Moving Out?

The academic year at LSE consists of 31 weeks of classes and 9 weeks of break.  There is some variation in the contract length in residence halls - some are for entire 40 weeks (including breaks) and some are for 31 weeks.  I chose a residence hall with a 31 week contract because I wanted to explore Europe and didn't want to pay for my room when I wasn't living there.  I also didn't plan on traveling for the entire break, so I applied to stay at Passfield for the first week and the last week.  I was assigned a different room over break, which meant that I had to pack everything up and move.  Fortunately, I was assigned a shared room; since my other two roommates stayed at Passfield for the whole break, I could leave my belongings in the room while I traveled (LSE rents out the rooms to tourists during the break, so I would not have been allowed to leave my stuff in the room if I had a single room!)  Just remember that this is not always the case and you should think through this thoroughly when deciding on a residence hall!