<p>So, I'm just curious. When do most people move in to on-campus dorms after freshman year? The same day as freshmen? After freshmen? Right before classes start?</p>
<p>Move-In Day is the Saturday before classes start on Thursday. We can move in technically any time between Saturday and Wednesday. I know I'm probably going to move either Saturday or Sunday, just because it's a weekend, but I'm considering moving in on Sunday to avoid the sheer amount of freshmen who will be moving onto campus all on the same day. I figure it'll be less crowded and therefore less time consuming.</p>
<p>I only lived in the dorms freshman and sophomore year, but I believe the move-in days were only separated by a couple days. I did sign up for a deal, however, where if you sign up to help a specific dorm move-in, you would be allowed to move-in early. </p>
<p>I believe the freshman in the dorm I helped out moved in the Tuesday before classes started, and I moved in the Sunday before. All other freshman moved in that Thursday, and everyone else moved in on Saturday. </p>
<p>I would avoid the weekend if your can. Even Sunday will likely be crazy (everyone will probably be thinking the same thing you are!). If you do have to go then, best to be there bright and early.</p>
<p>Thankfully the dorm days are over for me. Moving into an apartment is much less hectic I’ve found.</p>
<p>At my college, people in certain programs move in on August 15th, and most people move in on the 17th. That day is complete and utter chaos. Fortunately I’m one of the privileged few who get to move in early.</p>
<p>I got to move in 2 weeks earlier than everyone else because i had an on-campus job and they asked me to continue working (I had been on campus all summer). So while I shifted from one dorm to another, two weeks later everyone was there and it was mayhem. Most other sophomores/upperclassmen moved in the day after freshman move-in.</p>
<p>I usually move in the weekend before classes start (because they start on a Wednesday, so it’s convenient to do so). Freshman move in first for Orientation, which begins on the Friday before classes start, and upperclassmen aren’t allowed to move in until after freshman move-in day in order to avoid chaos. </p>
<p>Generally, there’s very little crowding at my school during upperclassmen move-in because the dorms are pretty scattered and it’s split over four days, so it doesn’t matter which day you move in, as long you get there before classes start.</p>
<p>At our school move in weekend is Saturday/Sunday, and classes begin that Monday. Freshmen move in on Saturday, and everyone else on Sunday. Although, I believe non-freshmen can move in on Saturday if they absolutely have to, but it’s discouraged and plus it’s very hectic that day even though there’s less people… just because the freshmen are new to moving in and incredibly slow at it.</p>
<p>Interesting how it’s different at every school. At USC there isn’t a “Freshman Move-In Day”, it’s just Move-In Day. Then again, there are only 6000 people who live on campus… 4500 being freshmen. The majority of upperclassmen live off campus. Move-In Day is also closer to a week before classes start. I couldn’t imagine moving in as a freshman only two days before classes start.</p>
<p>My roommate is apparently moving in on Saturday, so I’m thinking about moving in in the afternoon of that day.</p>
<p>I got lucky last year, because my dorm is on the edge of campus near the interstate and only has 180 students, so I had absolutely no problems with lines or waiting.</p>
<p>Upperclassmen at my school can start moving in at 2:00 p.m. on Move-In Day (Saturday), and can move in Sunday or Monday (classes don’t start until Tuesday in the fall semester).</p>
<p>I’ll be moving in two weeks before classes start because I’ll be helping out with orientation, but most continuing students at my school move in two or three days before classes.</p>
<p>Unless you’re part of a special group like marching band or athetics, who move in early, or pay extra for early move-in, at my school most students move in the Sunday before classes start (on Monday). Freshmen move in that Friday before. Chaos.</p>
<p>At my college about half of the returning students were “approved early arrivals” who moved in up to 3 weeks before the beginning of classes. The remaining students could move in starting from the Friday before classes start (usually on Monday or Tuesday). The day before classes start was always the busiest. It was even worse when that day happened to be a Sunday: families have more free time to help junior move and the office distribution room keys is never fully staffed on weekends.</p>
<p>The college brought back early:</p>
<ul>
<li>Pre-season athletes.</li>
<li>Students running orientation and pre-orientation programs.</li>
<li>Students receiving training for an on-campus job (e.g. hall advisers and teaching assistants). </li>
<li>Students with an on-campus job that started before the beginning of classes (e.g. dining hall workers; gotta feed the athletes and freshmen).</li>
<li>Students who spent the summer on campus and got approved for uninterrupted housing between the summer and fall term due to special circumstances.</li>
</ul>
<p>I always moved in during pre-orientation programs, even as a non-freshman. My on-campus job sponsors a few students to work during orientation and pre-orientation and I did the last two years and will do it again this year. It makes things so much easier. Not only do I make some extra money but I also get the benefit of moving in a week before classes and getting my things together.</p>
<p>I’m moving back on a Wednesday, and classes start the following Monday. But that’s only because of my sorority’s requirement to be back early to prep for recruitment. Otherwise, students usually move back the weekend before classes start.</p>