Don't Leave For College Without These 5 Things

It will run out of ink, which you won't replace for two months, and then it will break because that's what printers do and you'll have to use the library printer anyway.

I know, I know, it's SAD. But this will take up space in your room and also lure you into lying complacently in bed for hours, re-watching the entirety of "Friends" instead of making real friends. You're probably going to watch everything on your laptop anyway.

"This will be so awesome when my friends come over to hang out in my room!" Oh, young freshman. Your dorm room will never, ever be big enough for a couch or coffee table or bean bag chair unless you're Rory from Gilmore Girls. Let the dream die.

I know you love him. I understand. This is going to be hard for the two of you, but you have to rip off the Band-Aid. College is about going off on your own to fulfill your destiny and not killing living things when you leave for Thanksgiving break.

Dad will insist you need this and then you’ll leave it in the bottom of a desk drawer until May.

Only because they’ll probably get confiscated by your RA (aka the Grinch Who Stole Christmas) for a fire hazard violation.

Oh, because you need your game-day t-shirt to be well-pressed. That’s fine.

Unless you're living in an apartment or some kind of sad, clean-it-yourself dorm room, someone is going to scrub your bathroom for you. Which is a college miracle. Cherish this by not even pretending you're going to pick up a sponge and bucket. And you don't need it for laundry, either -- separate your whites from your colors and you're good to go, no bleach necessary.

Totally bring three or four! But the whole photo album is just going to make you nostalgic. Save some room for new pictures with your new friends!

Hold off on the Anthropologie comforter you've been lusting after. We know Febreeze is the only cleaner you'll be using for the next 10 months. Plus, fitted sheets are such a b**** to pull off your lofted bed.

Omg stop put him back you will regret this.

If you can’t trust your roommate, tell an RA. You shouldn’t have to worry about your valuables in your own room.

Just get some folders and a notebook or two. You’ll probably walk around with a bunch of papers stuffed in your backpack anyway, right?