dorm comfort/etc.

b2700 · 07-05-2008, 03:43 PM

How are the mattresses in the freshman dorms? Can anyone recommend anything to put on it if they are uncomfortable and old? Also, is there one phone line given to each student or one for each room?

Thanks for the help in advance.

OhNoItsHeather · 07-05-2008, 04:32 PM

You'll definitely want to get one of those foam mattress pads! And I don't know anyone who had their room phoneline set up haha

Particle_Man · 07-05-2008, 05:15 PM

I think there is at least one phone line in each room, but it probably varies between dorms.

Lergnom · 07-05-2008, 06:45 PM

Most kids use their cellphones. Kids not in big dorms tend to not get a land line at all. In the bigger dorms, it's more mixed.

lostandfound5 · 07-06-2008, 07:41 PM

my fool proof way to have a comfy bed with an expensive mattress pad was one of those cheap $20 foam ones AND one of those target mattress covers with a little padding. That, with a down or down alternative bedspread= most comfortable things EVER.

Devilsrule · 07-07-2008, 08:54 AM

I would definitely get a nice thick mattress pad, preferably one of those ncie egg-crate ones. The mattresses were pretty hard and uncomfortable and I distinctly remember wishing I had a better mattress pad.

Lergnom · 07-07-2008, 09:45 AM

Costco and other warehouses sell those memory foam pads.

ud2006 · 07-07-2008, 12:15 PM

the mattresses are TERRIBLE! I have an egg foam thing, a mattress pad and one of those memory foam things on top of it and only then is it comfortable...

kinshasa · 07-07-2008, 09:59 PM

S swears by his memory foam topper.

precocious · 07-08-2008, 08:24 AM

those cheap 10$ foam pads = LOVE
jersey sheets = LOVE x100

i would definitely get one... i couldn't figure out why my back hurt for the first three weeks til i got one :/

PureWhispers · 07-08-2008, 06:24 PM

You have to pay to set up and get phone service there, so if you have a cell phone, don't bother. I didn't know anyone who had phone service set up in their rooms either.

And DEFINITELY get some sort of foam pad for your mattress. I would invest in something good though. I had a really thin egg crate pad that squashed down to almost nothing very quickly, whereas a guy on my floor was the envy of all with his folded-over king-size memory foam pad. Definitely a worthwhile venture to get something like that.