<p>What is the best way to get your tons of stuff from your house to the dorm room? Do you guys plan on/use packing boxes, plastic bins, luggage? It's a small thing, but it's something no one mentions in any guidebooks or college forums :)</p>
<p>well...are you getting there by plane or car?</p>
<p>im moving from los angeles to univers. of san diego.
since there is going to be a parent and student orientation 3 days before school starts, we are taking two cars, so I can leave my car with me, and im packing everything i need in both of the trunks with packing boxes and plastic bins that I will store under my bed to keep misc. things organized</p>
<p>I'm moving from Long Beach to Rohnert Park, CA (it's about a 9-hour drive). I'm putting everything in the back of my dad's Tahoe (we're taking out the 3rd row of seats so it'll be extra roomy). </p>
<p>I did a lot of shopping for stuff online, so I just left everything in the box it came in when the online place shipped it.</p>
<p>The stuff I bought from local places I put in a big Amazon.com box my mom had lying around (my mom keeps a lot of boxes just for stuff like this).</p>
<p>I'm not taking a car with me, so I'm hoping everything will fit in the Tahoe.</p>
<p>I'm flying from New Orleans to St. Louis. On this trip, I'm taking everything as a carry-on or in my 1 checked bag- 50 lbs worth (most I can get with new checked luggage restrictions). My mom is driving up 4 days later for orientation (I'm doing a pre-o, and she really wants to drive up since it's a 'right of passage') so I'll have her bring everything else up. This won't be much though- a giant body pillow, a desk lamp that I don't want to risk flying with, etc.
I plan on getting a lot of things at the local bb&b (ie vacuum) and renting a microwave.</p>
<p>the phrase is "rite of passage"</p>
<p>Lmao whoops. I know that, especially since I wrote a 10 page poetry explication on rites of passage in my poetry class.<br>
I should not be on cc after taking advil pm...</p>
<p>My mom and I will probably borrow my dad's pickup truck on moving day and take everything in that. I figure that I simply won't take larger items out of their original packaging when I buy them, and I'll take them to Storrs in their boxes. I'll get some plastic bins for smaller items and stuff I already own- useful since I can use them for storage after I'm moved in, too.</p>
<p>I'm packing everything in boxes according to what it is (bedding, bathroom, clothes, etc). It's not a long drive, so I will put as much as possible in my SUV and the rest will go in my mom's truck. I will leave things that are semi-fragile in their original packing. Otherwise, it is all going into regular cardboard boxes. When I'm done unloading, I will just fold them flat and take them home until it is time to move again. Actually since the boxes are so cheap at Wal-Mart, I might just throw them away....</p>
<p>One thing that you might want to think about is that if you are leaving everything in their shipping boxes, that could end up being a lot of boxes and wasted space due to the packing materials. You also need to think that you will have to get rid of those boxes somehow. It is easier to get rid of 5 regualr boxes than 25 multi-size boxes. The same goes for plastic bins--what in the world are you going to do with all of them?</p>
<p>apparently, according to a friend in college, plastic storage bins are the greatest thing you can have in college, especially ones that fit under the bed. but i agree bringing ALL your stuff in them would probably be a waste of money lol</p>
<p>Is it necessary for parents to go with me to college to help me move in? I'm flying from Seattle to Swarthmore, and nobody in my family has ever been to college out of state. Swarthmore does have a parents info session too. We don't know whether it's that necessary, and my mom thinks that I can move the luggage in by myself. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>^I'd say that if they would have to fly, they shouldn't go. If you are flying, chances are that you won't have too much stuff (2 checked bags and 1 carry on), so you should be able to do it yourself.</p>
<p>The parent info sessions are pretty predictible. They discuss the safety features, scholarships, loans, how good the school is, and other stuff like that. If they are worried about missing out on info, tell them to read to parent section of the school website and they will know everything.</p>