04-11-2005, 04:33 AM
I was only in the dorms a year (I much prefer the house I'm in now), but here are some suggestions I would make as a male (mostly based off mistakes my buddy and I made <_< ):
1) No carpet. What a mistake this was. The floors themselves weren't bad (I actually prefer a decent hard floor to carpet under certain circumstances), but the dust and 'fuzz' got really bad and just kept collecting no matter how many times we sweeped. Carpet helps here immensely.
2) Unless your dorm room is quite large (which I doubt), either make or purchase a raised bed/bunk (my university had a service where for a pretty modest fee a couple guys would build bunk beds tailered to your room on move-in day, which we were stupid and didn't take advantage of). The amount of space a bunk frees up is astronomical. It almost seemed like completely different rooms between ours and people who had gotten the raised beds.
There might be a bit of trouble getting into a bunk bed while intoxicated, but you'd probably be just as happy with a chair/floor/couch at that point, and the extra space benefits far outweigh any drunken negatives.
3) Small fridge of course. I could not have lived without this, whether it was holding extra fruit I had taken from the dorm cafeteria for a quick snack or... other... things :)
1) No carpet. What a mistake this was. The floors themselves weren't bad (I actually prefer a decent hard floor to carpet under certain circumstances), but the dust and 'fuzz' got really bad and just kept collecting no matter how many times we sweeped. Carpet helps here immensely.
2) Unless your dorm room is quite large (which I doubt), either make or purchase a raised bed/bunk (my university had a service where for a pretty modest fee a couple guys would build bunk beds tailered to your room on move-in day, which we were stupid and didn't take advantage of). The amount of space a bunk frees up is astronomical. It almost seemed like completely different rooms between ours and people who had gotten the raised beds.
There might be a bit of trouble getting into a bunk bed while intoxicated, but you'd probably be just as happy with a chair/floor/couch at that point, and the extra space benefits far outweigh any drunken negatives.
3) Small fridge of course. I could not have lived without this, whether it was holding extra fruit I had taken from the dorm cafeteria for a quick snack or... other... things :)
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London