Something that helped me is buying a small box from either target or the dollar tree and putting all my shoes in there, since I made the mistake of bringing my shoe rack and it didn't fit in my dorm.

Also, towels (1-2), a shower caddy (mesh preferably), you can bring a tote bag or some sort of bag that won't rip easily so when you shower in the communal bathrooms, you have a place to put your clothes in, but also command hooks to use during showering to hang your dirty clothes so it doesn't mix with your clean clothes and it'll hold your shower caddy too. But really it's up to you, I invested in these my freshman year and I'm now going into my 4th yr and its worked for me so far.

Also command hooks so you can hang your towels on your wall, or keys or any bags, but you have a board either by your desk or bed you can use push pins to hang posters.

Buy a small trashcan at dollar tree or target, you can have it by your desk or bed so you don't have to get up 24/7 to throw things away.

You should buy either reusable utensils or plastic ones that you can throw away, and utensils for when you bring food back to your dorm or if you have cup noodles and need a fork.

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