Send to Kindle
Vanessa Thompson and friend during Freshmen Move In at Michigan State, 2003.
I have been to my share of on-campus move in days: as a resident, as student staff, and as professional staff! Though it may be extremely stressful, there are some things that you can do to help make the day run a little more smoothly.
Know your time. If you are a freshmen, you may come at a different time and day as an upperclassmen. Be mindful and respectful of that. If you come before your time, it could throw the Housing staff completely off. The schedule is there to have things run as smoothly as possible.
On your first day of class—especially as a freshman—it’s extremely easy to overlook some of the essentials to tote to class. Similarly, for others it may be hard to forget something. If you are anything like me, you had everything you could possibly ever need crammed into your backpack (except for the kitchen sink and the stuffed animal laying on your bed that you deny sleeping with on your first day of class). Likewise, everyone remembers to wear pants, even though we may have nightmares of forgetting them at times, and we all remember to take our books. But, there are a few things that we may overlook.
