I just got my gift from my older sister.
She gave me a laundry basket FILLED with a whole bunch of dorm supplies! Filled with:
-June 2008-July 2009 planner
-A TON of pens and mechanical pencils (I hate regular pencils but we both go through them rather quickly, so she understands it XD)
-Dry erase board for my dorm room/door if they'll let me hang it
-Dry erase markers, eraser & board cleaner
-A 5-ft beach towel (it has that new towel fuzziness ^_^)
-A Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow folder (inside joke between the two of us)
-Post-it notes (We're both Post-it addicts)
-Hangers
-Febreeze
-Razors & shaving cream
-Deodorant
-Basic First-aid kit
-Hair ties (we both go through them like mad, can never have too many if your D has long hair and doesn't like to spend a lot of time styling it ^_^)
-2-packs of Motrin to keep in my purse
-4 x 6 index cards
-A TON of filler paper
-Highlighters
-Chapstick
Basically everything but the kitchen sink...you get the idea.
It was PERFECT...way less stuff I have to buy. Go older sister.
I would, however, only recommend this if it's a daughter/sister/son/brother/etc. you're shopping for, because you know what brands of everything they like. My sister, for example, was able to buy my favorite pens, pencils, highlighters, etc.