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[quote=Anonymous]Yale is v good for this: The first week+ is full of mandatory stuff. You're never in your room. And you are placed in several circles of people.
- Your entryway. Depending on dorm layout, this is about 10 kids who are either on your floor on in your door. They were first to meet and they met every night at 10pm for a while. For a meeting or spike ball or whatever. Lead by RAs
- Your FroCo group. Another group you were randomly assigned to. This also met daily during the first week. About 8 kids plus upperclassman guides. 
- Your FOOT group. First-Year Outdoor Orientation Trips. a 3-4 day hiking trip. (you can choose another thing other than hiking, but these are all 3-4 day off sites). Another 8 kids and 2 upperclassmen. 
- Your residential college. That's 100 kids.

So that first week - and beyond - you are going from activity to activity and you end up knowing not one orientation group (like when I went to college), but really about 30 kids really well and several upperclassman plus your 3 suite mates have also made several circles of friends and you feel one degree away from a lot of people by your second or third week there.  [/quote]

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