Moving into your first residence hall can be daunting: Did you pack everything? Will your roommate be cool? How do you do laundry again?
Luckily, the Arizona State University Class of '22 had a bunch of helping hands along the way.
This year, ASU welcomed about 15,000 first-year and upper-division students into residence halls across multiple campus locations. Hundreds of volunteers were on hand to ensure a stress-free moving day for all.
Video by Jamie Ell/ASU Now
Check out the best photos below from a whirlwind weekend of unpacking, decorating and saying goodbye to Mom and Dad.
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Communications sophomore Justine Anderson (left) and environmental design senior Angela Coriell wait to greet families and new students at Barrett, The Honors College on the Tempe campus on Saturday.
Photo by Deanna Dent/ASU Now
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Finance freshman Adam Mussing gets help unloading his belongings for move-in to Hassayampa residence hall Saturday in Tempe.
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Business communications freshman America Carrion and her family work on organizing her room at Hassayampa in Tempe; her younger sister Juliana Reynoso helped by hanging out in a plastic tub. Learn more about Carrion's story and how ASU's Hispanic Mother-Daughter program helped guide her to college.
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Biochemistry freshman Katherine Nguyen and her parents, Marianne and Alan, pick up free swag as they make their way through Wells Fargo Arena to pick up her residence-hall keys during fall 2018 move-in on the Tempe campus.
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Movers wait to carry boxes and luggage from students' vehicles and take them up to their residence-hall rooms to be unpacked in Tempe. Move-in day is an exciting time at ASU, and the university offers lots of help to make the process as smooth as possible for incoming students.
Photo by Marcus Chormicle/ASU Now
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Volunteer Mia Warner hands out ASU lanyards to incoming students at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday. The students came to the arena to check in on move-in day and get their room keys. The arena was filled with vendors, campus resources and ASU merchandise tables.
Photo by Summer Sorg/ASU Now
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Freshman Aliana Whittle moves into McClintock Hall on Saturday on the Tempe campus. Whittle plans on majoring in interior design at ASU.
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A sign welcomes incoming students to McClintock Hall on Saturday on the Tempe campus.
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Shane Swanson, an incoming freshman studying digital culture, gets settled into her Best Hall room in Tempe with help from her father, Mark.
Photo by Marcus Chormicle/ASU Now
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Students, families and helpers wheel belongings to the Casa de Oro residence hall Saturday. Around 500 freshmen moved onto the West campus.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Diane Stephenson and her daughter Lexi Stephenson, 13, sing along to Backstreet Boys music while they wait for Diane's other daughter, Sydnee Wedel, to get her keys to move into her room at the Casa de Oro residence hall Saturday at the West campus. Wedel is a freshman and plans to study pharmacology and toxicology.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Forensics freshman Samantha Gomez (center) gets help from her friends Vincent Segoviano and Karmin Guzman at the Casa de Oro residence hall during move-in on Saturday.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Forensic science freshman Ananicia Flowers gets a big hug and a smooch from her father, Trent Flowers, before they begin setting up her new room at the Casa de Oro residence hall on the West campus.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Criminology and criminal justice freshman Damaris Ramirez Lopez unloads the family car at the Casa de Oro residence hall. She joins her older sister on campus.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Father and daughter Richard and Brittany Tews — she a freshman studying mechanical engineering — carry her things into her residence hall on the Polytechnic campus.
Photo by Marcus Chormicle/ASU Now
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Alyssa Howie, a freshman studying applied biological sciences with a focus in pre-veterinary, organizes her desk in her new room at the Polytechnic campus.
Photo by Marcus Chormicle/ASU Now
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Leirbag Fajardo, a senior studying software engineering, helps incoming students move in at the Polytechnic campus.
Photo by Marcus Chormicle/ASU Now
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Rachael Shantz, a freshman studying air traffic management, decorates her room on the Polytechnic campus with important reminders.
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Movers wait for the next wave of students to arrive at the Polytechnic campus on Saturday.
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Nutrition senior Brittaney Vech (left) helps nursing freshman Annika Poulin of Chandler unload her possessions from the car at Taylor Place on Friday. Around 1,000 students moved into the downtown campus residence hall Friday and Saturday.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Sports journalism freshman Evan Oscherwitz gets a hug from his little sister, Emma, 11, as they wait for their parents at the Taylor Place move-in on Friday on the Downtown Phoenix campus.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Sophomore student Yazmin Alatorre talks to her roommate at Taylor Place during move-in Friday.
Photo by Summer Sorg/ASU Now
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Students, families and movers line up for the ride up the elevators to their rooms at Taylor Place on Friday.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Community Assistant Jasee Whitten (left) and Terrell Brown, a residential college student leader, welcome new students and their parents to the Taylor Place residence hall Friday in Phoenix.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Shane Everitt (left) of Ventura, California, and her parents, Laura and Tim, and her sister, Kylie, pose for a quick picture at the Taylor Place during move-in Friday in Phoenix.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Thirty-four ASU @ Havasu students moved into Lake Havasu Hall this weekend, the largest class to move into the dorms since the location's opening in 2015.
Photo by Abbie Anderson, ASU Havasu student
And from parent receptions and job fairs to whitewashing the "A" and Sparky's Day of Service, find all the details on this week's Welcome Events.
Video by Dana Lewandowski/ASU
Top photo: (From right) Community assistants and W. P. Carey students Natalie Jester, Alex McCall, Arabi Mabingani and Josh Oliver dance on the second floor and greet new Sun Devils as they move in at the Hassayampa residence hall on the Tempe campus on Saturday. Photo by Deanna Dent/ASU Now
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