Ultimate Sewanee Packing List

For all you crazy freshies running around trying to figure out what to buy for your dorm rooms and what you need to bring, fear no more. I’ve got you. This sad-to-be rising senior has compiled a comprehensive list of what to pack. But before reading this entire list, read my advice:

DO NOT buy all of these items now for the following reasons:

1. Until you get in your dorm room and start trying to organize what goes where, you will have no clue what you need as far as storage goes.

2. You will have to store it at your house and then find a way to bring it all to campus.

3. You’re bound to buy stuff you will never use or need. Wait to buy all of the basics once you get here. I promise that you will bring at least 20 things you don’t need and will forget at least one thing you do need. We might be in the middle of nowhere but we are in the middle of nowhere with a Walmart 20 minutes away.

Bedding/Decorations

• 1-2 sets of bed sheets

• Comforter/Duvet and cover

• Mattress pad

• Pillows

• Extra blanket

• Decorations for your walls

• Command strips

• Bed risers (optional)

Bathroom:

• Basic Toiletries (you know what you need)

• Bandaids

• Neosporin

• Medications (Daily meds, Ibuprofen, Vitamins, Mucinex, etc.)

• Kleenex (for when you inevitably get sick your freshman year)

• Around 2-3 towels and/or bath robe

• Hand towels and washcloths

For suite-style bathrooms:

• Shower caddy (portable or in-shower)

• Bath mat

• Hand soap

• Shower shoes (optional)

For common bathrooms:

• Portable shower caddy

• Shower shoes

Cleaning/Laundry:

• Clorox wipes

• Small bottle of liquid dish detergent

• Laundry bag or basket

• Detergent (Tide pods are the easiest)

• Dryer sheets

• Iron/Steamer (optional, if you don’t want to use the dorm-provided one)

• Stain remover

School Supplies:

• Laptop and chargers (having an extra laptop and/or phone charger is very convenient)

• Flash drive (optional)

• Book bag

• Scissors

• Tape (Scotch/masking/duct)

• Other school supplies (You’ve been going to school since you were 4, I think you can handle this part)

Miscellaneous:

• 2-3 power cords/surge protectors (no extension cords allowed)

• Storage crates/bins/drawers for under the bed

• Desk lamp or clip-on lamp

• Extra light bulbs

• Lap desk (optional)

• Cup and/or water bottle

• Snack food (optional)

• Chip clips (optional)

• Microwave safe bowl and plate and utensils (optional)

• Hangers (try space-saving hangers)

• Clothes and shoes and whatnot

• Books

• Rain coat

• Rain boots and snow boots OR use your Bean boots as rain and snow boots

• Money (optional)

Collaborate with your roommate on these items:

• Refrigerator

• Microwave (optional)

• Fan (optional unless you live in a non-air-conditioned dorm)

• TV, DVD’s, Xbox, etc. (optional, remember we don’t have cable in the dorm rooms)

• Full-length mirror (some rooms have them, some don’t)

So good luck! And remember if you have any questions, your dorm staff and other Sewanee students are here and happy to help, myself included.

If you have any questions you are dying to have answered, email sewanee@hercampus.com.