My daughter's school (and my son's will also) had kids with carts at the ready to load them up and take the stuff up to the room during move in. It did take 2 trips with my D, but I stayed with the stuff at one end and my ex stayed with the stuff at the other end. When you first get everything in the room, you're going to think "How is this all going to fit?" Once you make the bed, that takes care of a huge load of stuff because bedding is so bulky. I made the bed while D worked on hanging stuff in the closet. Once bedding and clothes were done, it was pretty easy to find spots for everything else
