Imagine having a friendly guide right on your screen as you help your student tackle that big dorm move. This Excel-based College Dorm Checklist comes stocked with more than 200 essentials—from cozy bedding and organizational bins to essential kitchen gadgets and study tools—so you can both feel certain nothing important slips through the cracks. Every item is already lined up for you to review, and the best part is how easy it is to personalize.
Each line offers a simple dropdown where you can assign a status—need to buy, ready to pack, packed, or not needed—so you instantly know where you stand. You’ll see at a glance which must-haves still need purchasing, which items are sitting in your closet just waiting to be tucked into a box, and which extras you’ve decided to skip. By glancing at the color-coded statuses, you’ll avoid those last-minute rushes to campus stores or frantic phone calls about forgotten power strips.
Every line item can be marked with a purchase type, letting you decide together which things to buy now (think bedding, desk lamp, surge protector) and which can wait until after move-in (like extra towels, framed prints, or that mini-fridge upgrade).
You’re free to tweak, add, or remove anything in a few clicks, matching the checklist to your family’s unique style and campus setup. If your student decides they want a small fridge or a fun set of wall art, just type it in and watch the sheet adapt, complete with instant updates to your status.
Filters let you sort by category—bedding, bathroom, kitchen, study gear—so you can tackle each zone one at a time. You can even filter by purchase timing, focusing first on “need to buy” items and then shifting to “ready to pack” as move-in day approaches.
By the time you pile boxes in the car and pull into the parking lot, you’ll arrive calm, organized, and ready to celebrate that first milestone together. Packing day becomes less of a scramble and more of a shared victory, with every checkmark bringing you both one step closer to an exciting new chapter.
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Features (for College Dorm Checklist - Excel)
- Intuitive and straightforward design
- Employs software best practices
- Delivered as a blank Excel template - customize and populate with your data
- Free updates - send us a message to be notified of updates when they are available
- Completely customizable - add rows and columns, rename headings - unlock with provided password
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This digital product is designed to work in the current version of Microsoft Excel or Microsoft 365. It is not guaranteed to work in any other application and WILL NOT work in Google Sheets.
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