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acatnamedollie

What to Bring to College and College Advice

Jun 25, 2006 17:32

College List
Okay. Here is my list for packing for college. Please leave comments if you want to see things added, like explanations or whatever.

( College and all that other stuff. )

Comments 63

wenchamuffin June 26 2006, 17:14:30 UTC

You know, I only have two problems with this list...it's pretty great ( ... )

bobbiejane July 27 2006, 02:50:22 UTC

A couple months ago the Wall Street Journal and New York Times both ran articles about how sometimes Wikipedia is just plain wrong and many examples were cited. If someone is looking up something fairly obscure, Wikipedia is not always a reliable source.

Of course, I use it all the time for pretty much anything I don't know.

x2 on your #2. In my roommate's experience it was awkward to see the guy in the hall for about a month and then the whole thing was just forgotten about.

theperfectrhyme July 27 2006, 05:14:58 UTC

I'm all for wikipedia and even my professor admits to using it. In fact its usually a starting point for my papers. But I agree with the poster about not citing it. I personally have had professors mark me down using wikipedia and putting it in my works cited page.

ukelele July 27 2006, 01:09:19 UTC

This is pretty awesome. Two questions:

1) Why not an air conditioner? Many dorms don't have AC (almost none at my college did, and it's rare in older buildings, eg in New England), and at least some colleges allow them (eg mine). So why not ( ... )

Air conditioners and Greek life acatnamedollie July 27 2006, 03:22:34 UTC

1. At the end of the year, I found a sheet my school was sending out to students about what not to bring, and air conditioners were on the list. And it made sense for my school -- although there was no air conditioning, air conditioners wouldn't have fit in the window anyway. The windows were large and took up almost the entire outside wall, and only part of it opened up and that part was only a foot wide and about 4.5 feet tall.

So I guess that advice was more geared to students receiving similar windows.

2. You're right. I did judge too harshly on this -- I read Pledged by Alexandra Robinson and it completely put me off fraternities and sororities. There definitely is room in Greek life for there to be good groups.

Re: Air conditioners and Greek life (correction) acatnamedollie August 6 2006, 21:34:31 UTC

Alexandra Robbins*

Re: Air conditioners and Greek life ukelele July 30 2007, 22:37:57 UTC

Pledged is complete BS. I've never met a sorority like the ones in that book at any of the schools I've visited, and mine certainly isn't. Those are definitely exceptions, not the rule.

este_fuego April 17 2007, 02:56:05 UTC

Water purifier/filters are a must, especially if you make a lot of coffee or tea, or just don't want to keep buying bottled water.

Also, RAIN BOOTS!! I know you mentioned it, but I just wanted to emphasize their importance. It's wonderful not to have to get your shoes and feet wet when you're walking 15 minutes to class during a Nor'easter. Snow boots are really good, too.

veganvalentine August 7 2008, 20:37:47 UTC

WATER PURIFIER YES!!!!!! BRITA ROCKS...and is a hell of a lot more environmentally savvy than bottled water.

I'm not in college but.. gingegirl August 5 2010, 18:20:30 UTC

why bring a water purifier? Why not just use the water there? Please excuse my inexperience.

Re: I'm not in college but.. este_fuego August 5 2010, 18:35:20 UTC

depending on where you are, the water can taste kind of gross. it's also just nice to have cold water in your mini-fridge.

divabat April 17 2007, 11:54:08 UTC

I would disagree about the hall relationships one. I don't think the fact that you share a hall/dorm/college/whatever-you-call-it or that it's in the first semester makes it bad. My boyfriend is in the same residential college (dorms in Australia) as me and we're doing good, and there are a fair few couples here that have lasted, even those in history that met here, got married, and send their kids here! I found him in first semester and he really helped me through the stress of it all - moving to a different country, having to restart uni after a break, subjects that went over my head, etc. I wouldn't know what I'd do without him.

Additional tips. mos_stef August 1 2007, 15:19:39 UTC

1. Wash yourself, and don't be gross. At Georgetown's dorms, there was a kid who kept shitting in the showers, as well as a few requisite kids who thought that showering is a weekly activity. Wear deodorant, shower at least AT LEAST every 1-2 days, and brush your teeth. Even if you don't care how you look, others care how you smell.

Oh yes, and don't leave food out. Do you like roaches? No? They show up EVERYWHERE. I don't care if you're in Alaska and on the 17th floor. They're sneaky bastards. Throw. food. out. when. you're. done. This goes for dishes as well, in and out of the sink.

2. Always assume your roommate will be an ass. It doesn't matter how nice this person is -- he or she will most likely do something dumbassed. This is America, where too many spoiled kiddies grow up with nannies still wiping them for them, and spoon-feeding them. This may be an exaggeration, but I've known so many kids without a lick of common sense ( ... )

Re: Additional tips. scarletthorns June 15 2008, 22:00:44 UTC

Oh my God. Poor you!! D: