<p>Is there a chance we could choose NOT to have beds like that? I'm just a bit terrified of heights, and am a bit afraid of dying in the middle of the night because I've rolled over. </p>
<p>A silly question, but I'd love if it could be answered. THANKS!!</p>
<p>My son will be going to U of R in the fall, and here’s what we’ve been told. The beds in the dorm rooms (they are extra long twin sizes for when you buy sheets) are normal height unless you request a loft bed like the one you saw. You can request these on move in day and they will come put them in for free. After that, it costs you $50 to have them come convert your bed - either to a loft or to a non loft.</p>
<p>The beds have peg holes for raising and lowering the mattress. You can raise it to the top and that’s high enough to slide the supplied drawers under or you can leave it lower, but still high enough to store stuff under. In other words, the beds do what “rack raisers” do at many schools. If you want actual bunked beds or lofted beds, then you need the school to do it.</p>
<p>I believe there are 4 height settings. I’ll call them Number 1, 2 , 3 and 4. Number 1, the lowest, is typical bed height. Number 2 is high enough to get the U of R bureau under the bed. I’d guess this is about waist high for someone just over 5’ tall. Number 4 is lofted or about as high as the top bunk of bunk beds. As long as the desks, bureaus etc can be rearranged in your room any height is fine. My daughter is in a triple. Both her roommates have their beds at #2 with their bureaus underneath their respective beds. My daughter has her bureau plus refrigerator with microwave on top of it under her bed. Her bed is at #4. It bothers me more than it bothers her.</p>
<p>D is in Gilbert this year. All the beds I saw were bunk beds, but you can have maintenance remove one of the beds if you’re not sharing the bunk with another roommate. D has a roommate but they both have separate bunk beds with one bed removed from each bunk so it ends up looking like a twin bed. All beds were up pretty high but have 3 or 4 settings. D is afraid of heights and so am I. She put the mattress on the floor to sleep that way as maintenance couldn’t come to change the setting for a few days when the official move-in day began (she moved in early).</p>
<p>If you want to “unbunk” your beds, bring some tools with you for move in. Waiting for maintenance can be daunting; these requests go to the bottom of the list as they’re not considered emergencies, even if you move in on time. While technically, you’re not supposed to do this yourself, we did when my d moved in. Got it done and no one said boo.</p>
