<p>I have a question about the beds in the dorms. I know thay are twin xl. However, do they have a mattress and boxspring or are they just platform like beds with only a mattress? does anyone know how many inches the mattress is? that is, how tall it is. thanks.</p>
<p>The mattresses sit either on a built-in platform on on a flat spring mattress holder. No box springs. And the mattresses are not big thick mattresses. They are typical dorm mattresses. My D puts a 4 inch memory foam pad on the mattress and the sheets still fit. I think maybe they are 6 inches.</p>
<p>Rest up now Wtztu, the mattresses are horrible. I didn’t think of putting on a memory foam pad. Thanks sunnyflorida, I might just have to get one!</p>
<p>I bought a 15 dollar mattress pad from walmart the first day of the semester. Best investment ever. Without it, you will not get a good night’s sleep (you’ll learn that at orientation though).</p>
<p>im buying a twin serta matress and bringing it so i dont have to use the dorm beds haha</p>
<p>thanks for the information. I was already planning on the memory foam topper–they do work well</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a little egg crates type foam thing, then covered that with a memory foam topper. Best sleep ever, except with the occasional yelling outside my door and stuff.</p>
<p>At orientation the beds were SO uncomfortable, but for my dorm I bought an egg crate pad and a matress pad. My bed is so comfortable now! So just buy that and you’ll be good.</p>