<p>Hi all. This is a short and possibly stupid question but I'm hoping someone could help. I'm going to a college next year that allows a minifridge up to 3 cubic feet. I have my sights set on a mini fridge, but it's 3.1 cubic feet. Could I get get away with that?</p>
<p>I can’t imagine the RA is doing to be measuring them, but if the dorm has a built-in area for the fridge and it doesn’t fit, then that could be a problem.</p>
<p>I think you s/b okay as long as your RA isn’t an engineering major.</p>
<p>The 3 cubic feet is probably a standard size that they are referring to. They just don’t want anyone coming in with a huge fridge. 3.1 is fine, I’m sure.</p>
<p>I’d be REALLY surprised if you report a problem with the 3.1 fridge in August. (You’re not going to abandon your CC community when you go away to school, are you?)</p>
<p>Yes - you can get away with a 3.1 cu. ft. fridge in a 3.0 fridge school . . . and as a benny, chicks dig outlaws!</p>
<p>You can give it a try, but I won’t be surprised if we see you on an episode of “Cops” next year. Keep us informed.</p>
<p>Depends on your school. At mine, the size limits are pretty strictly enforced, and all fridges are inspected and given approval stickers by staff during check in at the beginning of the semesters. In case they miss a fridge, they check for the stickers at breaks and if there isn’t one they check it. If it fails to meet the requirements, it gets confiscated. </p>
<p>I’m not sure if that’d be far enough off to fail to get approval, though. I think I’d probably check with my boss at that point and it would come down to his or her discretion. That being said, my school is far from the norm in terms of what is done to check mini-fridges. You could run the risk of it getting checked and confiscated during a break though.</p>
<p>you can have a try.</p>
<p>Ever seen scientific notation? If the size limit is 3 cubic feet, you are fine.</p>
<p>If the limit is a strict 3.0, they might intend to exclude fridges with a separate freezer compartment. Those started at 3.1 cubic feet the last time I researched mini fridges.</p>
<p>S’s college had a limit, I don’t remember what it was, but his sophomore year roommate showed up with a fridge twice the allowable size. They kept it in a closet, and when they went home for Christmas they covered it with a sheet (like it wasn’t obvious what it was). No one ever said a word to them.</p>
<p>To be safe, just glue a styrofoam cube 5.56" per side to the interior of your 3.1 cu. ft. refrigerator, and voila, you now have a 3.0 cu. ft. fridge.</p>
<p>^^ LOL m.s., you are too funny!</p>
<p>I’d scratch off the numbers 3.1… ;)</p>
<p>Hi CIA! Sounds like you are off to grand adventures. I like mantori’s solution – very clever! Please no scratching the finish on the fridge. How about slapping on a bumper sticker to show your school pride?</p>
<p>only if the hole that the frig is destined to fit is ONLY for a 3 and 3.1 won’t shove in…</p>
<p>Recent events have ruined Chris Hansen’s moral superiority regarding sexual stuff. Watch for him to re-surface on a new cable show called “To Catch Freshmen Whose Fridges are Like .1 Cubic Feet Over the Limit.”</p>
<p>LOL! That must be on one of those high-numbered channels like “CNBC-4” that isn’t in my cable package.</p>