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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's been decades since I went to college and a few years before we send our kids, but what purchases does a student really need beyond a week's worth of clothes, sheets and a towel, and a computer? You can buy pens and toothpaste and shampoo when you get there. Everything else is optional.[/quote]

There is more, most optional, but some items make your time in the dorm more pleasant, like, a fan. And a shower caddy to carry your stuff to the bathroom. And a pillow. And an inexpensive mattress topper (we called them eggshells) so you aren’t just sleeping on a 2” plastic mattress. My kids and I both are not into “extras” and I was surprised at how much we packed/bought for our older when he went to college. [/quote]

All available on Amazon if he really he wants those things when he gets there.   [/quote]

But why wouldn’t you get them before? Seriously: sheets, pillows, laundry detergent, shower caddy, toiletries — all really important from day 1. Not something you wait and order a few weeks in. [/quote]

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