<p>Hey, I'm planning on bringing just what i really need like sheets and stuff to college, and just buying things as i need them. i'll be close to home too, so i can stop home to get things i forget. what would you recommend that i need? thanks.</p>
<p>Computer, cell phone, digital camera, clothes, towels, linens...</p>
<p>The rest you can pick up at Target</p>
<p>just take 1 day, carry a piece of paper around and write what you use. thats probably the best way to do it.</p>
<p>for me,
essentials: toothbrush, toothpaste, etc..."toiletries", bedsheet, pillow, pillowcase, clothes, computer, money...thats all i can think of that i'd consider essential</p>
<p>Towel.</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>Buy the towels there, even.</p>
<p>make sure u have extra long sheets and an alarm clock if there isnt one on ur cell phone. Maybe a tv cuz there is a lot more free time in college</p>
<p>A tv isn't essential. I got around my first year without one because there was one in the living room and some of my friends had them--watching tv is more fun in a social environment anyway. Ask around--your friends might like the same tv shows you do, or you could make a new one. It's definitely not an essential, especially if you are packing light.</p>
<p>Alternative to getting a TV is getting a TV tuner for your computer.</p>
<p>Just watch it in the lounge. That solves any problems of you and your roommate liking different things or wanting to study vs watch tv.</p>
<p>well 2 me a tv is essential, plus i'll be in a suite and we could just stick one in the living room</p>
<p>Booze and advil. Nothing else. Except maybe money for more booze.</p>
<p>condoms</p>
<p>and those can quickly be turned into money if people know you have some to spare...its amazing how much someone would pay when thats all they need</p>
<p>LOLOL, otto, that's one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time.</p>
<p>For me, necessities are--multivitamins, PC/laptop, toothpaste, soap, clothes, alarm clock, hair gel, music player. Everything else, you can get by or just go to a local shopping center.</p>
<p>Is taking a printer a good idea? Is it generally a hassle to use the college's printers?</p>
<p>For me</p>
<p>All I need is my Computer.</p>
<p>and about 4 gallons of water a day and 4 hrs in the gym and Im good,</p>
<p>Vincent, you must look like this...
<a href="http://mr-olympia-2003.ronnie.cz/Img/System/coleman.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://mr-olympia-2003.ronnie.cz/Img/System/coleman.jpg</a></p>
<p>bring a printer as a convenince what if ur in ur dorm and u wanna print something? who wants to bring stuff to the computer lab if u can print it in ur room</p>
<p>lol I dont know about that, but thats all I need</p>
<p>I wouldn't suggest bringing a printer. If it happens that you are among the few in the hallway who has a printer, a lot of people will tend to come by and ask to print something and it will be very hard to deny them.</p>