<p>I'm leaving for a college 2000 miles away from home in the Fall. I'm flying there and I have no idea what to bring and how to bring it to college.
I'm considering just mailing my stuff to the school and getting it from there. but what should I do about big things like TV, fridge or chairs, etc. (I'm rooming solo). </p>
<p>What did you buy for your dorm room? what was absolutely essential, and what wasn't essential?</p>
<p>For the fridge: If your school partners with Collegiate Concepts, you can rent a microfridge from them. The company would deliver it to your school in the fall and pick it up in the spring.</p>
<p>For the rest of it: Buy stuff there, and look up storage options at your dorm/in your college town. Bed, Bath, and Body Works has a program where you can order all the stuff you need for college that’s at your hometown BBB and you can pick it up at one near your college town.</p>
<p>Just wanted to clarify, it’s Bed Bath and Beyond 
They frequently have coupons out, so you may be able to get some good deals easily!</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I meant. I don’t have the Bed, Bath, and Beyond in my town, but I have the other, so I goof that up a lot. :)</p>
<p>Don’t buy anything furniture-wise at school that you can’t bring on the plane home. I learned that the hard way.</p>
<p>Although the BBB program is great, I would want to make sure that the fabric of my bedding is what I wanted and washing them before hand would be advisable. Sometimes if you buy darker colors they tend to bleed at first. I would buy them and them ship them. But other things such as the desk lamp and and decor I would have them ship it directly.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would only bring things I couldn’t live with for a few days with me on the plan. E.g. clothes, a set of sheets, a blanket, toiletries, and such. The rest I would have shipped to my school.</p>