Anonymous
Post 07/18/2020 07:14     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:LESS IS MORE. Your kid doesn't need all that crap.


They don’t need bedding?

My oldest used how topped and twin sheets 1 year and I plan to bring them. We already have comforters and bath towels ... why would I buy more?
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2020 07:11     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everything else must be shipped. Anyone else? I guess we buy nothing until afterwards and then ship via Amazon or Target. It is the year of minimalism. Task 1 shop for a BIG SUITCASE.


use those Ikea FRAKTA bags. There's nowhere to store a suitcase in a dorm, and these weigh a ton less.





I would want the suitcase for storage. ..taking the places of the plastic bins that are typically used. Those Ikea bags are great but not if you are looking item to 2 bags. Also since I am guessing the limitation means student will need to self transport bags, I would want wheels.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2020 22:46     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LESS IS MORE. Your kid doesn't need all that crap.


I was a poor kid when I went to college. I had barely anything. Simple bedding. About a suitcase of clothing. I borrowed clothing a lot from other girls in my dorm. The life changers were a climate appropriate coat (which I got in mid-Nov freshman year) and a computer (which I got senior year). Everything else would have been fluff or a distraction.

When my oldest left for college. We bought her everything she wanted. Midway though the first semester, some of it had never been used. At the end of the year, many things were donated.

Living in an apartment off campus is different, but the dorm rooms are fine even if simple. Don’t get swept up into Instagram and Pinterest fantasies of Princess rooms.


+1
I immigrated to the US with one suitcase when I was in high school. I went away to university 4 years later with two laundry baskets full of stuff. Your child will be fine.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 11:54     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
My daughter told me that she wore less than half of what she brought. The first two times she came home she brought a bag full of clothes to dump in her childhood room.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 11:53     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
2 large suitcases and a carry on is plenty. That's what most international students and students from far away bring because of luggage restrictions on flights.

Anything else you need can be ordered online or purchased later.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 11:52     Subject: Re:Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:Watch old movies of kids in college to show how little they had in their dorm rooms.



This.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 11:48     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:LESS IS MORE. Your kid doesn't need all that crap.


I was a poor kid when I went to college. I had barely anything. Simple bedding. About a suitcase of clothing. I borrowed clothing a lot from other girls in my dorm. The life changers were a climate appropriate coat (which I got in mid-Nov freshman year) and a computer (which I got senior year). Everything else would have been fluff or a distraction.

When my oldest left for college. We bought her everything she wanted. Midway though the first semester, some of it had never been used. At the end of the year, many things were donated.

Living in an apartment off campus is different, but the dorm rooms are fine even if simple. Don’t get swept up into Instagram and Pinterest fantasies of Princess rooms.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 11:43     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:Since the odds are not negligible that your kid will end up having to clear out of there rapidly, 2 suitcases is a good limit.


+1
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 11:42     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:Everything else must be shipped. Anyone else? I guess we buy nothing until afterwards and then ship via Amazon or Target. It is the year of minimalism. Task 1 shop for a BIG SUITCASE.


use those Ikea FRAKTA bags. There's nowhere to store a suitcase in a dorm, and these weigh a ton less.



Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 08:36     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Since the odds are not negligible that your kid will end up having to clear out of there rapidly, 2 suitcases is a good limit.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 08:04     Subject: Re:Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:Colleges don’t want to have to deal with all the crap when they have to shut down again.

They also want to be able to quickly move you to another room if be.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 07:54     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:College or airline rule


College
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 07:52     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
College or airline rule
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2020 07:47     Subject: Re:Only two suitcases allowed
Colleges don’t want to have to deal with all the crap when they have to shut down again.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2020 22:12     Subject: Only two suitcases allowed
Anonymous wrote:LESS IS MORE. Your kid doesn't need all that crap.


what a blessing. I brought so much crap to college.