One of the great things that I did before I started college was make an Amazon Student account with my college email address. You get a six month free trial, where you can buy things with 2 day free shipping. Here's the Link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/infoie=UTF8&refcust=3O6S7E2XYRWOU325JJA3WSVLEY&ref_type=generic
http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info?ie=UTF8&refcust=3O6S7E2XYRWOU325JJA3WSVLEY&ref_type=generic
Amazon Student