You've heard about them, you've read about them, maybe they were even part of the reason you decided to come here. In early July, the entire incoming freshman class was thrown in a very large bowl.
Colleges take the place of all of that.
Moreover, your college is your new extended family. Your college has already elected two or three of its bright, upstanding members to plan your college's O-Week activities. These are your coordinators. Those coordinators, supreme exalted gurus of Rice that they are, have scoured the campus for advisors to help them during O-Week. Your advisors have already been sent some of your declassified personal info.