This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bentley chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.
Here are some helpful tips for new baby falcons– we were roommates our freshman year!
Do:
- Look at your class’s Facebook page for helpful tips and updates
- Buy a Bentley sweatshirt
- Talk with your roommate over email
- Buy a holder for your ID
- Look for textbooks on Amazon
- Buy multiple pairs of flip flops
- Buy a suit
- Buy dorm room snacks!
- Join clubs on campus
- Arrive early on move in day
- Plan to go out and have fun
- Buy popcorn
- Find a TV show to follow during the week
- Buy an egg crate for your bed
- Get organizational items
- Buy a shower caddy
- Learn how to do your own laundry
Don’t:
- Continuously stalk people on your class’s Facebook page (it’s creepy)
- Buy everything that you like in the bookstore
- Talk to your roommate on move in day for the first time
- Wear your ID holder around your neck (THEY FALL OUT)
- Only look at the bookstore for textbooks
- Think you can walk the halls barefoot
- Wear a suit to class everyday
- Eat all of your dorm room snacks in the first week
- Think you can join every club and make all of their meetings
- Move in around noon, when everyone else is too
- Get “Protective Custodied”
- Burn the popcorn and open the bag in your room afterwards
- Become obsessed with Netflix and skip class
- Forget to buy sheets for your bed
- Think that everything will fit in your closets
- Think you can juggle all your shampoo in the public shower without a shower caddy
- Show up to school without knowing how to use a washing machine