<p>Are chair(s) provided in the dorms? (i'm guessing yes)</p>
<p>If so how comfortable are they? Are they the hard wooden type or the comfortable leather type? It's just that I tend to have back problems, and I need a good chair to help me survive four tough years of college.</p>
<p>I'm deliberating whether I should bring a chair to campus. Any help appreciated.</p>
<p>I laughed outloud at this post because my mom recently asked me to find out the sizes of the chairs provided in the dorms so she can get comforters for me. :D</p>
<p>I think that they’re wood upholstered in fabric with a little cushion.</p>
<p>how many chairs in a single? in a double?</p>
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<p>they’re two-position recliners with armrests. crooked is right, wood upholstered in fabric with a little cushion. they’re pretty good.</p>
<p>the ones barnard provides are all wood, no cushion, and much shorter. the columbia chairs are pretty nice.</p>
<p>this is a kinda ridiculous thread.</p>
<p>It’s not a bad thread…furniture is one of those things you are never given much info on and that’s sort of what this whole board is for.</p>
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<p>Not all of them. Sometimes they are the plastic and metal no-armrest, no-recline type often seen in classrooms. Even the nicer ones you talk about I wouldn’t call “pretty good” by any stretch of the imagination. </p>
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<p>Buy a chair. I’ve had back injuries from sports since high school and this past year I really aggravated something with the crappy chair that was in my room. Throwing your back out because of your chair right before finals is NOT a fun thing to do. </p>
<p>Also, if you have back problems bad enough to think about buying a chair, make sure your bed this year has a piece of plywood under it (you can request them from Housing if there isnt one on the bed already). An egg crate of some sort also helps.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses everyone</p>
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<p>You mean put the plywood or egg crate UNDER the mattress right? (I’ve heard this thrown around a few times on this forum.)</p>
<p>@xruan:
yeah…asian parents 
(I’m inferring from your username)</p>
<p>exactly :)</p>
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<p>Bed frame, plywood, matress, egg crate, (maybe a slip over the crate, ie matress cover), sheets. In that order.</p>
<p>Why do you need an egg crate?</p>
<p>To be clear this is what we are talking about:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Egg Crate Convoluted 3 Inch Foam Mattress Pad / Topper Twin Size: Health & Personal Care](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Crate-Convoluted-Inch-Mattress-Topper/dp/B000MZYDF6]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Crate-Convoluted-Inch-Mattress-Topper/dp/B000MZYDF6)</p>
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<p>Because all of the mattresses are terrible?</p>