<p>I read somewhere that kids are lined up at 8 am when the dorm opens on move in day to get into the dorm. Is thie true? Why do they do it? Is there anything more to it than getting the best bed? I'm in Branner, BTW.</p>
<p>In Branner, there is some advantage to getting there early. Depending on who your roommates are, getting there first might give you the first shot at beds, and the best shot at avoiding the top bunk. Of course, the adult thing to do would be to wait until everyone arrives and then give everyone a say in the decision, but I digress.</p>
<p>I think they are all just excited. There isn't really any benefit to arriving early, unless you still need to buy tons of supplies at Target/Walmart/etc. Branner always has a long line before it opens in the morning for whatever reason.</p>
<p>I arrived relatively late (~10 am lol) and I didn't really miss out on anything. My roommate got first pick and he was the one who chose his side of the room but honestly I didn't care at all. If you want to pick which side you want then sure go early but that's really the only benefit I can see about waiting in line lol.</p>
<p>I arrived at 11am, and it wasn't a problem :) My roommate picked her bed first, but the room is symmetrical so it didn't really matter.</p>
<p>^this is a silly fact but I want to point it out all the same :)</p>
<p>Rooms in Lagunita are not actually symmetrical. Seeing as they're singles turned doubles that makes sense :)</p>
<p>Indeed. I didn't mean to imply that all rooms are symmetrical :)</p>
<p>there is definitely some excitement in waiting in line before they open the dorms. the weather is great in the early morning, plus all the orientation volunteers who are there to help you move in actually still have energy. also, the university administrators (president, provost, vice provost, etc...) all walk around to the dorms and greet people while you are waiting in line..</p>
<p>so one side on lag dorms are bigger? expand plz!!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I'd get there early just to absorb the excitement of move-in day. Though there's plenty of that later...</p>
<p>The other advantages to going early are that you get first dibs on OV's to help you loft your bed and such, and you have more time to unpack, unwind, and just hang around meeting people.</p>
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<p>One side isn't exactly bigger its just that they aren't strictly symmetrical. This is especially true if you get one of the corner rooms. Really though its not like there's a huge luxurious side and a small ugly side-its Lag they're all small and cramped ;)</p>
<p>Plus, everyone gets the same furniture :) It's not like you'll have a dresser but your roommate won't.</p>
<p>teardropsteardrops....i dont think lag has dressers .its just a small closet to share with ur rommie..teardrops</p>
<p>does anyone know if there are dressers in flomo dorms?</p>
<p>I know from my personal experience that lag DOES have dressers, and I'd say 90% of the rooms are symmetrical.</p>
<p>EDIT: lag also has spacious closets. (not that big, but big enough to to fit a significant amount of stuff in)</p>
<p>If by dressers you mean three shelves usually located underneath your bed then yeah.</p>
<p>are u talkin about the minidoubles?</p>
<p>The earlier you get there, the more time you have to move all your stuff in and go shopping to get extra stuff that you might possibly need. Also, some dorms (Branner, I think, does) have a parent session in the morning time (before lunch) that isn't necessarily listed in the orientation schedule, so keep that in mind if you're considering showing up after lunch.</p>
<p>By dressers I mean freestanding furniture located in an easily accessible area (i.e. not under a bed) of the room. I don't know what it was like wherever you were living, but in eucalipto, the rooms had dressers such as the ones I described above.</p>
<p>another plus for going early: there is lots of breakfast food waiting for you at the dorm. It'll be gone by noon.</p>