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Moving into the dorms is a logistics challenge for college students

by in News

Back to school can involve some serious logistics beyond choosing the right backpack and coolest pencil holder.

When you are talking college, it can mean fitting too much stuff in too little space and finding ways to sneak in a few comforts of home.

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018 in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • A parking lot garbage can overflows with trash as California State University Fullerton students along with their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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  • Using a rolling bin, a California State University Fullerton student along with the help of parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Using a rolling bin, a California State University Fullerton student along with the help of parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with their parents and families stand in line to checkout bins to move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Using carts and rolling bins, California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • With bins and carts full of their belongings, California State University Fullerton students wait in line to move into a residence hall on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • With bins and carts full of their belongings, California State University Fullerton students wait in line to move into a residence hall on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton student Jared Abellera of Pacifica, poses for a photo with mascot, Tuffy the Titan, as students move their belongings into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Brytanni Parrett of Norwalk takes a break as she helps her sister move her belongings into a residence hall on the campus of California State University Fullerton on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton student Jose Quintanilla, right, of Desert Hot Springs, carries a refrigerator as he moves his belongings into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • California State University Fullerton students along with the help of their parents and families move their belongings from their vehicles into the residence halls on campus on Thursday, August 23, 2018, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Orange County’s biggest universities have been holding move-in days for their thousands of students who will spend the next year in school housing.

On Thursday, Cal State Fullerton welcomed students who were moving in for the year ahead of Saturday’s official start of school … most classes actually start on Monday. They students came wheeling stuffed suitcases, lugging boxes and carrying bags of new bedding and supplies.

Earlier this week, Chapman University also welcomed students living in its on-campus residence halls and off-campus school run housing. Some 92 percent of the Orange school’s first-year students will live on campus.

UC Irvine is on a quarter system and traditionally starts much later. First day of school is Sept. 27, so students won’t be moving in until a few days prior.