<p>Our son had those egg crate foam toppers which he put a mattress pad on top of…and it was fine. They are inexpensive so we just had him toss it at the end of each school year.</p>
<p>DD had a very thick mattress pad on her bed (but she also had a new mattress and bed in her dorm).</p>
<p>When DD moved off campus, she got a synthetic 1 1/2 inch fake featherbed topper and put it on the bed, and then got a nice mattress pad to put on top of it. She said it felt like a “heavenly bed” from whatever hotel has those.</p>
<p>Memory foam is great but it can get hot…and it’s much more expensive.</p>