<p>I want to put my electronics in a place where they can't be stolen. I'm pretty sure my college doesn't allow a safe to be drilled to the floor, so will they provide maybe a locked cabinet that you can secure with a key?</p>
<p>Not sure, ask housing…and even if they do a lock can be picked…or just broken, the only thing you can really do is not bring anything to valuable that you can’t carry with you.</p>
<p>Most stealing occurs when you leave stuff out in view and present an opportunity for the thief to steal, like leaving your dorm room open, a friend’s friend(stranger to you) in your room sitting around, anytime you or your roommate aren’t present.
I put stuff out of sight, like in a slim laptop bag shoved under dirty laundry or locked in my collapsed luggage.
I put jewelry, $$ in a ziploc bag and shoved in my big box of laundry detergent.
Mostly don’t bring anything expensive or with sentimental value to college.</p>
<p>Bring a lockable storage trunk like they sell at Target, Walmart, etc that you lock with a padlock. Or buy one of those smaller combination lock safes. My D has a trunk that will hold other things as well, but can lock her computer,etc in there.</p>
<p>I had a lockable drawer in my dresser that the housing department provided.</p>
<p>Check if you have that maybe?</p>
<p>^^I had one of those trunks this past year. I don’t really plan to bring it back this year as i’m only going to be at my current college for a semester then transferring to another school so i’m not going to bring nearly as much stuff as I did last year.</p>
<p>Hide things whether you lock them or not. Do not leave cash laying around. Maybe invest in a small safe or other lockable box.</p>
<p>If housing doesn’t provide a lockable drawer, then I guess the only alternative is to purchase a chest, but couldn’t someone just pick the whole chest up and steal everything?</p>
<p>^i dont think that would happen very often…why would someone steal a locked chest without even knowing what’s in it? Besides, a chest would be super hard to carry out of a dorm room unnoticed by anyone…</p>
<p>Honestly, just don’t bring anything too valuable into a college dorm. You will never know what can happen!</p>
<p>It’s kind of impossible to avoid bringing a cell phone and laptop though.</p>
<p>I’d suggest getting a safe and some sort of elastic for a combination lock. I had a safe in my room, but didn’t use it as much after a while since neither my roommate nor his friends were thieves. I still didn’t leave anything valuable in plain sight however.</p>
<p>Out of sight, out of mind.</p>
<p>I just bought a trunk with two locks on it for my room. It’s big enough to store clothes and things, but I also plan on using it to stash away anything valuable (“valuable” for college anyway. I don’t plan on bringing anything expensive outside of my laptop). </p>
<p>And don’t leave valuables out in the open, period. I don’t plan on carrying much cash anyways, but I wouldn’t leave more than spare change out in plain sight. After my house was broken into last month by our freaking neighbors, I’m not taking any chances at college.</p>
<p>I have a cord that I can lock my laptop to my desk or other large object (like a bed) with. Not the most secure, but unless the thief wants to bring a desk and a laptop out, it should be ok.</p>
<p>Get a locked box, and keep it out of sight as much as possible. But the best theft prevention in dorms is to keep valuables out of sight or at home.</p>