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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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