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I’m sorry if this question has been asked already, but I wanted to know how/where most students store their valuables in their dorm room. Do people mainly just hide stuff in sock drawers or is getting a mini-safe pretty common? Thanks in advance.
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<p>I would like to know about this too :)</p>
<p>^ Me too. I’d also like to know if there are always students selling their dorm fridges to freshmen during move-in, or if we really need to go get one before coming to campus. Thanks earthwise and other upperclassmen reading this thread. : )</p>
<p>@GFG: Sorry, I don’t know anything about the printer, but maybe you could look it up online. Odds are that ink cartridges (even if they’re just a trial size) will be included in the new printer box. I’m sure that’ll be enough to tide your daughter over for a while. Then when you figure out the ink type you could just have her buy it online or you could buy it and ship it to her or she could just buy it at the bookstore because if they stock those printers, I’m sure they stock the ink too (they have a pretty decent selection).</p>
<p>As for valuables…
If it’s so valuable that you’d be afraid of it getting stolen, don’t bring it to college, really. That being said, I’ve never had anything stolen from my room, and if you are smart about these things I think you’ll be okay. Lock your door when you leave the room and don’t leave expensive things unattended ESPECIALLY during NSO and the beginning of the year because these are times when outsiders know new (and possibly naive) freshmen are moving into the dorms. Later on, you’ll at least recognize, if not know everyone who lives in your dorm so you’ll be able to spot a stranger instantly, but in the beginning when everyone is unfamiliar be extra cautious. I doubt your roommate will steal your stuff so as long as you’re careful (and get your roommate to be the same) I think you don’t need a safe or anything. I haven’t known anyone here ever with a safe. Some people do get desk-laptop locks, so you may want to consider that, especially if you tend to have tons of people going in and out of your room.
My most valuable things are my passport, social security card, laptop, ipod and camera. My personal docs I keep “hidden” in a drawer, my laptop sits on my desk but gets put away somewhere safe if I have a party in my room or a lot of people over, and my ipod and camera I usually just keep in a drawer. Maybe if you’re really paranoid you can put stuff in luggage or boxes (no one will check them) under your bed, behind your dresser or on top of your wardrobe/closet but otherwise I wouldn’t worry; I’d just be careful.
On a related note: ALWAYS always always lock your bike, especially at the beginning of the year. If you don’t, that’ll get stolen super fast.</p>
<p>Fridges. Hmm well selling fridges, etc is more common at the end of the year (graduating seniors, etc) but there are usually people selling something at the beginning too. The main foreseeable problem is that incoming frosh are probably not in contact w/ the upperclassmen selling this stuff (most of these deals are made over email chat lists which most freshmen aren’t on until later). So yeah people might be selling but it may be hard to find them. I’ve actually never personally had a fridge so I’d just say wait to buy one to see if someone is selling one and if not then just get it later, but if you need to have a fridge immediately (not sure why but for some it’s a necessity) then it’s probably safer to buy one before, or better, once you speak to your roommate.</p>
<p>What is the best (convenient AND inexpensive) method of travel from San Francisco Airport to Stanford front door?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Super shuttle is $20.00 (with stanford discount code) one way and seems to be the most convenient, though caltrain and the BART (trains) are probably substantially cheaper.</p>
<p>l337, how does Super Shuttle work–do we just head over to their area at the airport and then wait for the shuttle van to fill up with other passengers, or will they take someone over to Stanford for $20 even if the van isn’t full? Thanks.</p>
<p>supershuttle is most convenient if you’ve got lots of luggage but even with the code it’s ~$20-$25. bart + caltrain + marguerite to campus is probably ~$8 (I think) but this can be an even bigger pain if you’ve got luggage, unless you’ve got someone to help you. there’s also a bus (line KX) that runs from sfo to palo alto caltrain (then just take marguerite to campus) which is super convenient and super cheap (~$2-3) but don’t take this if you’re bogged down with tons of luggage.</p>
