If you want a parking permit you need to get on line at around 4-5am so bring some form of entertainment. Plenty of parking around the block if you decide not to get the permit. There used to be a Wendy's about 2-3 blocks away if you ever want something different but the food was always good as I remember it.Definitely look for a job on campus because there will be times that you will have free periods with nothing to do so why not make some extra cash and have something to put on your resume at the same time; I worked in the IRC on the lower level of the library. Hang out at the Rathskeller whenever you have free time and socialize, don't be a hermit, I wish I didn't wait till my last year to find out about it. Don't wait too long to sell your textbooks back after your finals, I sometimes waited till the following semester and the price-value dropped a lot. Keep your technical notebooks even after you graduate, years later you will want to review on occasion.

future students should think twice before enrolling in any school.

If your looking to make friends, hang out in the student union building, its often a hangout spot between classes and after school/

Study !! Be on time & if you ever need help just ask, if you don't feel comfortable with talking to your professor just ask your advisor or look around campus, writing center get a tutor.

Use the resources available to you the computers, library and the turbo ring centers. It will help extremely with finals and assignments you'll do.