<p>Def. check on the dorm bed situation. Three of the dorms at S2’s college have platform type beds…solid wood bases with mattress on top. Beds are bolted to the floor and nothing can be stored underneath.</p>
<p>justaMom:
boy, I’ve never heard of a school where noone used off campus storage! that must be a pain in the butt…</p>
<p>I haven’t read each post carefully–has anyone mentioned not to forget space for THE ROOMMATE and all of her(his) stuff?<br>
S is a minimalist. People come in his room and say, “Where’s your stuff?”
He’s got the laptop. A few clothes. Camera. Phone. Done. He flew with carryon+laptop. (I mailed bedding and winter clothes). Keep it simple.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the optimal size of plastic stacking drawers to get for under a dorm bed on risers? I’d like to get the biggest size possible depth and length-wise, as we can always stack fewer if height is an issue.</p>
<p>Is the XLG bag from LLBean allowed to be checked in baggage or is the size too big?</p>
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<p>Probably. But check with your carrier.</p>
<p>It would be too big for Delta and Southwest where the length+height+width cannot exceed 62 inches and the weight cannot exceed 50 pounds.</p>
<p>For 1st year DD1 took a Toyota Sequoia’s worth of stuff. Granted some was 1st year architecture supplies (a large chest), some was her makeup (slightly smaller chest), and lots of food, but the room could fit this much without any issues. </p>
<p>For year 2 it’s an apartment room, and she’s talking a couple carloads worth of stuff (small carloads).</p>
<p>you would be amazed how much fits into a dorm room. It’s probably a lot easier to fit things in these days then ten years ago… the tube tv’s that you had to take an extra tv stand to put on them… the pc’s with big bulky cvt monitors that took up your whole desk and then some… I bet a desktop is rare these days on a college campus. I switched to laptop my junior year and I was one of the few to have one… and these days they probably can just stream whatever they want to watch on TV via netflix or hulu on their pc!</p>
<p>Our issue has been not so much what will fit in the dorm room (an incredible amount), as what will fit in the car at the end of the year. </p>
<p>I swear if S2 had owned just one more set of boxers the SUV would have exploded on the drive home for the summer. </p>
<p>Both boys kept bringing more stuff back to school with them after each trip home. Winter jacket and warm clothes after Thanksgiving, a guitar after the first semester, etc., without ever bringing anything home. The ride home in May required the passenger to sit crosslegged, with two pillows on his lap.</p>
<p>Some colleges might offer storage for luggage…ours did. It was available to retrieve at obvious times of the year–fall breaks, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. This was great because it freed up space in dorm room since luggage is an item that you don’t frequently need at college.</p>