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Fall 2022 Move-In Schedule
August 15 - August 23: Make Your Move-In Reservation
Tuesday, August 30: Approved Early Arrival Groups
Thursday, September 1: All First-Year Students
Friday, September 2: New Transfer students
North Apartments
Birch, Elm, Linden, and Maple
Coolidge, John Q. Adams, and Washington floors 2 - 10
Patterson and MacKimmie Ground and Fourth floors
Saturday, September 3: Remaining Multi-Year Students
Sunday, September 4 and Monday, September 5: unassisted move-in options available to all students
Students seeking early arrival due to ticketed travel or family hardship may do so by contacting Residential Services (topic: Move-In and Move-Out). Students who are members of approved early arrival groups needing to arrive prior to their scheduled date should contact thier program’s staff to make arrangements.
Check Your List
Complete your Move-In Checklist!
Make Your Move-In Reservation in SPIRE!
Completing Your Move-In Reservation (video tutorial)
All students must have a Move-In Reservation. Starting on August 15 students may log into SPIRE and navigate to Main Menu > Residential Life > Move-In Reservation to make or view their Move-In Reservation and print their boarding pass. All students MUST print their Boarding Pass and bring it on Move-In Day. Forgetting your Boarding Pass will add a minimum of 30 minutes to your check-in time.
Students living in Southwest towers, CHCRC, and Sylvan will be assigned move-in times. Move-In Reservation times for residents of Southwest lowrises, Central, Northeast, North Apartments, and Orchard Hill are first come first served by building. Students who do not make a Move-In Reservation by August 23 will be assigned a Move-In time.
The Move-In Reservation application will become available to residents over the course of the day depending on which building they are assigned.
8:30am: Baker, Brett
9:00am: Brooks, Butterfield, Cance, Chadbourne Crabtree, Crampton, Dickinson
10:00am: Dwight, Emerson, Field, Gorman, Grayson, Greenough, Hamlin
11:00am: James, Johnson, Knowlton, Leach, Lewis, MacKimmie, Mary Lyon
12:00pm: Melville, Moore, North A, North B, North C, North D, Patterson
1:00pm: Pierpont, Prince, Thatcher, Thoreau, Van Meter, Webster, Wheeler, Off Campus Hotel
Residents of the following buildings have been assigned Move In Reservations times. Students who are unable to arrive at their assigned time should contact complete the Move-In Reservation Change Request form.
2:00pm: Birch, Brown, Cashin, Coolidge, Elm
3:00pm John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Kennedy, Linden
4:00pm: Maple, McNamara, Oak, Sycamore, Washington
What if I can't arrive during Move-In?
Students who are unable to arrive during available Move-In Reservation times, or wishing to request an Unassisted Move-In Reservation, should contact Residential Services by completing the form linked here or calling 413.577.7777.
Useful Links
What To Bring
Mailing and Packages
Your Residential Service Desk
For Faculty, Staff and Campus Partners: Move-In Traffic and Parking Information