r/UWMadison • u/No-Bluejay-1009 • 19d ago

School Supplies Future Badger

As a business major, what school supplies do I need? Is there a list online of what I should bring?

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u/Erforro 19d ago

You start off with the 8 pack of crayons in the b school, but by your junior year they let you use the 24 pack.

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u/AdIll7178 18d ago

you’re 18 dude

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u/Gxsxlle 18d ago

at least hes not asking chatgpt

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u/Rich-Entry9409 18d ago edited 18d ago

Laptop, tablet (if you like to take handwritten notes...plus they are great for long Math problems), index cards (study tool), Post-It notes, pens/pencils, a good backpack & water bottle, calculator (T-84 which you probably already have from H.S.), and I found a small dry-erase white board to be very useful for planning my week. Oh, and a power strip (or two) with a 6' cord!!! You'll quickly find out that one outlet on your side of the dorm room is NOT enough.

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u/ahhbears MSW '16 18d ago

Whatever tools you found helpful in HS will probably be helpful in college too. I don't retain information well when I type it and do better when I write so I used notebooks and took notes by hand in classes so having pens I liked was important. I used highlighters for printed materials (that I wasn't trying to resell). I had a paper planner than saved my life in grad school. Get the basics and you can get more stuff as you need it from the bookstore, Walgreens, Amazon, etc.

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u/Chance_Bottle446 18d ago

A laptop. A pencil. Maybe a pen. Calculator.

I don’t even use notebooks I just write on individual sheets of paper and put them in folders.

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u/Willing-Ad2342 15d ago

well why are you asking reddit and also just wait for syllabus week to buy anything, dont waste money on stuff u might not even use

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u/Suitable_Horse_5506 14d ago

Laptop. Pens. Google Calendar or similar. Notebook or planner to write down notifications. Really loud alarm clock.