<p>Which one do you recommend? Are any of these even neccessary? </p>
<p>TY in advance for any response. :D</p>
<p>I recommend 2 white boards:</p>
<p>1 for inside your room (so you can write notes to yourself/your roommate)
1 for outside your room (so your friends can leave you notes and such)</p>
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<p>BOTH! But a mirror can substitute for a whiteboard in a pinch. I liked having a cork board in my room to post stuff on.</p>
<p>I have a whiteboard for my door. My first year I had a big board that was half white, half cork. I found that I really needed each side to be bigger, so this year I have a big white board AND a big corkboard. They really help me stay organized.</p>
<p>Make one with melamine.</p>
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<p>i feel like whiteboards are more of a girl thing…not to generalize or anything</p>
<p>are they really necessary for a guy…i feel like thye would look weird</p>
<p>Every dorm room here has a white board and cork board on the outside of the door. Maybe you should wait before making a purchase.</p>
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<p>Yeah, whiteboards are definitely more of a girl thing. My girlfriend and a lot of the girls on her floor had one, whereas the only guy that had one on my floor had to have one because he was the RA.</p>
<p>In my dorm, every GUY had a white board while only two or three girls did. 
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<p>I’m a big white board fan. Didn’t have one on my door, but I did use it for writing my schedule and leaving notes to myself. My only problem with corkboards is that I’d rather organize papers when they’re flat on a desk.</p>
<p>In my dorm, almost everyone had white boards on their door, men and women alike. I hadn’t bothered to get one and eventually did because I felt left out. lol</p>
<p>lol, white boards. I wanted one to put outside of my door, but I didn’t want someone to do a Picasso rendition of their genitals >.< hehehe</p>
<p>I already have one on my living room wall for keeping up with my assignments/to-do lists. I’d reccommend them, absolutely</p>
<p>I love my white board! I’d definitely get one(or two) and you can also get one that’s half white board and half corkboard. I use a corkboard to hang my jewelry though and it’s pretty handy, other than that I’d only use magnets on my white board to hang notes, etc.</p>
<p>Get at least one white board for your door. It can help communication with the people on your hall.</p>
<p>You should get both, although if I had to choose, I’d say the get the whiteboard. I never put one outside my door, but I’m planning to do so next year. I also got a really huge one that I’d do scrap work on. For instance if I was trying to figure out a math or physics problem I’d do it on my whiteboard first instead of wasting paper trying to figure it out.</p>
<p>Actually, now that I think about it, the whiteboard is way better than the corkboard. The corkboard I had was part of a half whiteboard/half corkboard… board. I only ever used the corkboard because it was there, whereas I’d put reminders on the whiteboard side. After reading the above comments I think I might use it to hang my jewellery though.</p>
<p>I agree with two whiteboards. The one outside will be helpful for communicating w/ your roommate or people down the hall. Yes, you’re inviting some genitalia-inspired pictures, but just have an eraser also :)</p>
<p>I’m getting a really big white board and using painting tape to make a big write-on calendar. I’m putting it right over my bed so I can’t forget anything! :D</p>
<p>I wanted a white board but now I also want a corkboard and maybe another white board for my door. We shall see. :D</p>
<p>My dorm didn’t have enough white board space, so you’d find abstract algebra equations, or econ-grade-calculations, on the kitchen windows. As a guy, I have to say a large, portable whiteboard (maybe with a stand or something to hang it on), so you can do problem sets with a group of people rather than alone on paper. Makes a huge difference in how well you can understand the material, and how quickly you can work through it (no one’s afraid of getting rid of bad work on a whiteboard).</p>
<p>If you are taking a science or math class, sometimes a larger whiteboard comes in handy at study time.</p>