Welcome week and Moving-in

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
1

<p>I have a few queries regarding NYU welcome week and moving-in day,for Stern Freshmen in particular. According to NYU update the moving-in date is 28 AUG'11 and the welcome week is 28 AUG'11-02Sep'11. Now what I would like to know is</p>

<ol>
<li>what are the timings for moving-in, is it all through the day or is there a time slot that one can ask for ?</li>
<li>How early (in terms of number of days) should one plan to be in NY City , as an International student, to be able to organise stuff locally for moving-in ?
3.Are the welcome week events the same for all the schools at NYU ?</li>
<li>Parents who will be coming from different continents to settle their wards, how long should they be around after the commencement of classes, in case help is required ?</li>
</ol>

<p>I will be grateful if parents or students can share their thoughts on this. I am sure it will help many of us who are coming from other countries to settle their children.</p>

2

<p>anialways, Good questions, especially for an international student and family.</p>

<p>1) Historically, the move-in day has been a free for all, meaning people move in at any time they want starting at, say 6AM through the evening. I can’t remember if NYU started to allot time periods for students to move in, e.g., between 8AM to 11 AM, etc. (Sorry my son arrived a week before Welcome week so he bypassed the Move in Day). Some (e.g.,MissAmericanPie) have recommended moving in later in the day when most of the busy move in of the morning is over. </p>

<p>2) There will be time to purchase things during Welcome Week or the few days following 9/2 when classes start, if the student’s room is not completely outfitted by Move In. </p>

<p>TIP: Many USA students and families opt to shop at Bed, Bath and Beyond (BBB) either through their home store or at the BBB near NYU. NYU will have shuttles taking students there to shop for dorm room items. You can probably buy online (join up and you can probably get a 10-20% discount from your first order placed; I would look for 20%, if possible). Here is the website: <a href=“http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com%5B/url%5D”>www.bedbathandbeyond.com</a></p>

<p>3) I am fairly certain Stern students get their own Welcome Week events, with some very exciting and special events to participate in.</p>

<p>4) Your child will be very busy (most of the time, though last year some complained the time was too long) during Welcome Week and will have three free days before classes start and after Welcome Week, 9/3 through 9/5 (Labor Day, a national holiday).</p>

<p>You can probably spend 9/3 through 9/5 with your child before departure unless you want to stay in NYC for yourself. You probably should not stay after classes have begun, to allow your child to adjust to a busy class schedule. By that time, the student should be largely settled into the dorm room and you should bow out.</p>

<p>By the way, START BOOKING A HOTEL ROOM FOR YOURSELF ASAP because rooms in the NYU area fill up as you get nearer Welcome Week with all the families arriving into town to help out their children.</p>

<p>Search for NYU Welcome Week info in this forum and you will get tons of info from previous years. Though keep in mind, policies may change this year. I think last year NYU might have emailed students with a time slot for move in for the particular dorm they have been assigned.</p>

3

<p>First year students will receive information about check-in times, but you can also keep checking for an RSVP link (in August) at:
[Moving</a> to the Residence Halls](<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/life/living-at-nyu/on-campus-living/explore-the-residencehalls/moving-to-and-from-the-residencehalls.html]Moving”>http://www.nyu.edu/life/living-at-nyu/on-campus-living/explore-the-residencehalls/moving-to-and-from-the-residencehalls.html)</p>

<p>"Move-In Day is an exciting part of NYU Welcomes You! for all new NYU students. Faculty, staff and students will all support new students throughout the check-in and move-in process.
• You will receive your hall and room assignment in early August via e-mail to your NYU e-mail address.
• Incoming first-year students will also receive information about how to RSVP online for a check-in time. Varying check-in times assists with the ease of moving a lot of students into large buildings with as much ease as possible. </p>

<ol>
<li>My son may be potentially international at another school. If this is the case, I was thinking about arriving early on a Friday, setting up a bank account and local cell, buying anything additional needed, settling him in the next day and then heading out. </li>
</ol>

<p>One source of assistance that has been very helpful to us is the NYU Parents website
[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/community/parents.html]Parents[/url”&gt;Parents & Families]Parents[/url</a>]</p>

<p>You can sign up for an informative newsletter and if necessary, you can call a parents helpline number. Best of luck to you and your child!</p>

