So... uh... when do OA'ers arrive again?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>I mean to meet the dormmates and set up the dorm room. Sorry for this repost, I think this has been addressed before but I can't find the thread. And we are not allowed in the dorms until the third? </p>

<p>Weird</p>

<p>Also, if you have no fear of meeting an weird alaskan / californian korean and are planning to buy craploads of stuff for your dorm, and have access to a mobile vehicle (preferably not a bike), please let me hitch along! i have no mode of transportation when i set foot in NY. i don't think i'll be buying much things here. <-- shameless appeal. </p>

<p>and there's definitely a train from JFK to Princeton right? or the other airport.. i forget.</p>

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<p>(Train from Newark, buses from JFK and La Guardia to Penn Station.)</p>

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<p>If you can, give them a call. If you're coming in from CA you can get your dorm key on the 2nd - you just need to get yourself on their list.</p>

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<p>thanks for the replies. i got a stand by on the night of the 2nd, so i "should" be able to just throw my things in the dorm before im swept up my the number of amazing people at Princeton. and OA.</p>

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<p>A stand by? Does that mean you don't have a place to stay O.o? </p>

<p>If things get really desperate, camp out in my dorm :) ... once we slip by the little issues like gender etc past the big people...</p>

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<p>SWEET! ;)</p>

<p>a stand-by ticket, basically i get a ticket.. err.. free cuz my dad is some sort of airport employee, but i gotta wait for free spots. hopefully there wont be many people going to Newark...</p>

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<p>There are always open spots...I have switched flights halfway through (during my layover) and got on flights with stand-by. It's so weird when they tell you that a flight is full and yet you get on and there are all these empty seats. Liars!</p>

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<p>haha, we shoudl write a complaint. </p>

<p>"You said there were no free seats, LIAR!"</p>

<p>but stand-by does have alot of drawbacks. i was in korea like a week ago and there was an Asiana Airlines strike, so there were no free spots to go back to the U.S.... man, i waited 12 hours for a friggin flight.</p>

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<p>Great. My mom just bought a cheap ticket for me from Northwest.</p>

<p>She JUST realized that their mechanics were going on strike. "Oops."</p>

<p><em>headsmack</em></p>

<p>I seriously hope I don't end up stranded on my layover.</p>

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<p>Where is your layover?</p>

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<p>Minneapolis. No less than a thousand miles from anyone I possibly know. :(</p>

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<p>ouch</p>

<p>TOO SHORT HUH? DAMN YOU CHARACTER LIMIT THING</p>

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<p>lol isn't it annoying?</p>

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<p>i hate layovers with a passion ARGH!</p>

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<p>Catch the light rail over to the Mall of America. It's seriously 2 minutes away.</p>

<p>Pop quiz: if I'm doing OA, do I need to get on a list to get my keys on the 2nd or 3rd? And if so, how do i do that?</p>

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<p>holy crap, you guys are already in the multiple thousands... MAN... i gotta catch up! prepare for many MANY nonsensical posts. just kidding. </p>

<p>Mall of America? whoa. it must be good. Tee hee, Anchorage got Abercrombie and Fitch... err last year i think, and we just got a American Eagle, i think. dont know if it's open yet... we're SO on top of it. hahaha, i remember the newspaper articles when Old Navy opened. Hahahahahahaha, good times. </p>

<p>prettyfish, i think you just gotta call your college supervisor guy and be at Princeton before 5 PM in order to get your keys on the 2nd. on the third, i think it's after 9 AM, but I might be wrong.</p>

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<p>oh, and mea. this is a two part question:
a. where in asia are you from?
if the answer is China, go on to b...
b. If you're from China, and can read Chinese, could you translate an e-mail for me? Not sure what type of dialec it is, but she's from Shanghai. yeah... i tried babelfish... doesn't work too well....</p>

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<p>Haha, my mom was worrying about this cuz i arrive at princeton at 5:30 (uh oh after check in!) so if that happens with u too, u go to campus security and they will give u a key and let u in ur rooms (the room that u will be living in the rest of the year).</p>

<p>haha abercrombie...middle school memories =P haha i wanna hear some more isolated-alaska stories :-). do u have mcdonalds? haha just kiddin.</p>

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<p>hobbes - I'm in CA for the summer. I'm in Hong Kong otherwise. That's sort of China. In any case, if it's written, don't worry about the dialect. Send it along. </p>

<h2>babelfish is hilarious : )</h2>

<p>ooh, I can't PM you? Can you PM me yours so I can email you my email addy?</p>

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<p>coolio! im in california right now too actually. actually, i moved like a month ago here. damn.. so boring.</p>