Early Arrival Request Form

If you would like to request to come back to campus prior to the designated move-in date (January 21st for all students) please completely fill out the form below.


Students requesting to return to campus prior to their designated move in date must follow the following steps to request the opportunity to move back onto campus early. The requests will be reviewed and if you are allowed to return to campus you will receive an e-mail detailing the steps to follow. Requests are not guaranteed to be granted.

Anyone requesting to be on campus prior to the 18th of January is considered a conference center guest and, if granted permission to come, will pay the conference center guest rate of $20 per night for a standard double room. Students may be housed with other students of the same sex in the Conference Center. Please contact Josh McLear (mclearjd@potsdam.edu) to request Conference Center Housing if you need to come prior to January 18th, 2012.

Anyone requesting to arrive on the 18th of January through their designated move in date (January 21st) must completely fill out the form below. Please be aware that anyone approved to move back to campus prior to their designated move in date will be assessed a $20 per night fee. The total amount must be paid at the time you check in prior to moving in.


Notes:

  • Students who are registered for Winterim classes do NOT need to fill out this form.
  • Students that are part of an already approved group (Residence Life Staff, Student Leadership Conference, Athletics, EOP, etc.) do NOT have to request to come back early, as we get those lists from the group.
  • January 18th is the absolute earliest any individual student can move back into their room if they have been approved. It is not an option to move back into the rooms prior to this time as the College needs all available time to prepare the buildings and rooms for the Fall semester. In addition, the college does not have adequate staffing for large numbers of students prior to this date.
  • Requests are not guaranteed to be approved. Many factors go into whether or not a request can be approved; cleaning, construction, furniture replacement, readiness of the space.
  • First time, new SUNY Potsdam students (i.e. transfers and freshman) will not be permitted to arrive prior to their designated move in date unless they are part of a pre-arranged group (i.e. athletics, EOP, International, etc.).