WHAT TO BRING TO COLLEGE

What’s not obvious but worth taking to your college apartment?

I’m the biggest over-packer and moving to college was no exception. Storage in college dorms is normally quite tight, so any storage hacks you can use like boxes under the bed or in-wardrobe shoe hangers will help you squeeze in everything you need in an organised way.

Anything you took but didn’t use?

For some reason I thought I needed to take a coffee machine. I probably used it twice before packing it up and leaving it to gather dust under my bed. No first-year student has time to be cleaning those things between lectures and nights out.

Any advice for a first-year student?

You get out of college what you put in. So, get out of your comfort zone – try new things, meet new people and say yes. It’s easy to stay in your room, but that’s not going to give you the best years of your life!