<p>What should I bring for the first day of classes?</p>
<p>Notebooks, a pen/pencil, and possibly your texts.</p>
<p>does that mean we are supposed to buy our textbooks before we get to WashU?</p>
<p>you don't have to. I didn't. you'll be at school in plenty of time to buy your books before classes start. and I definitely wouldn't bring my textbooks to the first day of class.</p>
<p>If you already know which books you need, give a look at the Internet sites before you go to school, sometimes you save a lot of money even if you have to pay for shipping.</p>
<p>Are binders useful at all? And if they are, what size?</p>
<p>Use whatever you like best. I prefer notebooks and folders, but if you prefer binders then use those. Nobody is going to tell you what to buy in college, so it really is just whatever your preference is.</p>