<p>SO @radialcar, you’re saying that you have or haven’t always had a lot of work by the first week of class</p>
<p>Chances are you aren’t gonna do much the first day so a notebook and pen/pencil is usually sufficient.</p>
<p>Make sure you check your campus email or Blackboard/Moodle in case the prof has posted anything about expectations etc. While most classes spend the first day going over the syllabus and doing icebreakers/short intro to the course material, some professors like to start with a bang and expect that you will have already completed some reading for the course.</p>
<p>I’m going to disagree with the people who said not to bring the textbooks. For most classes, you can probably safely leave them at home, but you never know…</p>
<p>I’m bumping with another, more specific question: what do you all use for water? I don’t drink anything else, so it would be convenient to have something to fill up at the water fountain or w/e, and stick in my bag. I figure this is semi-common, so does anyone have any suggestion for this? An empty plastic drink bottle, a Nalgene or some specific model or type of model, etc?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I use a Brita water bottle and a liter-sized water bottle.</p>
<p>Rubbermaid filtered water bottle. Love it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions. I didn’t even realized filtered water bottles existed!</p>