I'm going to my first year in college... whats a must have for the dorm room?

Question

i want to know the things that when iI get there i'm going to be saying damn i wish i brought this or it's a great idea i brought this... u get the picture

please don't write sexual things cause your won't get 10 points

Answer 1

"Music is obviously important," says University of Montana recent graduate Colin Lazarro-Smith. "It's also nice to be able to watch movies, so a television or computer is needed," adds Lazarro-Smith, a literature major in the English department.


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Lazarro-Smith also recommends a sturdy mattress pad. "Dorm beds are awful," he says. "Some kind of pad is a must — the thicker, the better," he adds.

Just remember to buy extra-long twin, the size of most dorm beds. Bed Bath and Beyond stocks a hefty selection of mattress pads, ranging in price from $19.99 for a 100-percent, polyurethane-foam topper to $179.99 for an Isotonic pad. Linens ’n Things and The Company Store also have a good selection of mattress pads in different price ranges.

Magnetic Poetry is a priority for Stefanie Simons, a Latin American studies and literary arts major at Brown University. The original Magnetic Poetry kit costs $19.95 and contains 440 refrigerator magnets that feature a word or expression. The kits are sold at specialty stores nationwide and at the Web site of Magnetic Poetry.


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These days, kits are as diverse as college majors. Language kits come in French, Spanish, Italian, German and even sign language. There’s also a Shakespeare kit as well as other “mini-kits,” priced at $9.95, designed for specific interests, such as book lovers and party animals.

Creativity is key when it comes to Magnetic Poetry, says Simons, who mix and matches the kits for diversity. She and her hall-mates also put the magnets in the bathroom stalls. “It's a silly distraction but always a good surprise when you sit down,” she says.

BYO lamp
Some must-haves actually have something to do with studying. In that vein, Simons strongly suggests students should bring their own lamp. “They always have crappy fluorescent lighting in dorms, it breeds unhappiness and squinty-eye-ness,” she says. “Get your own fun, bright floor or desk lamp so that you never have to turn on that depressing and loud-buzzing overhead,” adds Simons.


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Desks or standing lamps abound online, from a brushed-steel desk lamp in the Martha Stewart Everyday collection at Kmart for $19.99 to a Tolomeo desk lamp a la designers Giancarlo Fassina and Michele De Lucchi at high-end shop Design Within Reach.

Bed Bath and Beyond also has a good stash of cool, inexpensive lamps. This year’s crop includes a “Prismatic Uplight” desk lamp for $9.99 — available in indigo, orange crunch, purple haze and Kermit — and a flashy, five-light floor lamp for $19.99.


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A five-tier slack hanger at The Container Store costs $5.99. A set of two hangers with non-slip covers sells for $14.99 at Stacks and Stacks. And Organize-Everything.com has four-tier skirt or five-tier pant hangers for $6.99, non-slip varieties for $8.99 and non-slip padded hangers for $9.99.

As for dorm-decorating ideas, bring "anything that you can use in multiple ways like a sarongs. They can be worn as skirts, scarves, hung on the wall as tapestries, or draped over desks and chairs for added décor." Sarongs are sold many places on the Web, from one-stop sarong shop sarong.com to discount designer outlet Bluefly.com.

Other items on the list include:

flip-flops for the shower (sold almost everywhere these days—from the local drugstore to fashionable cyber shop FlipFlopTrunkshow.Com);
some combo of microwave, mini-fridge, Brita water filter, George Foreman grill (available from house ware shops or small appliance stores); and

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a whiteboard for the door (sold at office supply stores, such as Staples, OfficeMax and DiscountOfficeSupplies.com.)
Sunisa Nardone, an English major at Brown University, would add to Simons’ list an often neglected but much needed item — quarters for the laundry. Not surprisingly, the Container Store sells a handy plastic device that holds up to 30 quarters for only $2.49.


Hope you get everything you need. Have a good school year at college.God Bless.

Answer 2

The best thing that you can do is to immediately introduce yourself to as many people as possible, and meet some upperclassmen who can mentor you. If you have a lot of friends and connections, you can always have company and get advice, and any physical object that you don't have you can borrow, share, go halves on or find out where to get it cheap. Don't wait, even if it's not your nature, be very outgoing. I didn't know a soul when I went to a very large state college, but I did this and it was one of the best things I ever did. If you introduce yourself when everyone else is arriving, then you are all strangers in the same boat, and cliques haven't formed yet, so there is much less chance of rejection, and many shy people will be grateful to you. You will be at the center of things and get the news first, have a better social life, and feel better.
Maybe this answer is a little different than you expected, but it will work!

Answer 3

What kind of furniture is provided? Do you need a bed and dresser?

-Basic essentials like toothbrush, toothpaste, make-up, hair dryer etc.
-Computer
-Bank statments/checkbook. You'll want a safe for all of it..
-Lamps
-An emergency backpack
-Important documents
-Basically plan it like your moving out on your own, but remember dorms don't have a lot of space though

Answer 4

vertical storage. your average dorm room is the size of a closet. you want to be able to stash stuff on the walls, or ceiling. shelves, thin tall drawers that stack. and a sleeping bag. when your roommate is "entertaining" you might need to crash out on someones floor or in the common.

Answer 5

honestly a tv is the best thing just for when you are bored and another thing you may want to consider is a memory foam matress cover for crappy dorm bed, the matress cover will make it much more comfy. you will thank me later trust me

Answer 6

a cute comforter, a dry erase board for your front door so people can leave notes to you about upcoming parties and stuff, a mini fridge for your drinks and stuff, a microwave and microwave oven to cook the food in the mini fridge

Answer 7

A TV, Stereo, and a mini-fridge are all great to have. So is a microwave for that matter.

Answer 8

computer
pictures
perhaps a small fish tank
if you have a window a plant would be a nice addition.
a toaster
a small microwave
wireless headphones + dvd player + TV

Answer 9

A desk lamp and a pair of handphones.

Answer 10

bring something really important from home so it wont feel like a jail cell!! alot of pics of ur fam an friends!!!