Let me say from experience that your dorm room is more than likely going to be tom thumb tiny compared to your room back home. Therefore, you can draw the obvious conclusion that you don’t need to bring everything that you own.

Some things I brought and never needed my first year…

• An over abundance of clothes & shoes
• A bathing suit (I live in a hot climate but go to school where it is cold as ice for a majority of the year!)
• Too many pictures/picture frames…not enough shelves

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