Advice for prefrosh

Welcome Class of 2017 admits... Once you're done here, head over to the prefrosh portal.

Advice for prefrosh:

• Since you’ll be living in the most expensive city in America, it’s probably a good idea to get books somewhere like http://www.intrabid.com where upperclassmen sell their old books. If you don’t find what you need listed on Intrabid, simply buy new from one of the Intrabid partners (like Amazon, BestBuy, Apple, STATravel, …), and you get cash back! Sign up now for free on http://www.intrabid.com and start saving money on all the stuff you need to get settled on campus!
• Show up to lots of club meetings. They're a great way to meet people and get a sense of what's available on campus and you're not obligated to join if you don't like it.
• Since Facebook was launched, every class has formed groups saying "The class of 20xx is going to show Columbia how to party!!" and friended roughly 1,000 people before setting foot on campus. You, too, have the right to do this, but you'll feel stupid come second semester.
• Ask questions. We'll be happy to answer them. Making bold statements about things you don't know that well in your first month at school (e.g. the Core, or Barnard, or SEAS) will only make you look silly.
• Everything you enjoy has come from the blood, sweat, and tears of your predecessors. When they bitch you out for being prefrosh, it's because they've earned the right. It's part of the acceptance hazing process at Columbia. We'll learn to love you. Eventually.
• Jokes between CC/SEAS students playfully mocking the others' schools are generally taken in good fun. Jokes about Barnard are generally not.