<p>My son will be in a traditional two person dorm room and they will share a bathroom with just one other dorm room with two people. Does this four person bathroom usually come with a shower curtain? Should I just buy a sort of cheap one just in case? Son has not talked to his roommate yet but even if he does, I don’t know if he would know the answer either. Or, maybe this is put on the list for things to buy after we get there.</p>
<p>The other items up that we can’t decide about are the micro-fridge. The college has a service that rents and delivers them for $180 a year. Can buy seperate items that meet colleges spec’s for just over $100. Is it worth the savings to schlep these things around and then maybe have them sitting around after two years? Since son has not been able to get a hold of the roommate to find out his opinion on sharing the rent or to find out if he owns them and will share, we will probably not buy (or sign rental contract) for a little while. Anyone find a particularly nice, well priced frig? We saw two choices at Target. One seemed too big but had a freezer compartment, the other would probably be fine, but no freezer.</p>
<p>Walmart also had some (fridges) as did Home Depot and Linens and Things. Last year, for DD, Walmart ended up clearancing her micro and fridge. I think we ended up paying $28 for the fridge and $17 for the microwave. So it was less than $50 for both. She is using them again this year.</p>
<p>Walmart is (according to my daughter) the axis of evil and we are not allowed to shop there. However, Home Depot and Linen and things are still okay so can look there. Just looked at linen and things and they have a microwave with a built in toaster. Can’t imagine son will get up early enough for breakfast - toaster would be good for pop tarts or bagels.</p>
<p>Definitely don’t rent a fridge at that price – buy yourself a nice used one or even a new one, and you’ll have it for four years! It’s a bother to ship and store it, but it’s probably worth it.</p>
<p>And the bathroom will probably come with a shower curtain. Do you know if it’s a bathroom within a suite, or if it’s on a hallway? The difference would probably be that if it’s on the hallway, the custodial staff will probably clean it and it will probably have a curtain, but if it’s within a suite, then you probably have to provide those things yourself.</p>
<p>Not in a suite, but the guys will have to clean it. Glad I won’t be able to visit! According to the floor plan, it’s in between the two rooms but not available for use from the hallway.</p>
<p>I’m assuming son will probably dorm for two years and then have a regular apartment for last two so it would only be needed for two years. I think I am talking myself into buying though because the price is so much more that even if both microwave and fridge died after one year, it would still be cheaper then renting.</p>
<p>Looked at fridges about 6 weeks ago. I decided to wait until S makes contact with roommate. Chances are good (70%) that roommate is from Va. and it will be easier for him to bring it, if he owns one. If not, I figure that they can chip in together and buy one (I figure about 120/2=60 bucks for the year-not bad). At the end of the year they could split up what they buy, and frankly, I am not worried about the equity of the deal. I liked one fridge that I saw at Sears. There is a Sears near son’s school, so I think that that they could go there the first week or two, and they can order it together (or they can buy it online in the next week or two, and ship it to the school, once they speak to each other). S will find out who his roommate is early next week.</p>
<p>I would have S call student life about the shower curtain. The other alternative is to buy it in a neutral tone, and save the receipt for easy return.
Somehow, I doubt that the guys will care about the color scheme as long as it is not pink/purple-LOL.</p>
<p>My school (Carnegie Mellon) has first-come first-serve storage in basements of buildings. I packed up my fridge the first night the storage was open at the end of the year, and put it there for the summer- not really that much of a problem. My roommate did the same with her microwave. If your son’s school has similar storage, it’s not a big deal.</p>
<p>I would wait until your son speaks to his roommate before making any kind of refrigerator arrangements.</p>
<p>If your son’s roommate has an older brother or sister, his family may have a perfectly good dorm fridge already paid for and available for his use.</p>
<p>If I needed a shower curtain for son’s dorm I’d probably just buy him several colored liners. They are cheap and can be tossed when they get nasty. And boys could care less if it is a liner or curtain.</p>
<p>We lucked out with a mini fridge. Son’s roommate brought it last year, and in May, when all the seniors were leaving, son got a fridge for free. Can’t beat that! He told me that the seniors were leaving “all kinds of great stuff behind”. His words, not mine. :)</p>
<p>Just make sure that anything you buy meets dorm regulations. I know that Princeton for example has pretty strict regulations. In fact, it might be that only the micro/fridge combos rentable from the Princeton student agency are allowed. I am not sure…</p>
<p>as a girl, we brought new shower curtains both years, even though they were provided by the school, just because the ones provided by the school were icky and drab, and a fun shower curtain brightened up the bathroom a lot and was really cheap (got it at target), as a boy, though, I don’t know if it matters.</p>
<p>Went out today (I have the college spec’s) and looked at frig’s and microwaves at K-mart and Lowes. Will just wait until the guys talk to decide where to get (unless roomy has it) the stuff. </p>
<p>Babboo, that’s a great idea about shower liners. Now who decides when they’re nasty?</p>
<p>Last year my son shared a dorm apartment with three other young men - nice boys and always clean. My daughters visited last spring and both said they did not want to touch anything in the bathroom, it was that nasty. When my husband went down to move my son home for the summer, he said it looked like it had not been cleaned all year. So, I’m thinking that whatever gets put up in the fall (liner or shower curtain) will still be there in May. Sons - don’t you just love them!?!</p>