First week survival tips

Going on week 3 now of my MBA program and I feel as if my head has been opened and gallons of information has been poured in indiscriminately. Although orientation was very useful in terms of helping me make the transition to a MBA program. I would like to share a few words of advice that I found useful.

Here are a few of my first week survival tips:

1. Know where the closest restrooms are to all of your classes prior to the first day - It is not very attractive watching a grown man/woman doing the "pee-pee" dance while wandering the halls looking for the nearest toilet.
2. Obtain a map, specifically of (free) parking locations - it's not fun walking 5 blocks in heels anticipating the relief of sitting in your car only to find your first official graduate parking ticket.
3. Be cheap! - Buy used books or rent for the courses you don't anticipate using the books for referencing in the future.
4. Schedule a meeting with a career coach/career service representative. - Two years will go by fast, but you will be regretting it a lot sooner if you're scrabbling for an internship or job after graduation.
5. If you're not already, become organized. - You will have lots of different professional engagements, assignments, meetings, and personal tasks. It may become difficult to remember everything so buy a good day planner that you can carry everywhere (or use a mobile calendar scheduler). I recommend syncing your mobile device with a program such as Microsoft Outlook and setting reminders.
6. Visit the library. - You don't want to wait until your first paper to try to locate where the working printers are or get there 30 mins before they close the night before an assignment is due.
7. Talk to second year students. - Utilize their expertise/experience and learn from their mistakes, ask about best practices and what organizations/events/departments have been beneficial and why.
8. Make a Linkedin Account if you haven't already done so. - You're in a professional setting and you'll be networking with a lot of MBAs and business executives so it will be practical to keep track of contacts. You will also find it as a useful tool to meet new people that you may want to network with.
9. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a light cardigan. - I know it sounds like advice from your mother, but you'll be happy you did when you're sitting in a 50 degree air conditioned room for a couple of hours and walking around campus.
10. Don't forget to have fun! - Social events + drinks = NETWORKING! Meet other MBA candidates and enjoy the process together.