What can you bring to the dorms?

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<p>What can we bring to the dorms? I'm thinking of bring a rice cooker (guess which ethnic group I'm in, lol) but am not sure if it is allowed. Is there is a master list of what we can and can't bring somewhere? Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I checked on this because of a hotpot - if you go to the Cornell website and hunt around for the Housing rules - there are guidelines - electric items need a auto - turn-off thermostat - microwaves are only allowed if they are the ones rented from the Univ. that are microwave/refrig combos...</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>probably won't work... all the dorms have circuit breakers with a low low threshold.</p>

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<p>Don't get caught up in cooking your own food. Your freshmen year, no matter your intentions, you'll find yourself making your way to RPCC and Appel Commons for virtually all of your meals. Regarding specific appliances, nobody checks what is and isn't in your room once the year gets underway..</p>

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<p>Korean? lol. Just bring some het bahn like I did.</p>

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<p>this is what they have on the housing site: </p>

<p>"Cooking and Appliances
Kitchenettes are provided in each residence hall for cooking. Residents are expected to abide by the following rules regarding cooking:</p>

<p>Cooking is prohibited in hallways, bathrooms, and lounges.
Student may not leave stovetop cooking unattended.
Appliances with immersion coils, water heaters without thermostatic controls, and exposed coils (e.g. space heaters) are prohibited in the Residence Halls unless provided by Campus Life Facilities.
Appliances with self-contained, thermostatically controlled heating elements with automatic shut off may be used in student rooms.
Appliances with open heating elements may be used in kitchenettes only.
Due to wattage requirements, microwave ovens other than those rented by Cornell's approved vendor (Microfridge) may not be used in student rooms.
Due to wattage requirements, refrigerators must be those rented by the University vendor or another of the same wattage requirements.
Use only electrical equipment identified with the Underwriter's Laboratories label."</p>

<p><a href="http://housing.cornell.edu/housing_residential/house_rules.asp?action=article&ID=2899%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://housing.cornell.edu/housing_residential/house_rules.asp?action=article&ID=2899&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>oooooh what about my waffle iron? is that technically "self-contained"?</p>

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<p>unless you're living in the townhouses you don't need to bring cooking implements</p>

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<p>i want to though.</p>

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<p>some of the circuit breakers have a low threshold, but not all of them do. There were people living in a double who hooked up a PS3 to a 32" widescreen hi-def TV with plenty of lighting and both their laptops without a problem.</p>

<p>And then there's the other end of the spectrum, another double room I know of where if the two people there turned on anything more than their laptops and a few lights, the power would go out in their room</p>

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<p>To answer the rice cooker question, my roommate had one, it was a little one though. I wouldn't recommend bringing a big one, just for space issues. Cooking for one is a lot different. I had a water boiler for soup, tea, etc. that I used in the kitchenette and probably could have used in my room.</p>