I'm starting Uni in September (Bangor University, BSc Creative Technologies Hons) and was thinking about the things needed for staying at Uni.

So for those there now what did you find essential? And for those going next month what are you planning to take?

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Some basic tools come in handy. Scissors, boxcutter, duck tape, super glue, a multitool, screwdriver set. Bring food. Stockpile your parents' food while you can, because once you're buying your own, you realize how much money it is.

I believe these are the most essential things:

1. medical tape (trust me on this one)
2. gum (because smoking gets expensive; and talking to idiots starts to get boring)
3. peanuts / peanut butter / sesame seeds out of the shell (high protein, good fiber)
4. a bottle to hold water
5. Multivitamins (scurvy occurs often, seriously)

Yes, stockpile your parents food. Preferably canned vegetables, dry foods (peanuts), and cans of tuna or something low in methylmercury.

lol srysly? I went to check out bangor's chemistry department and IMO it all looked fucking awful , I mean really bad.

the little gig room thing was cool, but well thats all it had going for it.

thank fuck I got into sheffield this year.

GLHF any way

you living in a dorm you mean? haha fuck, i just picture everything in the UK as being so bizarro world-like to things in the US. like everything imaginable is done slightly different over there, i dunno.

don't bother bringing real silverware or plates or cups. gets to be a bitch to wash them, and i didn't have a sink or anything in my room so i'd have to take care of it all in the kitchen lobby. so much easier to just use a paper plate and plastic fork and throw them away.

but i would bring a pitcher. i had one that had a built in thing to stir it with, so no spoon needed. twas great.

bring a case of bottled water. beer and coke are nice and all but they get old fast and sometimes you would just like to quench your thirst. it was always nice to have some bottled water around.

i also like the single koolaid packs that you just dump into a bottle of water and shake up for convenience.

some kind of air freshener and/or fabric freshener like febreeze. that came in handy.

and maybe one of those tide stain pens too. used that a few times last year.

don't forget nail clippers, ha.

a stapler.

a calendar for the wall.

hangers.

a shot glass.

plenty of socks and underwear. they'll be the first things you'll run out of and be forced to do laundry.

oh and a cheap laundry bag to carry said laundry in. i got one from target for like $3.

i bet none of this shit exists in england or it all has different names or something and you'll be like "lol wut?" fuck it.

Never saw any of the Chemistry stuff, I was in the School of Computer Science and it was great

As for the post above me, I have American family, I understood all of it, and I have about 50 packs of Kool Aid ready.

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i was sort of kidding about not being able to understand it.

though i did stop to think about whether or not kool aid exists in england.

Kool Aid exists in Britain?!?!?!?! I did not know that......i've never even tried it.....i just like the big jug.

Rabb are you staying in uni halls or private accommodation? Because in private accommodation....it's pretty much just like living at home.......but you're with people your age. It's really nothing like living at home...........but my point still stands........bring a cheese grater.

Nah, like I said, I have American family...This means I get Kool Aid and Reeses Pieces shipped over to me

And I'm staying in halls...I'd rather do that to get to know people.

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Clothes, bathroom goods, pens, paper, bedding, alarm clock, and various forms of entertainment.