Transportation and Move In

FUP 2022 will be live for the first time since 2019!!  And thus much of this section is under review and will change. .

I'm expected to arrive on campus between noon and 3pm but I don't like getting up early, so I scheduled a flight that arrives in Boston at 4:30 p.m. I can still attend, rigth? 

By early August, you should have received instructions from Harvard about the movie-in process.  In order to make it an orderly process, you will be assigned a time frame within which to move; however if you need more flexibility, just tell the First Year Office.  For FUP, we ask that you arrive at Harvard before 4:00 because we have programming scheduled that cannot be postponed and a group dinner.  For FUP2023, registration takes place in Harvard Yard.  When you arrive, you will be directed to a central tent where you will register with a member of the Dean of Students Office and Housing to get what you need to move in.  Then you will come to the FUPDesk to register--so we know you are there. Student leaders will be there to show you to your rooms and help you move it. If you are arrviving after 4pm, please tell us so we can figure out how you can join us as soon as you can. 

Similar to the question abve: flights between my home and Boston are very limited, so I'm going to arrive a day early. What do I do?

For FUP 2023, you should have received information from the First Year Experience Office about your move-in.  Please speak with them first if there are any issues with your move-in instructions.  

If you are arrtiving via public transportation: 

The most cost effective way (and given Boston traffic, sometimes faster) is to take the T (i.e. subway). Here's what you do: exit the terminal and look for the nearest Silver Line bus stop. Get on the bus and ride to South Station (for free!). There, hop off and look for signs to the Red Line. You want to take the train going toward 'Alewife'. Get off at Harvard. In the station, take the stairs up, NOT the ramp down. Then take the "Harvard Yard" exit. And there you are! Johnston Gate! You should be greeted by FUPleaders in purple t-shirts. If somehow you miss us, head to Thayer Hall where we will have registration tables. 

As you enter the yard, you will see a lot of people in crimson directing you to a central tent where you can register and collect all the information to move in

Of course hopping in a taxi or Uber/Lyft/Safr/ride share is easier but more expensive. A regular taxi may cost up to $45. If you choose this way, tell your driver to go to  "Harvard University, Johnston Gate." If your driver doesn't know where the Gate is, just tell them it's by the T entrance on Mass Aveune towards Porter Sq or across from Church Street.