4

<p>Hey evolving / londonb</p>

<p>Thank you so much for a prompt response. And yes we trying to book place to stay just waiting to firm up on the dates first. Like you say I should and would like to bow out as soon as possible but as a parent I just feel if i stay around for a week it might help . She will be on her own first time in her life and at a stretch of 4 months to start with and therefore just want to make sure she is settled in comfortably. Buying stuff on her will be a first for her and it’s not that I don’t want her to do it , for my own peace of mind getting her into the groove will help. Also, so far away from home, it is not like we can visit her over the weekend.</p>

<p>We are familiar with the stores as we have been fortunate to live in that part of US . So yes that is a good suggestion.</p>

<p>Thank you once again for your inputs. You take care.</p>

5

<p>anialways,</p>

<p>I can understand parents wanting to make sure their kids are settled in properly, especially when they come from out of the USA.</p>

<p>I just want to let you know about a hotel website, if you do not know of it already to help you price some hotels in NYC. You probably want to look for hotels near NYU, which includes Greenwich Village, Chelsea, East Village, Lower East Side, maybe even Financial District (for slightly lower prices sometimes). The website is:</p>

<p>[Booking.com:</a> 120000+ hotels worldwide. Book your hotel now!](<a href=“http://www.booking.com%5DBooking.com:”>http://www.booking.com)</p>

<p>You can make no fee reservation and they usually let you cancel reservations with no penalty (close to time of check in , if the hotel allows it). The best thing is it lets you see the prices very easily depending on size of your party for the stay. Unfortunately, the prices listed do not include taxes, which is 14.75% tax and city tax of 3.50 per night. So keep that in mind. Hotel rates are very high now. For instance, getting a room for 2 people in the $2200 range before taxes for the dates you might be looking for (e.g., 8/27/11 to 9/9/11) appears to be in the lower range. :frowning: Ouch.</p>

<p>GL to you.</p>

6

<p>anialways– What do you mean by “NYU update”? Was there an e-mail or letter about this?</p>

7

<p>SIXELA295
These details are available on NYU website…Nyuhome…admitted students…your next steps…important dates</p>

8

<p>Oh, okay. Just because of the timing of your post, I was worried that I missed an official e-mail or document. Thanks for the reply.</p>

9

<p>Hi AudreyH
I have only downloaded the form, have not filled it as yet.</p>

<p>I think NYU is too busy with RD right now, that could be one of the reason for delay from their end.</p>

<p>Also my understanding is that we will be receiving some more guidelines regarding the admission process, the finance part, housing and the paperwork that is involved so you should not worry too much. The UPS part ,if you have the consignment number, can be tracked online via the UPS website.</p>

<p>Regarding AFCOE and I-20 i hope you are calling the OISS office and not the Admissions office.</p>

<p>If I may ask are you with Stern BS or BPE Program?</p>

<p>I am glad to be of help and please feel free to write .
Bye and you take care.</p>

10

<p>Hi AudreyH</p>

<p>I had to post it here cause for some reason i was unable to send this message through PM route. I hope you will not mind.</p>

11

<p>anialways - I got your private message FOUR times haha. But don’t worry, I suppose I will just have to wait it out. Thanks!! :)</p>

12

<p>1) Last year was the first year they offered scheduled move-in times. I was a move-in volunteer at one of the frosh dorms and it was set up in hour-long blocks, so you either had 9:30, 10:30, etc. I’m sure there’s no penalty if you come later, but if the structured system helps you out, definitely take advantage of it.</p>

<p>2) Two days, so the Friday beforehand. That will help you get over the jetlag without giving you too much time to spend stressing about buying things. What you want to do is get used to the timezone Friday and Saturday, move-in Sunday, then spend Sunday purchasing all the essentials for your room. You don’t want to buy all of that beforehand, it’ll make moving in too hard, besides, Sunday they run free shuttles to places like Bed, Bath, & Beyond so families can get around easier.</p>

<p>3) Not at all. Stern has mandatory 9-5 events every single day of Welcome Week, while all other schools have at most a day or two of events. </p>

<p>4) Don’t stay at all. Part of college is learning to be independent, and hanging around will not help alleviate any homesickness or offer any benefit that the kid can’t live without. Make sure they’re comfortable in the room, have everything they need, and then leave them to learn on their own. Don’t do the helicopter parent thing.</p>

