Top 5 Things No One Told You To Bring To College: HerCampus List

Our friends at HerCampus know college backward and forward -- mostly because they're there. With the start of school looming, HerCampus correspondent Gabriela Szewcow devised a list of must-haves for your dorm room. See her full list here -- and add your own trusty essential in the comments section.

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You will be doing a lot of laundry in college. And you’ll run out of quarters much quicker than you think. So I’d suggest bringing a few rolls of quarters that will at least last you until Thanksgiving break. Then you can go home and get mom and dad to fill up your rolls with some more quarters. Because trust me, you’ll be needing them.

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You will be doing a lot of laundry in college. And you’ll run out of quarters much quicker than you think. So I’d suggest bringing a few rolls of quarters that will at least last you until Thanksgiving break. Then you can go home and get mom and dad to fill up your rolls with some more quarters. Because trust me, you’ll be needing them.

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Unnecessary. Good call.

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[Kerry Wiggins]

01:40 AM on 08/16/2010

foam earplugs for sleeping! Even though I went to college in the middle of nowhere, my dorm was right on the main highway in and out of town so traffic noise was constant, the noise of your dorm neighbors, and keep you from hearing your roommate's late night phone conversations with her boyfriend!

[BillBadger]

12:42 PM on 08/12/2010

Brita filter--Thiskind of looks like product placement in what is supposed to be useful information. I sent my daughter to state school, the refrigerated bubblers (water fountains) are excellent, and they are free. Free.

[Lore Splitt]

12:03 PM on 08/10/2010

When I dormed at Southampton College, LIU, the one thing everyone seemed to know to bring, but I didn't have were cinder blocks of all things. Stick your bed up on them and you have a ton more space under it.

Now, those dorms were HUGE by comparison to other dorms I saw after. (My bedroom at home is about 20 x 16, and the dorm room I had there makes this look small) but you know what? It still helped a lot. Mini fridge under your bed, milk crates to store anything from books, to VHF tapes (DVDs were just starting to get popular), or ungodly amounts of cup 'o noodles and Ramen noodles... Those cinder blocks came in handy there- they would be a real life saver in actual dorm sized rooms.

[dylbud]

11:57 AM on 08/10/2010

"Do you really want to drink that?"

Gimme a break.

[aceofspades1217]

12:51 PM on 08/06/2010

Brita filters really improve the quality of water. Especially the kind of water that doesn't freeze in the freezer. You can turn cheap water into classy high-end water.

[Black Guy at Cornell]

10:32 AM on 08/03/2010

Haha! Cornell has a swipe-card laundry system...I guess that's where the admins have been spending our tuition dollars! Priorities are everything, they say!

[LaurieAnn]

12:22 PM on 08/13/2010

Swipe care laundry actually makes a lot of sense. I would have loved it.

[jukesgrrl]

08:34 PM on 08/02/2010

A hammer and a screwdriver. I met every person in my college dorm because I was "the girl with the hammer." First impressions are everything!

[Kerry Wiggins]

01:33 AM on 08/16/2010

Hand tools definitely are handy! I was "the chick with the tools" in my dorm. The guys were always borrowing them. In fact, my cousin had her own drill for her room!

[joybe2006]

02:16 PM on 08/02/2010

Remember Floppy Disc! Thats what i brought freshman yr just as they were phasing out

[inkongirl]

01:34 PM on 08/02/2010

I was so happy to have my own typewriter when I went to college....

[NIN-GIRL]

11:59 AM on 08/02/2010

LOL my best friend's mom always gives her so many rolls of quarters, but they are handy.

[Anthony OReilly]

11:16 AM on 08/02/2010

Fire extinguisher, emergency cab money, and more emergency cab money for when you spend your cab money on alcohol or weed,

[isis]

08:52 AM on 08/02/2010

You will need a stapler. Lot's handed in on line but there are going to be hand written papers and lab reports to hand in as well and if you hand in a stack of lose sheets you look like you don't care. As for the quarters, colleges often have free laundry services or no charge washers and driers and just add the cost to the room fee. This cuts down on the piles of stinky laundry in the dorms.

[bwright85]

01:05 PM on 08/02/2010

As for the quarters, colleges often have free laundry services or no charge washers and driers and just add the cost to the room fee. This cuts down on the piles of stinky laundry in the dorms.

umm yea, I'd like a list of these colleges that offer free laundry service. It will be quite short.

[isis]

03:25 PM on 08/02/2010

Well that has been my experiences with places my children have gone Coe College (free washers and driers) and Davidson College (laundry service plus free washers and driers). I do not have that many kids so others need to help me out where.

[LaurieAnn]

12:23 PM on 08/13/2010

Wow. They sure didn't have that when I was in college. I used to time my classes around when the machines would be free.

[ramblingjohnny]

07:27 AM on 08/02/2010

Just a tip about computer crash if you are a Windows user download and burn a Linux Live CD. It the perfect tool to recover vital files from a BSOD.

[Mahi Joe]

07:41 PM on 08/01/2010

Condoms.

[Rock Jocelyn]

09:42 AM on 08/02/2010

Nah. Those are free at pretty much every on-campus event. Don't waste your money.

[Kiabell04]

04:43 PM on 08/01/2010

The portable flashdrive is a MUST. Especially having several paper to write coupled with online notes. I have definitely given my flash drive a workout.