<p>I think that people who are six feet tall don’t fit well in a regular twin bed, which is 75" long (6’3"). I have heard of dorms telling students they had to specially request an extra-long twin size bed, but this link
[Comstock</a> Hall](<a href=“404”>http://www.hws.edu/studentlife/res_options/comstock.aspx)
is the first place I have ever seen that posted a rule that said you had to be longer than a regular sized bed in order to request an extra-long bed. </p>
<p>Have you ever seen a rule like this before or had trouble getting a bed long enough for your kid? </p>
<p>(My son is 5’11" and the twin bed that looked so big when he was a pre-schooler looks tiny now ) The example above is from a women’s dorm, and I know that few women are over 6’3"…</p>
<p>MidwestMom, I just walked in the door from a tour at the U of Minnesota. It never dawned on me to ask about the length of the beds. My son is 6’5" Yikes!</p>
<p>UCLA/UCSD has the extra-long twins for all the dorms - they don’t have the standard ones. It seems the way to go since they probably cost the same and shorter people can fit into the XL beds a lot easier than a tall person fitting into a regular twin.</p>
<p>Ha! The beds in both Ss’ dorms were XL. No question asked. I now have a collection of XL sheets that don’t fit the beds in their bedrooms at home.</p>
<p>Kajon – I’m pretty sure U of Minn has all XL twin beds. My son did fine there and he is even taller than your son! But I remember when we were looking at U of AZ, one of the honor dorms did not have XL Twin beds and I thought that would present a big problem for him. Luckily we did not have to deal with that!</p>
<p>In many schools, it’s standard practice to have twin XL beds in all the dorm rooms.
However, there are still some schools where it’s standard practice to have regular twin beds
(unless the request for an XL bed is granted due to the height requirement).</p>
<p>Welcome to the world of dorm living. Your son will get used to sleeping in whatever bed he has in his dorm room.</p>
<p>I think it’s uncalled for to require a person to be a specific size before they are allowed to have a Twin XL bed. People have different sleeping styles so there’s nothing saying that a 6’3" person needs a longer bed while a 6’ person does not. I’m 6’1" and it’s difficult to sleep in a normal twin bed. I only know of a couple dorms at my school that have Twin beds, the rest have Twin XL beds. I’m okay with having to request a Twin XL bed, but schools should just have them for everyone. Also, it’d be nice if schools specifically said “Twin XL” rather than “Extended Twin, twin sheets might not work,” but that’s another argument.</p>
<p>The beds in my daughter’s residence hall are all XL. We purchased an XL mattress topper, mattress pad and sheets for a quite reasonable price at Target last summer. She loves the comfort of her dorm bed, but next year she’s out of the dorm and back to a regular size twin bed. No problem though - she’s not quite 5’2". :)</p>
<p>Finally, a reason to celebrate shortness!! From a quick google search I found that a normal twin bed is 75" long or 6’ 3" and an extra long bed is 80" long or 6’ 8". I thought all colleges had XL beds.</p>
) The example above is from a women’s dorm, and I know that few women are over 6’3"…</p>