freshman orientation and general questions

Hawkwings
Mon, 03 May 2010 03:52:46 +0000

Orientation during the summer is for freshmen to get together, go around campus, hang out, make friends, and register for classes. There is also “Welcome Week” which is pretty much the week before classes start. There are TONS of activities for freshmen organized by basically every official and unofficial group on campus, be their university staff, greek, club sports teams, academic organizations, social clubs, whatever. Basically, if you’re a freshman and it’s welcome week, you shouldn’t need to pay money for food or use your meal plan for the entire week, considering the amount of free food that will be handed out to you.

You will probably get a New/North double, there are lots of those. If not, then probably Parkside. There is no one “personality” that every dorm has, from what I’ve heard, Pardee used to be crazy party dorm before I lived there. New/North is usually pretty crazy, but that’s mostly because so many people live there. A&H lends itself well to getting to know your suitemates very well and not so much the people in other suites. After all, there’s two doors between the hallway and your room, not just one.

Lots of people stay around on weekends. Obviously some local kids go home, but it’s not like campus empties out or anything.