<p>Also, surge protectors!</p>
<p>buy at least 2. One for your desk area and one for your bed area.</p>
<p>high five canuck! we make a good team ahahaha. 
Between what we posted this year, and the questions last year, everything is somewhere in this forum regarding shopping for 1st years.</p>
<p>To add:</p>
<p>Get some nice sheets with a good thread count (300+). You’ll sleep better, Walmart is not always the way to go. </p>
<p>Get a down duvet, they’re better at regulating temperature. You’ll be more comfortable on the hottest and coldest days. </p>
<p>Get at least a couple pillows, the more, the better.</p>
<p>Again, get a mattress pad, as db said, the Tempur Pedic are by far the best, and you really don’t want to get out of bed. I intend on getting a Tempur Pedic mattress for my appartment next year too. With a pad, you want to go back to sleep. Without out one, you don’t want to get out of bed (ie move) because your back hurts. </p>
<p>Get some of those 3M hooks, they work great for hanging robes and wet rain jackets.</p>
<p>Do your laundry, as in, wash your clothes and sheets, it’s kinda important. I don’t really care if you don’t iron your shirts, but for the love of all things holy, do your laundry. This is where db and I disagree, do your laundry weekly, and you won’t be tempted to overfill the machines. Even if the washing machines do a really sh**ty job, use them. Take your clothes home when you go, but I’d recommend on doing it more often.
PS, the machines really are God awful though.</p>
<p>As for other stuff to bring, make sure you have a network cable for move in day, it makes setting up your computer faster and allows you to have a faster internet connection. Also, a USB memory key is very useful. If you tend to use your laptop in bed, especially for db, me and whoever else uses a MacBook Pro that tends to get really hot, you might want to consider a lap table so that the laptop isn’t sitting directly on a comforter that is designed to insulate.</p>
<p>Get the surge protectors with as long a cord as possible, and the most plugs as possible. If you’re going to link them together, wait until after the fire marshall comes. </p>
<p>And high five back to db, with a little searching, every thing anyone needs to know is somewhere in here, along with a running commentary of the olympics.</p>
<p>Great info you guys, I particularly like the links to old threads 
Anyone who wants pictures of how much stuff I managed to cram into my Brown room any given year should PM me for the Facebook albums.</p>
<p>I’ll add that:
-The best purchase I made was 2 folding chairs from Target. I still use them almost daily when people are over and we want to watch Youtube videos.
-I’ll second the baking soda, full mirror, and 3m command hooks (I just bought some last year and I wish I had always had them).
-I also have a half-rack that goes in my closet which adds another rack… <a href=“http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1962/87/47/6111185/n6111185_34330446_7163.jpg[/url]”>http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1962/87/47/6111185/n6111185_34330446_7163.jpg</a>
-Another thing I would add is that I really like having my own desk lamp. I took down the top part of the desk to make 2 desks and also having non-fluorescent lighting (nice, soft lighting) is just what I need sometimes.
-I also suggest bringing **tools<a href=“hammer,%20screwdriver”>/b</a> as I’ve always had a need for them at move in and other points, as well as a real laundry basket if you have room and not a dinky fold up hamper (which ripped pretty quickly my first year).</p>
<p>Here are 2 old threads I also found:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/331001-dorm-rooms.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/331001-dorm-rooms.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/357179-what-bring-uva.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/357179-what-bring-uva.html</a></p>
<p>can anyone comment on hereford weedon, single :(</p>
<p>Via google:
Hereford: [site:talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia</a> hereford - Google Search](<a href=“Google Search”>Google Search)
Weedon: [site:talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia</a> weedon - Google Search](<a href=“Google Search”>Google Search)</p>
<p>giggles, hereford is not bad at all! don’t stress about it. I’m pretty sure your one of the lucky ones who has air conditioning, so you don’t need the fans. pmanliu lived in hereford first year, so he’d be able to comment more accurately on this. hopefully he’ll look through soon. :)</p>
<p>I made this crudely marked map, adapted from the UTS bus route map (where, if you haven’t seen it already, each circle represents a stop on a route…) </p>
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<p>It’s slightly more condensed than the 3D-esque map you’re given so hopefully it’ll be useful for getting an idea of transportation and distance issues…</p>
<p>Lol, that map is hilarious. I like your commentary, and your magenta bridge by Brown.</p>
<p>Referring to the map, avoid the “High Traffic Breezeway” unless you like getting handbills. For those of y’all who like running or mountain biking, around the Nuclear Reactor and High Energy Physics, there are some great running/biking trails, and if you really want a good hill workout, run up O’Hill to the Observatory at the top.</p>
<p>So I’m completely obsessive compulsive about packing. When I was getting ready to go off to school for my first year, I made this spreadsheet that had everything that I needed for my room broken into categories and organized by whether I’d bought it yet, if it was officially packed, etc etc. Thought it might come in handy for someone :)</p>
<p>[My</a> Packing List](<a href=“http://lauralee.name/dormspreadsheet.xls]My”>http://lauralee.name/dormspreadsheet.xls)</p>
<p>Great list!</p>
<p>Everything is EXTREMELY helpful!! Thank you all :)</p>
<p>Wahoo2012, do you still have your clothes/shoes list? (If you wouldn’t mind sharing it,) It’d be invaluable as well :)</p>
<p>Read this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/717300-weather-clothing.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/717300-weather-clothing.html</a></p>
<p>If you’re a girl, db made a good list. If you’re a guy, read mine.</p>
<p>Reynoc: I never made a clothing list. I just brought everything I had that I wore regularly. I only live an hour from UVA, so getting new things and taking stuff back was easy for me. There’s loads of advice around here though</p>
<p>You all are WONDERFUL! I doubt any other school on this website had current students start a thread like this just to pass down helpful information. </p>
<p>We are so lucky to be part of such a great community.</p>
<p>wow, that list Wahoo2012 is crazy, looks like you brought your whole life with you!</p>
<p>I just read galoisien’s post about Brown having a communal fridge and thus not needing your own fridge and I would recommend having your own fridge and microwave. I lived near the lounge my 2nd year and having to go in while people were watching a movie in the dark was reeeeally awkward. The fridges are also mighty disgusting because they’re communal and people just leave stuff to rot. My roommate’s fridge does not have a freezer, so we just bought one, and it was a great purchase, so try and get a mini fridge with at least a little freezer space for some ice cream (finals cramming? breakup?) or ice cubes or something.</p>
<p>I think it’s probably easier to buy your own, so you can use it for the next couple of years rather than just renting it for one… my roommate and I rented a mini fridge first year (I had planned on bringing one, but she had already ordered it without consulting me…oh well)… but it wasn’t a big deal. The only plus is when it comes time to move in/out you don’t have to worry about carrying a microfridge b/c the company will move it for you.</p>
<p>I’ll take your microfridge at the end of the year if you don’t want to move it =)</p>
<p>How do you use the course forum? I downloaded it and am totally confused</p>
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