Freshman experience; breaking the ice

Pizzagirl
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:55:36 +0000

I don’t think anyone was suggesting choosing a college based on the freshman orientation. It was just interesting to hear of unique programs that some colleges do beyond the troika of pre-week programs (wilderness, service, leadership) and beyond the usual get-to-know-your-dormmates.

I doubt you meant it this way, but your comments about UW almost struck me as sour grapes - oh, well, UW doesn’t offer all these bells and whistles, but you know, the students THERE are so cool and independent they don’t need hand-holding. It’s true that it would be harder to do these kinds of activities and unify a class of however many thousands are at UW versus the classes of 500 - 1500 that are at the smaller universities and LAC’s; however, that’s no reason to denigrate them.