<p>Move-in day is on August twenty-fourth. I was just kind of curious ... what happens if you don't move in on that day? If you just waited a couple of days later or moved in on the twenty-eighth?</p>
<p>Then you’ll just be moving in later. hehe There’s no penalty for moving in after the date.</p>
<p>The downside is that you will be missing all of the Welcome Week activities, at least one of which is mandatory, and the rest of your floor will have already started bonding.<br>
[IUB</a> Office of First Year Experience Programs](<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington)</p>
<p>Why don’t you want to move in on schedule?</p>
<p>It’s not that I don’t want to move in on schedule, I am just kind of nervous about moving in and having nothing to do for a couple of days. When I don’t know people, I am really shy, and there’s this part of me that just has the urge to skip all of the initiations and social events and wait until the last possible moment to move in.</p>
<p>Especially if you are shy, Welcome Week is the perfect time to meet people! Nobody knows anyone yet so you are all in the same boat. I would be more worried moving in later because lots of kids will already have started making friends and it could be harder to fit in.</p>
<p>There are lots of organized activities that are intended to help everyone get to know each other and the campus. You don’t want to miss it!</p>
<p>Something that I recommend if you’re interested in playing any kind of sports is to find activity partners on OneStart. I love tennis and found like 5 lasting friendships through the Classified ads on OneStart. You’ll tend to make friends when you both start bonding by doing an activity that you like. </p>
<p>I was scared when moving in because like you, I am generally a shy person. I’m not as shy now (that’s what college does to you) as I was before (incredibly shy) but the only way that you can make friends is if you have actual contact with them. hehe There are many other people who are just as shy as you… so try to find them! </p>
<p>I remember the very first friend I made was with a tennis partner that I met up with on the day after I moved in. She was a sophomore and we played tennis together (in hot, humid heat… which was very different from the hot, dry heat that I was used to) and after we both went back to our dorms, which were right next to each other, and showered… we went out to eat some dinner. She showed me around Kirkwood and we ate at a great Thai restaurant on 4th St. (or what I lovingly referred to as Ethnic Restaurant Row)</p>
<p>Wait - what do you mean one is required?</p>
<p>Missy, if you check out the first page of the link I included above, you will see this:</p>
<p>“Some events, such as community or advising meetings, are required and intended to get you off to a great start in your academics or in your residence center.”</p>
<p>At the very least, the first evening you’ll have a floor meeting with your RA and everyone else who lives on your floor. Then, throughout the next several days, you’ll have ‘optional’ activities (like a pep rally at which you’ll receive free football tickets) that really help you get to know people on your floor</p>