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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make sure to get twin (long) flat and sheet.  A blanket, pillow and a fan!

Maybe a robe, shower slipper, and caddy.

Then bring their usual self care and school stuff, plus a new water bottle.

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All of this, plus an inexpensive mattress topper. Also a cheap nightstand with fabric drawers, a small lamp for that, a desk lamp, and two long surge protectors. Nothing remotely fancy. Including a few items of new clothing, I spent ~$400. [/quote]
never saw a college boy wear a robe. and never saw a college boy with a nightstand w/lamp. None of my kids' freshmen dorms could have accommodated a night - the rooms are too small for that. [/quote]

If they don't wear a robe, what are they wearing to and from the shower down the hall? [/quote]
are you from the planet earth? [/quote]

huh? [/quote]
I can't remember the last time I saw a human wearing a robe outside of a hotel spa or an advertisement.[/quote]

My dd loves her bathrobe - she has the same one at school that she has at home. Not because she needs something go walk through the hallway in, but because she finds it cozy to throw a bathrobe on right after the shower. My ds will no doubt do what he does at home - throw a towel around his waist and go. Def send shower shoes - mine just use their adidas slides. And I agree with most others re bedding - a good mattress topper, a waterproof mattress pad, threshold sheets from target and an inexpensive comforter that will wash well. A good pillow is key. Under bed storage. Don't send too. many clothes. And my kids like having a nightstand for books, alarm clock, water bottle.The poster who said send meds is absolutely right - I made a box of cold medicine, advil, vitamins, bandaids, etc. Came in very handy. Also the air purifier, fan and desk lamp are impt IMO.[/quote]

I think OP has a boy.

No robes.[/quote]

My son wants a robe. He'll be on a mixed gender floor.[/quote]

My kid's school had to give a big lecture meeting to the students on the coed floor of the dorm last year.  A couple of the foreign male students were opening shower curtains on the girls, then claiming unawareness that someone was inside.  They also had to scold all the males on the floor for their peeing habits, getting pi$$ all over the seats, back of the toilet where the tank meets the seat, not flushing after peeing. Getting pee down the front of the toilet, leaving seats up, etc, etc.

If I had a girl instead of boys, there is zero chance I would let them sign up for a dorm with coed bathrooms.  I imagine any girl without brothers was completely disgusted by their first time sharing bathrooms with boys.[/quote]
The bathrooms are unisex?[/quote]

Many are.[/quote]

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