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Pack It Up and Move It Out
How to get ready for the big move
Do you have trouble deciding what to pack for a weekend road trip? Are you a compulsive over packer? Do you think, “How in the world am I going to know what I’ll need in college?” Well, thank goodness we’re here to help! Since we can’t actually come to your house and pack your bags for you (though we’d like to), the Hobsons Student Union has instead polled our college-life experts to compile the following list of dorm room necessities.
Clothing
Athletic shoes or sneakers
Bathing suit
Baseball cap
Bathrobe for making your way down the hall to the bathroom
Boots
Coat
Dressy shoes to go with your outfit
Favorite t-shirts
Gloves or mittens
Hat
Jackets—light for cool weather, heavy for cold
Jeans
Jewelry
Lint brush or tape roller
Long underwear
Pajamas
Pantyhose and/or tights
Purses
Raincoat
Rubber flip flops for shower
Sandals
Scarf
Shorts
Small sewing kit
Socks and underwear
Slippers or scuffs
Suit or sportcoat
Sunglasses
Sweatclothes
Sweaters
Ties
Watch
Decoration
Area carpet for your room
Blankets or comforters
Cork bulletin board
Curtains and/or tapestries
Glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars
Hammer and nails, tacks, or self-stick adhesive
Houseplant
Mattress pad
Pictures of family and friends
Posters and pictures for your walls
Push pins or thumbtacks for your bulletin board
Room deodorizer
Screwdriver
Sleeping bags
Small bookcase
Stuffed bear or other favorite stuffed animal
Tape
Wipe-away message board and dry erase markers
Dishes and Food
Aluminum foil
Brita water pitcher
Brown paper lunch bags
Can opener
Coffee cup or mug
Coffee maker and coffee packets
Cutting Board
Dishes: a few plates, silverware, cups and glasses, storage containers
Dishwashing liquid
Favorite soft drink or bottled water
Hot-air popcorn popper
Hotpot
Ice cube trays
Microwave
Paper towels, napkins, dishcloths
Plastic wrap
Ramen noodles
Salt and pepper shakers
Self-sealing plastic bags
Small refrigerator if the school doesn't supply them
Stockpile of candy, gum, other favorite treats
Toaster
Twisties
Water bottle
Electric
Adapter for the phone line so it can connect two phones into one line
Alarm clock
Answering machine
Batteries
Cable cord for cable-ready televisions
Camera
Cell phone
Computer
Cordless phone
Extension cords
Fan
Film
Flashlight
Headphones
Humidifier
Lamp
Personal book light or night visor
Personal stereo and favorite CDs or tapes.
Printer and printer ink
Sewing machine
Space heater
Surge protector or power strip
Telephone
Three-prong adaptors
TV/VCR and movies
Wall clock
Finance
ATM card
Calling cards
Cash
Checkbook
Credit card
Prepaid calling card
Quarters for doing laundry
Driver's license or state ID
Organization and Storage
Address book
Backpack
Baking soda
Basket for shower items
Bicycle and bicycle lock
Birthday cards
Blank CDs
Calendar
Clothes pins—useful for everything from keeping the chips closed to hanging things to dry
Closet organizer
Coat hangers
Daily planner
Desk organizer
Drying rack for clothes you don't want to put in the dryer
Emergency car kit—that includes flashlight, emergency tire inflator, and jumper cables
Envelopes
Extra car key
Flashlights
Foot locker or storage box
Garbage bags
Glue and/or superglue
Ice scrapers
Laundry bag or basket
Light bulbs
Lock box or money box
Magnets for posting things on refrigerator or microwave
Makeup holder/case
Night stand
Padlock or combination lock for the gym or library
Plastic crates to store your stuff
Small suit case
Stationery and stamps
Swiss army knife
Tape—the five kinds:
Duct
Electrical
Masking
Medical
Scotch
Tape measure
Travel guide of your new city or town
Trunk
Wastebasket
Personal Care
Air freshener
Antibacterial hand gel
Aspirin or other pain reliever
Baby powder
Bee sting kit
Bible or religious work of choice
Broom or vacuum cleaner
Brush and comb
Bug spray
Cards or board games—they make great icebreakers!
Chapstick
Contact lens care products
Cotton balls
Cotton swabs
Curling iron
Dental floss
Deodorant
Disinfectant
Drying rack for laundry
Egg crate foam mattress
Extra eyeglasses or contacts
Eye drops
Fabreeze
Face wash
Feminine care products
First aid kit
Fragrance
Hair dryer
Hairspray, gel, or mousse
Hair ties, bobby pins
Health insurance card
Heating pad
Iron and ironing board
Journal or diary
Kleenex
Laundry detergent and stain stick
Lotion
Makeup
Makeup mirror
Mirror to hang on the wall for those last minute hair/make-up checks
Nail clippers and file
Nail polish remover
Over-the-counter stomach meds, like antacids, anti-diarrheal, Pepto Bismol, and things for congestion, like decongestants, cough medicine, throat lozenges
Pepper spray
Pillow
Photo album of friends and family
Post cards and thank you cards
Prescription medications and refills
Q-tips
Razor, shaving cream, deodorant, and other toiletries
Retainer
Roach traps/insect repellant
Rubbing alcohol or peroxide
Safety pins
Shampoo and conditioner
Sheets and pillowcases
Shower cap
Small tool kit
Soap or shower gel
Sunscreen
Suntan lotion and magazines
Thermometer
Tissues
Toilet paper
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Towels and washcloths
Tweezers
Umbrella
Vitamins
Zit cream
Personal Documents
Bus/plane schedules
Class schedule
Copy of birth certificate
Medical insurance card
Social security card
Study Aids
Binders
Calculator
Calendar
Computer
Computer disks
Computer paper
Dictionary
Earplugs
Folders
Highlighter pen
Hole punch
Loose-leaf paper
Markers
Notebooks
Note cards
Organizer or daily planner
Pens
Pencils and erasers
Printer and printer paper
Rubber bands
Ruler
Scissors
Stapler, staples, and staple remover
Thesaurus
White-Out
Writer's guide or grammar book
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