<p>shocka, I don't think it's the school's problem if you decide to loft your bed</p>
<p>everyone's making seem like you will fall out of your bed no matter what; I never did, and I lofted my bed for the entire year</p>
<p>^me too.</p>
<p>I can't tell you how many times I've fallen out of the top bunk bed at our lake house. OH and on the bunks that have a full size bottom and twin size top, don't let a drunk person that can't hold their liquor sleep above you. Talk about a rude awakening!</p>
<p>erhswimming, they sell little shelves you can attach onto the ends of beds/desks with a little arm, and they're great if you want to keep a book up there, keep water close at hand, or need a spot to keep your glasses at night.</p>
<p>Worst part about lofted beds is if the fire alarm is right next to your head. Man, you thought it was loud before.</p>
<p>also i should point out the fact that if your dorm doesnt have AC, it will get really hot up there during summer.</p>
<p>You are just as likely to fall off of a lofted bed/the top bunk as you are a lower bed. The matress is the same size.</p>
<p>Freshman year we had bunk beds in my dorm...I was on the top w/out those guard rail things and I never fell out. If your roommate is okay with going up there I'd recommend it because it saves a ton of space.</p>
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<p>That's not the issue. The issue is the difference between falling from 6 feet up vs falling from a max of probably 2 feet, if that. You can be seriously injured falling from 6 feet.</p>
<p>glucose, maybe my school is just different. They loft our beds for us, and then provide the safety bar. Meh..</p>
<p>I don't think many people are physically capable of rolling that far in their sleep. I just sleep on my back with my hands by my sides so if I rolled over once I would wake up. Just start near the wall.</p>
<p>Plus, most of the time your body knows that you're pretty high up and will try and wake you up before you fall over. You'd be amazed at the self-defense mechanisms your body has.</p>
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<p>I think the point is 'how often have you fallen out of the 2 foot high bed?'. If the answer is never, nothing to worry about at 6 feet</p>
<p>All freshman-only dorms at Georgia Tech have adjustable beds. I had my bed set in the highest position, and I never fell off. A friend of mine also had his bed in the same position, and he did fall off. Luckily, he wasn't severely injured. Needless to say, his bed was soon set to the lowest position.</p>
<p>It's all up to you. If you're not comfortable with a high bed setup, choose a low one. Maintenance will be there ASAP and the job will be done like <em>that</em>.</p>
<p>Fabrizio, can we have our beds lofted or bunked the same day as move in?</p>
<p>dancebabe, I'm not sure. All beds are set in the highest position upon arrival. Maintenance is staffed 8 to 4:30 from Monday to Friday. If you're moving in early, I guess you can try to submit a request.</p>
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<p>Wow you guys have maintence to do that for you? For my school we had to setup our lofts and take them apart. Carrying metal lofts up and down 4 stories(no elevator) was not fun, not to mention that the staircases were tiny and only between 2 day period to turn them in for the entire hall.</p>
<p>It's surprising they let you set up your own lofts, since there's probably a bit of liability they take on there. I know at my school even if you were to use a non-school loft kit you had to get it certified by maintenance in order to use the loft.</p>
<p>At my school some of the dorms include lofts (all can be adjusted), and some are not lofted but you can either build your own or, in some dorms, you can construct a "hanging loft"--very popular here for some reason. The hanging loft basically is just that--the mattress sits on a base frame, either metal or wood, which is bolted into the wall, and a steel chain or cable connects the 2 corners of the frame farthest from the wall to the ceiling directly above or diagonally to the wall-ceiling meeting point. It's actually remarkably stable. Several of my friends freshman year had hanging lofts.</p>
<p>I believe maintenance checks all student-built lofts for safety at my school, but I can't be sure because the lofts that I've had here were all furnished in the room.</p>
<p>My college had us "purchase" lofting equipment a contractor provided.</p>
<p>It was heck to put together then left the bed on and it was heck to get it back down.</p>
<p>And I can't tell you how many times I rolled out of bed (which was about five-six feet off the ground) and landed on my desk chair.
I would never loft my bed again.</p>
<p>See! That's what I'm afraid of! I really don't know if I'm going to roll out of bed or not. :/</p>