uk students move in

C1 3 went really smoothly today."

Students were buzzing with excitement moving in, though some didn't picture it looking like this.

"yeah i was worried it would be a big mess today.

There's hardly anyone here it hasn't been crowded at all."

"i just think this is a lot easier like everybody here is very nice it seems very efficient and very organized."

The university extended the move in period to over a week..

When it's usually just a couple days.

U-k is expecting anywhere from 300 to 1,000 students moving in each day... spreading out the more than six- thousand students expected.

It's just one of the many safety measures being taken.

"we're doing deep cleaning throughout the campus, we're limiting how many can live in a residence hall so everyone will have a private bedroom, no more than two to a bathroom."

Students moving in were only able to bring two people to help.

Uk spokesperson jay blanton says they were excited to see everyone wearing masks, which are mandated on campus, and social distancing.

Students i talked to didn't seem to mind taking the extra precautions.

"well my thought is this is my first year i don't really have anythng to compare it to so this is normal for me."

And parents were pleased with the process, saying they felt better dropping their kids off, knowing safety was being taken seriously... especially with mandatory testing.

"obviously this is our first one out the nest so we were already having butterflies and with a pandemic we weren't sure everything was gonna open up but when they decided to we were gonna go for it and we're very very happy with everything they're gonna do."

Students are hopeful the pandemic won't affect their college experience too much, but say they're going to make the most of it anyway.

Christy bollinger, abc 36 news.

Uk spokes person jay blanton says the unversity has reserved some residence hall space for students who test positive to quarantine at... where they'll get meals delivered to them and staff will make sure they have