What freshers should take to university - in pictures

Alastair Cowen: 'Anything that could feasibly be used for fancy dress.' Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

Milana Knezevic: 'Enough seemingly useless bits and bobs to make your room look like a home. And invest in a bottle of quality booze to share with your new flatmates!' Photograph: Garry Weaser/Guardian

Matthew Hillman: 'A mobile that can do email. Unis rely on email to communicate SO much. A tin of chocolates, share and make pals on your first day!'
Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

Laurence Green: 'A good saucepan and as much pasta as you can physically carry with you.'
Photograph: Alamy

Daniel Stobo: 'Take duct tape and cheese. One fixes all DIY problems, the other fixes bad cooking.'
Photograph: Sophie Wolfson/The Guardian

Ants Tygertyger: 'From my experience, condoms. They can come in handy for a water fight - well the only use I got for them.'
Photograph: Peter Alvey/Alamy

Frances Lund: 'Plenty of spare change for the laundrette: nothing worse than a pile of dirty smelly underwear!' Photograph: Alamy

Shelley Harmon: 'Bathroom cleaner! It's surprising how quickly wee jelly builds up under the toilet seat (don't pretend you don't know what it is ha).'
Photograph: Getty Images

Lucy Williams: 'Earplugs, a thick skin, and match sticks for keeping eyeballs open in lectures.' Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Lucy Williams: 'Also, mousetraps. ONLY KIDDING, PANICKING STUDENTS (well, half kidding...).'
Photograph: Georgette Douwma/Alamy

Rachel Obordo: 'A thermos. For those early morning lectures you *plan* on attending.'
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Annie: 'An open mind and oodles of enthusiasm. Best time of your life. Enjoy! Am jealous.' Photograph: Lorne Campbell/Lorne Campbell