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having lived in a dorm for four years, here's what i've learned.
--lock your door. that's been said a million times, but can't be said enough. lock your door even if you can't find your keys. it's worth calling security to let you back in.
--lock your car doors. the #1 theft at my college was cars/stereos, and the morons didn't lock their doors.
--be able to identify things you think are important and could be stolen. you can put small marks on cds, etc., to identify them later if they're recovered. anyone can say, "hey, that's my radiohead cd."
--don't flash your cash around. rich kids get picked on first, even if they're only seemingly rich.
--don't loan things you care about to people. you'll NEVER get them back. if you loan it, be ready to tell it goodbye.
--depending, you might have a ceiling conducive to hiding things...you know, those with the squares that you can push up? besides contraband, these are good for hiding extra cash, credit cards not in use, cookies your mom baked, etc.
i did *not* leave my door locked all the time, and i had a toaster oven, forty dollars, and several books stolen...they didn't gank my computer, though. (maybe that's because it's a piece of shit. who knows?)
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