The comparison

Compliance matrix

Every product against every school’s published rule. Green means the unit’s published spec is within the school’s published cap as of the source date — not a guarantee of acceptance.

Within published limit Over published limit No personal unit allowed No published cap
School Midea · 1.6cfInsignia · 2.6cfMidea · 3.1cfFrigidaire · 3.2cfBLACK+DECKER · 4.3cfDanby · 4.4cfFrigidaire · 4.5cfKoolatron · 3.1cf/700WBLACK+DECKER · 700WCOMFEE' · 700WFarberware · 700WNostalgia · 700WToshiba · 900W
Arizona State University ✓✓✓✓✕✕✕✓✓✓✓✓✕
Boston University —————————————
Clemson University ✓✓✓✓✕✕✕——————
Indiana University Bloomington ?????????????
Michigan State University ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✕
New York University ✓✓✓✓✕✕✕??????
Ohio State University —————————————
Penn State University (University Park) —————————————
Purdue University ————————?????
Rutgers University-New Brunswick —————————————
Texas A&M University ✓✓✓✓✓✓✕✓✓✓✓✓✕
UCLA ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓——————
UNC-Chapel Hill ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
University of Alabama —————————————
University of Central Florida ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
University of Florida ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
University of Georgia ✓✓✓✓✕✕✕✓✓✓✓✓✕
University of Iowa ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓??????
University of Michigan ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✕
University of Minnesota Twin Cities ✓✓✓✓✓✕✕✓✓✓✓✓✕
University of Oregon ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓——————
University of Texas at Austin —————————————
University of Washington ✓✓✓✓✓✓✕✓✓✓✓✓✕
University of Wisconsin-Madison ————————?????
Virginia Tech —————————————
A quarter of these schools restrict personal appliances entirely (shown as “—”). For those, the honest answer is to use the school’s provided or rental unit, not to buy your own. Open a school page for its exact wording and source.

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