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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most schools will have activities for the students. They aren’t mandatory so your student will have put his phone down and leave the room.

10 years ago, I attended a parent orientation and a mother asked if the RA noticed her kid wasn’t leaving the room, would they stop by to encourage him to participate in activities?  Yikes, the poor moderator had to set this parent straight. [/quote]

THIS ^^.  Honestly, some parents seem to think their kids are still ten years old and going away to summer camp for the first time.

Most schools have freshman orientation week(s), full of activities, etc.  But the student needs to be proactive and actually GO to these activities, rather than sitting in their room waiting for someone to take them by the hand.  [/quote]

And reading these replies make me realize how so much of this depends on the kid.  I hated the mandatory freshman into 1 credit class I had to take my freshman year.  It seemed like a waste of time.

DS eliminated a few schools after hearing about all of their dorm activities because he thought it felt babyish. He’s more of an introvert and asked if he could be allowed to live off campus.  Yes, I told him he didn’t have to go to these but you could see how some students on the tour loved it.  [/quote]

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