<p>You knew someone was going to say this: Get a life! Except, I understand, you probably had a life, but your life is in the middle of its second week of college and isn’t paying attention to you right now. So . . . maybe watch all seven seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer back-to-back? The Sopranos? Das Ring Der Niebelungen?</p>
<p>More seriously: Yes, there are maps. And Google street-view, if you’re really hardcore. And many buildings have addresses, which makes them even easier to find. And there’s hardly anywhere you will have to go where at least 20 (if not 1,300) other people won’t be going at about the same time, and other people going someplace next door, and everyone interested in meeting each other, so really it’s not hard to ask directions and make friends while you are hunting for the right building.</p>
<p>In recent history few if any University of Chicago first-years have been permanently lost during O-Week. Or had their academic careers seriously compromised. Even if they miss an appointment. (Which I’ll bet happens all the time, not so much because people can’t find buildings, but because they can’t wake up.)</p>
<p>You made it through high school. You have an excellent academic record. You were accepted at the University of Chicago. Chances are, you have the intellectual and/or social skills necessary to negotiate its campus. Believe in yourself!</p>