hey my dudes its Kaitlyn and today I'm going to tell you guys what not to bring
to college so basically I made a college complete college packing list the other
day and I told you guys every single little thing you need to bring to
college but what I didn't tell you is what you absolutely don't need to bring
to college so that's what I'm going to be telling you guys today if you're new
here my name is Caitlin and I make college videos lifestyle videos
journaling videos a whole ton of things and my main goal is just to inspire
people who watch and help people as much as I can
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watch the everything you need to bring to college packing list video I will
have both of those linked in the description box and with all that being
said let's just get into the video okay so this whole list has no order
whatsoever and you may think that some of these things on this list were
necessary for you in college or will be necessary for you in college these are
just my opinions and what I think I didn't need my freshman year of college
packing for college can be really stressful and time-consuming and if you
can save yourself any time and any amount of space in your dorm you want to
do that so with all that being said let's just get into it
the first thing that you absolutely don't need to pack is a garbage can
personally for our dorms they provided garbage cans for every single dorm room
you can bring a garbage can if you want one for the bathroom because there
definitely won't be one in the bathroom but I'm pretty sure that all dorms
everywhere who provide garbage cans and some dorms even provide mini fridges and
microwaves so just check what your dorm provides it should tell you on your
school website but if it is provided by your dorm then don't bring one you do
not need some fancy trash can there's no need to have an aesthetically pleasing
trash can and if you want one for the bathroom then you can have one for your
bathroom if you want the next thing you do not need is most of your clothing so
for this it's really up to personal choice but I didn't use a lot of the
clothing that I brought to school specifically shorts it depends on where
you live where I live most of the school
year is fall and winter so that's most of the kind of clothing you're gonna
need you're only gonna need a couple pair of shorts for at the beginning of
the year when it's hot and warm outside and also going out close I would not
have literally ten going out outfits unless you plan on going out every
single night do not plan on taking a ton of going out clothes you usually end up
wearing like the same two outfits anyway for going out just bring a few staple
going out pieces and if you bring just a few pieces for going out then you'll be
set if you're going out like once a week or a couple times a week a lot of the
going out clothes I brought I didn't even wear I just wore a couple of the
same outfits every time I went out and yeah so for shoes you're going to want a
couple pairs of shoes that you wear everyday and then you're going out shoes
which are the dirtiest shoes ever you do not need high heels unless you're
planning on doing something like sorority rushing or anything like that
fancy shoes are for if only if you're rushing if you're not rushing do not
bring any high heels I promise you you will never wear them I brought a lot of
shoes that I just never wore and they took up so much space so good way to
measure this is if you have a pair of shoes you don't wear once every two
weeks do not bring it just bring the shoes you're actually going to wear all
you need are a few pairs of shoes something that I brought that's
completely random but maybe one of you guys are thinking of bringing it is a
drying rack for my clothes so I got this like foldable mesh drying rack that I
could like this is how I'm explaining it I don't it's like you twist it up and
then you pull out and it's like a mesh drying rack for your clothes
I hang dried a lot of my clothes but honestly who can hang dry your clothes
wherever you do not need a specific drying rack to hang your clothes up the
drying rack ended up being like 10 times bigger than I thought it was and it took
up so much space and it was so obnoxious and I would really recommend not
bringing one of those I don't know what I was thinking bringing one of those I
was just trying to be extra prepared and the extra preparedness just ended up in
me having to pack a buttload more of stuff than I needed so the next thing
you don't need is pillows and this is especially if you're
going to have a lofted bed if you have a bed that's going to be super high up
nobody is going to see your bed at all and you will not need throw pillows if
you have a deal often bed like I did you might want one or two but any more than
that you're it's just gonna be excessive you're in your bed a lot of the times in
your dorm because it is so small and that is the most comfortable space it
just takes up space on your floor when you don't make your bed and a lot of
people don't end up using throw pillows so something that I would not bring and
I didn't use and it's really expensive is a TV so if you still watch cable TV
then go ahead buy TV if you play video games and you want a big big TV go ahead
bring a TV but otherwise just use your laptop or computer to watch Netflix or
Hulu a lot of people buy a TV because they think it's like necessary and I
think it is one of the most unnecessary things especially now that there are so
many streaming services online another thing that I never needed was a futon so
