# Wanted: Ideas from college students

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 25, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729 "2001-09-25T17:07:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729/21 "2001-09-26T04:20:56Z")

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I guess these are students at Centre? If my experience is any guide, they’ll want booze and plenty of it. (It is, after all, a dry county.) 🙂

I had lots of ideas, but other people beat me to them. Sounds like a great idea, though.

Dr. J

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**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729/22 "2001-09-26T05:38:30Z")

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Hey!!!(waving arms frantically) SEND ME ONE!!! As a broke college student, here are some of the things that I’d like in a care package. (assuming that it’s a big one):  
1. Calling card  
2. Plates, cups, forks, etc.  
3. Gift certificates to McDonalds. You can get  
those in any denomination.  
4. little shampoo travel sized thingees.  
5. address book/phonenumber book  
6. local fast food menus. Those are free, and very  
useful.  
7. local phone book  
8. gum, candy, food, etc.  
9. really unusual ink pens  
10. stationary!!! send me some, too!!!  
11. notepads and post it notes.  
12. toothbrush  
13. If you get nothing else, get some sticky tack  
and some of those little stick on hooks that  
don’t take off the paint on the walls. You  
usually can’t damage the walls, so these are  
very helpful.  
14. Roll of tape. I’m always out of the stuff.  
15. disposable camera.  
16. floppy disks!!! No college student can live  
without them!!!  
17. planner for writing homework and stuff in.  
18. towels, soapdish, shower caddy, bandaids\<\<  
19. folders, pencils, and other school supplies.  
20. razors

Okay, twenty seems like a good number to stop at. This is probably my longest post, ever. I don’t know what your budget is, but the things that you have already sound great. I go to a college in Louisiana with crappy care packages, which explains why I have such a long list. Hope you find some of these useful, and if you’re bored, send me one! I’m pathetic enough! 😃

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**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729/23 "2001-09-26T10:15:11Z")

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Hey **xanadu** at least you got a care package!! I didn’t, had to buy everything I have, and I am making my food supplies last(which means when I cook, I eat the leftovers again and again until there is nothing left. Want beans for breakfast?)

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729/24 "2001-09-26T13:22:49Z")

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Oh, you all are tugging at my heartstrings! I’d love to keep you all in poster putty and Cup o’ Soup for all eternity.

Thanks again for the marvelous suggestions. I forsee some happy students in the future!

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**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729/25 "2001-09-26T14:08:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KarlGrenze \*  
> \*\*Hey **xanadu** at least you got a care package!! I didn’t, had to buy everything I have, and I am making my food supplies last(which means when I cook, I eat the leftovers again and again until there is nothing left. Want beans for breakfast?) \*\*

Aw! I probably shouldn’t complain, I guess. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ideas-from-college-students/83729/26 "2001-09-26T14:24:56Z")

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Care packages. They saved my life in my undergrad years. Hell, they’d save my life right now in my grad years!!!

a) baked goods. Cookies. They _rock_  
b) pictures of home - the home town  
c) letters from friends and family. Just general “hellos” from everyone. They were great to read through when I got the blues.  
d) toiletries. Not the basics, but stuff to pamper the overworked student. My mum used to send me nice shampoos and soaps and stuff. It was a nice break from the tight-budget-stuff I could afford.  
e) calling cards. Those rocked.  
f) gift certificates for well-known food chains or grocery store chains. Those were a godsend! My uncle used to send me some restaurant gift certificates - meant that once a month, I could afford a nice meal out.  
g) same as f, but for movie theatres. They’re available in 5$ chunks and up… it was nice to be able to escape! And with 5$ on a tuesday, we could go see a feature flick!

There’s lots more - most of which has already been posted.

So, ok, I’m a poor unfortunate gradstudent.

_sniffle_

::: looking pittyful ::::

😃 E

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