<p>Do a lot of students stay on campus for the Thanksgiving holiday? Does President Tilghman really invite students to join her for a Thanksgiving meal?</p>
<p>Yes she does. In addition, many of the masters of the residential colleges invite their students to a dinner at their home. Many students stay on campus since they get out after classes on Wed. and resume Monday AM. It's a short period of time for those who have far to travel. (My daughter is a freshman there and we will be going up to join her and other NJ family for Thanksgiving.)</p>
<p>It's more common than I expected, I guess due to how many students here are from the northeast, plus the fact that students may have some other family or close friends living nearby that they visit. I really couldn't give a ballpark figure for how many people leave, though. In my quad, I'm the only person staying (one has some relatives in Boston, another lives in upstate NY, and another has a relative in NYC). All but one dining hall close, so I imagine it's a fairly large amount that leave.</p>
<p>And I just found out the dinner here for Thanksgiving is just a boxed supper :(</p>
<p>That would be nice to be invited to the master's home. I hate the thought of my son being alone on Thanksgiving. Although, he says he doesn't mind, and that he's actually looking forward to having nothing going on.</p>
<p>My residential college gave my RCA money to cook us Thanksgiving dinner, but I'm going home.</p>
<p>Misralz, what college are you in? My son is in Forbes.</p>