graphgraff

I'm worrying about this same thing too! I have to drive down to North Carolina with my parents, which is about an 11 hour drive, and i don't want to have to forget anything and live without it for several months until i go back home to visit. a good article that i found that gives the basics of what you need is here :Veritas Tutors - Tips and Articles . you should check it out.

haha, i just realized that someone else found the same article that im posting. must be pretty popular then.

Machiavelli12

Does anyone have any suggestions on getting stuff to college?

HisGraceFillsMe

sweetpotato-are you an arts major?

I only ask because most of the kids at my school who have a mac are arts majors. All the other kids who have one seem like they are in programs with fairly light workloads, and those who have PCs are in programs with lots of writing/need for PC programs.

Machiavelli and graphgraff-there's a few different ways you can do it. I found that making a checklist and crossing things off only once they were packed was a good way to go.

Just write down the things that you use every day and make sure you pack those. But don't freak out too much and overpack, because again, space is limited.

Also, remember that they WILL have stores in your college's town, so you can probably buy anything you forget once you get there.

And there's always the option of having your parents ship stuff to you. Kids up here get more packages the first few weeks of the semester than at any other time, IMHO.

Machiavelli12

They don't have many stores in my college town though, Williams is in the middle of nowhere I am thinking about just shipping a box filled with everything.

wilmarocks

Wow, I just joined this forum and love all the information everyone has shared. What a fantastic list!

swattransfer

hisgracefillsme--

i think macs are more popular amongst college students in general.

at swarthmore, most kids, regardless of major, have a mac...and trust me, here NO ONE has a light workload or little writing to do.

dchow08

I'll just list what I brought to college. I've found kateapollo's list helpful, but I certainly didn't need to bring all that.

I brought:
- toothbrush, toothpaste, towel
- flipflops and shoes
- about a week's worth of clothes plus winter clothes (3-4 T-shirts, 2-3 pairs of shorts, a sweatshirt, a warm winter coat, a raincoat, underwear and socks, and 2 pairs of long pants. Go to the store and buy more once you get to the college)
- a pen, pencil
- a book for the plane
- a hand-held haircut trimmer
- my laptop
- stuff needed for airplane (ticket, travel info...)
- wallet
- watch
- cell phone
- blanket and a pillowcase

I think that's about it. The point is: Pack lightly! You can buy a lot of things at the college bookstore or at stores nearby. Of course, you should find out whether there are any stores nearby. There's a Target by my college and I bought some clothes later. At the bookstore I found all the books I needed for classes and school supplies. I saw a bunch of people carrying so much to college--sometimes people brought 2 suitcases. I brought one suitcase and one backpack's worth of things, and I've found that to be enough. You can always ship stuff later if you need to, but it'll probably be costly. My advice is to bring only the things that you'll definitely need. Ask yourself before you pack anything: Do I really need this?

RedLion

I am just packing up all my crap from my first year and just wanted to tell everyone, for the love of GOD do not pack all that worthless crap you are thinking of bringing because it 'might' be useful.

Things I wish I had: Scissors, some kind of blade (swiss army knife with corkscrew). More pairs of shorts and jeans, More pairs of underwear (when they run out, you HAVE to do laundry), packing tape (better than duct)

Things I wish I had not taken: Not so many big sweaters (take up lots of space), Lightbulbs (never used, and a pain in the ass to store over the summer), too many pairs of shoes, too many T shirts that you wear at home but soon find are too crappy for college,

You will end up buying lots of clothes, lamps, lights, personal items, plates, mugs, basically everything that makes life comfortable...So dont bring all of that crap people have listed above.

I brought a small medical kit with bandages, advils, tylenols, sewing needle, etc. which turned out to be useful.

tnt633

To add to the list I would bring :

Regular scissors
Foam earplugs
Ducktape
swiss army knife or multi-tool.
ajustable wrench or toolbox to maintain the bike
Rubber cleaning gloves

dchow08

tnt633, why would you bring all that?

pramirez184

Ipecac for those nights where someone had too much fun?

icedragon

what about a paper shreder?

Ren the SAT'er

i'll look into the posts in about a month!

it'll be helpful im sure.

thanks

Vanessaaa

This list is amazing! Thanks Kate

thelilodance

i agree with Ren the SAT'er and vanessaaa