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Dorm Must Haves!!
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Made for incoming college/university students- from someone who just finished their first year
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Washroom
 
Washroom pt 2
 
Dorm
 
Extra

Washroom

When you have your own bathroom or you share w/ a roomate

 
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Hand Soaps
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If you have your own bathroom, or share with a roomate, it is probably very small and has no shower space or shelves
Linear Shower Caddy
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Washroom pt 2

When you have a floor washroom or a communial washroom

 
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Trust me you can't carry everything
Shower Caddies
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Let's be honest those floors are nasty
Flip-Flops - Sandals: Clothing, Shoes & Accessories
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The towel will fall while walking back to your room
Bathrobes
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Dorm

 
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You will never have enough outlets and they are always super far away
Extension Cords
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I swear the amount of times something fell of my nightstand
Bedside Storage Caddy
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The beds are cheap and bad
Mattress Topper
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Laundry hampers work but these are just so much easier
Laundry Bags
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The dumber the better
Bed Sheets
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School is gross, people can be gross, clean your hands
Hand Sanitizers
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Hanging anything, I used mine to hang my keys on the side of my desk and nightstand because I didn't have any room
Command Hooks
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Getting plastic waterbottles all the time is a waste of money and the sink water is gross.
Brita Water Filter
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Same with the brita filter only this one you can bring to classes and stuff (I used this one and liked it a lot)
Brita Water Bottles
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Most dorms will give you some but walking to the front desk is too much energy
Garbage Bags
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You get hurt a lot somehow. I got the cute child ones.
Band-Aids
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Freshman flu hits hard
Kleenex
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I got 2 lung infections in my first month at uni
Cough And Sore Throat Medicine
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Walking to class in the rain is the worst
Umbrella
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