Residence Survival Part 1: What to bring - Page 3

**lorend** · 08-06-2007 at 05:23 PM

3-5 ft, or 3.5 feet? there is a HUGE difference.

i can't really tell you. i didn't live in brandon or go visit people there too often. if you're not going to Welcome Day on friday, ask in the Brandon thread.

anni-24 · 08-07-2007 at 10:54 AM

very helpful

**lorend** · 08-07-2007 at 10:12 PM

Just to confirm on the calcumalator: it's a Casio fx991MS.

ARose · 08-08-2007 at 12:05 PM

Thanks for this list - it's extremely helpful! About the laundry machines though - I heard that some accept ONLY quarters. (But my source may be outdated). Do you know if they all accept loonies?

**lorend** · 08-08-2007 at 02:43 PM

every machine i ever used/fought with accepted both.

and an additional tip for drying: put in $1.50 and your stuff will be dry; otherwise you have to put in another $1.25 when the load stops.

ARose · 08-09-2007 at 10:28 AM

Awesome! Thanks for the tip. : )

jagk · 08-10-2007 at 07:06 PM

Hey i have a laptop and i was looking into buying a new laptop bag for next year in which i could also carry around my notebooks and stuff for class. I just wanted to know: how big of a backpack do i actually need for uni? My highschool one was enormous but then again i wasnt living on res in so yeah... any advice

? thanks in advance!

**lorend** · 08-11-2007 at 11:33 AM

Well, it depends on your schedule/how you're organizing your notes (if you are taking any).

When I lived in res, I would only take the notebooks for the classes I was going to, so I rarely needed a large bag. It is also common for people to just carry around a clipboard for all of their notes. If you plan on not going back to res, and carring multiple notebooks and possibly a textbook, you'll need a larger bag.

My backpack right now is pretty small; but the largest amount of classes I have in a row is two, so I don't need to bring much to school, even tho I live off campus.