Los Angeles has more college students per square mile than almost any metro in the country, spread across a region that stretches from Malibu to Orange County. UCLA in Westwood, USC near Downtown, LMU by the beach, Chapman down in Orange -- each campus sits in its own pocket of LA's sprawl, and each one dumps thousands of students into the same impossible traffic every May.

Move-out week in Los Angeles is its own kind of chaos. Picture this: you've got a U-Haul reservation at the Sepulveda location, your lease ends Friday, finals end Thursday, and the 405 is backed up to the Getty. The nearest Public Storage on Wilshire is full. The one in Culver City has availability but no climate control, and your laptop, vinyl collection, and that mini fridge your parents bought are all going to bake in a metal box through a hundred-degree Valley summer.

Storage Scholars handles all of it. We pick up your belongings from your dorm or apartment, store everything in a secure, climate-controlled facility, and deliver it back when you return in the fall. No freeway driving. No renting a truck you can barely park on Gayley Avenue. No hoping your stuff survives in a non-air-conditioned unit through August.

Southern California summers are deceptively harsh on stored belongings. While coastal areas stay moderate, inland temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees from June through September. The Santa Ana winds bring dry heat that cracks wood furniture and warps vinyl. Recent wildfire seasons have also raised concerns about air quality and ash contamination in non-sealed storage units.

Storage Scholars provides fully climate-controlled storage for the entire summer. We maintain consistent temperature and humidity levels that protect electronics, musical instruments, textbooks, and furniture. Your belongings stay sealed and protected whether it's 105 in the Valley or Santa Ana winds are sweeping through the basin.

Our summer storage schedule syncs with each university's academic calendar. UCLA's finals typically wrap up in mid-June (quarter system), while USC and LMU finish in early May (semester system). We coordinate pickups around each school's specific move-out windows, so you never have to juggle storage logistics while studying for finals.

Flying into LAX for your first semester? Shipping boxes cross-country is cheaper than checking extra bags, but dealing with delivery at a dorm with no loading dock and a residence hall that won't hold packages is a headache. Our ship-to-school service gives you a direct address to send your belongings. We receive everything, hold it securely, and deliver it straight to your room on move-in day.

This is especially popular with out-of-state students heading to UCLA and USC, where parking restrictions during move-in make it nearly impossible for families to unload a packed SUV without getting a ticket on Strathmore Drive or Figueroa Street.

Moving between housing in LA means dealing with some of the worst traffic in the country. Whether you're going from the UCLA dorms to an apartment in Brentwood, switching from USC's University Park campus to a place in Koreatown, or relocating from Chapman's campus in Orange to a summer sublet in Irvine, we handle the logistics.

Our team knows the specific loading zones, elevator reservations, and move-out procedures at each campus. At UCLA, that means navigating Westwood's notoriously tight parking. At USC, it means coordinating with DPS for building access near the Row. At LMU, it means dealing with the narrow residential streets around Loyola Boulevard.