I remember when July was ending and August beginning my parents took me out and asked, "What do you need for your dorm room, Samantha?" and, in typically fashion I responded, "Why, I have no idea?" I had no plan nor did I have any stuff. So, I have decided to help out all you incoming freshmen with a small list of good ideas. You can't get this from a magazine!
Okay, here we go:
1) Privacy is something we all strive for a dorm room. I suggest bringing something with you
that you can put stuff in and lock, like a trunk. Important things, expensive things, stuff that has no where else to go can go in a trunk and be locked away. It's like having your home room in a box. Lock the door and nobody can get in. It's also a safety thing. Your in a dorm and as safe as they are, sometimes they just aren't safe. Rooms do get broken into, usually by a roomies own stupidity of not locking/closing the door, and its another level of security.
2) Clothing is nice to have on campus but you do not need your entire closet. When doing your
own laundry you quickly discover that hand wash fabrics are not suitable for a college lifestyle. As a college student you can still dress nice just in the same jeans you had on yesterday. Bring one nice outfit and leave it at that because anymore and you are just wasting closet space.
And on the subject of laundry; at OWU you can put money on your ID card to do your laundry but don't rely on that system to be up and running every day. Last year it wasn't and I was cursing the laundry gods. Have some on hand quarters, just in case.
3) Always include a little of you. Pictures, collectables, colors, posters, just something that screams
you. For the next nine months that cardboard box of a space is your home and you should make it yours. I decorate with newspaper clippings and I brought two tassels from my tassel collection. It was uniquely me.
4) Good extras: a calender or date book of some kind, an alarm clock, hangers, a first aid kit (or kits for the accident prone), towels (not ninety-six, three is a good number) shampoo soap toothbrush/paste, organizational materials, etc.
If you have any questions about necessary items drop me a message or as a current student if you would like to add anything. Please note I am doing a separate post on tech. items due to the length of it.
Have a great one.
1) Privacy is something we all strive for a dorm room. I suggest bringing something with you
that you can put stuff in and lock, like a trunk. Important things, expensive things, stuff that has no where else to go can go in a trunk and be locked away. It's like having your home room in a box. Lock the door and nobody can get in. It's also a safety thing. Your in a dorm and as safe as they are, sometimes they just aren't safe. Rooms do get broken into, usually by a roomies own stupidity of not locking/closing the door, and its another level of security.2) Clothing is nice to have on campus but you do not need your entire closet. When doing your
own laundry you quickly discover that hand wash fabrics are not suitable for a college lifestyle. As a college student you can still dress nice just in the same jeans you had on yesterday. Bring one nice outfit and leave it at that because anymore and you are just wasting closet space.And on the subject of laundry; at OWU you can put money on your ID card to do your laundry but don't rely on that system to be up and running every day. Last year it wasn't and I was cursing the laundry gods. Have some on hand quarters, just in case.
3) Always include a little of you. Pictures, collectables, colors, posters, just something that screams
you. For the next nine months that cardboard box of a space is your home and you should make it yours. I decorate with newspaper clippings and I brought two tassels from my tassel collection. It was uniquely me.4) Good extras: a calender or date book of some kind, an alarm clock, hangers, a first aid kit (or kits for the accident prone), towels (not ninety-six, three is a good number) shampoo soap toothbrush/paste, organizational materials, etc.
If you have any questions about necessary items drop me a message or as a current student if you would like to add anything. Please note I am doing a separate post on tech. items due to the length of it.
Have a great one.
2 comments:
this is a great entry, samantha! so helpful! (and i'll be really interested to read about the tech stuff, too!)
-hilary
Thank you so much. I know I had the packing jitters about this time . . . I still do. Hopefully this helps somebody out.
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