Westcoastwild
DIS Veteran
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- Jul 26, 2016
My DD will be a senior this year, so we have been around this before. Some suggestions we have found. Big Lots has wonderful mattress toppers for much less than other places. I know many people say no TV, but my DD loves having hers at school. In fact, she bought a big screen one black friday. She is an RA, and has movie night in her room lots of times. She also has a box of movies that they watch. She said it was much easier to have a printer in her room, she has a prime account and orders her ink and paper from there. She has found she does better renting most books. She gets many from Amazon. Also have your student find out if they have a text book trade facebook page. She has used that often.
Speaking of facebook, her school also has a ride page for kids that need rides home. I know she has taken kids to the airport many times when she has the time. I made her take a plunger with her and she fought me about it. She was the most popular girl on her floor once others found out she had one! She didn't want to take an umbrella, but once she needed it she was glad to have it.
She loves her hammock. She also uses her long board. It sounds like she has lots of things with her, but her room still has room in it! She rents a storage unit with her roommates so she doesn't have to bring it all home with her.
If she's an RA, though, she hasn't got a roommate. The problem with a TV is that there may not be a spot to put it. My roommate could only fit a small one in her closet that technically we both shared (I never watched much, but I would not have had a place to put one anyway.) I knew guys who had big screens and gaming systems but basically they had jointly decided they wanted that rather than desk space...and that's not something you'd soring on a roommate without talking it over first.
It's better arrive with less and then buy stuff to fit, than to buy stuff that you have no idea if you'll have the space for it. And that will depend a lot on how much the roommate shows up with (assuming that there is one, I haven't seen a post saying she's in a single).