<p>i'm planning early cuz i might want to buy a new bed and other furniture right now for my own room. What furniture is included at cornell dorms?</p>
<p>bed? clothes cabinet? desk? chair?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>What's in the room?</p>
<p>Your room will have a bed, desk, desk chair, desk lamp, bureau, and wastebasket for each occupant. These must not be removed from the room. The furniture provided meets most students' needs, and it is best not to duplicate those items or bring large furniture. The windows have drapes, shades or blinds. Your residence-unit service center can give you more information on furnishings and measurements. </p>
<p>Can I loft my bed? </p>
<p>Yes. Bed lofting kits will be available - we also supply the necessary hardware and tools - on move-in day, in case you want to do this project immediately yourself (be aware that it is a 2 person job). If you want to do it later or have our facilities staff do it, you can submit a service request, once you arrive, on line. </p>
<p>What should I bring for my room?</p>
<p>It's a good idea to check with your roommates so you don't duplicate items, but here are some suggestions from students we asked: clothes hangers, a fan, an iron, your computer, a CD player, an alarm clock, envelopes, scissors, a sewing kit, an extension cord, a UL-approved outlet strip with breaker switch, a pencil sharpener, a pillow, extra towels, a radio, a floor lamp, "milk" crates. Thermostatically controlled appliances are OK (popcorn poppers, coffee pots, automatic toasters) but must be operated in the residence hall kitchen. </p>
<p>Is there anything I should NOT bring with me? </p>
<p>Yes, as a matter of safety there are a few items that you are NOT allowed to bring - any lamp-particularly a halogen lamp-that requires a bulb greater than 150 watts; appliances not controlled by thermostats; candles; incense burners; microwave ovens; firearms or cinder blocks. </p>
<p>What about linens and bedding? </p>
<p>Residence hall mattresses are 8" thick by 36" wide by 80" long - that's extra long - and regular twin size sheets will not fit. You may want to use the optional linen purchase plan - more information will be available in "Your Housing Assignment" packet that you will receive with your housing contract, but for more information, go to <a href="http://www.rhl.org/cor%5B/url%5D">www.rhl.org/cor</a>. </p>
<p>Housing FAQ's 2005-06
<a href="http://housing.cornell.edu/housing_residential/yhaFAQ.asp%5B/url%5D">http://housing.cornell.edu/housing_residential/yhaFAQ.asp</a></p>
<p>Wow... no cinder blocks!?!?!? Is it just a myth that most college students use cinder blocks and a wood plank as a shelf? I guess students are getting more modern and have found IKEA more convenient?</p>
<p>that pretty much covers it guys. I recommend getting an additional lamp, especially something like this 5-arm</a> lamp from target, which is like 5 small lamps in one and can be adjusted depending on what you're doing. It's also a nice construction (metal, not plastic) and unscrew to be really small for travel. If you can manage to do without it for like 3 days you can order it online the day/day before you get here and save the hassle of travelling with it, a technique you can do with a lot of things you need.</p>
<p>As for refrigerators, if you don't want to bring one home every summer you can rent one from a campus promoted organization <a href="optional%20built-in%20microwave,%20though%20very%20unnecessary%20as%20you%20will%20have%20a%20microwave%20a%20few%20rooms%20away%20in%20the%20hall%20kitchen%20that%20you%20will%20almost%20never%20have%20to%20wait%20for.%20%20We've%20spent%20more%20time%20in%20fire%20evacuations%20from%20improper%20microwave%20use%20than%20we've%20spent%20time%20waiting%20for%20the%20microwave.">i</a>* and it will be delivered to your dorm and waiting for you when you arrive. If you want to save money and have a means of transportation, buying a refrigerator online (mine was $150 from target) and having it shipped to your dorm saves most of the delivery hassle and a lot of money over 4 years, but you do have to put it somewhere over the summer. You can sell it off and get a little cash back for something you might have no use for after senior year if it's still in decent condition.</p>
<p>Yeah, IKEA/target/walmart modular shelves are a little more efficient, useful, and lightweight than 2x8 planks and cinder blocks.</p>
<p>Son is in one of the new dorms (Mews) at Cornell. The double rooms are small - just enough space for the issued furniture, although the closets are oversized. If you get one of these rooms, don't bring anything extra in the way of furniture! </p>
<p>In addition to the list, above, his room has a set of bookshelves that can go on top of the desk or on the floor, carpeting and a full length mirror. The floor kitchen has a big refrigerator and a microwave and there is a vacuum available.</p>
<p>Can you leave food in the kitchen or will it be eaten?</p>
<p>DLM, It depends on the people in your hall.</p>
<p>Ours is pretty safe, but I'm sure that some floors might have a problem with people eating other peoples food. . .idk.</p>
<p>haha..I'd eat it...or like **** on it..MUAHAHAHAHAHA!! </p>
<p>...well prolly not the latter..but I'd eat it</p>
<p>Yeah, don't leave food in a public area like a community kitchen, where dorm mates can tamper with it. Someone might drop <em>E</em> in your kool-aid or something.</p>
<p>exlax is great</p>
<p>are the mattresses comfy? hard or soft?</p>
<p>haha, oh the joys of sleeping on a college mattress. Comfy, definitely not. There are plenty of CC threads regarding preping for dorm life, i.e. what to bring, how to supplement that 8" mattress that feels more like 1/8" thick, and other dorm room/bathroom issues. Just do a search.</p>
<p>What do you do with your stuff in summer? I mean, if you live close it's no problem, but I live 9 time zones away.</p>
<p>My bed is far more comfortable than the bed I sleep in at home....it all depends what you do with it.</p>
<p>.... you stick all your stuff in a public/self storage facility over the breaks.</p>
<p>Do you have to store your stuff over all breaks or just summer? There is no storage on campus?</p>
<p>just summer vacation. All breaks you can actually stay in the dorms except for winter break, when you have to leave but all your stuff can stay. I don't think or, to be honest have any knowledge of if there is storage on campus, but there are public storage spaces in ithaca.</p>