<p>Out of curiosity, how much clothing did people pack, and how did it work out for them?</p>
<p>I've read plenty on leaving winter clothes home until you go back since they're bulky (not applicable to me, really, since I'm in a warm state). Also heard you shouldn't be a clothes horse and bring everything from home. I'm pretty laid back with clothing, though, and stick mostly to t-shirts and jeans. Has anyone found a nice balance between having enough that laundry isn't a daily activity while still being able to fit everything in their closet?</p>
<p>Also -- and I know this'll depend on the college and person and such, but out of curiosity -- how much formal wear do people bring (dresses, interview wear, etc.)? Anyone even use any of these during freshman year?</p>
<p>I made the mistake of bringing too much clothes. And by too much I mean like literally my entire closet, minus a few things here and there (which I still debated about bringing or not). If your going to be in a warm state, it still might be helpful to pack some warm clothes since sometimes dorm’s and classroom’s get chilly, or you may have the possibility of a freak storm coming in. Bring plenty of socks and undergarments as well as a couple of pajama’s (not just one). Start off with enough clothes to last you a couple weeks or so and then bring more stuff from home, or bring stuff back depending on your habits and how often you wear something or not. As for formal wear, just start off by bringing one good suit or dress. If there is an event that you have to dress up for, you’ll probably find out a good week or two in advance so that should give you time to call home or look around for something to wear.</p>
<p>Luckily, I’ll be pretty close to home, so I can drop off/pick up clothes anytime I feel like it. Just don’t want to be making that trip too often and be dependent on home!</p>
<p>I brought about 20 t-shirts, maybe like 5 hoodies, 2 shortsleeved collars, 2 longsleeve collars, a pair of black pants, a pair of khakis, maybe 6 jeans, and maybe like 6-7 pairs of shorts.</p>
<p>That worked out pretty good.</p>
<p>Some people seem to only be on a 1 week clothing rotation or so…some less.</p>
<p>IBfootballer – Yeah, that occurred to me shortly after submitting it! :P</p>
<p>Akhman – Did all of that fit in your dorm well? Most of my worry is what’ll fit, and since I don’t know the size of my closet now, I don’t want to overestimate. I’d love to bring a ton of shirts and jeans and such.</p>
<p>i plan on bringing all of the clothes i wore in high school…How come college kids seem to wear less clothes than they did before…I don’t know what i’m doing is a big mistake or not. All of my clothes fit into one of those big suitcases(including undergarments, pajamas, jackets or what not)…If it’s too much I can always send them back. I’d rather pack heavy than too little…I like variety.</p>
<p>i brought way too many clothes, a trunk, a garment bag and two suitcases full. depending on how far from you home you are/when your parents are visiting, pack light, packing what you know you’ll need and then figuring out from there how often you go through clothes, what sort of things you wear regularly, ect. i plan on bringing much much less this fall.</p>
<p>I moved to college from overseas and I only had two suitcases for all of my stuff, and I used about 2/3 of that space for clothes. I kept track of things I wore for about a month in high school and brought those items along with a few warmer clothes for the winter months. I could comfortably go for two weeks without doing laundry, but I never felt like I overpacked.</p>
<p>Packing only what I actually wore in high school was kind of a shock because there were so many clothes left that I thought I was wearing but was not. I discarded half of my wardrobe right then.</p>
<p>Living in a climate that gets hot and very humid in the summer but extremely cold (had a stretch in the -40s last winter!) with a fair amount of snow and rain, I’ve got a pretty big wardrobe. I didn’t really overpack freshman year, but I’ve picked up a lot more clothing since arriving here and don’t wear my high school shirts/clothes much anymore. I get tons of free clothing through my job in athletics and when I’m in season and working every day (not an athlete, work w/ a team), all I pretty much wear is that stuff. I could probably go all year on just that clothing alone.</p>
<p>I could get rid of my high school stuff or other old clothes that I don’t wear, but they’re great for scrap clothing when I know I’ll be getting dirty, painting, possibly tearing them, etc. My parents think I have way too much, but I make most of it work. There are maybe 3 or 4 things that I didn’t wear once last year.</p>
<p>As Cards4Life is saying, it can definitely vary by climate. I mean, if you’re going to school in Boston, you’re only going to need a few pieces of warm weather clothing. Same for, say, Southern California, in reverse. If you’re going someplace that’s more temperate or the Midwest (which is both very hot and very cold), you’re going to need more variety. More variety often means more clothes.</p>
<p>Suggestion: bring lots of socks. Magically, they seem to disappear in dorm washing machines. Son seems to think that they get sucked into and stuck in the gap between the washing machine drum and the washing machine case.</p>
<p>Oh and slippers or house shoes mysteriously disappear as well. Or they get under your bed and you don’t find them until your cleaning out in the end of the semester so it’s good to have a couple on hand. Flip flops are cheap and at some places can cost like a dollar so it’s good to have those.</p>
<p>What you should do is take and turn all the hangers in your home closet backwards. When you wear something and hang it back up, put the hanger in the correct way. Take those that you have worn to college. Most people here have enough clothing to last them 2-3 (and that includes rewearing jeans). Since you are so close to home, you shouldn’t have too much trouble taking excess clothes home or going to pick up more. When I moved my stuff into the dorm, I hung all my clothes from one of those clothes poles that go from one side of the car to the other. Mine was full and I still had a bit extra room in my closet. I only hung my shirts up though…</p>
<p>I’m still laughing at the extremely cold winter “with a stretch in the 40s!”</p>
<p>But I know overpacking will be my problem. At home I where a lot of my clothes, but I let them accumulate for so long that by the time I have to do laundry the mountain of clothes I have to wash takes two days.</p>
<p>My greatest regret is that I brought wayyyy too much clothing. Bring as LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. I guarantee that you will buy even more clothes while you’re there, and then lugging all of it home…torture.</p>