How to survive the MTC part 2

• The first couple of days at the MTC are the most overwhelming days of your life. The Second day at the MTC will be the longest days of your life. Prepare yourselves for it now. It's completely overwhelming and you are thinking to yourself about how you regret everything. it will be okay. Just make it to Sunday, and then the time at the MTC flies by incredibly fast. Missions are really interesting. The days are long, but the weeks fly by and in no time you will be off to your mission. 
• You get these little cards at the MTC with the picture that you submitted with your papers. You need to have this card at all times, so bring a lanyard or the MTC bookstore has these really cools lanyard things. You also get $8.00 a week on your card, which is perfect because on each floor in the dormitory there are vending machines with so much food and perfect way to beat the late night hungers. Especially on Tuesday nights because you skipped dinner to go to devotional. 
• If you are learning a new language, you get a set of scriptures in that language. 
• The MTC bookstore is the best. It has everything in it, so you can buy study material, candy, um more candy ( no wonder my gall bladder broke) You can also buy MTC sweat pants (BUY THE SWEAT PANTS) and the stripling warriors mama's boys shirts. It is a Men's shirt but I just had to have it. I love representin that Helaman's army. Oh, and you can get everything engraved at the MTC bookstore...for free! It truly is the happiest place on earth. 
• be prepared to wait for your visa..for like a really long time. It will come eventually. Everything works out in Heavenly Fathers time. Don't stress. be cool and enjoy the ride.
• Bring your patriarchal blessing. I know this may sound like a no brainier, but I forgot mine and I really wished I had it during my time at the MTC. You can also get it laminated for like a nickle.
• Once a week you have a service assignment, where you just clean for like an hour and half. It's kind of fun and it gets you out of the classroom. ( be prepared to spend like 11 hours a day there)
• Most of the time in your classroom in your district studying by themselves. you see your teachers for like 3 hours.  Usually once in the morning and then in the evening.
• If you are learning a new language, you use this computer program called TALL. It is incredibly obnoxious, but my best advice would be to use it for your good. It is there for a purpose and you can learn really good grammar techniques from it. Also, it's sign off song will be stuck in your head until you reach the Celestial Kingdom.
• On your very first day, be prepared for your teachers to only speak to you in your mission language. It is so scary! BUT IT GETS BETTER. I promise you. 
• This girl in my zone had a 42 minute wall sit and gym and currently holds the record. I dare you to break it.
• The musical numbers at the MTC are the craziest, most amazing thing ever. It's like America's got talent-mormon style. This really isn't advice but be prepared to be amazed. If you are amazingly talent, audition!
• Getting a seat in Choir is a challenge. be prepared to leave an hour before it even starts. The choir director is amazing by the way.
• You WILL have the moment where you are walking out of devotional with a trillion other missionaries and you get you lost from your companion and the first thought that goes through your head is "MY GOSH, THEY COULD BE SINNING!" relax. everything will be okay. Disclaimer: you probably shouldn't make obnoxious bird sounds like I did. I'll be mature one day....
• Get the bottom bunk. Life is just easier on the bottom bunk.