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What appliances does your school actually allow?
Mini-fridge cubic-feet caps and microwave wattage caps vary almost 2× between schools, and about a quarter ban personal units entirely. Pick your school and see its published rule — quoted from the housing office with a source link — plus picks that fall within the limit.
Rules genuinely differ
A few schools, side by side
The same 4.0 cu ft fridge is within limit at some schools and over at others. That is the whole point of checking yours.
University of Central Florida
Personal fridge up to 5 cu ft Personal microwave up to 1000 W FLArizona State University
Personal fridge up to 4 cu ft Personal microwave up to 700 W AZClemson University
Personal fridge up to 3.6 cu ft No personal microwave allowed SCOhio State University
No personal fridge allowed No personal microwave allowed OHUniversity of Washington
Personal fridge up to 4.4 cu ft Personal microwave up to 700 W WAUniversity of Florida
Personal fridge up to 12 cu ft Personal microwave up to 1500 W FLWhy this exists
The school’s own page is dense. This is the fast answer.
Every housing office publishes appliance rules, but they’re buried in policy PDFs and use three different measurement systems (watts, cubic feet, amps). We read the official page, quote the exact rule, and match it to real products’ published specs — so you can buy once, correctly.
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