<p>So if I can make one clarification to what Mollie said. =)
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While, in general, Orientation is useless and attendance non-mandatory, the “drinking responsibility” thing is not a talk, it is actually a skit put on by current MIT students and is actually quite entertaining. I thought this as a freshman, and liked it so much I actually participated in it last year. So yeah, maybe it’s sort of a personal plug, but honestly, it’s a fun event, go to it! (But skip the discussion session afterward, that was brutal…)</p>
<p>Also, Convocation might be worth going to, to listen to Susan Hockfield tell you how special you are before you start failing tests and feeling dumb. =)</p>