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My freshman uses his debit card in the laundry rooms, and it has cost him $2.50 each time. (That includes the total cost of washing plus drying.) Machines are right there on Old Campus, and there is an app that tells you the availability of machines in each location. He has not found it a big expense nor a huge inconvenience.

You can pay to have your laundry done by a laundry service at Yale if time is a big concern. This is, obviously, much more costly. Link is here: Student Financial and Administrative Services | Laundry

At colleges where the laundry is included, you can be sure that it is built into the overall costs and you are paying for it anyway. Only one of the colleges that my son visited included laundry service.

fogfog

Athletic clothes will need washing in a machine...(odors/bacteria) There is no place for a drying line.

In the grand scheme of things, laundry: sheets, towels, jeans, etc are not expensive.
Delicates can wash well--though you'd need a drying rack AND extra towels.
Depending on the housing--you could get fined for damaging floors with wet laundry.

If you want included laundry, printing etc... Princeton is a better fit.

AmethystG

Yes, all of the Yale athlete’s sports uniforms are washed for them at no cost. In fact, the girls on team told me they throw in a pair of jeans every once in a while as well.
As an athlete, I think it would be difficult to get a steady job. If I was clothes every couple of days, drying them wouldn’t take too much room. For heavier pieces I wouldn’t wash them by hand. And I was planning to buy a collapsible tub to wash them in (slightly bigger than a normal sized bathroom sink). I’ve hand washed and line dried clothes before; if you do a couple at a time it doesn’t take longer than taking a shower, and drying them only takes a night.

Oh and it is also true that for clothes without actual stains on them, all you really need to do is swish em around a bit soak them in soapy water for a while before rinsing.

I think I’ll end up hand washing a few items whenever I have the time, and throw larger things in the wash.

Thank you for the info everyone I know this was a weird question but I appreciate everyone’s answers.

If anyone has anything else to add I'd still love to hear them.

Bigshott77

What I don't get is why I don't get replies to my questions when there's ones like this out there.

AmethystG

@Bigshott: Your question is too long, and it looks like a question you should ask your guidance counselor. My question is one that actually asks about college experiences, which is why so many people have expressed their opinions, even if it is a stupid or weird question. You'll find that there are many different types of questions on this forum.

I'm not the oldest member of CC, but being a noob as you called yourself, take a word of advise: hating on other ppls post's is not the way to introduce yourself or get ppl to answer your question.

YoHoYoHo

I would think that most colleges do not include laundry service in the cost of "room and board". Laundry at Yale can be done 2 ways: 1. a laundry service where you pay and drop off your clothes and they are washed and folded for you and you pick it up 2. self service where you go to washers and dryers yourself and pay (located in some of the residential colleges, like Bingham) and just like at home, you load it in the washer, then transfer to dryer, then fold them and take them back to your room. Handwashing works ok for a small amount of items, but it's difficult for a "regular load" size of clothes.

D's remarks after doing first loads of laundry away from home, "wow, this is annoying" (meaning schleping clothes to and from washer/dryer; she already often did laundry at home). I said "yes, this is how you will do laundry for the next 10 years or so, until you own a washer/dryer of your own, say in a condo."