Old Packing list

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<p>Sorry, Mods, I’ve really tried to find it.</p>

<p>Does anyone have a link to an old, very comprehensive packing list? I think it may have originally been on some high school guidance dept’s web site. I cannot find it in the thread above, it is not one of the lists bookmarked in the the first post. I’ve tried searching this forum and the old forums , but I can’t find it.</p>

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<p>If you go to the main page, talk.collegeconfidential.com and see the header, you will see the featured thread ‘Packing List - A to Z’…</p>

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<p>Thanks, achat, but that’s not the one I meant either, this one was organized by category, roughly.</p>

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<p>I think this is the one you mean, cangel. I posted it originally (and it’s a little bit TOO comprehensive!).</p>

<p><a href=“General Error Page”>http://www.belmont.k12.ma.us/bhs/pto/CollegeSupplies.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>And this one started by Rhonda63:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/discus/messages/70/69885.html[/url]”>www.collegeconfidential.com/discus/messages/70/69885.html</a></p>

<p>from the old forum.</p>

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<p>Here is the CC thread for college necessities </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=60697&highlight=pack+college[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=60697&highlight=pack+college&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here it the Ole Dartmouth 'Shmen guide . Hope it helps</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~shmen/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~shmen/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys, ya’ll are the best!!!</p>

<p>Marite hit the jackpot, though, that was the one I meant, the one that is even comprehensive enough for me, the hyper person you are likely to meet!</p>

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<p>Not sure it’s on any of the lists–but one of those very inexpensive three-speed oscillating fans (less then ten dollars as Home Depot) make a huge difference. Hanover and environs have been amazingly hot this summer and though the weather will surely cool down by September, even one stuffy, breezeless night will make the fan seem like a good investment.</p>

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<p>Some further thoughts, specifically for those moving a S/D across country without benefit of a car to carry stuff in.</p>

<p>D says not to pack more than two suitcases worth of stuff, no matter what. (Okay, plus music instrument and, if you’re bringing it with you, backpack with laptop…she picked hers up at the college.)</p>

<p>We had something of thorough list organized on a spreadsheet. The first lesson was: there was no one store/trip that could take care of everything. Upon arrival, we made three…maybe four. Did not get some dorm stuff until we had actually checked out the dorm & eyeballed bed, closets, desk, bookcase, etc.</p>

<p>About fans in particular, D’s desk has a “lip” where you can put a “clip on” oscillating fan…when surface area is cramped to begin with, this was a good idea.</p>

<p>Trade-off, may not apply everywhere. D and roommate agreed in advance that D would take responsibility for getting the refrigerator. A local company that rents them had their flyers in with the info packet but EVERY bit of input we had said that theirs were terrible. We wound up buying one at Best Buy for the less than the cost of renting for two years.</p>

<p>No matter how well you plan, you’ll leave something off your list. Which is why some time walking up and down aisles and looking at the merchandise as well as the other hassled parent/student tandems is useful.</p>