Moving On-Campus: Top 100 Things to Bring

In the next few days, college students will begin their trek back to college campuses across the country in preparation for The Big Move. It's an exciting, nerve-wracking, hectic, and emotional rite of passage for students, staff and parents alike, as boxes, totes and belongings are unloaded curbside and transported to dorm rooms.

Colleges have different ways of handling the move-in process. A friend of mine has a daughter starting her freshman year at DeSales University. She actually has it relatively easy: she was told to simply label her boxes, and upon arrival, the upperclass students would meet her at her car and do all of the unloading and lugging of the boxes directly to her dorm room. Sweet!

I'm not sure how Rutgers University will be handling the move-in process this year, but they've posted a helpful article, prepared by the Rutgers housing staff, listing the Top 100 things to bring when moving on-campus. Here's the list in alphabetical order:

Top 100 items to bring to campus:

* All housing assignment information
* Alarm clock
* Aspirin or other pain reliever
* Backpack
* Baseball cap or other hat for bad hair days
* Bathrobe
* Bathing suit
* Belts
* Bicycle
* Blankets
* Calculator
* Can and bottle opener
* CDs
* Cell phone
* Cleaning items
* Clothing to last until the first trip home
* Comforter or bedspread
* Computer and printer
* Contact lenses and solutions
* Cotton swabs
* Crates for storage
* Cups, plates, utensils, and napkins
* Deck of cards
* Dental floss
* Deodorant
* Desk or other reading lamp
* Dictionary, thesaurus, writers guide
* DVD player and DVDs
* Envelopes
* Extension cords under 6 feet with surge protector and power strips
* Fan
* First-aid kit
* Flip-flops for the shower
* Food
* Fun-Tak to hang posters
* Glasses
* Glue
* Hair care products
* Hairbrush and comb
* Hangers
* Highlighters
* Hygiene items
* Iron/ironing board
* Jeans
* Jackets - light and heavy
* Laundry bag or basket
* Laundry detergent and fabric softener
* Mirror
* Money for books, food, entertainment, school apparel
* Music
* Nail clippers
* Names, addresses, phone numbers and policy numbers of medical, credit card and auto insurance companies
* Open mind
* Pajamas
* Paper clips
* Patience
* PDAs (Palm Pilot, Blackberry, etc.)
* Pens and pencils, pencil sharpener
* Perfume or cologne
* Pictures, posters
* Pillow(s)
* Prescription medications
* Quilt
* Radio and/or stereo
* Razors
* Room decoration
* Rug (although some rooms have carpeting, rugs are a great way to show off your sense of style)
* Ruler
* Scissors
* Sense of humor
* Shampoo and conditioner
* Shaving cream
* Sheets (extra long twin) and pillowcases
* Shoes
* Shorts
* Shower caddy
* Slippers
* Sneakers
* Soap and plastic soap dish
* Socks
* Stamps
* Stapler and staples
* Sweatshirt
* T-shirts
* Tape
* Thermometer
* Thumbtacks
* Tissues
* Tool kit
* Toothbrush and toothpaste
* Touch-tone telephone and answering machine (bring a telephone book, too)
* Towels
* Tupperware
* TV
* Umbrella
* Video games
* Washcloths
* Watch
* Yearbook from high school as a conversation piece
* Zest for learning

You can read the rest of the Rutgers article HERE.

What do you think? Are there any items that you would definitely suggest for the Rutgers housing staff to add to the list or to delete?

Add your comments below or send me your suggestions and I'll post them.

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Eva

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