<p>As lame as this may sound, the pre-planned orientation programs will get you meeting people quickly and right away. If you’re into the party thing, that’s easy enough to get into as well. At least some on your floor in your dorm will hear something (probably from their orientation leader) and half your floor will travel together, aimlessly wandering around C-town.</p>
<p>As for clubs, ClubFest is where you’ll learn about clubs. Plus, you’ll be bombarded with fliers trying to recruit you the first few weeks anyway. If you are looking for something specific, you can search sao.cornell.edu (I recommend the ‘Advanced Search’). </p>
<p>PS. I approve of socceroc93’s plan. Not that hard to accomplish either with a bit of effort…</p>