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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The move-in date is a week before the classes start for my kid. After getting the keys and moving in, can the kid stay with the parents that night? Or it's not allowed?[/quote]

Don’t do that to them.  It’s the first night with all the people they will be getting to know.  They will probably have some kind of meeting either RA, and then some icebreaker type of activities that night.  Time for mom and dad to clear out.[/quote]

THIS^^^. Most universities will tell you when to "leave" and when to have dinner with your kid vs when kid should be with their new friends.  Follow those recommendatsion---they have done this many many times and have designed the best plan for freshman.

For kid 1, move in day included convocation at 4pm.  When that was over, you had choice to take kid to dinner and have them back for activities at 8pm or to send them off at 5pm with their roommates/dormmates.   I took my kid's lead and left after convocation, as they were ready to head off with roommates to the dining hall. 
FOr kid 2, move in day ends with university encouraging parents to take their kids to dinner and possibly do so with roommate's family or other floor mates.  Kids have activities in the dorm at 8pm.  Next day there are activities for kids and parents together as a family until 2pm; then it's highly recommended that you leave.  Kids have another full week of Orientation/activities before classes commence.

So for kid 2, I'd hate to be a new freshman who "moved themselves in" and doesn't have a family member around to take them out the first night, as I'm guessing 95%+ will still have a family member there (except perhaps foreign students, who often can't afford to have family come).

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