By Ricky Thompson

Jennifer Coit knows where she is going this summer, but the same cannot be said for most of her belongings.

“I am probably going to put everything in storage,” the freshman marketing major said.

Coit, a San Francisco native, shipped a majority of her possessions to the university prior to the fall semester. In all, three boxes were sent, each weighing between 50 to 70 pounds – the cost neared $75.

Her remaining personal belongings were transported to the university in suitcases when she arrived in September.

According to university statistics, approximately two-thirds of the freshman class lives outside of New England. Like Coit, many are looking for a local storage company to help make the transition into summer easier – a pursuit that Residential Life co-op manager Sonya Mariotti said she has been working to make “as convenient as possible.”

In April, Northeastern will continue a program it developed last year with Campus Comfort aiming to provide students an affordable storage option for the months ahead. For $38, a student is able to rent a crate measuring three cubic feet and not subject to weight restrictions.

Mariotti said crates are rented from the company’s Website, www.storage.-campuscomfort.com, and picked up at a designated on-campus station during finals week. Once filled, the crate is then returned to the station and brought to a climate-controlled facility, and stored until the fall semester.

Campus Comfort is a family-run business more widely known for providing linens and other dormitory essentials to students adjusting to the college atmosphere. The company is the same resource the school suggests to parents moving a student into campus housing.

“The company does everything,” Mariotti said. “They supply bed linen and a whole bunch of different things for students to make life a little bit easier and transitions a little bit easier.”

In its initial run-through, Mariotti said the program’s largest customer demographic was freshmen.

“I don’t know if that’s because upperclassmen are a little savvier and are used to making these transitions a lot,” she said.

Freshman pharmacy major Joan Dubinsky said Campus Comfort’s storage price was fair compared to other options she had researched.

“I was looking at storage places in Boston and it was about $70 for a 5-foot by 5-foot room [per month], so I was going to go in on it with [two of] my friends,” she said.

Last fall, Dubinsky drove to campus from her home in Sarasota, Fla., with “about a mini-van full of boxes.” Now, she may turn to Campus Comfort to lighten the original load.

“That [plan] would really work for me,” Dubinsky said.

Coit said she may turn to the company as well.

“I don’t want to put my stuff in [a third-party] storage unit, but I have too much to ship home,” she said.

Campus Comfort’s reputation is a factor Coit said she considers reassuring as the time to make a decision draws near.

“I remember my mom was just saying that she’d prefer if I did it through them,” Coit said.

In the future, Mariotti said she would like to see the storage program developed further and hopes students continue using the service after freshman year.

“I think our students are unique by going back and forth from co-op to classes,” she said. “We would love to see this expand – many people at the end of Summer I begin co-op, so they may want to rent another unit. We’ll see if this is something students want to do on a more frequent basis than just at the end of April.”