Practicalities

Kid'sInAtDodge · 08-14-2009, 08:28 AM

2 immediate concerns:

Do students in dorms need to supply own toilet paper?
We forgot to order the egg-cratey mattress tamer. Any ideas where to buy one?

1 longer term question:

How much theft is there from Chapman dorm rooms?

corky · 08-14-2009, 11:07 AM

Kids definitely need to supply their own toilet paper for their bathrooms..that is the one thing he and roommates had to continually go out and buy...you also need cleaning supplies like a toilet brush, tb cleaner (hoping they will use it occassionally!), clorox wipes, etc....the bathrooms get cleaned by the University once a sememster, the rest is up to the kids....no one had thought of bringing bathroom rugs so we bought those when we arrived...the egg crate things/memory foam pads are usually found at bed, bath and beyond (in Irvine or Santa Anna) and maybe at target or walmart in Tustin....my son said his memory foam pad was the best thing we bought....he never complained about theft or had anything taken....he did not want a laptop lock and said he would not have needed one had he bought one but that maybe is just him.....kids do lock up their bicycles altho I think I read that a few bikes went missing....the dorm rooms do not lock automatically (at least not in Henley), so my son and roommates had to get used to locking their dorm door when they left their room...

Kid'sInAtDodge · 08-14-2009, 11:40 PM

Thanks so much!
Exactly the information we need.
We've got the cleaning supplies already and will pick up the memory foam.
Exciting times.

littlegreenmom · 08-15-2009, 01:41 AM

My son never lost anything in his room, but his bike was stolen on campus. Good bike lock, and everything.

Target has the memory foam mattress tops in XL size.

socalscott · 08-15-2009, 05:02 PM

Just a quick question, sorry to derail this thread
but does EVER dorm have their own bathroom, or share it with another room? are there any residence halls where a whole floor shares a bathroom?
also, is each hall air conditioned? and can you control the thermostat or is it by floor?
Just curious!
Good luck to your son!

littlegreenmom · 08-15-2009, 05:10 PM

You can go on the Residence section of the Chapman website. There are floorplans - or were - of every room. He lived in Glass, and shared his bathroom with his two other roommates. Some of the dorms have a shared bathroom for two rooms, but all of Glass had their own bathrooms. My son brought a turbo air fan at the beginning of the school year and never took it out of the box. He said the air was pretty good. I don't know if you can control the temp in each room.

There is a facebook page that the kids started last year - you can join and start viewing the discussions, if you are interested. There were older and new students that posted on that site and it could be very helpful info.

littlegreenmom · 08-15-2009, 05:12 PM

Socalscott,

Are you starting at Chapman, or thinking about going/transferring there?

socalscott · 08-15-2009, 06:21 PM

Right now its my first or second choice, i'm applying for fall 2010
i love it there!

corky · 08-15-2009, 06:38 PM

In Henley, each room had its own bathroom that the 3 (son was tripled last year) of them shared...there was a small shelf unit in the bath room for their toilet articles and then the basic sink, toilet, tub/shower.....there was also another narrow built in shelf unit just inside the door to the room to store junk food, laundry products, etc. ...the a/c unit in the room was controlled by them and supplied plenty of air or heat or just the fan to circulate air around....the windows opened to let in a breeze on cool days....my son also took a small fan that was never used....in the closet, there was a shelf above the hangbar to put stuff on....even with 3 of them sharing the closet that normally would be used by 2, there was enough hanging space for the boy's clothes....one of the 3 dressers had to fit into the closet tho because there was no other space in the room for it....

socalscott · 08-15-2009, 07:40 PM

sweet, thanks!
do you think rooms will be tripled fall 2010 as well?

littlegreenmom · 08-15-2009, 08:27 PM

They just opened the new Residence Hall, so there are more beds. Who knows? Chapman is a hot school these days.

Kid'sInAtDodge · 08-16-2009, 01:21 PM

One more "what do we need for the bathroom" question -- shower curtain? rod?

And next year, it'll be furnishing the first apartment and then after that, mom is so outta here!

corky · 08-16-2009, 02:57 PM

My son said there was a rod and shower curtain liner/hooks....no decorative shower curtain tho....I don't remember that we bought that stuff so he must be correct....we did buy a bath mat for the tub so they wouldn't slip if I recall....

And your right, this year we are now furnishing an off campus house with new bedding since he bought a larger bed, a desk, dresser, etc. and need to buy the shower curtain, liner, hooks, for his bathroom, etc....it never seems to end but after this year hopefully it will for a few years!

Kid'sInAtDodge · 08-16-2009, 05:59 PM

Thanks, Corky.

Good luck with the final outfitting and hope your son has a great year.

timely · 08-18-2009, 11:10 PM

My son had a pricey camera stolen on move out day. He had stuff piled in the hallway and was going back and forth downstairs to take stuff to the car and someone snatched it. So, tell your son to beware of making himself the victim of a crime of opportunity.

Also, this happened off-campus this summer, but S left his ipod in his car and visible in the parking garage of his apt. complex. Someone smashed the car window and stole the ipod.