<p>Don’t worry too much about it. You basically get there, register, walk around Barton Hall to look at a few student organizations and programs while your parents ooh and ahh at everything (the real “club searching” will come at ClubFest later on in O-Week), move in to your dorm, meet your roommates/suitemates/floormates/whatevermates, chill out (we played a board game like Apples to Apples or something that’s really funny looking back), and maybe go to a party in Collegetown (the frats won’t be open for parties during O-Week). </p>
<p>I didn’t go to a party on the first night, although I did go quite a bit later on in O-Week. It’s fun getting to meet your dormmates (although I suppose this could be done back at the dorm or just walking around…you’ll see a lot of packs of other freshman walking around campus randomly, an under-appreciated luxury of August in Ithaca), but it is known as one of the “wildest” week (mostly because everything’s in Collegetown and you’ve got some very dumb, inexperienced, and naive teenagers out on their own…oh, and you don’t have classes) so be careful, especially (unfortunately) if you’re a girl.</p>