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UW Senior here.
The choice between laptop and and pc depends on what you're going to be doing. Yes, if you're a hardcore student and am going to be spending a lot of time in the libraries typing papers or plan on being a computer science major get a laptop. But also keep in mind that freshman year is about meeting people and having fun. If the guys on your floor are LAN'ing every week over the dorm conenction, you're going to be seriously hampered by your lil laptop.
My experience as a Psychology/Biology major is that I really have no need for a laptop. All the material for papers usually comes from the textbooks that I buy and the notes that I take by hand in class. I am also a gamer... so a desktop was the only thing I ever wanted.
Also, about dorm security... ALWAYS lock your door when you leave the room and never leave stuff out. 90% of the people in dorms are cool people who wold never steal.... but it's that 10% of people that you have to take into account.
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"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows us that faith proves nothing." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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