<p>I received an order form in the mail yesterday for linens and bedding. The letter mentioned that the mattresses at WashU are special-sized and so getting sheets from the store for them would be costly. How true is this? Is it really that hard (and expensive) to find bedding that fits? </p>
<p>For current or past students, would you recommend ordering bedding from the form the Congress of the South 40, I believe, mailed?
Also, how is the quality for the stuff they provide? Is it 100% cotton? Does it last? Look nice? </p>
<p>Incoming students, what do you guys plan on doing?</p>
<p>Don’t order from them!<br>
I don’t know a single person who did on my freshmen floor.</p>
<p>And no, it is NOT difficult to find sheets. The beds are not a “special” length- they’re just twin xl.
Meaning, just get twin xl sheets. Any store like bb&b will have them, especially now as it’s summer (you’ll notice that they’ve started stocking up on dorm room supplies). </p>
<p>I personally use t-shirt sheets (aka jersey sheets) because they’re super soft and comfortable. But that’s just me. Got them from target, I believe.</p>
<p>In stores may not have twin xl, simply because they sell out- one option is to just buy online.</p>
<p>Note: buying twin xl sheets is no more expensive than buying twin sheets. Congress of the south 50 is essentially a load of bs.</p>
<p>However, if you click around you’ll see that far more than that is offered in t-xl, and you don’t have to buy an entire bedding set (my sheets were only $20, if I remember right).</p>
<p>I ordered them my freshmen year and regretted it, the quality is horrible. I replaced them a couple months later during parents weekend. Sheets are easy to find that find, just look at the above posters links.</p>
<p>Their saying that its hard to find sheets that fit is nothing but a marketing gimmick.</p>
<p>Agree with above posters. You’d do better getting twin XL sheets yourself – compare quality and price. I like this site for high quality twin XL bedding: [College</a> Dorm Bedding - Dorm Room Bedding - Extra Long Twin Sheets - Twin XL Sheets - College Sheet Sets](<a href=“http://www.campusbedding.com/]College”>http://www.campusbedding.com/)</p>
<p>Every college my kids have ever gone to has sent us that mailer. It’s a money maker, but also a reminder to start thinking of collecting stuff you need for the dorms. XL sheets is a good first purchase. There’s also a thread in the parents section of all the things kids brought in September, but never used.</p>
<p>Thanks so much. My parents did undergrad abroad so I am the first in my family to attend college here and it’s hard to differentiate between legit papers and the mass mail.
Anyways, the Target and BB&B links were great. So basically, if we get twin extra-long sheets, we’ll be good to go?</p>
<p>Also, how much bedding do you recommend buying? As in, how many sets of sheets? Pillows? Blankets? Is there anything else we may need?</p>
<p>Sorry to jump in with my own questions but I’ve heard that the fitted sheet is the only thing that has to be twin XL and that everything else can just be twin size. Is that true or do I need to find a twin XL comforter too?</p>
<p>Here’s what I had/have, and I feel it worked great for me.</p>
<ul>
<li>2 sets of sheets. (There’s no way I’m going to do laundry the exact second I take my sheets off my bed to change them… also good in case all of the laundry machines are full)</li>
<li>1 comforter </li>
<li>2 pillows (I only sleep with 1, but it’s good to have an extra for lounging in the hall or floor or for movie nights) (target had a great deal on pillows when I got mine, 2 feather pillows for $6 each)</li>
<li>2 blankets (not really for using while sleeping, but I had one suitemate who constantly moved our thermostat to 60… I keep it at 78 at home)(they’re also great for movie nights, or if you’re sick… yay swine flu last september!)</li>
</ul>
<p>A lot of people color code. One friend of mine has EVERYTHING in lime green. One of my freshmen suitemates got a room pack from target, but that was actually really weird (her half of the room looked like it was straight out of the target commercials that had aired that summer, advertising target dorm supplies). My freshmen roommate 's half of the room was nearly all pink (including a pink ethernet cable…) which made my half look dark (I went light&dark blue, but I also had a ton of black&white photos on the wall).
Translation- color code if you want, but please, please don’t be that kid who matches everything. That suitemate who had the full dorm set? She had matching wall panels that matched her comforter, lamp, trash can… The wall panel things were serious overload.</p>
<p>Also, btw, a majority of the girls I know (myself included) brought stuffed animals. They didn’t stay on my bed- more on my chair, but it’s completely common and not a “how dare you bring that! we’re in college!” kind of thing.</p>
<p>Here to succeed- a twin comforter should be just fine.
The difference between twin and twin xl is just ~ 6 inches in length.</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure when I was a freshmen, but the comforter I wanted was the same price in t and txl so I just got the xl to be safe. But thinking about my bed the past two years, a twin could have worked too.</p>
<p>speaking of weird bedding, does anybody know where you can get full XL sheets? Res-life is telling me that’s what u-terrace gives you, and tbh i’m not having much luck finding it for next year…</p>