2 * what was I thinking?

These people are all dressed the same, and they know who I am, and they're telling me I'm going to be LIVING in their building!

These people are crazy! Get me out of here!

Whoa, there

Now calm down. These people have been planning for months, and they've been working without sleep for days, doing nothing but preparing for your arrival.

Okay, maybe that doesn't really vouch for their sanity.

But these are your advisors -- a team of several older Rice students who have sworn to spare you from the dull sort of orientation you would have been subjected to at another school. You simply can't adjust to an intense new atmosphere by sitting in 2,000-seat lecture halls with people you may never see again, listening to boring lectures by faculty you'll never meet.

To put it another way (taken from the Will Rice College 1998 O-Week book): "You may be nervous, sweaty, and even scared, but we guarantee that you will remember your O-Week."

OK, are you with me now? Good.

Welcome to O-Week.

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