<p>If you have a nintendo, and I mean NES, bring that, along with duck hunt and the light gun. There is NO BETTER way to make friends with your hall mates then by having that. Also, its easy to master so you'll get tired of it within a week or two of hardcore playing. </p>
<p>Other than that, do NOT bring a PS2/Xbox/Gamecube. I brought my PS2 with me my first semester, and trust me - it's a lot more appealing than studying. I left it home my 2nd semester and my semester GPA went up .5. You can always play your friends video games, but that limits how much you can actually play - the owner will be limiting your play time.</p>
<p>Haha, that's good advice. XD I wish there was a way I could not bring, like, the internet. My grades would be FANTASTIC. XD (Except that I wouldn't be able to do research or read email...>.>)</p>
<p>I brought binders from high school classes thinking I would need the notes inside--I haven't opened them yet, and they take up so much room. I can't take them home because my suitcases are always too full, and I don't want to spend forty or fifty dollars to mail them home. Just don't bring them.</p>
<p>i think bing meant he brought his highschool notebooks...which were binders. and i agree, i brought my calc notebook with me - and it was pretty worthless as all the instruction i got in college was superior to that i got in high school.</p>
<p>no. first thing i learned in college was that i learned nothing in high school. you have enough to do as it is. you don't need to review the crap you did in high school.</p>
<p>If you have a very good text in a class you'll be taking, and you need a good text in order to learn, bring it. You never know what book your prof will decide to use, and it might be awful. </p>
<p>also, about text books in general. I'm a history major, and ive found that the least useful book is the text book. as long as you're familiar with primary sources, and go to lecture, i firmly believe you don't need to read the textbook. All it does is tell the basic story, as a professor does in lecture. 90% of the time you're tested on actual primary sources, and your interpretation of them. I never opened my ancient greece text book once last semester.</p>
<p>I'm also a History Major. Since getting into my upper division classes, I've yet to have a single text book. Everything now is just primary sources. Generally speaking, if I'm in need for some background information, I'll use Wikipedia just to get myself the basics on a given subject.</p>
<p>Well, it depends on the classes. When I was taking electricity and magnetism last spring the textbook was how I got through it. Yes, you can find sample problems online, but textbooks have a lot of sample problems right in one place.</p>
<p>ket: You'll have everything you need in your dorm already. It's also been my experience that the people that have everything in their rooms (especially things like TVs) are the ones that are the least social as they never have to leave their room. Might be something to consider.</p>
<p>on textbooks and notes:
they help sometimes, probably more so in intro classes...the book my calc class used wasn't very clear and assumed that we would understand exactly how some problems were worked without actually seeing them worked out; and our professor's sample problems were the same ones in the book...it helped to have outlines and handouts from high school to go grasp the basic stuff</p>
<p>a lot of stuff in high school AP classes is the same as what's taught in intro classes in college...but the information is much simpler and easier to understand in hs...it may help to have some of these notes for basic review, etc. but they won't replace going to lecture and reading the college text</p>
<p>How do you guys own so many shoes??? I have sandals, shoes, and boots. People talking about collections of 11 or 20 shoes... How do you wear them all? Do you wash them like clothing after wearing them once?</p>
<p>come on now Slorg, how can you expect to be a vibrant fashionato with ONLY 3 pairs of shoes?</p>
<p>1) sneakers for working out
2) sneakers for hanging out
3) sneakers for going out
4) pair of nice brown shoes (diesal, steve madden etc.)
5) pair of nice black shoes (diesal, steve madden, etc.)
6) black dress shoes
7) brown dress shoes
8) mocasins
9) snow boots
10) penny loafers (or some variety of such) brown
11) some sort of beige shoe
12) rubber shoe for rain
13) sandals with school insignia embroidered on the thong
14+) different pairs of sandals that you may or may not ever wear</p>
<p>And thats just for a dude...imagine with all the varieties of high heals and crap that girls have...I couldn't imagine...</p>
<p>While I can see syn's point, I don't think it is always the case. If you have a big tv, sometimes people will come to you (that is if you've met them first). A lot of people don't bring a tv to college, so those that do are instantly more popular. There will probably be a tv in the lounge or something, but sharing one tv with 45 people or more doesn't always work, so you and your friends can always go watch tv in your room if the lounge is occupied.</p>
<p>I have one pair of sneakers, two pairs of good shoes for work, and boots for winter. And flip-flops, but only for the shower. And I'm a girl. I really don't get this facination with shoes either...</p>
<p>I'm not planning on bringing too many shoes--though if I end up going to the east coast I'll probably need boots and things. D: </p>
<p>Yeah, TV was another thing I was wondering about. I also see how it can go both ways. I'm not planning on bringing a huge TV, so if I bring one it will be TINY. Nothing anyone would make a trip to my dorm for. </p>
<p>Ahh the tv...
My room easily has the biggest tv on our side of the floor. So we host the Red Sox parties, the Gilmore Girl parties, etc. If the Patriots make the Super Bowl, a good chunk of people will be in our room. It's been a great social tool believe it or not. We have a lot of movie nights too, which seems boring, but it's actually a nice way to unwind if you don't want to go out drinking</p>
<p>1)crappy sneakers you don't mind getting messed up
2)crappy sneakers that you've had for years, don't want messed up, and could live in, but are still crappy and embarasing
3)nice sneakers for gym, or when they need to look decent
4+5)black low heels (one with bow, one plain)
6)pink uggs are like cotton candy for feet
7) black ankle boots for when you need to look sharp with pants but not sexy (as heels would do)
8) snow boots
9) Slippers for around the dorm
10)shower flip flops
11+12) black flips flops and blue flip flops
13-16) various strappy sandals, each of which have their own appeal
17-19) various multi-colored pumps, each of which has their own appeal
20) paddock boots (informal riding boots for us equestrians)
21)Tall boots (show boots for us equestrians)
22)cute wedge white rhinestone sandals, cause you;;ve got to have one pair of white/summery non-flip flop shoes
23) slip on heel black almost but not quite clogs to wear informally with jeans that look like your wearing boots but not really
24+) shoes I know I have but an just forgetting at this time</p>
<p>and those are just the shoes I have at school with me. . . granted I have added to the collection while I've been at school, but still. I have a whole drawer devoted to my shoes, plus space in my closet. I have worn most of them at least once (I wear my shower flips flops and slippers everyday obviously), but I could have done without so many dressy shoes, seeing as most parties involve several layers of gook and beer on the floors, or dance floors you need to climb onto and I chose to just wear flip fops cause I don't want to ruin my shoes, but still, yeah, thats how a girl can have MANY shoes.</p>