<p>How was your first day? Was it like the first day of high school where you really didn't know where everything was? </p>
<p>Or did you go around and find your classes before the first day?</p>
<p>Came in a bit early to find where all my class’s were. You don’t need that much time, took me maybe 20 minutes to get it all down. Being surrounded by new people was different, but when you realize they’re all in the same situation it calms you down.</p>
<p>That’s good!
Were your classes spread out in different buildings? Like Penn states campus is huge…</p>
<p>I would definitely suggest going to find your classrooms before the first day of classes. My school has a large campus, classes are fairly spread out but i usually only have one back to back class per term at most.</p>
<p>Depending on where you go to school, you might have been on campus for 3 or 4 days before classes start. During that time you’ll get some idea of where things are, because you’ll be attending meetings with your advisor, taking placement exams, etc.</p>
<p>On the actual Day 1, you might not actually have any classes (although that would be bad planning!). More typically, you’ll have 2 or 3 of your classes.</p>
<p>bos4079 brings up a good point - if you have back to back classes, there will probably only be 10-15 minutes between them. If they are in different buildings or are across campus from each other, it’s a good idea to time the walk between them so you know how much time you’ll have to visit the restroom, fill your water bottle, etc.</p>
<p>I also think you should ask someone “hey, are you here for RandomSubject 101?” when you walk in on that first day. I cannot tell you how many times students get into the wrong classroom, but don’t figure it out until after the prof starts talking. Then they sit there the entire time - too embarrassed to leave - while missing the class they should be in. At least if you ask, you have a chance to escape!</p>
<p>I’m at a community college right now, so I guess I’m on a smaller campus than some. But it takes me no more than 5 minutes at most to get between my class’s, and I don’t have any class in the same building.</p>
<p>Definitely look into your class spacing, don’t put class’s back to back if you’re going to be sprinting across campus.</p>
<p>Thank you for all your tips!
That’s probably the only thing that was worrying me about college haha</p>