<p>I'm a freshman and my move-in date is on the 20th, which is a Saturday. Class begins the Thursday after that, I believe (correct me if I'm wrong). What should I do until then? Will there be any parties on campus before the semester starts?</p>
<p>You should make sure you have you course descriptions and books for all classes. You might consider getting a chapter or two read in each book and then you might want to party. I am a mom so take it with a grain of salt…or two.</p>
<p>Classes start on Wednesday. When you say “parties on campus”, I assume you’re referring to university-organized events, not frat-type parties. Yeah, on the day before school starts (Tuesday), there is Gone to Texas in the evening, and just before that, there are events for each individual college. There are also various other events occurring from Sunday through Tuesday, so search around on UT’s website for those.</p>
<p>Other than that, make some friends! I spent a little too much time in my room before classes started last August.</p>
<p>Definitely take advantage of the class-free time to explore Austin and the area around campus with some pals. It’s not wise to not know much about the city in which you’re going to spend the next few years of your life.</p>
<p>Party Rock it up, and don’t be sorry for it. It’s your first week of true freedom! You don’t even need the textbooks until the 2nd week of class. You have plenty of studying ahead of you anyway.</p>
<p>Yeah just chill out until school starts.</p>
<p>If you’re gonna look for a job, the earlier the better because with all the students coming back places will be hiring. It’d be prime time. </p>
<p>Also, if you’re one to get lost, walk out your route from each class to your next one that way you don’t get lost on the first day.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, definitely take a practice walk to all your classrooms and buildings. Even better, make some friends and walk around to all of their classrooms too.</p>
<p>Seconding the “walk out your schedule” suggestion. I know it sounds kind of dorky, but the campus is huge and feels like a labyrinth if you don’t know where you’re going. It ended up helping me a lot when the first day of classes came around.</p>