Amount of clothes to bring to college

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<p>Doesn’t necessarily have to be all the time.
Once you move in you should have a good idea of how many more clothes you’d be able to fit inside your dorm room. At that time have your parents send some additional clothes you set aside.
Unless your sister is the equivalent to a blackhole I’m sure any clothes she might use second hand will reappear.</p>

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<p>I am also a girl with an insane amount of clothes, but this is a tad bit ridiculous. I am trying not to judge, but honestly you don’t need this much stuff, it’ll be a pain bringing it home, and there won’t be room. I think it’s a pretty safe bet anything you store you’ll never actually wear. I was considering getting bins to keep additional clothes, but I’m pretty sure they’d just end up never being worn. So here is my advice.

  1. For types of bottoms/really specific types of shirts never bring the same amount of one type (bermudas, dress shirts, party tops, shorts, capris, skirts etc) then you could possible wear in one week. Right now for the oneish month it’s nice out you have 37 bottoms… If you followed my rule you’d have 28 MAX. You don’t even need that many. I’d say 22 is reasonableish for you. Jeans are the only possible exception to the rule because during winter you can’t wear as large of a variety of bottoms as you can during summer, but still 7/8 is more then enough. You can/should wear jeans twice unless they are actually dirty.
  2. If for some reason you end up needing those red, blue, and maroon plaid shorts you leave behind you can always have them mailed to you or even better go shopping :slight_smile:
  3. Make sure you bring a variety. If you’re bringing 7 pairs of jeans make sure they aren’t all identical!
  4. If you don’t wear it at home, you probably won’t wear it in college.</p>

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<p>I hope I helped! I’m not trying to be rude as i’m in the same boat as you! I had a friend bring me back to reality. Really think about who you are/what do you really wear/ and what is important to you! Also be willing to bring clothes back if you need too! Good luck!</p>

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Yes, but certain things can’t be mixed and matched if they don’t go together. If they look stupid together, I won’t wear it.</p>

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<p>Bring enough stuff for 2 weeks, and go shopping after you arrive at college</p>

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<p>^why would she go shopping for more clothes when she has plenty she can just bring with her?</p>

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<p>^No matter what she brings she’ll leave with more stuff than she originally had. Thats how college is. You buy more stuff while you’re up there. Wether its video games, movies, or clothes. I’d say bring stuff for about 2-3 weeks, then have your parents send you a few more outfits if you need them. You have to be thinking about how you’re going to get everything back home at the end of the year.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, but you need to be realistic. There is no way you will be able to fit that much in there, especially if you have a roommate. I can assure you no one will give a damn if you wear the same outfit you wore two weeks ago, and letting your laundry sit there for that long is… sickening.</p>

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<p>Way way way too many clothes. You MIGHT need 1/4 of those… maybe. Your roommate needs somewhere to put her clothes too.</p>

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<p>My roommate has places to put her clothes- she has her own dresser & closet/wardrobe- each person gets their own, and she can stack whatever else for clothes that she wants on top of her dresser too.</p>

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<p>As far as getting stuff back home, I’ll start dragging winter clothes back home that I no longer need when I go home for spring break and the break week between 2nd semester & May Term. The rest I’ll take at the end of the year, after May Term.</p>

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<p>I agree, this is waaaayyyy too much clothes.</p>

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Duh. I’ll go shopping, but not right away when I get there because I won’t need to. I already did here and got a few new things (bought some new jeans last week for college and some shorts, a few new tank tops, shirts, etc.)</p>

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<p>How much does the average college student bring? I guess I just don’t know. I’m the oldest child in my family, so the first one to go to college…how many jeans, shoes, shorts, shirts…?</p>

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<p>[Checklist</a> for college dorm - first year of college](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Campus Life – BigFuture | College Board)</p>

<p>Clothing
14 sets of underwear
14 pairs of socks (more if you play sports)
5 pairs of pants/jeans
14 shirts/blouses
2 sets of sweats
Pajamas
Slippers and/or flip-flops
2 sweaters
Light/heavy jackets
Gloves/scarf/hat
1 pair of boots
2 pairs of sneakers or comfortable/walking shoes
1 set of business-casual clothes
1 pair of dress shoes
1 swimsuit</p>

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<p>Usually enough clothes for 2-3 weeks is all you’ll be able to fit.</p>

<p>Most people I know only have 3 pairs of jeans for a week. Shoe amount is pretty variable, but no one goes higher than 20 pairs. Shorts depends on how much you work out; I would say if you’re using them to run or work out in, bring 7-10 pairs of workout shorts. Don’t bring more than 3 pairs of other kinds of shorts, unless you’ll wear them a lot before it gets cold.</p>

<p>With shirts, pick your favorites from casual and dressy. You don’t need more than 2 weeks worth of casual shirts and 1 week of dressy shirts, and that’s pushing it. Same goes for bottoms. Dresses, 4-6 tops.</p>

<p>Bring as much underwear as you think you’ll need. The more the better.</p>

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<p>As a girl with a similarly large closet, I totally understand where you’re coming from. But it sounds to me like you’re bringing multiples of very similar items-- plaid bermuda shorts all pretty much look the same and serve the same purpose. I would prioritize 1) basics and then 2) things that can be worn in a variety of different ways so that you get the maximum amount of different outfits from a minimum quantity of clothing. </p>

<p>And I assume you’re bringing accessories as well, like jewelry and scarves? If not, they are a nice way to add variety but not take up too much space.</p>

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I think I have about 35 or so pairs of socks in my pile, and no I don’t play sports. That’s probably more than I need, considering I don’t wear socks with ballet flats, flips flops, sandals…half of the shoes I’m bringing. I won’t even wear socks much til late October probably. I think I have about 45ish underwear in that pile too…and plenty still left at home. I really am used to not having to do laundry that often.</p>

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Yep, I packed some of that, although not too much. At home I have one of those jewelry armoire things (kinda like this: <a href=“http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=617&q=jewelry+armoire&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=1492796074440414704&sa=X&ei=JKU1Tqb4Ncq0sQK_r8n1Cg&ved=0CHkQ8wIwAA[/url]”>http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=617&q=jewelry+armoire&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=1492796074440414704&sa=X&ei=JKU1Tqb4Ncq0sQK_r8n1Cg&ved=0CHkQ8wIwAA&lt;/a&gt; ) but since I can’t take that and neatly put it in something like that, I’m not bringing a lot of it. I packed a few scarves, but I’m not super into that.</p>

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<p>There’s no need to bring your entire room to the dormitory. It’ll be a huge pain in the ass to move your clothes back and forth every semester.</p>

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<p>After moving 2 kids to college 6 times, if you can’t fit EVERYTHING into the back of a van with the backseat removed, you have too much stuff! Check with your college’s music department. They may require a specific performance dress at every performance, which would eliminate lots of outfits.</p>