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What To Bring To College: A List Of 12 Essentials

First Posted: 09/02/10 05:01 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 06:30 PM ET

Extra-long sheets. Shower caddy. Flashlight. Such are the things you are reminded over and over again to bring to college by the dorm-decorating lobby (Bed Bath & Beyond, we're looking at you). But there are other essentials, both material and non-material, that you may not realize you need until it comes time to use them. Our editors asked readers what things they absolutely could not live without at school and narrowed down the list to 12 requisite items. Take it from those who've been there.

What was the best thing you brought to college? Chime in below.

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zappafreakazoid said on 3 Friday 2010 am30 5:36 am:
how about a water bong?
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Extra-long sheets. Shower caddy. Flashlight. Such are the things you are reminded over and over again to bring to college by the dorm-decorating lobby (Bed Bath & Beyond, we're looking at you). But th...
Extra-long sheets. Shower caddy. Flashlight. Such are the things you are reminded over and over again to bring to college by the dorm-decorating lobby (Bed Bath & Beyond, we're looking at you). But th...
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Wayne Mhlanga
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09:48 AM on 09/21/2010
your best years or your worst which ever way they'll make an impact
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olddognewtrick
Half full or half empty...It's the same
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02:04 AM on 09/10/2010
As long as you are not flying to school, I guess the nail clippers are ok...
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Gloria Martinez
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01:28 AM on 09/07/2010
a stuff animal is a must......
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Marc Phillips
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05:38 PM on 09/04/2010
Backup cell phone!
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12:42 PM on 09/04/2010
One of the most important things to bring to college is a mind aware of how prejudice can inadvertently be communicated. Everyone heading to college should take a look at http://www.refusethesilence.com It is a wonderful site featuring interviews of students-of-color talking about their college experience. What I learned was that there are so many ways that students express 'micro-racialism' from stereotyping people to outright aggression. I guarantee that if you look at this site, you'll be prepared for a much more inclusive college experience.
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Geegs
Question everything!
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11:06 AM on 09/04/2010
Moist wipes! Don't leave home without them!
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jamesmacd
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04:57 PM on 09/03/2010
If you want to feel old, how about thinking of all the things you brought to college which are no longer needed: type writer, turntable and change for the pay phone down the hall.
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I voted for "That One!"
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09:52 PM on 09/03/2010
You're killing me. I just heard my bones creak, thanks!
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CDRUSNret
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11:00 AM on 09/05/2010
takes me back! I went through a lot of typewriter erasers....
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Counterglow
Werner Heisenberg may have been right.
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09:36 AM on 09/03/2010
If the list doesn't have an ounce and a two-four on it, it's a ticket to the bottom half of the newly-evolving social status pecking order.
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JStading
Trust me, I'm an attorney...
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09:35 AM on 09/03/2010
Laptop? Condoms/birth control (sounds funny, but nothing's funny about getting STDs or pregnant)? A general purpose cleaner (e.g. Windex Disinfectant/Lysol) that can be used to clear off all surfaces that dirty people will touch?
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09:30 AM on 09/03/2010
1. The new laundry machines mostly run on cards now, no quarters required.
2. Duct tape is handy for lots of things, hanging posters is not one of them.
3. The George Forman grill and a small fridge are handy.
4. Some little speakers for the ipod. Everybody has their own music, it's often hard to find speakers.
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Goodworks98
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09:15 AM on 09/03/2010
Some good ideas...you don't even have to be a collage student to actually use some of these ideas...everyone has to improvise a times!!!
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Josh Sezer
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06:22 AM on 09/03/2010
Actually, duck tape doesn't work that well to hang posters. It only lasts at most two weeks, or at leas for me.
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zappafreakazoid
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05:36 AM on 09/03/2010
how about a water bong?
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Mountain Momma
Seemed like a good idea at the time
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03:19 AM on 09/03/2010
A safe or some other way of securing valuables. I had several pieces of jewelry "disappear" my first two years of college.
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BasketWeaver
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02:49 AM on 09/03/2010
Lube
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