• Backpack/messenger bag
  • Bandages and band-aids: for sprains and cuts
  • Batteries
  • Blanket: fleece or thermal
  • Bleach
  • Broom or short-handled brush with dustpan
  • Brush: a good scrubbing one for cleaning grout/tough stains
  • Bug spray
  • Bulletin board with pins
  • Cable/wiring organizor
  • Calculator/graphing calculator
  • Calendar
  • Camera
  • Can opener
  • Cold and cough medicine: Robitussin/Dimetap
  • College-rule line paper
  • Comb/hairbrush
  • Comforter
  • Computer
  • Containers: small plastic or mesh containers for small accessories
  • Contraceptives
  • Cotton balls/facial pads
  • Cough drops/lozenges
  • Curling/straightening iron
  • Day planner/agenda
  • Deodorant
  • Desk organizers
  • Eating utensils
  • Eggshell pad or mattress pad or mattress foam
  • Fabric softener
  • Febreze
  • Files/expandable filing folders
  • Flashlight
  • Floss
  • Folders with pockets and three-prongs
  • Hair bands/hair pins
  • Hair dryer
  • Hairspray/sculpting cream
  • Headphones
  • Highlighters
  • Internet access software/wiring
  • I-Pod/music player
  • Iron and ironing board
  • Laptop case
  • Laundry basket
  • Laundry detergent
  • Laundry hamper/bin
  • Lint-roller
  • Lip balm
  • Loofah/sponge/wash towel
  • Lysol
  • Makeup
  • Mirror
  • Multi-vitamins
  • Nail clippers
  • Nail file
  • Nail polish remover
  • Neosporin
  • Notepads
  • Pain and fever relief-- Tylenol, Advil, ibuprofen
  • Paper towels
  • Paperclips
  • Pencil case/container
  • Pencil Sharpener
  • Pencils
  • Pens
  • Photos and picture frames
  • Pillows
  • Posters (www.allposters.com)
  • Post-its
  • Powder drink mixes
  • Printer paper (white)
  • Ramen (of course)
  • Razor, shaving cream and aftershave for males
  • Reusable water bottles, like Nalgene bottles
  • Robe
  • Rolls of coins or your laundry card
  • Rug
  • Shampoo & Conditioner
  • Sheets
  • Shower caddy/tote
  • Shower shoes
  • Soap container
  • Soap or body wash
  • Soup
  • Spiral notebooks
  • Sponge
  • Spray bottles
  • Stapler and staples
  • Straightening iron (hair)
  • Sunglasses
  • Suntan lotion
  • Teabags
  • Three-hole punch adapter
  • Toothbrush
  • Toothbrush case
  • Toothpaste
  • Towels
  • Trash Can
  • Tweezers
  • Umbrella
  • Whiteboard with dry-erase markers (lots of people hang these outside their rooms so friends can leave messages)
  • Windex or other window cleaner; the wipes are especially handy
aug 4 2010 ∞
aug 9 2010 +