Moving away for the first time is always difficult! There are so many things you could forget. You don't want to be that freshman who forgets their towels and has to air dry next to their new roommate. Here are some things that are probably best to remember.
1. A Keurig, because by the end of the semester even noon classes get hard to wake up for.
2. Makeup so that you can cover the dark circles under your eyes
3. Comfy pillows and a mattress topper because when you take your third nap of the day, it better be great.
4. A Mirror just to check on the way out of the room that you don't look like the hobo you feel like.
5. A mug for your coffee.... or wine.
6. Paper towels for when you inevitably spill your wine...I mean coffee.
7. A
bottle of wine for each day of the first week to get yourself acclimated to the
college lifestyle.
8. Some cash
for when you do find new friends to replenish the wine stash.
9. Plastic shot glasses so you don't have to sneak past our RA to clean your
shot glasses
10. Frat
shoes so you don't cry about getting frat juice on your Michael Kors
wedges the first night
11. Speakers for when
you're jamming to your favorite pre-game playlist
12. Band-aids for when
your friends inevitably take a tumble walking home on a Saturday night
13. Advil
for after the first night of partying
14.
Condoms because you don't know know that guy's name from last night, let alone
his sexual history
15. Extra
blankets because when your friends get sexiled from their room they will
be sleeping on your floor/in bed with you
16. Clothes for themed
frat parties (mathletes and athletes, toga parties, work out bros and yoga
hoes, etc.)
17.
Some funky-fresh shower shoes so your feet don't
get straight-up funky
18
. Shampoo so you don't go
a week with greasy hair before you find the nearest drug store
19. A
laundry basket so you don't have to carry your ~delicates~ all the way to the
laundry room
20. Tide to go because
Mom is no longer around to get that weird stain out of your favorite shirt
21. A steamer because
you definitely didn't fold that shirt that now has tons of wrinkles
22. TWO
sets of sheets because you definitely won't want to do laundry and change your
sheets in the same day
23. Mattress
protector/bed bug cover...just in case!
24. Tons of workout
clothes so you can start everyday saying that you'll totally go to the gym
after class
25. Rain boots because
walking to class in soaked sneakers is uncomfy
26. Some
cheap jewelry for when you find out your roommates sketchy friends stole
grandma's pearls
27.
Headphones for when you're ready to jam and your roommate is NOT
28.
Something to put on your wall (tapestry, pictures, posters) so your room
doesn't seem as boring and unwelcoming as you are
29. PJs because
sleeping naked does not fly when you have a roommate
30. Plastic
utensils/paper plates because there's no way you're going to wash
your dishes....ever
31. Snacks/granola
bars because you're definitely not waking up in time for breakfast at the
dining hall
32.
Easy-Mac so you can avoid the mush at the dining hall like the plague
33. Brita because you
don't know what's in that water fountain water
34. Blanket for when
you're feeling extra ~college~ and want to sit outside in the grass
35. A planner to get your life together once classes actually start
36. Maybe a notebook or two if you find taking notes/passing classes to be a priority in your life
37. Tissues to wipe
away the tears when your professor says "12 pages due next week"
38. Calculator to
calculate how well you need to do on the next exam in order to pass the
semester... instead of actually studying
39. Backpack to ease
the crippling load of schoolwork
40.
An external hard drive for when you load your computer up with pictures of you and your new best friends
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