<p>S and room mate bought a used minifridge at the sale on move-in day for $25, IIRC. Apparently it works fine. Since they have a little living room, we also brought a futon couch, assembled from used components/Craig’s List and a new cover and pillows. (You can rent one for $80 per term if you don’t happen to own any major components or live at a distance.) I gave him an electric kettle and a set of over-sized china cups, which are handy for making hot drinks or ramen kinds of things in your room. It has a safety feature that shuts it off if the water gets low. (I almost killed myself with an early and rudimentary hot pot thing in college. Luckily I semi-awoke before expiring from the fumes of melting plastic and threw the windows open.) Microwaves are not allowed in rooms, and there is one in the dorm kitchen.</p>
<p>Other than that, not a bad idea for someone to bring an old phone to plug into the free phone jack in the room.</p>
<p>No one S knows seems to have a car.</p>