Uhauls and move-in?

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<p>I'm the first one in my family to go away to college and I'm the only girl so my mom has gone absolutely crazy buying stuff for me for college. It's almost like she's forgotten that I'll be sharing a room with someone else and I'm a little afraid she'll overpack me. We have a lot of stuff so she's renting a little U-haul. I'm a</p>

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<p>Sorry!
*I’m a little nervous about t and I’m just wondering of it’s common for college students to take Uhauls or will I totally stand out?</p>

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<p>The rule that I’ve seen is that if you can’t fit it all in the car/SUV, it won’t fit in the room.</p>

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<p>Have you researched the size of your dorm room? It could get really crowded in there, especially if you’re sharing with another person who also brings a lot of stuff.</p>

<p>In my view, the U-Haul is overkill unless you’re moving into an apartment and need to bring furniture.</p>

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<p>It’s no uncommon for Uhauls to be seen on campus. But college dorms are normally small, unless you got lucky with a suite, so pack light. On move-in day, don’t bring much more than what you really need to get by for the first 3 weeks. You can mail and ship the rest bit by bit when school start. My elder brother graduated from undergrad 4 years ago, and he brought nothing beside clothes, computers, lamps, school supplies & backpack, and his phone. My mother shipped the rest to him by UPS about a week after class started, but he still fit his stuffs in his room.</p>

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<p>The U-Haul isn’t a problem. I imagine that it would be useful if your car is tiny or full with passengers.</p>

<p>However, I’d like to second other people’s concerns about overpacking. If you expect to overpack, prepare yourself and your parents for the possibility that some of your things might have to go back home with them. You can make this process easier by packing things in two separate piles (“need to have” and “wouldn’t mind sending back home”). This way, you could send whole bags/boxes/crates/pieces of furnitures home without having to sort through every bag on move-in day.</p>

<p>I flew to college with two suitcases and a backpack. I ordered bedding online and went shopping for a few dorm room necessities after I moved in (trash cans, a shower caddy, a fan, cloth hangers, etc). That’s all the stuff I had. Nobody mailed me more things and I didn’t go on a huge shopping spree. </p>

<p>I am glad that I didn’t have more stuff in my dorm room. That was about as much as I could comfortably fit into my closet, desk and under-bed drawers. Friends who brought more had their drawers so full that they almost exploded when you opened them, and so many boxes and organizers in their closet that there was barely room for clothes. (Like [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.clarke.edu/media/images/content/Residence_Life/maryfran%20closet.jpg?n=4617]this[/url”&gt;http://www.clarke.edu/media/images/content/Residence_Life/maryfran%20closet.jpg?n=4617]this[/url</a>] but with many more clothes on the rack.) Some students brought extra pieces of furniture for more storage space. That was inconvenient for smaller rooms because it got difficult to maneuver the room with little left-over floor space.</p>

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<p>I used a Uhal for my first move in, however, it was because my moms car was so tiny that it could only hold a mini-fridge… -_-</p>

<p>It was supposed to be a van one, buuuuut >.> the renter didn’t have it after we reserved it a few weeks prior.</p>

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<p>If you need to know what you absolutely must have, this is what I did:</p>

<p>Make a detailed list of everything you use over the course of one month. Include everything from shampoo/conditioner to moisturizer to dishes and silverware. If it’s not on the list, don’t take it–chances are you won’t need it.</p>

<p>Also, don’t take things like an iron because you “might” need it. If you haven’t used one in your whole life except for a few odd occasions, chances are you won’t use it much in college either (unless you intend on going on a lot of job interviews or something similar.)</p>

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<p>“The rule that I’ve seen is that if you can’t fit it all in the car/SUV, it won’t fit in the room.”</p>

<p>True story. Everything I needed fit in my mom’s PT cruiser with the back seats folded down. That was just about the perfect size since everything just fit. I was also in a triple my first year.</p>

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<p>I have never seen a uhaul being used during move in day but then again I have only expeienced one move in day so far. I was forunate enough that my SUV was able to hold all of my items but realistically i dont think any more things would have fit into my dorm room. Also if your car is not big enough sometimes people choose to rent vans but i havent really heard of that either. IF you fly to get to school or it is a long drive some of my friends ordered the larger items like fridges and such form local bed bath and beyonds and such stores near the campus and picked them up on the way to move in day.</p>