<p>Is it good clean fun, or do many students drink, etc.? Outside of the standard business and meeting new people, I literally have no idea what to expect.</p>
<p>Drinking is not allowed (it is illegal to drink under 21 anyway). There were 4 girls got kicked out from the first orientation section because of drinking alcohol (although not drunk). There is zero tolerance on that. I’ve heard they were all oos from the East coast. My D said it was really fun even though she did not stay in the dorm (we are local). She did miss a couple social activities because of that.</p>
<p>It is what you make it. </p>
<p>You’ll meet tons of people, get a feel for the campus, dorm life, etc. I’m still close with friends I made in my orientation. You may hear of some parties, but I wouldn’t recommend going out. You’ll have plenty of time for that during welcome week and over the next four years ;)</p>
<p>Plenty of people definitely go out and drink during orientation. A lot don’t, but to say that they’re super strict about it or that it doesn’t happen during orientation is incorrect.</p>
<p>There was a girl escorted via ambulance during my daughter’s orientation for being so drunk. My daughter and her friends watched her stumble in and loudly cause a scene ( this was at night). Bill is right that 4 girls were sent home total for alcohol. They have to appear before a disciplinary board at UM, and admission may be an issue. In addition to MIP charges. </p>
<p>They are super serious about no alcohol at orientation. </p>
<p>That being said- my daughter had a fabulous time at orientation and made new friends. She loved it. </p>
<p>Bill- the girls who were booted were from an online group that has social meet ups, based on their East Coast location. They also had matching purses. </p>
<p>It was strange, to say the least. They also coordinated their daily outfits. One Monday they wore white, for example. </p>
<p>My daughter and her friends were amused. LOL </p>
<p>It seems our D were in the same orientation session. My D told me about that incident and said the school has empasized several times on the first day of orientation about the no drinking policy before that happened. </p>
<p>I was there the night of the incident. I am interested to know who is your daughters are because there were very few people out that late of night and we were all together. Therefore, I might know them. Obviously, you don’t have to reveal their identities. As for drunkards, yes, they went to an apartment nearby and had too much to drink. They were immediately kicked out even though there were numerous warnings given out. Unfortunately, they decided to disregard those warnings and suffered the consequences. Overall, orientation was very interesting. It was a different setting for me to say the least. Additionally, it gave me a helpful glance into what the future may look like. </p>
<p>My D was not actually there as she did not stay in the dorm. She was told by other students the next day when she returned to the orientation.</p>
<p>My daughter was in the lobby with with her friends and watched it all transpire. She did not go out, but watched the one student leave by ambulance. </p>
<p>Yes, it was late at night, but the wildest thing my daughter and her friends did was get Insomniac cookies. There were quite a few people awake and in the lobby hanging when the ambulance arrived, and that was at 12:30, at the latest. </p>
<p>Her orientation roommate was one of the people sent home. Although she only saw her once, because she basically announced she was planning on partying and moved into someone else’s room. LOL </p>
<p>It is what you make of it, as someone previously said. They’re not strict on alcohol as long as you’re not stupid about it (get blackout drunk or have alcohol in the dorm). They’re only strict if you get caught and it’s really easy not to. You can choose to do so or not. There’s plenty else to do.</p>
<p>Hahaha! Pretty much everyone goes out and drinks. They might tell our parents it’s like a boy/girl scout camp but you get to do whatever you want. The “We sent girls home last session” is told to every session! Same kind of hollow scare tactic like when they tell everybody to keep the SEM2 of senior year up, or not to drop any APs or they risk having their acceptance rescinded. It’s bs.</p>
<p>@Oliver18 It is not a scare tactic. It did happen and there are plenty of witnesses above already.</p>
<p>@billcsho My girlfriend did orientation for summer semester and they told her group pretty much the exact same story they told mine, which is pretty similar to what this thread describes. “Drinking is not allowed” is laughable. You can do whatever you want and as long as you don’t come back to the dorm with alcohol poisoning nobody will care or notice. The OP asked what happens and I’m giving s/he an accurate response. Did I tell my parents I went out and got drunk? No. I said I went to chipotle and played pool. ^_^</p>
<p>My daughter took pics of the ambulance. LOL I woke up to texts and pics. LOL</p>
<p>I don’t think it was a scare tactic, since it actually happened. </p>
<p>Most people did not go out drinking. Some people did. Most people did not. </p>
<p>No one “told” my daughter the story. She watched it. Because she was there. </p>
<p>If your girlfriend had orientation after my kid and Bill’s kid, I would assume they told the group the story/ the one that actually happened. Not to be obnoxious, but duh. LOL </p>
<p>At my son’s orientation one of the dorm roommates didn’t get in until after 2:30 and then wouldn’t get up, missing his class scheduling session. It is as is said above, it is what you make of it. NOT everyone goes out drinking.</p>
<p>I’d say 1/2 of my section went out and found some parties to drink at.</p>