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Orientation tomorrow!

  • It was one of the most boring days of my life. I must have picked a bad day because it was nothing but douchebags when I went. I would suggest just trying to talk to as many girls as possible. It's always easy to make guy friends on campus but girls are a commodity.

    MSUManiac13

  • The nostalgia. It's got me.

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    TheBlitzIsOn

  • The only thing I remember about orientation was looking at An empty dance floor , grabbing the girl next to me and starting the dance party. Looking back one of my prouder moments that can be a
    Metaphor for life, jump right in!

    Held it down for Monty Held it down For Iz

    IZZOBall ●

  • do they still play that goofy game where you have to guess all these crazy statistics about STDs and drug related deaths/arrests? and don't bring any booze or stuff, they WILL kick you out of school, not just orientation. if you can't go without the temptation for two days, how will you act when there's no outside pressure to stay on top of things.

    oh, and meet as many people as you can. get numbers and stay in touch over summer so you have people outside your high school and dorm that you know. bring a deck of cards or something as well, that was a good way to meet people too.

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    East Lansing- A Drinking Town with a Football Problem

    tLonelyStoner ●

  • BRING A FAN.

    It was probably 95 when I had mine and trying to sleep was awful. Pretty much a huge waste of time. Just try and get through it quickly.

    Buffalo Spartan ●

  • The most memorable thing I recall from mine was driving home and hearing that OJ Simpson's ex-wife had been killed and they weren't sure if he was a suspect.

    Larry Kazamias

  • Larry Kazamias said...

    The most memorable thing I recall from mine was driving home and hearing that OJ Simpson's ex-wife had been killed and they weren't sure if he was a suspect.

    Not to hijack the thread, but I was staying on campus at the exact same time. Jud Heathcote's cager camp wrapped up that day. I went home and watched the bronco chase all night.

    Back to orientation...lots of good advice on here. If they still have placement tests, try your hardest.

    BigGreenHouse ●

  • Osmo said...

    Don't be stupid enough to still be with your high school girlfriend. Fuck, was I naive. upset

    this. fuck. at least she blew up and turned into a huge bitch after we broke up

    Brodson

  • sprtnjdk said...

    DO NOT DRINK. Or do anything stupid. You'll have plenty of time for that. I hear they kick people out of state for infractions during AOP.

    Agreed. I used to work orientations about 25 years ago. They do kick people out of school for drinking, etc. They are not kidding around. they warn you about 35 times during orientation (at least they did back in the day). Take two days off or however long it is these days. Not sure how many proud CMU grads can tell this story but I know it's happened.

    Bob Vance

  • It's been 3 years to the day since my orientation.

    MSUManiac13

  • Start sounding like a college educated person, at least on the subject of orientation. After going through "Orentation", you will be "oriented", NOT "Orientated". That second one is heavily mis-used, and is NOT repeat NOT a word. It's nearly as bad as "flustrated", which is also not a word.

    And the advice to beFRIEND a hot chick sounds like a great idea!

    My Blood Runs Green.....

    jartan77

  • Orientation sucked. The polar opposite of the college experience. At orientation, they wouldn't even let us go across the streets to the tennis courts without one of the staff members.

    A few years after my own orientation, I spent the summer working at the parent orientation program. That was hilarious. So many parents watching their kids leave the nest for the first time, and breaking down in tears when we would ask something like, "Do you want to tour your student's residence hall?"

    tRCMB - Visit at your own risk of being disgusted.

    Gob_Bluth ●

  • Orientation totally sucked. Welcome week was the shizznit. Beal street used to get insane. Good times.

    MSUx2 ●

  • Gob_Bluth said...

    Orientation sucked. The polar opposite of the college experience. At orientation, they wouldn't even let us go across the streets to the tennis courts without one of the staff members.

    A few years after my own orientation, I spent the summer working at the parent orientation program. That was hilarious. So many parents watching their kids leave the nest for the first time, and breaking down in tears when we would ask something like, "Do you want to tour your student's residence hall?"

    My orientation was back when the drinking age was 18 (it switched back to 21 midway through my sophomore year...with NO GRANDFATHER CLAUSE frustrated ).

    A few of us went out for dinner. Ended up going to Red Lobster lol because none of us knew any of the local restaurants. We had a couple drinks there and bought a pint of Jack to bring back to Wonders.

    The Pantry

  • Hopefully it's better than orientation at TCU. Watch at your own peril.

    Play

    TCU - 'Call Me Maybe' Orientation Song

    TCU ambassadors (of sorts) perform their cover of "Call Me Maybe" at new student orientation. If it were me, I'd emphasize MAYBE. Also, don't get defensive. Everyone is laughable.

    http://www.youtube.com/v/Cw6KGgqvza0

    scott91575 ●

  • scott91575 said...

    Hopefully it's better than orientation at TCU. Watch at your own peril.

    roflmao I feel really bad for each and every one of those people on stage.

    tRCMB - Visit at your own risk of being disgusted.

    Gob_Bluth ●

  • scott91575 said...

    Hopefully it's better than orientation at TCU. Watch at your own peril.

    I would have walked out. The Fight Song to begin Orientation was AWESOME! As I felt like it was the first time I actually sang it as a true Spartan.

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    DMBSparty ●

  • tLonelyStoner said...

    bring a deck of cards or something as well, that was a good way to meet people too

    The only things I remember about orientation is that I had a room in Case by myself and some dudes taught me how to play spades lolnerd

    Servo

  • Orientation makes you want to not go to college.

    MSUManiac13

  • MSUManiac13 said...

    Orientation makes you want to not go to college.

    But college teaches you to always work within the boundries of a good employee contract.

    Blaykezor

  • Bob Vance said...

    Agreed. I used to work orientations about 25 years ago. They do kick people out of school for drinking, etc. They are not kidding around. they warn you about 35 times during orientation (at least they did back in the day). Take two days off or however long it is these days. Not sure how many proud CMU grads can tell this story but I know it's happened.

    We got wasted (pint of 151 for myself), smoked half an ounce of the ganja, and ordered a 20" Gumby's pizza.

    My orientation was awesome. I was ready to move in immediately (summer of '96).

    Just don't be stupid. That applies to college in general. Don't be stupid.

    This post was edited by caspper69 on 6/22/2012 at 8:11 PM

    caspper69

  • All these threads make me do is just miss college.

    Lunchables ●

  • Yeah, it was pretty boring. The 95 degree heat didn't help. No one wanted to do the 2-hour geocache, or the 2-hour neighborhood tour..

    jwarsenal9

  • manofthewild07 said...

    Wait you have 1600+ posts on here and you're not even in college yet?... huh

    Damn...that's just creepy. WTF is a minor doing on this board.

    We need to out these minors and get them banned.

    tVargMan Prime

  • Blaykezor said...

    But college teaches you to always work within the boundries of a good employee contract.

    Indeed. In-fuckin-deed.

    MSUManiac13

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