Mobility International Student
Hi, I'm an exchange student from Spain. Some months ago I also posted in this subreddit asking about the meal plans.
Now my question is about mobility, move-in date for residence halls is 25 of August for new International students, since the Orientation is the 27th I'm planning to fly on the 26th.
I would be arriving at Chicago's airport at 14:25 and I would be taking a 17:50 train to Kalamazoo arriving at 21:00 aproximately. The thing is the train from O'Hare to the Union Station is 49 minutes and between inmigration control and more I might not be able to get in time. So the back up plan would be to take a bus at 23:35 arriving to Kalamazoo at 3:30am next dat (27th).
My question is about if anyone knows if the pick up services of WMU will be available at that time, also will anyone be at the front desk of the residence hall? Because if not I don't know how could I get in my room. Lastly, how safe is really Chicago, some people say that it isn't as safe as other cities and I would need to be moving with 3 suitcases and a backpack through a city I don't know and maybe even without data plan.