<p>I read somewhere in CC that the cost of ordering a new suit is very high in the states so its better to bring a new one from home. Is it true that suits cost a LOT?</p>
<p>I have never tried to order a new suit. There’s a second-hand store three blocks from my college that sells suits for $20-$100 and they look like new. If you want to buy a new one, the cheapest options are probably department stores: Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Sears, Kmart, JC Penney, etc. Most of them carry suits below $100 (check their websites for price ranges).</p>
<p>That’s for suits off the shelf. Custom-tailored suits are much more expensive, but you won’t need one in college.</p>
<p>In Pakistan, people would never buy a custom-tailored suit for $100. They generally wouldn’t go above $75. I got one myself recently =) I would say having at least one suit at college is necessary.</p>
<p>Do people ever bring desktop PCs? Do some buy it once they get there? Because I’m considering buying one when I get there.</p>
<p>And do you have to take it away with you over summers?</p>
<p>I have a feeling that people in Pakistan would not pay $35,000 for 9 months of college tuition either :)</p>
<p>Very few students have desktop PCs. They are inconvenient if you want to travel (or just go home during breaks), and dorm rooms are generally not a good place to study because they can be quite noisy (and you might have roommates who would rather use the room as a social space than a study space).</p>
<p>confidential2015: I doubt that there is a school that requires you to bring a suit ;). It really depends on the kind of events you think of attending, it can’t hurt to bring one just in case. I’ll be bringing my graduation dress, just in case. </p>
<p>How many pairs of shoes does it make sense to bring? I’m not the kind of girl who has 2000 pairs. Up until a year ago all I had were my Converse and Doc Martens.
I guess you’d need some everyday shoes for walking around campus, flipflops for the showers, depending on climate winter boots, and a pair for going out, that you can wear with most of your going out outfits?</p>
<p>Graduation dress!! Far sighted? :)</p>
<p>xnamelessx, that sounds about right in terms of shoes.</p>
<p>I own: a pair of sneakers for everyday use, a pair of sneakers for the gym, a pair of dressy shoes, shower shoes, rain boots and snow boots. (Never wore rain boots back at home, but now I wouldn’t want to live without them. Goodbye wet feet!)</p>
<p>I mean the dress I will be wearing to my graduation this year, so I have one formal thing in case I need it.</p>
<p>b@r!um, we try to get full rides for the US 
My brother and I both have done so successfully.</p>
<p>Would having pirated files be a problem for internationals? I’m thinking of removing it all just to be safe.</p>
<p>Pirated software is illegal and I don’t condone it - but it’s no more or less problematic for internationals than it is for domestic students.</p>
<p>Hey,I heard something about it being a serious offence to download free mp3s in the US,any truth to this?And how do you cope with the cold?My college is in a very cold place,so should I bring a heater?Like,how do you keep warm in that cold?</p>
<p>Internationals: don’t forget your country’s flag (:</p>
<p>Haha! Good idea!!</p>
<p>I hadn’t thought about that.</p>
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<p>Hahaha if downloading MP3 was an offense that easy to be caught, I would have probably paid a ton of fines. Like… a ton. DO NOT BRING A HEATER. School store or some other local store must have heaters. I mean… they have stuff like computer screens and TVs.</p>
<p>Space heater: don’t bring one. The dorms are (supposed to be) kept at a comfortable temperature, and your college might even prohibit space heaters because they are a fire hazard.</p>
<p>MP3s: Copyright infringement is a criminal offense that’s punishable with a fine or imprisonment. Here’s what happens at my college: The college records internet traffic but does not monitor the content. A third party might notify the college that someone on the college network has infringed their copyright. The college will identify the offender and say, “Please delete all of these files and stop downloading new ones.” Most of the time that’s enough to appease the third party. Occasionally the third party gets a subpoena that forces the college to disclose the identity of the offending student and then the students might face a hefty fine or a law suit. From a legal points of view, copyright infringement gets serious when you download or distribute material with a market value of at least $1,000 in a 180-day period.</p>
<p>Someone who is working for the IT department said that copyright claims most often happen in response to P2P downloads (because they are very easy to track by a third party). Direct downloads from websites are rarely if ever caught. </p>
<p>Anyway: IT’S A CRIME, DON’T DO IT.</p>
<p>Wow,b@r!um,that sounds really serious:(.I better start downloading mp3s whilst still at home…</p>
<p>You can always use a 3G connection… :P</p>
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