Anonymous wrote:Nevermind the advice. Let’s figure this out, people! W&L hasn’t started move-ins yet. Same for Richmond.

It’s possible he’s already moved in even if he goes to one of those schools- I know two kids at Washington and Lee who moved in already due to athletics...

Nevermind the advice. Let’s figure this out, people! W&L hasn’t started move-ins yet. Same for Richmond.

Omg. I’m going to throw up. I would insist on moving.

Washington and Lee?

Live with it, be proactive about controlling it (+1 on the Boric acid), and keep the room clean. Roaches are a fact of life in any city, and once in a building, they're not leaving. Plumbing, cracks, all are mini-highways - and you may think you got rid of them, but they can get brought back in on pallets or boxes of anything shipped in.

Boric acid.

If you actually see the roaches, there are more than you know, OP (like mice). There was an incident at GWU a decade or two ago (anyone recall this one?) where a student had one go in her ear during her sleep. On that note, I highly recommend cotton balls.

Anyway, as long as the school is on it, I am not sure there is much you can do personally, except do not leave food around. Also, (I have lived in many enormous cities) the roaches like glue on boxes, for some reason, I learned. Get rid of any boxes.

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Anonymous wrote:Good grief! Where is this school??? Is it state or private?

I would be totally freaked out.

Private. In Virginia. Don't want to name the school as they actually are trying to be nice about it, and if it's a one-time thing, I don't want to slam the school.

But yeah, I am freaked out.

1. What does your kid want to do?


2. me again with the boric acid. Buy some. Follow directions. Get a teaspoon and put on grubby clothes. Crawl around the room and fill every single solitary crack with the stuff. Won't harm your child. Yes, I know you and your kid shouldn't be the ones dealing with it, but at this point you are stuck.

Anonymous wrote:Good grief! Where is this school??? Is it state or private?

I would be totally freaked out.

Private. In Virginia. Don't want to name the school as they actually are trying to be nice about it, and if it's a one-time thing, I don't want to slam the school.

But yeah, I am freaked out.

Well, I am allergic to roaches, as is my son (yes, they test for that) so this would be a problem.

That said, I've dealt with roaches before and they really aren't that hard to control. Sweep up the bodies. Do a good job with the boric acid in the cracks and crevices. This problem might be over before the week is out.

Don’t do it. I brought roaches home freshman year. My mother still talks about it almost 30 years later.

Good grief! Where is this school??? Is it state or private?

I would be totally freaked out.

I don't pay for vermin infested facilities...

How would you feel if your kid moved into their dorm room and there was a roach infestation. like a bad one.

The college called an exterminator and hours later, there were corpses of bugs everywhere, but they had the kids move on in.

Part of me wants to get my kid out of that building and insist they are moved to another one. Part of me wants to stop hovering.

I am terrified now that my kid is going to come home for the weekend and bring roaches into my home. I do NOT do bugs in my home.

But I am struggling to "trust" that this issue is taken care of long-term.

The school is very old and the buildings are super old, so I get it...and I am trying very hard to be understanding and not do a helicoptering-freaking-out-mom thing.

But oh my god, the roaches. Dropping from the ceiling, in the shower, everywhere. And it was daytime. I can't stop thinking about it.


What would you do? My son told me it's "fine". So I guess I just cross my fingers?