my stuff into one of the big laundry cart things the dorm had, and then take it all out again when we got upstairs, and then they left. It didn't take very long. But everyone gets assigned move-in/move-out timeslots and a specified amount of time parked at the curb, so it's not as if they can sit around for 4 hours in my dorm room helping arrange the decor. I didn't even unpack anything while they were there. I don't see a point in making a big deal about long goodbyes at that particular moment when you've known it was going to happen for, oh, 18 years or so.</p>
<p>I'll be a second semester sophmore (transfer student, don't ask) and yes, my parents are going to get me settled in. My sister's coming too, to visit her friend who's staying in an apartment. I won't be bringing too much, but I will need help with some heavy stuff.</p>
<p>They're not allowed to mess with my posters or any of my martial arts equipment, mainly because that stuff is both heavy and expensive and it has to be unpacked correctly or some of it can be damaged.</p>
<p>But they'll help me unpack the car, get the stuff up to the room (no elevator >___<), and then leave. I don't do goodbyes.</p>
<p>My mom and my sister are coming to help me move in and will stay until about 6:30 that night because there is a BBQ for new students and family.</p>
<p>If you're a guy, let your mom and/or sis help you move in (after you lug the stuff into the room that is, I mean set up). You will get the time to go out and take care of buying stuff at wal mart you didnt bring along, meeting people, exploring, etc. and trust me your room will probably look a lot better than if you did it ourself.</p>
<p>My parents and possibly my sister are coming because I'm taking a lot. They'll drop everything on the floor of my room and then leave. I've already had orientation and all that so there's no reason for them to stay longer.</p>
<p>Well I'm just alone.. ;_; my parents will be in a totally different continent... Though they didn't help my bro move in even when they were in the states.. (too much for plane tickets) we are poor...</p>
<p>Well all of my clothing and immediate stuff I will have on the move in day, but all the big stuff will move in 2-3 days from then because it's in my car... which will be shipped to the campus... I live in the states but I'm in another country for the summer and I left my car with all my stuff in it... So i'm hoping it'll all come down in several days so I can use the elevator and so on without much problems. (although it'll look awkward me just moving computers and tv by myself. crap)</p>
<p>There will most likely be upper classmen there to assist, because I'm sure you aren't the only one coming a long way by yourself. You'll be fine.</p>
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Don't just shove your parents out of the door the second you are done unpacking...that's really rude considering that they're most likely paying for your dorm and possibly your tuition as well.
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<p>And if they AREN'T, do whatever the hell you want! :eek:</p>
<p>Instead of saying stuff like "I HATE YOU I WANNA LEAVE!"
Enjoy your time with your parents. I mean i had said the above many times this Summer and i heavily regret it. I'm going to enjoy the time i have with them XD I only meet them once a summer anyhow so it seems dumb being angry at them all the time or osmething like that.. I lived outside of my house since sophomore year in high school.. XP</p>
<p>frostburg- I certainly hope so...</p>
<p>My mom stayed a while last year to help me set up stuff (helped me put sheets on the bed, stock my fridge, get my cable/internet hooked up) then took me to the bookstore so I could get my books. After that, she left. This year, she's probably not going to be there as long. She'll probably help me arrange stuff and then leave. My roommate and I know each other this year so we are probably going to go to the bookstore and grocery shopping together by ourselves (I have a car this year, too, so I don't have to rely on alternate transportation, like my mom or friends).</p>
<p>My mom came to help me schlep all my stuff. She proved very useful because she had rented a car, so she drove me and my roommate to Target. On the other hand, when she finally had to leave, she broke down and started crying — reallllllly embarrassing. So I'm inclined to recommend that you leave your parents at home if they're very clingy.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses and keep em coming!</p>