To be honest, the first few weeks that I was at Mizzou, I was utterly convinced that there was not a single cool person here. I missed the familiarity of home, and people whose sense of humor I understood, and the big city feel of Dallas, Texas. So my first piece of advice to you would be to not have preconceived notions about anything or anyone. It totally killed my first weeks here, and let me tell you, your first weeks are extremely valuable for making friends and exploring what sorts of organizations you might be interested in. Be optimistic, and be proactively friendly. If you want to make friendships and connections that will last, you have to actively go out and ask people to go and hang out with you places. Make a plan to stay actively involved in things like clubs and going to the rec 3 times a week and stuff, because if you don't set goals like that in stone, you won't do them after a few weeks of feeling swamped in school and making excuses to sleep in or stay on facebook for hours.
School takes studying. Well, you may take a few blowoff courses that require no effort outside of class, but in your gen ed classes, if you don't study, you won't pass. The great thing about the academic side of college is that it really is true that it is relevant to your life, much more than the monotonous crap they fed you in high school. And with all of the studying you will be doing, you will suddenly find yourself actually remembering the things that you learned in class all semester, not just until the test. Having knowledge stick is a nice feeling.
Dorm life is always interesting. Keep your room clean so that your roommate does not hate you, and keep personal boundaries. You do not want to make enemies on your dorm floor, because you cannot avoid them.
Case and point, your first semester in college will be an awesome experience if you don't slack off of your goals and you are optimistic about the outcome.
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