Coffee chatting as an incoming freshman?

Before you throw ms at me me I only considered this after reading this sentence from a business club recruitment guide made by a finance club at my school: "To put the competition of recruitment into perspective, some freshmen students begin coffee chatting the summer before they arrive at Cornell." I could not come up with this 4th circle of hell idea myself.

Anyway as it seems to be acceptable in finance I was wondering if this would be considered too sweaty and cringe for consulting/give the club a bad impression of me, especially since I feel consulting is perceived to be a bit more laidback? This is a pretty neurotic post tbf but I'm the first in my family to go to a school with resources like this or even know what consulting is and I want to make the most of it.