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<p>I totally agree. It makes life so much easier, and then I can keep mixing up stuff in my wardrobe without going out and buying clothes, since I don’t need any more right now.</p>
<p>^Agreed. I’m a girl. (I’m sure you can tell by my name.) It’s kind of silly to pack clothes for college that can only be worn in a specific way. It’s a waste of space to have X amount of shirts if you can only wear them with one pair of pants or one skirt. It’s fine to have a few pieces like that, but leave them at home. I would also imagine it to be boring to wear the same outfits. I would rather be able to mix and match and have a seemingly endless number of outfits I can wear (and be confident and look presentable) without bringing the entire mall with me.</p>
<p>Also a girl who agrees with inNeedofPencils. With the whole thing about things only matching with one or two pants or something, don’t bring it then. You’ll only be able to wear it once in a while anyway, and college really isn’t the place that that works in. </p>
<p>You don’t realize how small a dorm room truly is until you’ve lived in one for a year. You may think everything will fit, you may think you won’t mind having tons of clothes around, you may think you need that one sweater that only goes with those tan pants that you wear twice a month, but you really don’t understand this right now. </p>
<p>Look, if you like having tons of clothes, and having lots of different specific outfits, fine. Go crazy, enjoy it. But this is college now, in a dorm room. You simply can’t live the way you’re used to, and you can’t have everything you would like to. One of the biggest culprits of too many things in a dorm room is clothing. You’ve got to be able to select just a few specific outfits and the rest, stuff that’ll go with most of your other clothes. It’ll make your life MUCH easier. And if you get bored of the same clothes, when you go home for Thanksgiving and then Winter break and then Spring break, bring some home and bring others back! Problem solved.</p>
<p>or bring none!</p>
<p>It’s not about bringing the whole mall with you, it’s about bringing enough clothes. When people say “little clothes,” I take that as >6 outfits. You’re clearly not “mixing it up” with less than 6 outfits. </p>
<p>I mean I have 10 jeans and 15 t shirts. I don’t think I’m bringing much, but according to some people here, I’m bringing “the entire mall with me.”</p>
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<p>15 shirts is fine…that’ll last you two weeks before laundry…the problem is when it’s 15 t-shirts, 10 dressier shirts, 5 long-sleeve shirts, 7 polos, 3 plaid shirts, 7 jeans, 12 shorts, 5 capris, 6 bermudas, 4 dress pants, 6 skirts, 12 pairs of shoes, 8 sweaters, 7 hoodies…and I think you get the idea so I’m gonna stop…</p>
<p>Obviously I just made up those numbers, but the point is, you don’t need 25 shirts combined, or 17 bottoms combined, or 20 sweaters/hoodies/jackets. It’s. way. too. much. Pick out enough to last you two weeks, maaybe a little more. Pick mostly stuff that goes with the rest of your clothes, so you can create a lot of outfits.</p>
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Maybe it’s just me, but I would HATE to HAVE to do laundry every two weeks because I had already worn everything I own. Yes, there is mix and match, but still. Once you wear something in the two week period, with the exception of jeans, it’s out. Nothing seems remotely excessive about have multiple T-shirts, long sleeved shirts, plaid shirts, jeans, sweaters, etc… I say bring whatever the heck you WANT to bring with you to college. I fully admit that I brought a ton of clothes freshman year, and even though I toned it down slightly for my sophomore year, I still bring a a lot of clothes (although I didn’t live in a dorm my sophomore year). As long as you are willing to deal with the extra hassle it brings (shipping boxes home, putting clothes in storage, etc…), then bring as many clothing items as you want.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman girl, and I’m bringing one duffel bag of clothes 
not a lot at all</p>
<p>iluvpiano, why post a thread asking for advice if you’re not going to take anyone’s advice? haha</p>
<p>Wow, I only own about 5 pairs of pants/ shorts and maybe 20 shirts (mixture of t shirt, hawaiian, dress, hoodies, tank tops), some socks and two pair of shoes, and a few ties… and a belt. I’ve never owned much more</p>
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<p>That’s just immaturity. At one point you realize no one cares what you wear. they don’t take notes and they won’t remember. So if your clothes are clean, wear the same outfit as often as u want. You can get by with two t shiirts and one pair of pants. If you hand wash ur clothes like I used to, 4 laundry days in a week is fine.</p>
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<p>lol, women…</p>
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<p>“lol,” it’s call hygiene, sweat, and humidity.</p>
<p>i don’t know about you but my shirts usually don’t get dirty or smelly after one day’s wear</p>
<p>It’s not bad hygiene to wear the same shirt twice before you wash it unless you sweat a ton, got it dirty or don’t wear deodorant. Washing certain things more than necessary will damage the fabrica not to mention being a waste of water.</p>
<p>honestly, bring it all. as a female who goes to a very fashion forward school, i can understand why you would want to bring all your clothes. have only 2 weeks worth of clothes is pretty ridiculous for a stylish girl. if you can fit them, bring them!</p>
<p>Okay, look. Do you really remember what clothes a person wore two weeks ago? No. At least I don’t. And even if you did, why would you care? The clothes’d probably be clean by then. What do you care if someone’s got only two weeks worth of clothes? If someone judges a person based on how many clothes they have, then what sort of person are they? Not worth being around, that’s what.</p>
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<p>And in a tiny dorm room shared with a roommate, any or all of the following will occur: a) you can’t fit them b) run out of room for all the other stuff you have because your clothes are packed into multiple places c) you start to get annoyed by the amount of clothes you have around d) you WILL acquire more stuff (clothes and things in general) as college goes on, only increasing the annoyance and/or the amount of stuff you have in a tiny space </p>
<p>The OP made a different thread a couple weeks ago about her entire college list. It’s not just clothes that she has too much of. There comes a point where it’s like, you just can’t physically fit everything, even after cramming it. Rooms are TINY, and you still want room to move!</p>
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<p>2x a week is not bad at all…most people I know did it 2x a week, whether they needed to or not. If you wait longer, your clothes start to pile up in your hamper. You’re concerned about wearing a shirt 2x, but IMO I don’t want 3 or 4 weeks of dirty clothes sitting in my room.</p>
<p>You really, really don’t want dirty clothes sitting around for more than two weeks. I don’t care if you’re the cleanest person on earth. Your clothes get soiled and if they sit for two long, your room starts to smell. Once it smells, it’s hard to get out. And it’s just gross to have dirty underwear sitting around for 2+ weeks.</p>
<p>What really amazes me is that people often spend the same amount of time in their beds as they do in their clothes, but for some reason wash their bed sheets/pillow half as much.</p>