Some of the volunteers are Faculty and even the maintenance guys are there to help - dont stay up too late or let yourself get stressed out so that you are sure to start off on the right foot and moving in

Someone mentioned putting up a curtain rod. Don't the dorms already have window treatments in place???

The have blinds that ate not always in the best condition - especially in the dorms on the hill.

Dorms generally have blinds, but decorating seems to be getting more popular. However, I would advise scaling back on the decor...this room will not look like Martha Stewart Living for long....

The president of my daughter's school gives great speeches. Last year, he told us he left a half-full bottle of energy drink on his son's desk during freshman move-in at his college. When they showed up for parents weekend, the same bottle was still there. And, the son and and his roommate claimed they had "cleaned" in preparation for visiting parents.

My daughter will be a junior this year and I think this story is illustrative of the reality of college living. Most of these kids are not very good at managing room cleaning, laundry, etc. Unless someone is a complete aberration, the room is not going to look good after a week has passed. Those 3M strips don't stick in humidity, so you end up with a bunch of posters and wall art that fell off. The keepsake knickknacks, little sister gifts, t-shirts, etc. really accumulate if a girl joins a sorority. Freshman year in the dorm and sophomore year in the sorority both started out cute, but devolved into mostly bare walls, cluttered sorority paraphernalia on every surface, hampers full of laundry, shoes everywhere, and unused minifridges, coffee makers, microwaves and even a TV all taking up space. And, they know it doesn't look like they intended it to, but they're too busy to keep up with it. I helped my daughter do a purge and a deep cleaning twice last year. After freshman year, my daughter rented a storage unit with some other sisters for all their stuff. Seriously, resist the temptation to buy/bring too much!

Absolutely true: the year before I went to Auburn, the physical plant installed dozens of one-way bathroom windows backwards in the girls' dorms. It was several days before this was discovered.

OMG...how is that even possible?

Thanks for all the tips ladies! My shopping list is long, but I feel much better prepared for next week! :)

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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman (Post 2283319) Seriously, resist the temptation to buy/bringtoo much!

^^^^^THIS!^^^^^^

Yea I can't echo this enough. Reduce, reduce, reduce. Most of that crap first time college families pack will never see the light of day. Especially the "decor". Leave most of it home.

Here is what happens at Auburn: the freshmen come with tons of orange and blue stuff to decorate their room with. "Oh boy, I'm gonna have the most Auburn room ever!"

Then they pledge a sorority whose colors clash horribly with orange and blue. (That would be most sororities.) Then the orange and blue stuff tends to find its way into the closet.

Lolz you might be able to keep the blue stuff

They need a KDR chapter. :)

http://www.kdr.com/

For Moms bored or needing to relax before recruitment starts
http://southernrevelry.com

HQ--I love your location! "Proudly stands our alma mater-baaannnerrrs hiiigh--"

I actually have an Auburn rec girl this year.

You have an Alabama one, too, right?