Seven things college students don't need

Parents know their college-bound children are heading into shoebox-sized dorm rooms and facing unfathomably large tuition bills, yet some will still insist on item after pricey item for their students. To combat the never-ending packing and spending sprees, personal finance magazine Kiplinger.com compiled a list of money-wasters college students are better off going without.
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By Gal Tziperman Lotan, Boston.com correspondent

Parents know their college-bound children are heading into shoebox-sized dorm rooms and facing unfathomably large tuition bills, yet some will still insist on item after pricey item for their students.

To combat the never-ending packing and spending sprees, personal finance magazine Kiplinger.com compiled a list of money-wasters college students are better off going without.