<p>My D has been assigned to 9th floor tower B. We live in Seattle and are now trying to figure out how to pack for everything she wants to bring. I heard that the “rackraisers” are all sold out and wondered if anyone had any experience using a different type to raise up the bed so she could store boxes underneath.</p>
<p>I heard that only the “rackraisers” are approved by BU…??? I was hoping someone who lives in Warren could offer some inside info about this.</p>
<p>Also…is there any place for out of state students to be able to store things over the summer? When we visited, I didn’t have a chance to look into that.</p>
<p>The rackraisers are only approved by BU because the bookstore sells them at marked up prices - the smaller version you can get a Bed Bath and Beyond for $20 were much more common in my experience, and what I used. They aren’t quite as big, but they still provide plenty of room to put a bunch of storage under the bed. </p>
<p>There are a bunch of storage places, I don’t know the details that well as I only a live a few hours away by car, but they set up a stand right outside Warren selling boxes that they then take right from Warren to a storage place.</p>
<p>I havent ever head of any of them breaking besides that one comment I saw on here. There were more than a few times my bed was filled with people trying to watch a movie or something and they still look fine after a year, so I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>My D’s roomate want to bring a TV to the dorm. I would like to know if they will need to subscribe to cable or some type of services and if there are TVs in the building that they can use?</p>
<p>There are tv’s in some of the open areas in the larger dorms and the GSU has eating areas with tvs. I would also assume that the new dining hall will also have tvs in them.</p>
<p>The triples were actually quads until last year, so you’ll have plenty of space. They’re just as much space as the doubles now since you’ll be in a proportionally much bigger room.</p>
<p>Hi! I know coffee makers are banned and Keurigs are coffee makers but since they don’t have any open heating elements, does anyone know if they are permitted? It seems like they would be similar to the air poppers</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing mackerz. My daughter wants to bring a Keurig because she said that during orientation the leaders were all saying that a lot of kids had them in their room.</p>
<p>I don’t know if they are technically allowed. Probably not, as they do specifically forbid coffee makers. But, in reality, there’s never any good reason that an RA should be in your room to find it and confiscate it besides over breaks when they close the dorms. As long as you’re quiet enough to avoid getting an RA to bust up a party and search the room, and hide it over the breaks, then there’s no reason not to get one anyway.</p>
<p>Yeah, under the official housing policy, Keurig machines aren’t allowed in dorm rooms (but are allowed in apartments). If your RA finds yours for whatever reason, it’ll get confiscated for the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Could someone clear up for me how the cards work for meals and laundry? Is it just the student ID that they use or are there other cards they will receive? My daughter chose the 14 meals a week, are there extra points with that to use at other stores on BU campus? Also, she paid for a T pass for the semester, when and where does she receive that? Thank you.</p>
<p>Yeah, all you need is the student ID. As an incoming freshman whom is living on campus you get $20 worth of convenience points which can be used at all the food places that don’t accept dining points (Starbucks in Warren, Barnes and Noble, and laundry and stuff). The meal points, which come with the dining plan I believe somewhere in the $200ish range for the semester for the 14 plus plan, can be used in the dining halls if you run out of meals, at the Student Union (GSU), SMG Starbucks, Buick St. Cafe, and such.
As for the T pass, it depends on what kind she got. If she got the Monthly Link pass then it will be picked up at parking which is on the second floor of the GSU (775 Comm Ave). If she got the monthly passes Zone 1A-8 then she either chose to pick it up at parking every month or it will be at her on-campus mailroom by the 27th of the month previous.</p>
<p>Okay, all the points and money are accessed just using your regular Terrier ID. There are 3 different types of points on the card. 1st are meals, which allow you to enter one of the 3 all you can eat dining halls. Then there are dining points, which work like cash at the GSU food court (with retail places like Panda Express), the Late Night cafe in the dining halls, and a few other places, but not by any means every restaurant on campus. Finally, there are convienence points, which are literally just cash you put onto the card. They work for the laundry, vending machines, and a few other places, like CityCo, the Subway in Warren, or Raising Canes.
Here’s a list of what places take what types of points: [Where</a> to use BU Housing Boston University](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/housing/dining/where-to-use/]Where”>Where to Use Your Meals & Points | Dining Services)</p>
<p>With the 14 meal dining plan, you obviously get 14 meals a week to use, but they don’t rollover, so if you only use 13 there’s no getting that meal back after Thursday night - they reset Friday mornings. </p>
<p>You also get a set number of dining points a semester, $215 I think. These do rollover from fall to spring, but expire after spring. </p>
<p>The convienence points you have to purchase independently, though I think they start you out with $25 as a freshman. They only expire once you graduate. The only real benefit to these is that it’s easier to pay for laundry with an ID than finding quarters, and there’s no sales tax when you make purchases with them. </p>
<p>I think you have to pick up the T-pass from some office or something, but I don’t know exactly where since I’ve never gotten one.</p>
<p>As a side note, They’ve just overhauled the ID system and are replacing everyone’s ID cards to make the financials more secure. They are even adding fingerprint scanners to the new dining hall, which just seems ridiculous to me.</p>
<p>Thank you very much shaedow, this is very helpful! I was trying to see where all of this was explained on BU’s website but couldnt find anything. Also, I feel like all of the information we have received from them has been very vague. </p>
<p>I’m assuming the freshman’s ID cards won’t be replaced since they are brand new?</p>
<p>Yea, I would assume that, they probably wouldn’t bother giving out old ones. And yeah, the system is a little confusing trying to convey it over text, and BU doesn’t do a great job explaining, but once you’re here there’s not really much confusion, its pretty simple.</p>
<p>I love the new ID cards haha. And the reason they changed to the fingerprint, is because the cards were easily manufactured and people would be able to become a “BU student” on a plan here and get free meals without paying. So they overhauled it so MIT kiddies wouldn’t be able to get into our dining halls free =P</p>