First day of college

The first day of college is awkward for everyone, at least I thought so. I am reading, I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe. I just finished a chapter where one of the characters spends her first night at college. The dorm is coed, meaning that the girls and the guys share the bathroom and that there are people drinking during the night. She is so taken aback because their RA had said no drinking in the dorm and she sees two boys disobeying this rule the very first night and in public. Charlotte then tries to get to sleep and finds that a few other students decide to have a party with loud music. Part of me sympathized with her, remembering how scary my first night at college was.
Going to school where you don't know anyone other than the people that I met at freshman orientation was exciting but also a bit frightening. I remember picking out my clothes so as to look good but also to look like I didn't put any thought into what I was wearing. Did everyone else do that? Or was that just me? My brother and I left earlier than my parents with all my stuff and ended up getting a bit lost in Chicago and my parents got to the campus first. There was so much to do, going to the registrar, signing up for my meal plan, filling out a survey, coming back to my room and seeing that my mom and brother had unpacked all my stuff (which was great except I had no idea where anything was for three weeks). If I hadn't met a group of friendly boys during the afternoon, I would have felt so lost. That night I stayed up and watched a movie and left the room later than I would have if I were home because I could stay as late as I wanted.
That worry feeling hasn't really left because I always find myself in new situations, soon I will be again in a new place for ten months. But Charlotte Simmons, I feel for you.