<p>Lucy: I don't know what you're considering "actual" Orientation week, but I would recommend that you be there Saturday the 26th at the latest.</p>
<p>What's the earliest we can come? :)</p>
<p>I think thats 18th Aug.....thats when most internationals would e arriving...:) if you are doing an FPOP, I think you must arrive by monday the 21st</p>
<p>i hope they'll allow us to crash at our temp dorms if we arrive early =P</p>
<p>If you're planning to come early, it's probably a good idea to email the house</a> manager of your temp dorm to let him/her know you're coming early.</p>
<p>Summer housing ends mid-month (around the 15th usually), so your room will be open, but you certainly want to make sure they've gotten around to cleaning it by the time you arrive.</p>
<p>EDIT, to answer question below: To be completely clear, you can't arrive until the summer housing kids have moved back to their fall rooms. Usually this happens around the 15th of August. You should email the house manager of your temp dorm to find out for sure, since the move-back date varies according to the whims of the particular house manager (and according to construction projects, cleaning schedules, new furniture delivery, etc).</p>
<p>Last year a friend of mine had a friend who was early by one day, they placed her early. Does any one have any more concrete knowledge on this? What is the earliest we can safely arrive if we aren't attending the international orientation or the pre-orientation?</p>
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my son needed to arrive a day early last year because he was going straight to school from being in Europe. First they said he couldn't move into housing a day early if he wasn't involved in int'l orientation or pre-orientation, but then we whined and got it okayed. If you want to get there early and hope to move into a dorm room, just work it out in advance.</p>
<p>On the subject of playfair even if you don't believe the people telling you that it's horrible on this forum you'll learn as the time gets closer and closer to the event. </p>
<p>My orientation leader even told me not to go and begged everyone not to so she wouldn't have to. </p>
<p>Also the drug/rape/alcohol/sex thing is pretty cheesy and is followed by an alcohol disscussion which is pretty awkward for both those who have drank and those who have not. If I could do it over again I would have skipped that as well. Though you should definetly get the emergency numbers those are the only things worth getting in the whole thing, cause you never know.</p>
<p>Hi all,
I've been reading this thread, and I've had this nagging feeling that as an Orientation Leader, I should defend it a bit. Sure, a lot of the events will seem kind of cheesy/awkward, but there's no real way (that I can think of) to make Ice-Breakers not be awkward. There are definitely some really great orientation events. I have to admit that I didn't attend as many things as I should have during my orientation - and I regret that now.</p>
<p><em>My advice</em>
Go to as many events as you can. You won't miss out on anything crucial by GOING to orientation events. I promise. Just go in with an open mind, knowing that everyone is feeling just as awkward as you, and embrace that. (At Playfair, you ended up sitting on the laps of people you didn't know - at least you won't have to do that!) Orientation is a weeklong event where you can act goofy/silly and it doesn't matter. Meet as many people as you can, even though you probably won't remember half of them. And just have fun.</p>
<p>Okay, this was longer than I wanted it to be, and I should get back to doing work for my UROP.</p>
<p>So...yeah. Go to events. Have fun. Have an open mind. You will have fun. :)</p>
<p>Ha! See, this is why I never became an O-leader. I could never bring myself to speak the ARC's lines for them. Of course they probaby wouldn't have me anyway...they don't want people who are too obviously pro-Dorm Rush.</p>
<p>Some of the events are good. Some of the events are bad. You sort of have to figure it out as you go. Go to the Core Dump, or whatever they call the event where you learn about different options in the GIRs. The convocation might be worth it. Dinner with your O-group is probably worth it, if for no other reason than the food.</p>
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<p>I call ******** on that if they overlap with Dorm Rush.</p>
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<p>This, I agree with. :)</p>
<p><em>snerk</em> And apparently my language is too strong for the CC forums.</p>
<p>okay, I do have to agree with jessiehl. dorm rush is important. i lived in three different dorms last year...long story. (i got some email mentioning an effort to reduce/eliminate the conflicts, but you can't get rid of them all.)
but dorm rush is really important - you want to find the right fit for yourself as soon as you can. moving isn't that much fun, especially in february. :)</p>
<p>Is a tentative orientation schedule available anywhere or do we have to arrive on campus before receiving it? Thanks</p>
<p>will they divide us into small groups during the orientation? are these groups based on your dorm assignments? where and when can i meet all other 1000+ freshmen?</p>
<p>Orientation groups are now at least partially based on your temp dorm assignments (don't even get me started on that). I think Orientation groups are about 10-15 people.</p>
<p>yes, no, playfair :o</p>
<p>so essentially we have these orientation groups that we go with to specific events but if we don't show up, no one kills us.</p>
<p>wishful: Exactly.</p>
<p>My parents noticed that Monday night of Parents' Orientation is dinner in Boston, with MIT making reservations for parents. My parents want to know if MIT pays or if there is a way of requesting a cheaper restaurant.</p>