<p>Sorry, I’m probably not going to be much help with this one. My daughter’s bed was ridiculously high without lofting, so much so that she was able to fit those big plastic storage bins that you can find everywhere under her bed. It was great. However, she says that even within her dorm, some of the beds were much lower.</p>
<p>That’s one of the things I think Gettysburg can improve on. Sure, you can look at floor plans online, but some actual measurements (windows, dresser space, closet size, bed height, etc.) would be SO helpful, particularly for those coming significant distances. </p>
<p>As an aside, I can tell you that she and her roommate were able to fit four of the milk crate type containers on the shelf on top of their closet, but again, I don’t know if all the closets are the same. Also, there was no door on her closet. Her roommate’s parents ran out and got curtains for the windows and the closet, which neatened things up and improved the look of the room a lot.</p>
<p>There was a mirror in the room next to the entrance door. It wasn’t full length, but it was head height. We brought along a full length mirror, which as it turned out, really wasn’t totally necessary, but my daughter was glad she had her own mirror. She propped it behind her desk so that she could sit there and do her primping in the morning. </p>
<p>There was a nice heavy bookshelf above my daughter’s roommate’s bed. Unfortunately, the roommate had pretty much decided the layout of the room before we arrived, and the bulk of the space on that shelf was empty all year. It would have been awkward for my d to use any of it; she literally would have had to crawl over the roommates bed.</p>
<p>Ahh…daughter just walked in and read this post over my shoulder. She says most of the beds were far lower than hers, but you can always get risers if you don’t want to loft the bed. Also, not all of the closets have a shelf, and most of them do not have doors. However, she says that as far as she can remember, all of the rooms either had a shelf, which was not always in the same location, OR a bookcase.</p>
<p>She also brought along one of the plastic rolley bin things with a bunch of drawers, which served as a kind of night table by her bed as well as providing extra storage space.</p>
<p>There was one heavy towel bar thing on the back of the entrance door. </p>
<p>A door wedge came in handy for propping the room door open, as it did not stay open on its own. A lot of the kids keep their doors open when they are open to company. I’d get a few Command hooks, too. They were great for hanging hoodies and jackets.</p>
<p>We brought along a foam topper for her bed, also. I may have mentioned this in another post-not sure. Daughter says it was a life saver. We just sacrificed it to the great big dumpster in the yard at the end of the term, along with her pillows. Because they take up so much space, we may just buy new pillows when we arrive. I’m not too sure that the Walmart will have a decent foam topper available, so what I may do is try Walmart’s site to store service. I could ship it straight to campus, but I think there is a shipping charge for that. If I time it right, I can ship it to the store and have it available for us when we get there. Otherwise, there is a free shuttle the kids can take into town so she could theoretically pick it up later if it is not there when we arrive. It is a bit of a pain, because you have to time out your shopping expedition correctly, but when you don’t have a car, it is a great thing to have available.</p>
<p>Speaking of shipping, I never had a problem with shipping stuff to school. The kids get an email when a package arrives. Also, last year, they were assigned their mail box on move-in day (another line to wait in, but it was quick when we were there later in the day), and they keep the same box # for all four years. </p>
<p>Don’t bother getting a whiteboard thing for her door. No one uses them anymore, since they just can text each other.</p>
<p>Whew!!! You asked ONE simple question, and I came back at you with a zillion unrelated things.</p>
about the way roommate put the furniture. But, she was there first, so I guess she got to do what she wanted. D says she probably won’t change anything right away. But, geez. It seems completely illogical to me. Oh well. </p>