Residential Community Information
Frequently Asked Questions:
When can I move in?
When will I receive my residence hall assignment?
When I received my room assignment why didn't I get my roommate's telephone number?
How do I request a roommate?
How are first-year students assigned?
What items should I bring to campus?
What size are the mattresses?
Can I ship boxes to campus prior to moving in?
General Storage Information
List of nearby self storage venders
Moving In -
Fall Semester, 2009
Move-in Date for First-Years:
Friday, September 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Earliest Move-in Date for Upper-Class Students:
Saturday, September 5, 2009- 9:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m.
When will I receive my residence hall assignment?
You will be notified of your residence hall assignments at the beginning of August. You will receive your roommate(s) name and home address. We encourage roommates to contact each other, if possible, prior to arriving on campus. This helps to organize who is bringing what to campus and to aid in the transition of living with one another.
When I received my room assignment why didn't I get my roommate's telephone number?
Students have the option to request that their phone number be unlisted on campus. So, to avoid any violation of privacy, we decided not to include phone numbers in your housing information. We suggest that you first write a letter to your roommate and give them your phone number, (remember snail mail?). You can also try directory assistance either over the phone or on the internet using your roommate's last name and address. If you are, or your roommate is, an international student, we are willing to provide e-mail addresses if you are worried that a letter won't reach them in time.
How do I request a roommate?
Incoming students may request the name of a roommate on their room and board application (NOTE: both students must request each other as roommates).
How are first-year students assigned?
Incoming first-year students are paired based on the following criteria: (1) whether or not they have chosen a residential first-year course and (2) according to their room and board application listing their living preferences.
Residential Life makes every attempt to assign students based on their preferences. Residential Life cannot accommodate all requests but does try very hard to match students according to their needs.
What items should I bring to campus?
Please go to our list of suggested items. These are only possible suggestions of things to bring to campus. We encourage roommates to speak to one another prior to moving in to help eliminate doubling up of large items.
What size are the mattresses?
All beds are twin sized, extra long (the dimensions are 36" x 80"). We recommend purchasing extra-long twin sheets. Check out www.rhl.org/mac for extra-long twin sheets, comforters and other items for your room. The great thing about this program is you can order all your items and they are shipped directly to your home - then just load them in the car and bring them to Mac! If you are an international student, your items are shipped directly to Macalester and will be available to you when you check-in for New International Student Orientation.
Can I ship boxes to campus prior to moving in?
Yes you can! If you need to ship trunks, suitcases or boxes, the College will hold them for you in Trunk Storage. Specific Trunk Storage hours will be posted when you arrive. Please be aware that trunk storage hours are limited. You must pick up all items shipped to trunk storage by September 9, 2009. Please address your luggage and boxes in this manner:
Your Name
Macalester College
ATTN: Trunk Storage
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Boxes should not be shipped prior to August 14, 2009.
General Storage Information
Each residence hall has a storage room in which students may store personal items during the academic year. The residence hall staff maintains the storage room and designates hours at the beginning of the semester and at the end of the semester during which items may be placed in or taken out of storage.
For storage during the summer:
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students are directed to store their belongings in the hall in which the student will reside in the fall
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students who live in the language houses, cottages, apartments, and the veggie co-op or are planning on studying abroad, may store their belongings in a designated area
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students returning early in the Fall (prior the official opening of the residence halls) must store items in designated “preseason storage”. Only preseason storage will be opened prior to the halls opening in the fall.
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students living off campus or who are on a leave of absence for the subsequent semester may not use campus storage.
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Students living less than 150 miles from Macalester College will not be able to store items
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Items that are not picked-up in the Fall by September 15 will incur a $20 per box fine. Study-Abroad students must pick-up their items by February 15 or will incur a $20 per box fine.
Other storage information:
The college and its departments assume no responsibility for personal items lost or damaged.
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Anything left beyond the designated time to claim items at the beginning of the semester, will be considered abandoned property and will be discarded on May 1. Students are storing at their own risk and have been made aware of the storage policy. Residential Life will attempt to contact the student prior to discarding items.
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All items put into storage must have a label on them that states the student's name and other contact information.
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Only the student whose name the items are stored under may store and retrieve items from storage.
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Items that can be stored include Rubbermaid-type containers, suitcases, boxes that are sealed shut, stackable shelving unit that can be collapsed, defrosted refrigerators and computers in their original boxes.
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Items that cannot be stored include the following: any type of furniture, shelving units, laundry baskets, garbage/trash cans, unboxed bicycles, carpet rolls, lamps and fans.
Summer Storage Guidelines
- Students are directed to store their belongings in the hall in which they student will reside in the fall.
- Students who live in the Language Houses, Cottages, or the Grand Cambridge Apartments will store in GDD.
- Student planning on studying abroad may store their belongings in Turck Hall Study Abroad Storage. Study-Abroad students may store four (4) boxes in this area.
- Students living off-campus for the fall or who are on a leave of absence for the subsequent semester may not use campus storage.
- Students living less than 150 miles from Macalester College will not be able to store items
- Students will not be able to access their stored items during the summer. Storage rooms will open on the first day of move-in for upper-class students which is the Saturday before classes start for Semester I.
- For those storing in study-abroad storage until Semester II, students will not be able to access these items until Saturday before classes start on Monday.
- There will be a designated preseason storage room for those students involved in any preseason activity in August which would bring them back early for Semester I. Students arriving for preseason must store in the preseason storage area. No other area will be opened early for Semester I.
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