<p>hey, what percentage of kids at Dartmouth would you say pay for the laundry service, as opposed to doing it on their own????</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Hardly anyone uses the service. And kids will laugh at you if you do. Everyone does their own laundry.</p>
<p>umm, about 1-2 people per floor, so … like less than 5%. </p>
<p>Do your own laundry. People will silently (or not so silently) judge you if you don’t.</p>
<p>do your own laundry; but we did use it one semester when d was injured and couldn’t get up and down stairs -let alone carry a basket- thought the service was very good.</p>
<p>I’m a senior at the college and have lived on campus for 3 years (going into 4th).
My freshman year, about 70% of the floor used the service.<br>
My sophomore year, I lived in affinity housing (8 ppl total), and no one used the service.
My junior year, I was a UGA for a freshman floor. None of the freshman used the service.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Depends on who you know… I use it. My roommates who never had it use my service for the dry cleaning. Most people I know don’t use it… I don’t know about this judging thing. Truthfully, I think people tend to judge on whether you are a nice guy/gal, who you hang out, how you do in school (shallow but no more shallow than dry cleaning), etc. I still know half a dozen people using it… which would be about 10% of the people I would actually keep track of… </p>
<p>If you wear a lot of clothes that can simply be washed, then the service isn’t worth it. I tend to wear clothing that cannot be thrown in the wash… and therefore benefit from the dry cleaning service. </p>
<p>It’s not life or death.</p>
<p>I can’t remember anyone ever judging anyone for using the laundry service…perhaps I hang out in the right (wrong?) circles.</p>
<p>S’s roommate has it - S is happy and plans to throw in a few things now and then - hope the service doesn’t notice the size difference!</p>
<p>Son is a 2012 and appreciates the service. Has worked well. By the way, he also appreciated the True Value summer storage service-- picked up a futon, stereo, fridge, etc., and brought it to new dorm.</p>
<p>I heard about the storage service from the postmaster at Hinman. How does it work and how much?</p>
<p>my recollection is that it was a couple of $100 and depends on how much is involved. I would call True Value Hardware in Hanover. They schedule a time to pick it up before Summer or other breaks, and then you contract them when you return and get a new dorm assignment.</p>