# Hostel Checklist

> **Disclaimer**: This is a very comprehensive list made by me. You obviously don't need to carry everything, and there are certain things you might not even need at all.
So, feel free to use this as a template to make your own checklist of items to be taken to hostel.

## Official Stuff

### First Time Reporting
- [ ] JEE Original Admit Card / Admit Card (if any) for which you are joining the college
- [ ] Acceptance Letter
- [ ] Offer Letter
- [ ] Class X Passing Certificate
- [ ] Class XII Mark sheet
- [ ] Class XII Passing Certificate
- [ ] Address Proof
- [ ] Aadhar Card
- [ ] Plenty of Passport sized photographs [Needed for Temporary ID & SIM Card]

### Returning
- [ ] ID Card
- [ ] Room Keys (Lock)
- [ ] Documents
- [ ] Library Books
- [ ] Hostel Fee Payment Receipt
- [ ] Hostel Filled Form

## Electronics

### Major Electronics
- [ ] Laptop + Charger
- [ ] Phone Charger + Back Cover
- [ ] iPad + Charger + Pencil
- [ ] Keyboard + Mouse
- [ ] Smart Band/Watch + Charger
- [ ] Power Bank + 2-in-1 Cable
- [ ] LAN Cable + Router

### Audio Stuff
- [ ] Headphones
- [ ] Earbuds
- [ ] Wired Earphones
- [ ] Sports Earphones
- [ ] BT Earphones
- [ ] JBL Speaker
- [ ] AUX Cable

### For Gamers
- [ ] Controller + Cable
- [ ] Gaming Mouse, Mousepad

### For Exams
- [ ] Watches - Digital + Analog
- [ ] **Calculator (Don't forget to bring this)**

### Good to Have
- [ ] Selfie Tripod
- [ ] Adapters
- [ ] Memory Card
- [ ] Pendrive

### Excess Stuff

- [ ] Cells (AA, AAA)
- [ ] Table Lamp
- [ ] LED Strip/String lights

## Clothes

### Basic Clothes
- [ ] Shirts, T-Shirts
- [ ] Jeans, Cargo
- [ ] Sportswear
- [ ] Handkerchief
- [ ] Socks
- [ ] Cap

### Good to have extras
- [ ] Shoes (extra)
- [ ] Gum Sole Shoes (for Badminton and TT)
- [ ] Specs (extra)
- [ ] Belt (extra)

### For Events and Festivities
- [ ] Formal Shirt + Trousers
- [ ] Festive Kurta + Pyjama
- [ ] Coat (not necessary, but good to have)

### Room Stuff
- [ ] Napkins, Towels
- [ ] Room Shorts & T-Shirts
- [ ] Bedsheets, Pillow covers
- [ ] Slippers

### Winterwear
Nagpur gets super cold (as low as 5 Degrees), so, better to bring necessary supplies while coming back from Diwali break.
- [ ] Sweatshirt
- [ ] Hoodies
- [ ] Full T-shirts
- [ ] Thermals

## Accessories

### Bathroom Pouch
- [ ] Toothbrush, Toothpaste
- [ ] Face Wash
- [ ] Face Cream

### Going out
- [ ] Powder
- [ ] Combs & Brush
- [ ] Deo / Perfume
- [ ] Mirror

### Grooming
- [ ] Trimmer
- [ ] Earbuds
- [ ] Nailcutter

### Good to have
- [ ] Masks & Sanitizer
- [ ] Mosquito Repellent Cream/Machine
- [ ] Umbrella/Raincoat

### Classes and Sports
- [ ] Laptop Bag
- [ ] Small Decathlon Bag

## Medicinal Supplies

### Muscular
- [ ] Zandu Balm
- [ ] Iodex

### External
- [ ] Dettol
- [ ] Cotton

### Cold
- [ ] Vicks
- [ ] Inhalade
- [ ] Gelsemium
- [ ] Bryonia

### Fever
- [ ] Calpol
- [ ] Electral/ORS

## Stationery

### For Assignments
- [ ] Few blank A4 Papers
- [ ] Graph Papers

### Classroom
- [ ] Notebooks (only if at home, otherwise buy from HB2 stationery shop, it's on discount there)
- [ ] Pens, Refills
- [ ] Pencils + Leads, Eraser
- [ ] Highlighters
- [ ] Geometry Box
- [ ] Calculator
- [ ] Pouch
- [ ] Post it

### For Room
- [ ] Tape dispenser
- [ ] Scissors
- [ ] Stapeler + Staples
- [ ] U Clips
- [ ] Rubberbands
- [ ] Tissues

## Foods

### Toppings
- [ ] Maggy Masala-ae-magic
- [ ] Pizza Topping Sauce
- [ ] Mayo
- [ ] Schezwan Chilli Sauce

### Ready to Eat
- [ ] Маggу
- [ ] Biscuits
- [ ] Chiwda
- [ ] Kharmure, Futane (Peanuts, Gram)
- [ ] Cornflakes

### Beverges
- [ ] Milk Powder
- [ ] Bournvita
- [ ] Coffee, Frother
- [ ] Glucon D

### Basics
- [ ] Sugar
- [ ] Salt

## Room supply

### Electronic Appliances
- [ ] Extension Board (1 to 5)
- [ ] Three-pin (1 to 3)
- [ ] Kettle
- [ ] Steam Machine
- [ ] Table Lamp
- [ ] Screw Driver Set

### Furniture Related
- [ ] Bed Table
- [ ] Table Organiser
- [ ] Pen Stand
- [ ] Table Plant (unnecessary)

### Water Related
- [ ] Vacuum Flask
- [ ] Water Bottles
- [ ] Water Bottle Cleaners

### Food Related
- [ ] Cutlery for food on room
- [ ] (Spoon, Fork, Knife)
- [ ] Glass, Mugs
- [ ] Tiffin Box
- [ ] Dishwash
- [ ] Scrub

### Clothes Related
- [ ] Detergent.
- [ ] Brush
- [ ] Laundry Basket
- [ ] Hangars
- [ ] Clips
- [ ] Rope for Drying Clothes

### Footwear
- [ ] Shoes
- [ ] Sandals
- [ ] Slippers
- [ ] Shoebrush

### Bath
- [ ] Soap - Bar and Liquid
- [ ] Soapcase
- [ ] Shampoo
- [ ] Bucket and Mug

### Room Related
- [ ] Dustbin
- [ ] Doormat
- [ ] Broom
- [ ] Dusting Cloth
- [ ] Морреr

### Extra Stuff
- [ ] Posters
- [ ] Chart Paper for fungus coverup
- [ ] Clear Plastic = Makeshift Whiteboard

### Jugaad
- [ ] Window Cover - Chart Paper (for HB2)