some people do have a futon if they have like a single room and they had a ton of
space no extra bed in there but a futon is honestly just not really necessary
and the only time it is necessary is when you have people over we all just
sat on each other's beds anytime we want to anybody's dorm the beds were where
everybody sat and talked and hung out if you have a low budget or you don't want
to move a whole futon then I suggest not getting one but if you really want one
then I mean go ahead get one another thing I never needed or wanted was a
printer so most campuses you can look into this your campus might be the same
way but most campuses have printers like everywhere all across campus in every
dorm on my campus there's a printer and printing does not cost a lot of money
and it's much easier to print on a campus printer where they refill the ink
they refill the paper things like that rather than you printing on your own
printer because you're gonna have to buy the ink you're gonna have to buy the
paper you're gonna have to make sure it's working you're gonna need space for
that printer like printers are bulky so I highly recommend just
skipping the printer altogether and using your campus resources for that the
next thing might be a little controversial but I recommend not
bringing a bike so basically if your weather is like my weather at my school
most of the year you will not even be able to ride your bike I have a big
campus and I managed to walk to all my classes or take the bus and I did have a
bike and it ended up getting stolen anyway and over the winter you're gonna
have to store that bike someplace so overall I just did not have good luck
with bikes on my campus and I don't recommend having a bike I don't
recommend using Tide Pods I recommend getting like a big container detergent
and a mini one and refilling the mini one to take down to do your laundry
I know people who used tide pods and the tide pods melted and stuck to their
clothes and like ruins their clothes I just never have used Tide Pods and I
really don't recommend them because I saw so many people's clothes get ruined
from them don't bring any huge bins if you bring a
like one huge bin for under your bed maybe that'll work but overall you have
enough storage in your dorm and under your bed and in your dressers and
drawers in closet yeah that one's just really straightforward I don't think you
need any huge bins cuz if you don't end up filling those bins then it's just
gonna be an empty bin taking up a ton of space and yeah I never needed like a
chore miss bin or anything I just used boxes to pack all my stuff to go to
school and that worked out perfectly I may be in the minority but I'm a
proponent of having maybe just a couple plates and a couple bowls in your dorm
just in case you want to like steal food from the CAF or order carryout or
something like that but I do not think you need any cups
if you already have coffee mugs just use those and you can have like your
reusable water bottle you really don't need a cup
we had cups in our dorm and it was like the most unused thing in our entire dorm
so I recommend just do not bring any cups so for school supplies I highly
recommend just getting like a binder and a five subject notebook and then just
waiting till school starts to buy the rest
because I have never needed a lot of school supplies I love school supplies
by the way like I go overboard with school supplies and I still don't need
that much there will probably be a store on or near your campus where you can buy
school supplies and you might as well just wait and see what you'll you think
you'll need rather than going and buying everything you would have for high
school and then bring that to college you do not need nearly as much school
supplies for college as you do for high school I don't think you need a purse
for college I don't think you need to bring any purses unless you like just
absolutely have to have a purse you usually have your backpack on you at all
times when you're walking around and then a lot of people had like those
wallets with like the lanyard on them so they could have their keys their wallet
and maybe even their phone all in the same place this is the little wallet
that I used my entire school career so far and it has never done me dirty if I
had anything bigger I'd always just put it in my backpack
now for cosmetics and hair care and Bobbie care any toiletries I would only
bring the things you use on like a weekly basis if you never use something
like if you use it like once a month and it's not necessary like it's not medical
or anything do not bring it you it will take up so much space that you don't
need it to see yeah for like skin care hair care body care just bring what you
use on like a weekly or daily basis don't bring anything else because it
will take up so much room and lastly I knew people who brought bed risers but
usually you will not need bread risers if you think you'll need bed risers wait
till you get to college to buy them I don't even know why bed risers are a
thing anymore usually beds can be lofted ordeal often
and they don't need to be risen up with like chunky little plastic things if you
really need them you should buy them after you move in when you know you'll
need them because otherwise they'll take up space and they're just not going to
be necessary okay guys that is it for today's video I hope that this helped
some of you guys prepare for college don't forget to check out my complete
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I have a posting schedule now I'll see you guys in my next video whenever that
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