<p>Has anyone felt that they need a power strip or safe? Also how many towels? Moving out this fall, eek!</p>
<p>I use two or three power strips. One by my desk, one on the other side of the room (by my fridge and lamp), and one in the bathroom. I only use a couple plugs in each but I didn’t have enough outlets otherwise. I don’t use a safe, the security for my room is pretty good by itself and I added some extra measures.</p>
<p>^ Good point about the powerstrips too.
Our student’s U recommends a land line phone (all suites have a landline #)</p>
<p>Also cable for the computer…hmmm I guess we need to check the computer/tech support to see what they recommend.</p>
<p>DS1’s dorm room had a landline. I asked if he ever used it. He said it rang once all year-- and it was the wrong number. A useless item in this day and age. Agree on the appalling amount of dust.</p>
<p>Agree with fogfog and momomomo about the power strips, computer cable and tv cable: the outlets/boxes in DD’s room were no where near where they ended up locating their desks/storage racks/tv etc. We sent 2 power strips and RM brought 2 more: that was just enough. Cables can be gotten very cheaply online (I bought a 25’ cable for TV for 4.95 and 25’ computer cable for slightly less).</p>
<p>For parents of 2011/2015 just talking about move in…</p>
<p>S brought my wok…don’t ask. He never used it.</p>
<p>Has anyone ordered at BB&B/Target/Walmart and had things shipped to school? We live in NY and D is going to Texas. Trying to figure out least expensive way to send her things.</p>
<p>I’m sure I’ve said this before, but look at return policies and save all of your receipts. Also, do a search beforehand (if you don’t have web access on your phone) and see where the nearest store like Walmart is to the school. </p>
<p>It is likely that there is something the student forgot to bring and something else that needs to be returned.</p>
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<p>That’s one more than my D used hers…</p>
<p>Both my kids have safes. Not because they were particularly concerned about roommates stealing stuff, but because it was a defined place where they could put valuables and know where they were (i.e., passport, meds, camera, copies of laptop receipt/warranty info, checks, copies of SS card and insurance info, etc.). I viewed the safe as an organizational tool rather than a security tool. :)</p>
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<p>Safe-no</p>
<p>power strip-yes</p>
<p>towels-I sent 4 bath towels. I have the feeling that one was used, washed and reused and the other 3 sat piled up in the back of a shelf. I don’t know this as fact (educated guess), but I will find out when my son comes home. I think that he did do laundry more frequently than I would have guessed (no coins or swipes needed, it is included in the R&B pricing). If this is the case, he has too much in terms of clothing.</p>
<p>S took his Wii. He had arranged with his roommate for RM to bring the TV. They never used the wii and S brought it back when he came home for a break. (This made me surprisingly happy.)</p>
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Do a search and find out if there is a BBB, Target or Walmart near the school. We have done 2 moves from Calif. to Boston and then to Penn. and found it to be much easier to just shop when we got there. D. moved all of her stuff in a carry-on plus two bags that we checked, one on her ticket and one on mine. Prior to the move, I went to a thrift store and got the largest suitcase I could find that was under the airline checked bag limits- I think I paid $8. We filled it with her stuff and I checked it on my ticket. When we got to school, we just unpacked it and then dropped it off at a thrift store there. At $25 to check it, it was still cheaper than shipping her stuff. We bought bedding and towels and stuff like that when we got there.</p>
<p>Our S was moving from SoCal to Evanston, IL. So he and I flew Southwest for the bags fly free. I had as many large, empty suitcases as I could handle going back home.</p>
<p>It is definitely more efficient to purchase bedding and related stuff once you get to the college. If there’s a Bed, Bath & Beyond nearby, consider using them. I won’t repeat what was said earlier about BB & B. What I will suggest is that you tell all your friends who don’t have a graduating senior that you’d appreciate having as many BB & B coupons as they are willing to give you. </p>
<p>Forget expiration dates, doesn’t matter to BB & B, they will take them. Saved us north of $300. AND, if you somehow forget in your packing to leave your stash of coupons, you can bring the BB & B receipt to your local store with said coupons, and you can get the refund there. </p>
<p>We shipped a few boxes after he settled in, which contained mainly bulky, winter clothing and … his collection of Harry Potter books! Thankfully books ship cheap. Not sure he’s made use of those …</p>
<p>His aunt lives 17 miles from campus, so we’ve arranged that he can leave some stuff with her over the summer. Of course, he’ll have to figure out how to get it there. It appears his roommate for next year is an IL native, so perhaps he has access to a car.</p>
<p>hmm… a safe?<br>
Meaning a strong box? Hadn’t even thought of it…</p>
<p>S mentioned that he “probably should have” packed the second towel we bought for dorm use. He will bring two or three next year and has thrown away this year’s 1 towel.</p>
<p>I had three bath towels and thought it was a good number. One was invariably always missing or being used by a guest. I only had two like… hand/dish towels, though, and I had a bathroom with a sink in my room and could have used more of those.</p>
<p>My D just sent home her dorm safe still in the box, never opened.</p>
<p>I thought S would be returning with his hand vac still in a box. Lo and behold, he and his roommate told me they’ve used it!</p>