WEPO Blog: Dorm Room Packing

School is almost here!  As WEPO approaches, you’ll start packing for move-in day. Packing for college can be stressful, but we’ve provided lots of different packing lists and ideas to make your packing as painless as possible.  As you start looking over your lists, here are a few items to make sure are on your list:

1)      Bed Risers:  They give you more space under your bed for storage and help keep your room more organized!

2)      Extension Cords and Power Strips: Extension cords give you the flexibility to rearrange your room and still utilize all of your plugs. Power strips let you plug in all of your devices at once so you can charge your phone, listen to music, and straighten your hair at the same time. J

3)      Ethernet Cords: The longer the better!  Longer cords let you use the internet anywhere in your room (since the University Park dorms don’t have Wi-Fi).  This is great for long nights studying!

4)      Water Pitcher: It’s really nice to have water in your fridge all of the time. Personally, I loved having a Brita that filtered the water from the sink. (If you do get a Brita I recommend the smaller door-sized ones.)

5)      Door Stop: It’s really important to meet other people in your hall and one of the best ways to do that is to keep your door open! You will meet great people if you leave your room open to visitors.  The flip side is not to forget to visit other rooms that have their doors open in your hall!

Last but not least: Don’t over pack!  Have you ever heard the saying lay everything out and then put half of it back? That is really true here! Talk to your roommate and coordinate who will be bringing what.  You can always bring things up to school after you move-in, but it is a lot harder to take thing back home if you brought too much.

Good luck! Can’t wait to see you at WEPO!!

Christine Hildenbrand is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering. This summer, she participated in a four week Semester at Sea! She is a Rover for WEPO 2011, and is also involved in SWE, Engineering House, THON and Campus Crusade for Christ.