Does your college kid have keys for the dorm?
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Anonymous
| We are trying to come up with a graduation gift for a bunch of graduating seniors. We have a few items and are wondering if a keychain might be something they could use in college? Or have all of the colleges gone to code entry doors? |
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| obviously not all colleges gone to keyless. Depends on which schools they go to. |
Anonymous
| Mine has a card to swipe for entry. And we live in one of those neighborhoods where nobody locks doors. She's moving off campus next year and lives in a city with a decently high crime rate so I'm just hoping and hoping that she and housemates get a handle on the key thing. |
Anonymous
| Mine has a room key, but she keeps it on a lanyard as do most students at her school (card for dorm access). Not sure a keychain would be used. |
Anonymous
| Mine has a card key system, the card is kept on the phone case |
Anonymous
| Ok, OP here. Thanks for the input on keychains. Sounds like it might not be the best idea. Anything else? Did your kids get anything small like that ($12 or less) for graduation that proved useful? |
Anonymous
| a cute doorstop! nice for move in day and being more social in the dorms! |
Anonymous
| Yes room key but card to get into dorm |
Anonymous
| No keys at UVA, though now that my kids live off grounds, they have keys for their apartments. Also don't forget car key and house key for home... might still be a useful gift. |
Anonymous
| A 16oz lidded water bottle with a clip to attach it to a backpack. My son rarely lost anything like that until he went to college. |
Anonymous
A personalized water bottle (name printed on it) with new school logo. |
Anonymous
| Get your grad a school-design lanyard that has a hard plastic key-card holder in it. It will literally be used every single day. College students don't go anywhere without their key-card. And if they have actual keys for the dorm, they put that on the lanyard loop as well. |
Anonymous
Nice lanyard w/ college logo college logo socks pennant for room (a little more than $12) fairy lights for room college magnet(s) for mini fridge or door |
Anonymous
| Some kids use lanyards. Mine said they were totally a thing people laughed at freshman for so they got dropped pretty quickly, |
Anonymous
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They use card swipes to get into the dorm,but key to get into their room.
My daughter hung her key on a school (swag) lanyard. |