<p>Ok! It is collectively decided that D2 will bring the MICROWAVE to the triple..</p>
<p>Should we buy the cheapest thing we can find cause you're just going to pop popcorn and heat water??</p>
<p>OR - Splurg and go for a microwave convection oven that will do a frozen dinner, bake brownies,etc?</p>
<p>How much do/did you use your microwave??</p>
<p>go cheap - you're paying for a meal plan aren't you? may as well use it!</p>
<p>Definitely go cheap. Things will be blowing up and burning in the microwave. Get a $25 one from walmart, and if something truly nasty happens to it (my last roommate left a can of open soup in the microwave for a week while I was gone) you won't feel so terrible about chucking it and getting a new one.</p>
<p>Sadly, can't even take them to the University of Chicago. Any other schools not allowing them?</p>
<p>A lot of schools don't allow them in dorm rooms because many dorms were built pre-1975 and so don't have electric systems that can handle a microwave along with computers and all the other things they have to now.</p>
<p>Dont get an expensive one since those are definitely over the wattage limit. Most colleges that allow microwaves allow 700watt ones...aka the cheapest.</p>
<p>My school (maryland) doesn't allow them in the rooms, but they have them in the hallways on most (if not every) floor.</p>
<p>Pay attention to what wattage your dorm allows like lixuelai said.. most places limit it to 800, 700, 600 or less.. so basically that makes you get the cheapest $30-50 microwave because everything else has too many watts</p>
<p>it's the smart schools that don't allow them, they're scared the smart kids will build microwave cannons and fire them out their windows :P</p>
<p>If you're allowed to have one, this might be worth checking out:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.micro101.com%5B/url%5D">www.micro101.com</a></p>
<p>MICROWAVE CANNONS!?! FRICKING AWESOME. Do tell me how to make these godly creations.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Check with your school because at most schools microwaves and halogen lamps are amongst the list of things they tell you to leave at home as they are usually not allowed in the rooms. </p>
<p>In addition depending on how the dorms are set up, some dorms have comon spaces with mini kitchens that have microwaves.</p>
<p>harvard doesnt allow them either, but some students still keep them</p>
<p>My school provides a microwave in every room.</p>
<p>^^ So does mine!</p>
<p>about half on the suny schools have banned them</p>
<p>Get the cheap ones. That way if it gets damage it isnt as big of a deal. If you are getting a micro/mini fridge, see if you can get a microwave/minifridge combo, as this can save you money.</p>