<p>How busy is welcome week? Two of my best friends are planning on flying out with me to help me move in since my mother can't and they want to visit the city. Will I be too busy to even see them?</p>
<p>Is bringing them recommended or not? I don't want to miss out on important "getting to know new friends" time.</p>
<p>i couldnt understand why you are bringing you friends to a place where you should have the most time available with new people around you and make new friends
you will have to take care of them and will not able to concentrate on your new environment</p>
<p>I'm not exactly "bringing them". They are helping me move in and really wanted to visit the city. </p>
<p>I mean, they will have each other so I don't think I should have to entertain them really. I dunno.</p>
<p>well than you know what you want to do
and its probably good to have people helping you move in so you dont have to do the work alone:)
good luck and see you thereeeee</p>
<p>i hope they have a place to stay, because i doubt that they will be able to stay with you on move-in day and parts of welcome week. the first day you'll have a floor meeting and some other stuff, that lasts a while. depending on what school you're in, you may or may not have orientation during the week. if you don't, you'll probably want to attend the workshops or trips that the welcome week people set up. at night, they have a bunch of different things...last year they had a hypnotist and the white guy from the mad real world on the chapelle's show. i suggest you go to these things because a) they are informative, and b) you get a lot of free stuff. A LOT. and even if you don't go to any of these things, you'll be too busy meeting new people to really show your friends around the city...and it's not like you'll be able to be a guide for them since this is your first time living here. </p>
<p>so to answer your questions, its hella busy, you'll have little time to see them, and i don't recommend bringing your friends unless they have another place to stay and can guide themselves around for a while.</p>
<p>Yeah, the are staying a hotel.</p>
<p>you know what? My best friend is actually going to Mannes (part of the New School) and she'll be living a couple streets up from us (since were both Triples in Rubin! has it occured to you that we could be roomies!?)....She'll be there ALL the time. :) An everlasting temptation. So I feel for you :) We should stick together to prevent ourselves from succumbing to the temptation. :) </p>
<p>haha, I'm sure we'll be ok.</p>
<p>Definitely go to the workshops and activities they offer for welcome week. I skipped most of the stuff I signed up for last year, and I really regretted it. Even if you find yourself having difficulty adjusting like I did, force yourself to get up and go. You'll learn a lot, and meet a lot of people. But you should still have some free time for your friends, especially in the evening and at night, because most of the stuff is during the day.</p>
<p>definately go to welcome week activities, you'll make most of your friends the first couple of days, and the remainder of your friends will be from those friends. its not like HS in which you make most of your friends in classes.</p>
<p>I think my friends are coming up a week later to see the city (staying in hotel!) and my mom will try and fly in on Sun. to help me move in. </p>
<p>Is anyone moving from far from NYC alone?</p>
<p>im flying in from istanbul, turkey on aug 26th but my dad lives there so he'll come help me</p>