Walmart's back-to-school tech sale aims to help students get geared up for the new semester. Long gone are the days when back-to-school shopping was all about binders, pencils, erasers, and backpacks.

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To find the best college essentials at Walmart, I tapped into Grown and Flown’s expertise, searched for highly rated products, and thought back to my own time in college for dorm room must-haves.