<p>Hey, can anyone tell me the approximate date of the freshman orientation last year? And do you have to go back home after the orientation, or would it be appropriate to merely go straight to your dorms (if it's close to the time of classes) Also, when do early decision acceptees get their housing information???</p>
<p>I think orientation started around the 21st of August last year. You can go to the Cornell website, and look up “academic calendar” for the exact dates. Basically, you move in to your dorm on move-in day, and orientation starts right after that. It lasts about a week. You don’t go home, and there are planned activities throughout the week. </p>
<p>There is no difference in housing applications for ED and RD applicants. You will fill out your housing preferences sometime in May, and get your room assignment in late June or early July, if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>What is the best housing for freshman? and is there a compatibility survey for choosing roommates? d is accepted to CALS, but has not seen the school yet, we will go in april.</p>
<p>also where is closest to campus to stay?
thanks</p>
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<p>there’s the academic calendar for the next several years, freshmen orientation is on it</p>
<p>as for 4giggles question</p>
<p>freshmen don’t get to chose what housing they live in unless they want to live in program housing, however all of the freshmen housing is decent, though I’m partial to donlon my self. The layout facilitates social interaction between the people on ones floor and the floors are relatively large(90ish people) where as other dorms layouts don’t easily facilitate social interaction and other than dickson have smaller units/floors. Mews and court kay bour are the nicest physically since they are new though.</p>
<p>Freshmen housing is entirely random. Students sign up with preferences and they are given their selected room later. Unless your daughter wishes to live in one of the Program Houses, of which more info can be found here [Housing</a> - Program Houses](<a href=“Residential Life | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University”>http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/program-houses.cfm)</p>
<p>There is a compatibility survey for roommates that is completed along with the housing preferences survey online. Once completed, your daughter’s compatibility with all other freshmen who have completed the survey is shown. If she wishes, she can message these students, and possibly request one of them as a roommate.</p>
<p>There are some low end hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts right outside of Ithaca. Some prefer to stay in the other hotels in Dryden, Cortland, Homer, or Trumansburg and drive their children to orientation. Be forewarned, prices for accommodations can be outrageous, and it is best to book early.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, when you put down your preferences, make sure you put 3 different choices. My host at DHW put down MEWS for all three of his choices, and didn’t get it. </p>
<p>He got put in Akwe:Kon which he wasn’t really happy about. Haha.</p>
<p>In addition to the program houses, you can also request to live in the townhouses, or for girls, Balch Hall. My daughter lives in Balch and loves it. Big rooms, beautiful building and study areas. She originally didn’t want to live in an all women’s dorm, but now would not want to be anywhere else.</p>
<p>wait, can we also specify a religion or culture on our housing application. It’ll make things easier in my opinion =)</p>
<p>ZFabatic, from what I remember about the housing application last year you couldn’t put down any preferences for specific dorms besides the program houses or the town houses, what are you talking about?</p>