Yea I can't echo this enough. Reduce, reduce, reduce. Most of that crap first time college families pack will never see the light of day. Especially the "decor". Leave most of it home.
Here is what happens at Auburn: the freshmen come with tons of orange and blue stuff to decorate their room with. "Oh boy, I'm gonna have the most Auburn room ever!"
Then they pledge a sorority whose colors clash horribly with orange and blue. (That would be most sororities.) Then the orange and blue stuff tends to find its way into the closet.