Storage

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<p>We have freshman orientation coming up, and just had a brainstorm that we would try bringing up a few larger items during orientation and hopefully finding some storage site. There won't be nearly enough for commercial storage but somewhere we read that there are bins for rental, I can't find the link. Does anyone know if there will be a way during the summer to rent a cubicle or whatever it is till Fall? </p>

<p>We look forward to orientation. The program sounds very comprehensive and interesting.</p>

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<p>This is the on-campus storage link:
[Storage</a> Solutions - MyUBCard.com](<a href=“http://www.myubcard.com/shops/storagesolutions]Storage”>http://www.myubcard.com/shops/storagesolutions)</p>

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<p>Thanks. We tried that number, they may have been closed for the holiday or even the summer. If we can’t get through we may take a chance and take what we canup with us in July. Appreciate the help</p>

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<p>We use the company Public Storage to store my son’s stuff during the summer. There are a few of them in the area. Not sure if you will get space in them now because alot of the students use them.</p>

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<p>We just got back from orientation. I can’t post observations about that now due to time but it was an excellent presentation for parents as well as freshmen. UB is a great place with lots of great people. </p>

<p>There is storage on campus but it is shut down for the summer, students need to get items in before commencement., We were lucky to find a discounted storage bin a few minutes away, we were fortunate they are getting top dollar this time of year. We had more than enough room for storage, now wish we brought up more!</p>

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<p>whldch - If you have time later, I’d like to know which parent sessions you recommend and which were not so great (if any). I’ve been to UB several times, and have a pretty good handle on how scheduling, FA, housing works. We’re leaving very early tomorrow morning…it’s been a hectic 2 weeks and I’m praying I can get a little rest and peace when D’s busy with orientation stuff.</p>

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<p>This is the third one of these we’ve been to (at different schools) and I think we went up thinking the same as you, but we sat through pretty much all of it as UB does things differently than our other schools. In my opinion the entire program was well thought out and quite comprehensive. And the students and other speakers threw in some tidbits that were worth staying for. </p>

<p>One of the biggest pleasant surprises for example was the brief introduction of the speakers and arts programs UB hosts. We were really impressed. </p>

<p>We enjoyed chatting with other parents and the students during breaks and meals. All in all we came home pretty tired but very satisfied. We drove quite a ways to get there, we had to go the night before. There were empty chairs for some topics, each was only 20 minutes or so… Good luck</p>

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<p>^^ I agree with you whldch
My H and I were also extremely impressed by and pleased with our orientation experience last summer with our D. And she had an excellent freshman year, so I think it was a good sign.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry to say that we came home very unimpressed with the experience and I’m left hoping that D made a good choice. We’ve visited twice before and were very satisfied but neither of us had a particularly good orientation and she really wanted leave at dinner on Day 1, but did the overnight and left in the morning. </p>

<p>For me, the parents meetings were okay on the surface…no new info or “ah-ha” moments, but good to hear more directly from staff about SAS, Wellness, etc. I think it would have been better if the lady running the show didn’t cut the speakers short and/or if the speakers were allowed to answer parent questions. She said they would be outside in the hall afterward - the early ones obviously didn’t hang around for an hour and those that did were mobbed with a long line of people to ask and receive individual responses. I usually find that a decent group Q&A period is more informative and efficient than having the person answer individual questions x 50! Anyway, most of Day 1 felt like people were rushed and we were herded like cattle. I don’t understand when we are actually supposed to get our questions answered - up until now, I was told it was at orientation, but apparently not…unless it happens to already be part of the slideshow!</p>

<p>The conference style session that seemed interesting had no room left by the time I found D - they were not allowed by their group leader to go outside Talbert, where all the other parents and students were meeting up, don’t know why but eventually located her via text msgs. We ended up in the computing one, which was fine, but the others we checked literally had no space - even as standing room! We went off to see the UB Micro folks instead of attempting a second one as we needed to get her laptop ordered.</p>

<p>D had a couple of weird things. First, not one of the other 3 girls stayed in the room overnight or spent any time there at all. One didn’t show up and the other two went to stay in rooms with friends they knew from home. D said alot of the girls there seemed to know people from their HS and immediately paired off with them, which was a bit awkward for her and didn’t seem like they got any real benefit, socially, from orientation either. She knew a girl there from HS as well but both of them were making an effort to meet new people - apparently not the same idea as others had. She knows this is probably not a good indicator of how the upcoming year will go, but disappointing nonetheless and a bit weird for her first overnight in a dorm to be a solitary experience. She said the Day 1 sessions were geared for a fairly low level of general info and were not very engaging. The other kids I spoke with seemed to be in agreement with this.</p>

<p>D really needed to get her schedule issues resolved and had been in contact with her advisor by phone, email, and in person previously. We found out at the last minute that her schedule had been changed (again) and not to her benefit or as agreed. She’d been told that they would meet with their advisors at orientation and it sounded as if there would be brief individual appts to explain/resolve, etc. Not so. It was a group of about 40 kids, advisor couldn’t/wouldn’t address individual concerns despite having them for over 2 hours. There were 7 kids with schedule problems and she actually told D and another girl not to worry about being assigned to both Civ 1 & 2 the same semester (on top of 2 sciences with labs and something else). Said she only needs to get a C. What the heck?! I’m sending my 4.0 kid who’s been raised to value, and make careful decision about, her education to an institution with this kind of philosophy?! </p>

<p>She slept badly and wanted to leave immediately in the morning. I told her we really needed to get the schedule thing and a health issue resolved (which I’ve been working on for about 3 months now and still hadn’t been able to connect or identify the correct dept. at UB for). SAS did make an appointment for her with an academic advisor/ counselor but it was with a young woman who looked like a student herself (jeans/t-shirt) and she was not very helpful. After several phone calls, I was finally able to get to the director of health services who was a wealth of info so at least there was progress on one issue.</p>

<p>I guess if you’ve never spent much time at UB or haven’t done alot of research on the dept/school, orientation would be worth the time and effort. For us, it just wasn’t. YMMV</p>