I have told my twins about all these lovely mumsnetters teenagers who go shopping with their parents. Mine have just done the one stuff (most of it) - registration for hall arrival time with some to be done on Monday when registration opens. One who had course options to choose has done that.
If they cannot be bothered to look at lists of things to get together then that's great for me - less full car and then they will have to buy the stuff - win win all round as far as I am concerned. Anyway the university says travel light. We did have a useful converstaion about cooking (catered hall) as they do loads at home from scratch - I have not cooked for them for years so that will be a big change and I think they will not even have a hob where they are going.
I have not bought one his promised lap top yet as he has not bothered to choose it. At this rate he will be getting it after he goes..... he says it cakes 24 hours only to arrive so there is no rush yet apparently.
Yes, someone mentioned above Bristol where they are going - I did also read that they can download word or office so they will probably not both buy Office. I have found one at home but it's old and I am not sure if we have used all the licences up on it yet. I did think taking their laser colour printer might be really useful but it's huge and i think they don't want to.
They will be in different catererd Bristol halls and have just found out two boys from school are in a third one near by too or will be when they all get up there. By massive chance a boy at a local school emailed my son - both going to Bristol and then they met on the tube - these boys have never met in their lives, go to totally different schools (my 2 private school, this boy the local comprehensive - but all live enar by ) and just after they met on line they met on a random tube train which is nice as that boy is doing the same subject as one of mine.