Getting Ready

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>I’m so excited! I’ve decided to come to Chicago. I was wondering whether any current students had an idea about what I should read or do in preparation for coming.</p>

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<p>Congratulations. </p>

<p>To prepare: get warm clothes and a facebook</p>

<p>You’ll get mailings with information throughout the summer.</p>

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<p>You will find many suggestions on the class of 2011 website. It will likely be <a href=“Class of 2024”>Class of 2024; when it becomes available. You can review the previous classes here: <a href=“http://www.college.uchicago.edu/[/url]”>http://www.college.uchicago.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i’m definitely going to make a thread on this towards the end of the summer - there are things that I wish somebody had told me to bring back when I was getting ready to come to college. Just simple stuff that ends up being incredibly useful, like surge protectors/extension cords and garbage bags. Also, Mario Kart. Oh, and reading Das Kapital wouldn’t hurt, either.</p>

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<p>Aron - I assume that you will be flying in from Amsterdam. If a parent is not accompanying you (with a handy rental car), you should be able to manage a shopping trip to buy things that are too bulky/heavy to bring with you on the plane; there were a couple of these during my son’s O-week. </p>

<p>Items such as sheets, blankets and warm clothing may be purchased on line and shipped to your hall - rules for when these items can be sent will be included in the mailings. I believe that small refrigerators can be rented.</p>

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<p>You buy trash bags, Jack? You’re in Max, right? We just use food take out bags from Bartlett. Free and effective. :)</p>

<p>Extension cords save my life.</p>

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<p>oh don’t get me wrong, i use the food bags too - and the utensils, and condiment packets - i live off the stuff i take from bartlett sometimes. but if you’re clearing 50-60 empty cans (of, er, soda) out of your room after a saturday night you’re going to need the heftys.</p>

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<p>That’s true. Full size trash bags are useful for certain types of trash. :)</p>

<p>Yes. We have a set-up stocked with salt and pepper shakers, napkins, spoons/forks/knives (plastic ones are useful–no washing required!), and, um, some other things used for eating that we’re planning on returning at some point.</p>

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<p>oh yes. If your assigned dining hall is BJ or Pierce, many students bring tupperware with them to save food for later. Because BJ and Pierce are all-you-can-eat, some students will take food out with them to eat later. I’m not necessarily advocating this, as the dining hall is only comfortable with carry-outs up to “an ice cream and/or a piece or two of fruit,” but I’m saying that it’s done.</p>

<p>At Bartlett, it’s a non-issue, because you’re paying for everything you eat individually.</p>