Before anyone buys a graduate a toaster, check whether the dorm allows one. A graduation wishlist on GiftMyCrew holds up to 20 ideas from any store, with sizes and dorm rules in the notes, behind one link for the relatives who ask. Each person marks what they've bought, so two aunts don't send the same desk lamp.
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Choose My list only, type your name and add the graduation or party date. Begin with towels, a laundry bag, a backpack: things that work anywhere.
Once you know where you'll live, open the college's what-to-bring page. It lists what the room already has and what isn't allowed.
Paste links or type ideas. Use the note for bed size, laptop model, colors and anything else a relative couldn't know.
Copy the link behind Share my list and send it when a relative asks. They mark what they buy, and everyone after them sees it's taken.
Because they differ more than people expect, and a gift that isn't allowed goes straight back in the car. Many colleges publish their own list. Three examples, as each housing office's page read in October 2026:
The same pages tell you, which saves relatives buying what's already there. Check the bed size before you list sheets: both the Texas and New Hampshire pages say their rooms come with an extra-long twin.
Then check with your roommate. The Texas page suggests talking over the summer so the two of you don't both turn up with the same large items. If you're splitting things like a rug or a TV, agree who lists what.
You may not know your hall or your roommate until well after graduation. That's fine. The list can be edited any time, so add the room-specific things when you find out.
List for the place you're going, not the one you're leaving.
For plenty of relatives it is, and nothing here gets in the way of a check in a card. This list doesn't handle money at all: there's no fund and no way to send anything through it.
The list is for the other relatives, the ones who'd rather hand over a thing and want it to be the right thing. If nobody in your family gives that way, you don't need a list.
Let your graduate make it, and have them send you the share link. On their page, what's been bought stays hidden, so the surprise is theirs. On yours, opening that link shows what's already taken.
That's the view you want when a grandparent phones to ask what's left, or when you're working out what still needs buying before move-in. If you make the list yourself it works the other way: you can't see the marks and your graduate can.
Before the party or open house invitations go out, because that's when the questions start. Add the ceremony or party date when you create it and the list is kept until 30 days after that date, even if nobody touches it in between. For a dorm list you'll still be adding to in July, each edit keeps it going.
No. The link opens in any browser on a phone or computer. Relatives can read the list and mark a gift as bought without signing up.
It's better left out. An announcement doesn't oblige anyone to send a gift, and a list enclosed with one suggests otherwise. Save the link for when someone asks.
Each list belongs to one person. For shared items, agree who is listing what, or start a group wishlist with both names so each of you can see the other's list.
No. The list shows other people that something is taken and never shows who took it. Keep the cards with the gifts so your thank-you notes go to the right people.
Only if it has stayed in use. A list is deleted after 90 days without activity, or 30 days after the event date, if that's later, so one that sits untouched all summer will be gone by December. A new one takes a couple of minutes.
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