Wow! You are getting ready for college now...look at you!
After many months of hard work in your journey to getting to college, you are finally here. You put in your deposit and are getting ready on heading out.
If you are going away for school, I would suggest you bring your neccessities with you and get everything else over near school. Everything else would be: school supplies, dorm supplies, etc. Neccessities are things in your current room that you need for day-to-day acitivity like clothes, laptop, etc. Since you are traveling a way, you wouldn't want to be hurling around all this "extra stuff" if you can just wait to get it.
Even though I went to school just about two hours away from home, I didn't bring with me bedding, school supplies, etc. as it was just more things to transport. I just went ahead and bought it at a spot near school.
A word on what to bring from home if you are living at school: Most firstyears have a tendency of overpacking, worried that she may need something at school suddenly and not have it because she left it at home. What tends to happen is that you packed so much that you are moving a lot of "stuff" back and forth between school and home unnecessarily, which can lead to extra money costs (ex: baggage fees at the airport) and you never use it all! Just think about if you really need it or not.
If you are commuting to school, then no worries to you! The only thing you really have to think about buying are school supplies. I wasn't a commuter though, so I may be overlooking something(s).
A word on school supplies: I would wait until classes started and I had my schedule locked down before I bought anything. This way you can get a feel for what you need depending on the class. This can save you money as you will have a smaller chance in over-buying and having 3 extra binders collecting dust on a shelf.
Are there tips for new college students to consider on what is on the do and do not pack lists? Are there other things for commuter students to consider? Any stories to share from when you were getting ready for college? Leave a post and help the future!
