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Let the move-in begin: 6,500 students start dorm life at UW-Madison

If you see dazed and confused parents, driving packed-to-the-roof SUVs with out-of-state license plates, going round and round the UW-Madison campus, looking for a parking spot, it can only mean one thing: It?s move-in week.

Beginning Wednesday, 6,500 UW-Madison students will start moving into the 17 residence halls on campus: 1,300 with housing jobs move in on Wednesday, then 2,600 on Friday and another 2,600 on Saturday. To add to the fun and excitement, a pile of campus streets are torn up due to utility and road construction.