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items Recommendations for supplies, study tools, and life saving items for engineering students. Go into your school year feeling prepared and confident.
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Class Must-Haves
Enhance Your Studying
Engineering Accessories
Class Must-Haves
Make what you bring to class a no-brainer
A reliable place to store all of your college gear. Choose one that will last you all four years, but make sure it shows off your personality!
Book Bags & Backpacks
This laptop got me through four years of undergrad and graduate school running drafting and computing programs all the time. The touchscreen is great for note taking, and the screen definition is great as well.
Meet the new Surface Laptop 7th Edition, a Copilot+ PC
A wireless mouse is a game changer for making any program you may be running on your laptop that much easier. Navigating your class website, PowerPoint, Excel, AutoCAD, you name it a mouse will make it easier on you.
Computer Mice - Wireless Mouse, Bluetooth, Wired
Keep your notes clear, concise, and organized with engineering paper. Also a great introduction into what is used by the pros!
Engineering Paper
Never worry about getting up to sharpen a pencil during class with these. Perfect for all the calculations and note taking you will be doing.
Mechanical Pencils
Familiarize yourself with this calculator early on. In the future, this can be used on all FE and PE exams you might take. Knowing how to optimize the features on the TI-36x for school will help you in class and beyond.
TI-36X Pro Scientific Calculator | Texas Instruments
Enhance Your Studying
Get the most out of your notes with these tools and tips
Categorize, emphasize, and remember your notes better with the use of highlighters. Particularly helpful in sorting what you may have known about a topic vs the new information you learned or marking what topics you needs to revisit.
BIC Brite Liner Highlighters, Chisel Tip, 5-Count
Need to write down a solution to a problem you didn’t understand? Easily compare your solution and methods to your notes by using colored pens. Also, great practice for the real-world on engineering which commonly relies on a red, blue, and green col...
BIC 4-Color Original Retractable Ball Pen, Assorted, 12 Pack
Turn your notes into digestible study material with Quizlet. Practice your class materials in a variety of formats, and even share and compare notes with peers. Great for long term memorization, or the pre test cram.
Quizlet
Get those flashcards going. Good for memorizing equations, quick concepts, or for laying out calculation steps. Pair with a binder ring for easy organization.
Index Cards in Paper(1000+)
Engineering Accessories
Functionality is key, and so is making your work as easy as possibly while in school.
Save your eyes from those late night study sessions with blue light glasses. Even better they double as hiding your eye bags the next morning too.
Advanced 99% Blue Light Blocking Glasses
Keep your brain sharp by staying hydrated! Hydroflask keeps drinks hot or cold, with a spill proof lid that is perfect for students traveling with laptops.
Insulated & Stainless Steel Water Bottles
Perfect for walking to class, the campus rec center, getting in the study zone, or hyping yourself up. Everyone needs a good pair of headphones, bonus points if they have noise cancelling.
AirPods
You know you will need it…..
Red Bull Energy Drink, 80mg Caffeine, 8.4 fl oz, Pack of 12 Cans
Maybe Red Bull isn't your vibe….. Celcius is my next go-to with delicious carbonated or non-carbonated fruity flavors.
Celsius Energy Drinks