13

<p>There were scheduled move in times in 2008. I found it to be chaos, whereas some other dorms seemed to be a little more organized. Subsequent years’ move-in went so much smoother.</p>

14

<p>londonb,</p>

<p>I wonder if there has been feedback on last year’s “new” move-in procedures?</p>

15

<p>Hi hellodocks</p>

<p>First of all thank you very much for your feedback. </p>

<p>Like I have mentioned earlier you are doing a wonderful job of sharing information and time with a whole lot of us, students as well as parents.</p>

<p>I am sure you must find it interesting as to why so many of us parents are here on CC. The reasons for that are manifold. The 12th graders are still very busy with wrapping up with their IAs, and Mocks and Oral presentations and the big Diploma Exams in May. </p>

<p>This is my way of getting a feel of where D will be for next 4 years, so it is more for my comfort than her cause she will adapt and adjust that i am very confident about.</p>

<p>We also tend to be little more involved because of the cultural compulsions if you know what I mean (asians). Being an International, especially with Ds, I guess letting go is challenging but you’ll agree with the fact that D is going 7807 miles away to college speaks for itself. As a mom, I can’t tell you how proud i am that she begins her journey to being her own person in every sense of the word. So trust me when I say i can’t be a helicopter parent even if i was tempted to be. </p>

<p>But thanks for your wise words. She is in good company as far as i can tell after being on these posts for a while. And yes I am going to have more questions as we move along so whenever you have the time do share .</p>

<p>You take care .</p>

16

<p>Oh yeah, you have completely valid points. I’m not accusing either, I’m trying to warn. I speak only from experience as a student, so unfortunately, my insight is tempered a bit with the younger perspective and I never had to deal with the hand-wringing, heart-wrenching process of watching my children step away from me, flounder, and then (hopefully) thrive.</p>

<p>I guess my only word of advice is to continue being there for her emotionally or mentally (encouraging, supportive as always), while realizing you can do that without having to be there physically to provide all that.</p>

<p>Practically speaking, I’d say that you don’t need to stay through Welcome Week, because nobody likes the kid who’s leaving everyone on the floor / first friend circle to go somewhere with their parents who are still there on Tuesday, Wednesday, or even the Saturday after move-in. It’s hard though, because the one time you might actually NEED to be there would be the first week of classes, because that’ll be the first real hard time. The only problem is that intervening week where you shouldn’t be too involved. It’s tough. =/</p>

17

<p>Point taken hellodocks</p>

18

<p>anialways,</p>

<p>We are always worried about our children. However, this is a major change in phase of life for the parents also, think “empty nest syndrome,” even when there may be other children home. We think about the kids having to adjust. The other aspect is that we, as parents, have to adjust also.</p>

<p>If it will help you and you can afford it, why don’t you settle in one or two days before Move-In, help your daughter out, then take in the NYC sights during Welcome week, when your daughter will be very busy. Hey, do some good eating, sightseeing, shopping (including last minute items not purchased yet for daughter) during that week on your own. Then hang around the first week with the understanding your daughter will likely be busy with classes. But you may still be able to have some meals together, sit down with daughter and check on how she is doing and adjusting with classes.</p>

<p>It will mean some money expenditure (as you can tell from some of the hotel rates in the website I referred you to). However, this may also be a semi-vacation for yourself, while making sure daughter has adapted as well as possible. You would have earned the week(s) in NYC.</p>

19

<p>Hi evolving
Thank you for the reply.
Since I am coming all the way from India I would love to spend some time there, I am of the opinion settling my daughter is also a time for me to chill out after 17 years. I totally understand what you mean. She is an only child but as of now I am looking forward to “me time”, I think i am a wee bit selfish there.</p>

<p>There is one more thing I would like to ask you. Does one retain the same dorm room when one goes home during vacations for example during Christmas break ? When one moves out of freshman dorms, so what happens to all of one’s stuff ,especially for students who are part of study abroad program. I want to know about the luggage storage during the summer break and also do they take it with them to their new location, how does it work?</p>

<p>Appreciate you time and effort,take care.</p>

20

<p>The dorm is open for all of fall and spring break. Students do not have to check out or move belongings during the breaks. However, everyone has to be out of the dorm in May after exams. Many students find storage units throughout the city to store things between the spring and fall as well as when they go abroad.</p>