<p>What is the nature of the essay that we have to write?</p>
<p>Do we choose from a list of topics or something? Do we have to have it written before we attend orientation on the 21st?</p>
<p>This website contains all information on the summer reading assignment. =)</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University 2009 New Student Reading Project](<a href=“http://reading.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://reading.cornell.edu/)</p>
<p>ah thanks for the excellent link. So just to make sure, we choose one of those questions and write a standard essay on it?</p>
<p>Yes 10char</p>
<p>when’s this essay due? first day of O week?</p>
<p>I think we hand it in during the GoW group discussions…check your O booklet for the date.</p>
<p>Just a tip, if you’re not enthusiastic about doing this essay, there’s really no point in doing it. Doing a good job might win you some money. The way it works is you hand in your essay during a small group discussion with a few other people from your dorm. You really just put it in a pile and they read them later, so as long as you give them something it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>If you’re feeling especially creative, you could write a joke essay, it might give the readers a laugh. Might I suggest the topic, “The Wrath of Grapes”?</p>
<p>I refuse to read the book.</p>
<p>Just wondering if any current or former student could answer this:</p>
<p>What’s the form of the discussion generally like? I’m guessing that it probably varies immensely among the different discussion leaders, but is there a set of questions that they run through or is it like a free for all?</p>
<p>Im not sure of the exact format of the group discussions, but from what I’ve heard, they don’t care if you read the book or not. It sounds pretty slack.</p>
<p>They sit you in a circle somewhere on campus, hopefully outside if it’s nice and have some grad student/prof/high school english teacher lead a discussion. Don’t worry about it, just go to it and hand in your essay.</p>
<p>honestly I had been advised by friends at Cornell to just skip that discussion session…</p>
<p>can we skip the discussion session?</p>
<p>yes, you can, easily.</p>
<p>has anyone done it and not get into trouble?</p>
<p>One of the kids on my floor skipped it and didn’t get into any trouble.</p>