How much does damage on the wall cost you?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>I made a crack on my dorm wall that is about two feet long. Has anyone been charged for dorm damage before? If so, how much is this one going to approximately cost me?</p>

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<p>Anyone? You don’t have to have done the same thing I did. Any anecdotes about damaging the dorm room and paying for it is welcome. Does Cornell charge you fair when you damage things? Or do they do it vengefully…?</p>

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<p>^ This</p>

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<p>probably cheaper to fix it yourself. find a you tube video of how to fix the type of wall you have and go to Home Depot. If it’s dry-wall, that is ridic easy to fix.</p>

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<p>a LOT. cornell loves ripping people off</p>

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<p>Cornell loves ripping students off - after they have given generous financial aid??
Please think about this - education at a private university is not a God given right.</p>

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<p>like Jalmoreno said, try filling it in yourself. we scratched our wall last year moving in a fridge and ended up paying $125 (25 a person) when maintenance fixed it.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. The crack is huge though. the inside plaster is pushed in and tilted. I don’t know if filling it up is viable.</p>

<p>I’ll probably just end up paying lots of money >_<</p>

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<p>Does housing control who repairs things? If you can’t hire a handyman/painter, sounds like you need to get some spackle, you smooth it over the crack like icing a cake, wait for it to dry, sand it, paint it and done. Like a $15 repair tops. If it’s a hole, you’d need to put a “patch” which is a piece of fine wire mesh and then spackle that. Home Depot guys will explain.</p>