<p>edit: super shuttle question - i’m not sure this will answer that question but: you go to the super shuttle website and make a reservation, put in your arrival time/destination address and flight info and the discount code, etc. and you pay online. then at the airport there should be a little super shuttle area and you go there and ask around (or they’ll ask you) for which shuttle is yours. then there’ll probably be like 5-6 other passengers who made a reservation and once everyone who made a reservation is on the shuttle it goes around and drops everyone off at their respective drop off points in the area.</p>
<p>earthwise, you are so helpful and generous with your time. If there is karma in the world, many nice things should be coming your way soon.</p>
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<p>Seconded :)</p>
<p>haha thanks guys! i am just killing time in and around the bay until you frosh arrive and school starts up again… :D</p>
<p>Hey, earthwise, do you know what the discount code is? Thanks :D</p>
<p>P.S. Is anyone else not getting their passwords after signing up for CDC? I signed up about a week ago, and still nothing…</p>
<p>EDIT; nvm. I got it. The code is here: <a href=“http://transportation.stanford.edu/pdf/SuperShuttle-Discount-Flyer.pdf[/url]”>http://transportation.stanford.edu/pdf/SuperShuttle-Discount-Flyer.pdf</a></p>
<p>Also, where should we arrange for our parents to be picked up by Super Shuttle if they leave on the night of the 14th? What’s a good location within campus?</p>
<p>(I’m gonna be in FloMo, so like a place close by…)</p>
<p>Weird…I STILL have not received a password for CDC…its been more than a week…</p>
<p>Code H, when you go to the super shuttle site to book the reservation, it’ll ask you for an address type. click the bubble for “hotel/popular landmark”. then in the search for landmark box, type in “stanford” and if you scroll down, it’ll give you the address of pretty much any place on campus. so let’s say you live in faisan, then you’d click the bubble for “stanford/faisan house” and it’ll have the address right there and they’ll come and pick your parents up right in front of or at a nearby accessible point to faisan.</p>
<p>all you password people - try emailing the cdc people? they’re usually very responsive and someone should be staffing the place, keeping up with things.</p>
<p>Would 17 units be too much for first quarter?</p>
<p>3- Math 19 (I’ve already taken AP Calculus. I made a 4, but it was my junior year. This class probably will be easy, but I don’t feel comfortable taking a higher level.)</p>
<p>5- Beginning Arabic (I have no previous experience, but I am considering minoring in Arabic if I like it.)</p>
<p>9- SLE (I’m an extremely fast reader, and I really enjoy writing.)</p>
<p>My attitude toward choosing classes has changed after some thought. First of all, you can always drop courses for the first few weeks. For me, at least, underworked is better than overworked - worst case scenario with a lacking schedule is that you have more time to dedicate to extracurriculars, the classes you are taking, or working or volunteering. The odds are that few times during your Stanford career will you have such an excuse to take so few courses.</p>
<p>^^That would be fine for almost any quarter at Stanford. One consideration though is that fall quarter Freshman year a lot of students want to have an explicitly light schedule so they can transition better to college, both academically and socially. </p>
<p>I’d recommend to start with that, see how things go, and if you’re feeling overwhelmed the first week or two (I’ve found stress levels only get worse as the quarter progresses) then drop Math 19 or Arabic. There will be 11 more quarters to take those classes, but only one first quarter in college. </p>
<p>Edit: So basically ditto what Applicannot said (posted at same time).</p>
<p>Printer question…do most students bring their own? Do the dorms have printers available for use, and if so, what is the cost per page? I’m pretty sure there has been discussion on this before, but I wasn’t able to find the thread. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>this might seem a stupid question but still.the following link asks an applicant to use a 9" X 12" envelope/ is it necessary. i mean i have a bunch of 10" X 13" envelopes; cant i just use them?
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<p>^^ id like to know too…</p>