<p>so my orientation starts on a saturday (move in) and ends the next wednesday (when soph/juniors/seniors arrive and classes start on thursday.</p>
<p>i was just wondering...even though you really arent too close to anyone at that time (friend wise), are there a lot of parties going on (even tho most students are under 21)? i think it would be a good way to make friends, and i just want to know if most kids party those nights, or if they spend them all couped up and lonely in their dorm rooms.</p>
<p>also, is it a given that you will become good friends with your roommate? i dont want to feel like i need to hang out with him if he seems anti-social...just a random concern i have</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>there might be some summer rush frat parties, but there should be something going on</p>
<p>note: my college has no frats/sororities. thought i might mention that because of the above.</p>
<p>Well my buddy at work who was a freshman at my school (UMD) last year said basically for the first two weeks, you can walk into parties, uninvited, unknown and nobody cares at all. So maybe that's how it is at every school.</p>
<p>i attended my orientation about a month ago. the people there tried to scare us into not partying b/c a few kids' admissions have been rescinded, but if you're careful, it's really not a big deal. i know at my school, the partying was pretty widespread. lots of drinking. i went to an off campus party. it was ideal: fun and safer.</p>
<p>I'd think that an off campus party was not safer...isn't it more safe to party on campus?</p>
<p>Not necessarily, the faculty will be wary of student disturbances. Plus campus rules tend to be far stricter than off-campus policy (any excess alcohol at Cal will get you in deep ****, but off-campus, you aren't even arrested for possessing marijuana).</p>
<p>people got in trouble if they were caught drinking or smoking on campus. if you and whoever you're hanging out with don't make a scene, though, most likely you'll be fine.</p>
<p>one of my friends from orientation lives in boulder, so he knows people who already attend CU. we walked to their house a couple of blocks away. it seemed a lot smarter than some kids who were hiding from the administration outside the door as they took their shots. all i had to do was walk back and act normal. it's not like they're looking for people to get in trouble. they know that a lot of students drink, and there's really nothing that's going to change that. however, if they notice disturbances, they'll do something about it.</p>
<p>Here's my advice: Don't just find a bunch of other freshmen and get trashed in your first few days. Seriously, you have four years to do that, and it's a lot more risky to do it when some of the people with you have never drank before and are intoxicated by the idea of being away from home for the first time.</p>
<p>My experience (I'm a rising senior) is that all-freshman parties in the first few days of weeks of college are much more likely to result in people ending up in the hospital, much more likely to get busted, and much more likely to result in the school cracking down on partying (which will get the upperclassmen irritated with you), than are parties later on with people from a mix of classes. If you're bored in the first few days, go explore your campus or your new town.</p>
<p>I know of several students who were arrested at orientation for the class of 2010 and they had to go through the same judicial process that any student would. This is not a good way to start your college career since once you've gone through judicial once, they are far less tolerant of you.</p>
<p>Explore your town or meet some new people in the first few days. Cheap beer will always be the same and you don't make any extra friends by being a party animal.</p>
<p>Well, our orientation was on a Wednesday and Thursday in June...some dumb chicks got all dressed up on the first night to go downtown and had their damn orientation neck badges on so they were basically walking around with a target on their foreheads...some people try TOO hard...what the hell are you gonna do in a college town during the summer on a Wednesday night when no one's in town</p>
<p>yeah you have 4 years to party all you want, why bother during orientation. sounds like a bunch of insecure kids who need to prove they're cool.</p>
<p>actually, i tend to be more social when i drink, as do many of my friends, so i thought it would be a way to socialize and a good way to meet some people, not a way to "prove im cool." have you never met anyone you became a friend with at a party? i know i have</p>
<p>its not like we are gonna be drunk all day, just maybe a night or so, which isnt a lot considering orientation is five days long...i think we will have had ample time to explore the campus by then. </p>
<p>thanks to those of you who have had some very good points, and who have made me consider the consequences.</p>
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<p>The real question is--why not? Haha. Anyway, on my orientation (two days, one night)...me and a friend just ducked out during a reception for parents to meet up with their kids before dinner (neither of ours were there) and went to his house to get a fan, and acquired some SoCo and cheap vodka from his brother. We left the stuff in my car and went back to orientation...we were free after like 10:30, so we just got the stuff and (after walking to Wawa for chips and soda) just invited random people on orientation to our room as we walked back (it was a triple, so we fit a bunch of people). Someone put on some music and we just chilled in there for a while. It was cool. Then we just hung out outside on the steps and talked (left the stuff upstairs). People would come up to us, and we would take them upstairs and come back down. We made a final Wawa run at 2:00 for a last snack before sleeping. It was tame, but we still enjoyed ourselves.</p>
<p>"actually, i tend to be more social when i drink, as do many of my friends, so i thought it would be a way to socialize and a good way to meet some people"</p>
<p>This is a bad habit to get into. Meet people while sober. You're going to have to learn how to be social sometime, so try going to a party and not drinking, or just meeting people in other ways. Try joining a club. Say hello to someone who interests you. Join an activity other orientees are doing. But don't get drunk just for the sake of "meeting people." And if you mess up, orientation is a bad time to do it, as schools tend to be stricter since you're temporarily their responsibility (not as much the case when you're living on campus full time) and getting your acceptance pulled would be a bad way to start your college career.</p>
<p>Summer Frat Rush Parties? First, be aware that likely, the frat houses won't even be open. It's the damn summer. But you can be an ******* and see what you can come up with on that front. </p>
<p>If your school has a cool bar/downtown scene, that's something to do at night, but just be prepared that there might not be much going on being that only summer semester is in session, especailly if you go on like a week day. Just make sure u have a fake.</p>
<p>Alchohal in your temporary dorm or car? Cool way to make friends but just be really smart about it, otherwise you'll look like a big d-bag getting caught and whatnot.</p>
<p>As for the day time, best thing to do is to skip out on some orientation meetings. Trust me, plenty of people at orientation will be bored and looking for someone to skip with. This is a really cool way to meet people.</p>