Find your school. Get the verified dorm checklist.
School-verified, room-spec-matched, banned-items-aware. No fluff.
207 schools live. Students: send this to whoever’s paying.
Schools moving in over the next few weeks
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities1d
- Brown University2d
- University of Massachusetts Amherst2d
- University of Rhode Island4d
- Drexel University12d
- UC Davis
- UC San Diego
- Oregon State University
- UC Santa Cruz
- UC Santa Barbara
- UC Irvine
- UC Riverside
- University of Washington
- University of Oregon
- Texas A&M
- UC Berkeley
- Penn State
- UCLA
- NYU
- Ohio State
- UT Austin
- Boston University
- North Carolina A&T
- University of Missouri
- University of Montana
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of New Hampshire
- University of New Mexico
- UND
- University of North Florida
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of South Carolina
- University of South Dakota
- University of South Florida
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
- UNT
- UTA
From “what do I pack?” to “buy this exact stuff” in three steps.
Step 1
Pick your school
207 live now. Don’t see yours? We’ll email you when it’s ready.
Step 2
See your hall’s exact list
Bed size, under-bed clearance, banned items — all sourced from your school’s housing site.
Step 3
Share it with whoever pays
Send the link. Mom buys the bed risers. You don’t move in twice.
Three rules. No exceptions.
Hand-verified
Every item against the school’s housing site. We cite the source on every list.
Room-spec matched
Bed dimensions, under-bed clearance, AC, microfridge — filtered per hall.
No fluff
Only what fits, fits the rules, and you’ll actually use. We say no to the rest.
Brown University
- XL Twin Sheet SetEssential
Brown beds measure 36” x 80” — standard Twin sheets won’t reach the corners.
- Under-Bed Storage BinsEssential
Keeney has 11” under-bed clearance — most bins on Amazon are 12”+ and won’t fit.
- Desk Lamp
Halogen and clamp-on lamps are banned at Brown. Pick a standard LED floor or table lamp.
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About DormMoveIn
DormMoveIn is a free, independent reference for US college freshmen and their families. Every checklist is sourced directly from official university housing pages — bed dimensions, room sizes, what schools provide, what they prohibit — and matched to the specific residence hall a student is assigned to. Built by a parent who went through freshman move-in and found that every generic checklist online ignored what the room actually contains. Data is verified manually before publication and updated when universities release new housing information. Learn more →