<p>well it depends on the college layout. My understanding is that my d. will not have to leave her building to get to a computer lab, and that she gets to print out up to 100 pages a week without charge for paper - so it might end up being more convenient for her to do her printing that way. My son never wanted a printer at his college - he also found it just as easy to print from the lab. </p>
<p>In any case, I see absolutely no good reason to buy a printer in advance or shlep it from home- nor is there any reason why there would need to be 3 printers taking up limited desk space in a triple. So I think this is one of those things that can wait until the kids arrive at college and scope things out for themselves.</p>
<p>Bringing a TV may be less common at Cornell than at other schools because many of the Cornell dorms do not have cable in the individual rooms (they do have it in the lounges).</p>
<p>The summer before my DD's freshman year I bought her one of those 60-75 piece tool kits that comes with a plastic case the size of a slim briefcase (I selected a B&D set that even came with a cordless drill, about $40 on sale at Lowes) for her birthday. I was thinking long term, when she eventually moved into an apartment in a couple of years.
She thought I was nuts. This was another stupid gift from her out-of-touch Dad. What would she do with tools?
Guess what she has used more than anything else she took to college (except her laptop)? Yes, the tools! She even took a sharpie and put her name on them all and has a checkout system like the library. Sometimes there would be a knock on her suite door and when she answered it, there would stand someone she had never met with a bike (she is the only one in the dorm with metric sockets) or something asking if this was where the "chick with the tools" lived. It has become a bit of a joke with us but we found it to be a very practical item (especially when lofting her bed). Just a suggestion.</p>