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[quote=Anonymous]Also have a student in the Midwest.

- Shopped here at Bed, Bath and Beyond plus Container store and picked up locally.  Overbought with intent to return what's not needed.  Often the most popular items are sold out like Command hooks for coats and wet towels.   Also, helpful right away were different styles of over the door hooks since door widths vary and the container store pop up cubes which served as storage and seating.  Sturdy laundry basket which folds flat from BBB.  Microwave cart to store food.  Order the rental minifrig with microwave early, they run out.  A really good mattress pad.  We ordered the XL from Tempurpedic and had to reship due to the two week requirement.  If you do the same, do not unbox it no matter what people say about airing it out!

- Unless your kid is very minimal, you'll be lofting the bed so storage units underneath are handy .

- rent a minivan to make your life easier

- lines to pick up anything shipped to campus are really long so plan accordingly.  Only the student can pick up the keys and the stuff so once keys are obtained, send your DC down to line.

- Midwest Falls don't last really long so we brought out all the clothes.  Weather has been relatively great but temps can drop from 70 to 30 degrees in 1/2 hour.  The Northfaces that have a removeable liner/jacket has been great for most days plus one heavier one for sub zero weather (that can wait until after Xmas.)  Light waterproof shoes like the ones Sperry makes are perfect for most days also.

- Pack a tool kit and scissors for move in.

-  An alumni parent clued us into the Southwest Visa Rapid Rewards card.  Once you hit the threshold, two fly for essentially the price of one.  Especially handy if you'll be using Midway vs O'Hare[/quote]

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