<p>does anyone know if the standard issue yale desks have the big bottom drawer for files?</p>
<p>i'm also curious about bookshelves. do students bring their own, or is there a shelf built into the desk?</p>
<p>these are good questions. I’d like to know, too.</p>
<p>That’s neither micro managing nor helicopter like, give yourself a little credit! Some kids would kill to have parents who care that much about their kid to ask about the bookshelves :)</p>
<p>no and no, in my daughter’s case. I also noticed some variation in the style of the desks provided, however, so I suspect you’ll have to wait and see. You could always throw in a file rail kit and return it if it doesn’t work. </p>
<p>During move-in it became clear that a very narrow (9 inches or so) and tall bookshelf would fit between the desks, so off to Ikea we went, with the measurements. I’m afraid my advice is to plan on some trips to the store after everyone stakes out their desk and its location in the common room. It’s a delicate dance and if you show up expecting to take more space than others, it can be a rough start. </p>
<p>In the worst case, the Yale Bookstore stocks a lot of storage pieces of all sizes, and it’s easy to carry things from there back to Old Campus, in case your child needs to buy something after you (and your car) leave.</p>
<p>One piece of unsolicited advice: The walls are tall and bare. If your child has something colorful to take up some space like favorite movie posters, unframed art posters, a flag from a favorite country, ancient tapestries, etc., that are easy to transport and store (folded or rolled), this can go a long way toward warming things up and adding some personality to the rooms.</p>
<p>I did have one of those big bottom drawers for files. I didn’t use it though.</p>
<p>I found a nice bookshelf for my S at Bed Bath & Beyond when he was a freshman–the sides fold in for convenience. It’s very sturdy. We pre-paid for it (and several other items) at our local store and picked them up at the store in New Haven. There’s also IKEA as well. And, a bookshelf is one of the items allowed to be stored over the summer in the student’s new dorm room each year.</p>
<p>thanks everybody! finances are an issue for this family so i’m trying to supply as much as possible from what we have at home rather than buy new, and i have bookshelves, all sizes, some that fold and would be easy to take. also accordion file boxes but they do take up space and i’m definitely getting the impression from various posters that the rooms are small and storage space limited. clarimom–that is great news that a shelf can be stored over the summer. riverrunner, thx for the suggestion for wall decorations. itsbeenreal, what a kind post, thank you!</p>
<p>Whatever happened to bricks and boards for bookshelves? These college students of today are too pampered! Back in the day, we furnished our suite primarily by scavenging.</p>
<p>I know, but we’re not back in the day anymore. Back in the day, we didn’t have cell phones, computers, internet, digital cameras, etc. We actually had to look something up in a reference book in a library. There was no google…or collegeconfidential.com…</p>
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<p>Back in my day, books were a luxury of the church elite that we serfs could not afford. And bricks? We had to dig the clay from the banks of the Nile ourselves and mold them! And then they were stolen by the Pharaoh to be used in the Pyramids! And boards? We were lucky if we could find a tree, what with Noah cutting them all down for his stupid ark.</p>
<p>Kids these days are too pampered.</p>
<p>Hunt, Jules, omg, you are right, I’d forgotten! My first bookshelf at college was a metal foot locker with two cement blocks and a board on top. Whenever the weather changed, I had to take all the books and bricks down to put away or take out my winter clothes. Even as a graduate student, I filed my books in my bureau drawers. We also had no stereos, tvs, etc. in our rooms–a clock radio was considered high end. And the boys were in a dorm way way far away and had to sign in with the house mother and leave by curfew. And of course, there were no computers, ipods, cell phones, etc. etc. And no microwaves–we made tea and coffee with a small electrical wire contraption that you held in your cup of water until it boiled and which was regularly confiscated by the house mother.</p>
<p>Yesterday I received in the mail a JE welcome “brochure” with descriptions of the furniture provided as well as the fact that our rooms will have booksheves running along the tops of two or three of the walls. I imagine Farnham isn’t the only place that will have these amenities. Most impressive was the fact that the walls are made of a fine cork board so pins go in easily- yay!</p>
<p>What does Yale Facilities give students to hang stuff from walls on OC? Apparently there is a system in place for avoiding holes in the walls.</p>
<p>another reason not to spend too much money on dorm furniture:</p>
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<p>Does anyone know how high the beds are from the ground. If we want to store stuff in bins under the bed what size should they be? thanks a lot</p>
<p>I suppose all of the colleges are different, but DD had tons of built in bookcases/shelves her freshman and sophomore years. </p>
<p>PS - This question DOES NOT qualify for helicopter status :)</p>
<p>D was in Lawrence and her desk had a drawer for hanging files. I went to Office Depot and bought a set of those metal things and folders w/side hooks for the drawer. She also had shelves attached to the wall for books. We purchased an additional small bookcase
which required assembly. 
Dont forget to bring a small tool kit!!</p>
<p>Oh, stringkeymom, I think we must have been sisters in a previous life :) .I am the quintessential worrier/planner/helicopter parent. </p>
<p>Danjinc, Ds bed was raised (with help from the upperclassmen movers) to allow storage of totes and her suitcases. One of Ds suitemates raised her bed high enough to place her Yale issued desk underneath.</p>
<p>hmm I see. Does anyon eknow about welch?</p>