Add my kids to the list of those who didn’t used a bed bug protector. The mattresses had a plastic-y coating on them. No worries, @dramakid2.
My DS had a plastic encased mattress, too, so no bed bug cover for us…of course, the mattress topper may come back from storage infested… 
Ok thanks I feel better now!
There is no chemical on earth that can meet this challenge. How do you males live with yourselves?
(And, of course, I meant “taut,” not “taught” in #12. Stupid voice recognition.)
Some of us did take regular showers at BS. 
I edited for you.
Never thought of bed bug protector for college kid. We just threw the 2" topper over the plastic mattress and the topper cover (that goes over topper and tucks under mattress)goes over, then the fitted sheet, top sheet, comforter.
How about vermin?
https://youtu.be/EiDn2_TCLM4
ChoatieLT says that the mice/rats make cute pets, and the cockroaches are large enough to use for coasters, but sometimes your drink walks away. He says he sees less wildlife during summer field exercises than he does in the barracks during the school year. Bedbugs wouldn’t phase him; he’d just try to find a use for them.
Our daughter is in a ground floor apartment at Georgetown this year. It is a known problem with rats- so should be an interesting year. Last years roach infestation was so bad in the common room on the 3rd floor in her dorm, that they actually stopped using the kitchen entirely.
And all dorm boys gear got a thorough washing on heavy duty cycle with the addition of a laundry product called “funkaway” once home before being stored. Actually helped a little.
“Bedbugs wouldn’t phase him”
Bedbugs bite, even on tough Army men. 
I’m usually hands off and let my kids handle things but if I was paying the $10-11K per year that Georgetown charges just for Board and my kid was living in roach and rat infested conditions, I’d be calling daily to Residential Life. There are measures that can be taken starting with rigorous treatment by a pest control company.
I’m sure ChoatieLT is full of parasites. At least, that’s what I’m attributing the smell to.
For anyone who has trouble with the sheets popping off the corners of the mattress, I found a simple solution: a pair of men’s suspenders! The clamps are stronger and hold better than the sheet suspenders you find in the stores. Hopefully my student will figure out how to put them back on when (or if) he washes the sheets
Exactly who are these boys that parents think these suspenders will ever see the light of day, other then maybe as part of dress-up. :}
If the kid is anything like the guys I went to school with, consider it a win if he a) washes the sheets and b) puts the fitted sheet back on the bed properly.
@skieurope Haha, I know! I chuckle every time I think about it!
As a former dorm parent to 50 BS boys, I can say that you will probably never see those sheets again. They won’t get laundered, and hopefully they will be discarded during move-out. X_X
More to the point, as a former house prefect/proctor, you will never want to see those sheets again.
@cameo43 Wow! You must have the patience of a saint!
TBH, @chercheur, it was the overabundance of Axe that nearly did me in. There were times when an oxygen mask would have been a useful accessory. 
The kids themselves? They were a blast. I LOVED that job.
Joking aside, my experience is that not all guys are slobs and smelly and not all girls are clean. I’ve seen quite a bit of messiness and gross stuff in girls’ dorms over the years. The stereotype doesn’t mesh with my own observations.
I thought the Family/parents weekends were for parents to wash the sheets and make the bed. NMH gets one per semester.
I should get the suspenders for boys’ beds at home. I do not understand how the sheets can come off daily. They are not jumping on the bed age.
No bed bug cover for the school mattresses either as they have plastic covers.
Oh, I know. But even still, there is a spectrum; even the neat guys may not make hospital corners and secure their fitted sheets with suspenders.
Also, I will say, having had to clean a few bathrooms in my day, the female bathrooms were always messier. Sorry ladies.