College students are notoriously obsessed with new gadgets, gizmos, and thingamabobs. We're guessing that your backpack could double as a shrine to Apple products...and that you could teach us how to use that app everyone is talking about. You know the one.

Students own an average of 6.9 gadgets per person (source). That 0.9 probably comes from a Windows phone because non-iPhones barely count as gadgets. 

Anyway, the list of expensive-things-to-buy goes on for all of us: smartphones, video game consoles, mp3 players, printers, and more. Not only do these items often have high sticker prices, they also encourage further spending. College students spend a lot of money purchasing entertainment apps to play on them, too (source).

We're not trying to send you back to the 13th century. In fact, a few gadgets can help you a whole lot when you're actually trying to learn something at school. Just keep perspective and don't go overboard chasing the latest, greatest trends.