What Do Students Take to Uni

Millionaire

Money and Condoms! loads of both

MightyBlades

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Sandwich toasters: in my 4 years at university, I think I used mine 3 times.

I used my iron a few times a week to iron shirts for going out in. So:

Ironing clothes - it's the new sandwich toaster

The majority of halls and first year residences actually supply irons; so no need to bring one!

melancholly

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=90251

this is the sticky at the top of the board which has lots of useful threads bookmarked - including 'what to take to uni'!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=518001

this thread also came up last week

Teresa60

Broke_Student wrote: »

Hi.

Try this:
http://thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/What_To_Take_To_University

Thanks for that broken student, thats a great site covering everything, I will pass it on to my friends.

[Deleted User]

MightyBlades wrote: »

The majority of halls and first year residences actually supply irons; so no need to bring one!

Mine didn't. I suspect they'd also supply really useless non-steam irons.

Sometimes it's good having your own stuff to use when you want it.

CrispyUK

Alka-seltzer or Andrews salts are handy to have, bit icky but wonderful for getting rid of the upset stomach the day after a heavy night of drinking!

Other advice is sound, if it's not on the list already a pizza cutter is very handy

LittlePiskey

To be honest I'd recommend taking everything you need to make your room feel like home but not too much of the kitchen stuff - when I started uni I completely kitted myself out with toaster, kettle, iron etc but so did all my housemates so we ended up with loads of surplus electrical stuff lying around the house. In hindsight its probably best to leave as much 'communal' stuff until you get there are figure out what your housemates have brought.

Things I would recomend taking are cups, plates and cutlery (much easier to have your own and avoid washing up arguments), toilet roll (keep a private stash under your bed for emergencies!) and a bottle of something to break the ice with your housemates when you get there.

BigBouncyBall

pizza cutters are useless - buy a big pair of kitchen scissors instead

sharon59

dont think its been mentioned already-plenty of towels-they never wash them!!I also sent my three with a supply of toiletries as they are always appreciated-and eat into there alcohol budget!

violetviolin

sharon59 wrote: »

dont think its been mentioned already-plenty of towels-they never wash them!!I also sent my three with a supply of toiletries as they are always appreciated-and eat into there alcohol budget!

i agree with this comment - i only took 2, but found i wanted a clean towel a lot more often than i could do my washing! and it really helps for my mum to buy my toiletries - only realised recently that she was probably doing it to get boots points as well:rotfl: