<p>Super recommend not bringing too much to school. You’ll be one of ~5,000 kids moving to NYU this year, and they all have to get into housing. Bring clothing, shoes, essentials … but plan to buy the rest here.</p>
<p>You have to move everything in during a specified timeslot. You’ll get one little cart that you’ll probably have to make at least two, almost definitely three trips up the elevator with, and each time you have to wait through the line and avoid the mess of dozens of other kid/parent pairs doing the same thing. Boxes full of toiletries and little personal effects that are easily obtainable here take up space in your car (if you’re driving in) and will just cram up your dorm room, a huge risk when you haven’t even seen where you’ll be spending a whole year.</p>
<p>Far better to bring what you can’t replace, get there and get a feel for your room, then head out and buy what you need. Yes, the city can be more expensive, but you’re buying a bunch of small things and there’s probably no better time than the start of the semester. Every business knows thousands of kids are moving to all the schools across the city and have sales going. BBB, Ikea, Kmart, and smaller stores are all fighting each other for your dollar.</p>
<p>Just the $.02 of an upperclassman who has been a move-in volunteer every year.</p>