Sensory friendly dorm room

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I'm moving into a dorm this August with a fellow autistic student. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on making dorm rooms as sensory friendly as possible. I know that living in a dorm is going to a lot of sensory input anyway, but if anyone has lived in one and can share what they did to make the thin walls and florescent lighting better (and anything else), please share. Thank you!

-eggbox the walls to reduce the amout of sound coming though
-replace the fluorescent lights with incandescent ones.
-get blinds for the windows

Bring a white noise machine or a fan that can run a lot to drown out noise.

I think that some floors on residence halls are 'quiet floors' where after a certain time no excessive or loud noise is permitted. My floor has something like that where the hours are from something like 8PM to 7 or 8AM. You could request a floor like that if possible.