When preparing to go to college having a good packing list is essential and even the extremely long, seemingly thorough list are missing key items. Don’t you worry your little-excited freshman mind, because I’ve compiled a list of things that I wish someone would have told me to bring to college so I wouldn’t have had to make so many trips to Target.

1. Ice Cube Trays

Whether it’s making ice coffee while already running late or cooling the burn from your curling iron, sometimes you don’t have time to go to the end of the hall to get ice and with ice cube trays you’ll always have some in your room.

2. Super Glue

Super glue has so many uses and you will find yourself needing it for an array of things throughout the year.

3. Extra Phone Charger

Friend and you both have 4%? Need one charge for your backpack and one for your room? Leave a charge somewhere? With two charges you will be prepared for all of this.

4. Fanny Pack

Fanny Packs are cool again, no longer give you the label of ‘Mother of Three’, and are super useful.

5. High School Jerseys

The last thing you want is to seem like a high school hero at your new college, but believe it or not, you should definitely bring a high school jersey or shirt. Pretty much every event has a theme and high school hero is a popular one.

6. Slippers

Dorm room floors and hallways have years and years of exposure to people’s nasty feet, random spills, dirty shoes, and other mysterious stains, so you should never go barefoot. Slippers are a comfy, easy fix to this.

7. Ziplock Bags

Ziplock bags are obviously useful for a handful of things and are just usually forgotten on the packing list.

8. Portable DVD/CD Player & Writer

Most computers don’t have CD drives anymore because so much can be downloaded and so they seem obsolete but that’s not always the case in college. By having a portable player/writer you will be ready if you need to download software, watch a DVD, or burn a CD.

9. Brita Filter Water Bottle

You have a Brita filter pitcher and a reusable water bottle so this might seem like overkill but when you need to refill your water bottle using a gross drinking fountain you will thank me.

10. Stamps & Envelopes

The amount of times I had to borrow stamps and envelopes was unreal.

11. Extra Hangers

Bringing just enough hangers for the clothes you brought to school is great but what happens when you go on a celebratory shopping trip after getting an A on an exam and buy 4 new easily wrinkling shirts?

12. Notes From AP Classes

Notes from high school can save your life trust me.

13. Business Attire

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE LIST! You will need business casual and professional outfits for meetings, jobs, class presentations, and interviews and the last thing you want to do is stress out about it the night before because you don’t have anything to wear.