<p>Before some of your jump on the references you can make, I got a legit question.</p>
<p>I'm an incoming college fresh and I'm shopping for dorm stuff now. I plan on doing some light baking/cooking next year. I know for a fact that each floor has a working oven in it. </p>
<p>Basically, how much baking/cooking do you do (with a meal plan)? And, how many cooking accessories do you need? Yeah. :)</p>
<p>A lot of girls I know are disappointed their dorms won't have readily accessible ovens.</p>
<p>I asked. It's readily accessible. :)</p>
<p>This is more a question of how much baking can you get done/how much baking stuff you need to get.</p>
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<p>I was disappointed too that girls didn't have readily accessible ovens. Damn it university, I want me some fresh baked goodies!</p>
<p>umm im pretty sure the dorms will have the basics. metal pan thing. you probably need sugar eggs, milk and flour.</p>
<p>I'm so freaking jealous! I love baking, but there is no oven in any dorms because of the fire marshal. I don't know what I'm going to do.....</p>
<p>I'd wait until you get there to figure out what you need to buy. Another thing you might want to consider is still getting your own pans because you never know what was (or still is) on that community stuff!</p>
<p>Wait until you get there to examine the scenario. If it means lugging your stuff back and forth from your room to the ktichen, then it could be a hassle to bake often enough to get the materials and food you need... but with ready made dough, you just need cookie sheets and PAM on hand. Just be prepare to do it all by hand- no electric mixer unless you have extra $300 to shell out for one...</p>
<p>You will be SO busy that you won't have the time to really do any serious baking, especially for bread.</p>
<p>a kitchenaid(very high quality) electric hand held mixer goes for less than $60</p>
<p>as for baking, i would only be interested in brownies ;)</p>
<p>I never did any cooking while living in the dorms, since anything left in public space was treated very poorly. Within a week someone had stolen a toaster out of our kitchen, and any food left in the fridge tended to "disappear" overnight. I was much happer cooking once I was living in an apartment.</p>
<p>I've never cooked, nor had food in my rooms</p>
<p>My gf had a setup like yours freshman year, kitchen/oven on each floor. She rarely cooked (and now does all the time). </p>
<p>So.. I'd suggest buying cooking stuff to a minimal. But of course everyone is different.</p>
<p>my suitemate baked all the time, and she was extremely popular whenever she did haha. if you think you'll be baking, it'll definitely be useful to have some basics: a big mixing bowl or two, a wooden spoon, a cookie sheet, and a brownie pan.</p>
<p>If you do bake and feel inclined to, bake around twice as much as you had originally planned to. People in college will love you for giving them any type of food, let alone cookies and brownies. </p>
<p>As for the actual question, if a kitchen is readily accessible, like it was for me freshman year, I know of a lot of people (not just girls) who baked quite often as a snack or stress-reliever for finals. When I say stress-reliever, I mean for everyone sitting within smelling distance. I used to study in the common room next to the kitchen quite often and I'm pretty sure it boosted my GPA by at least 0.2, and it was really nice to get a brownie too. If a kitchen is provided, the school usually provides the necessary pans too, but not the food. If pans aren't provided, you should ask your house council to sponsor some (bribe them with brownies) or just buy your own. Good luck and bon appetite!</p>