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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people in this thread are confusing the 1-2 day summer orientation with the move-in week?

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Ivy-types and other privates typically do not have a summer orientation. That is typically a state school thing because most students are in-state and can travel easily twice. Ivies and national/international elites cannot have students come to campus for 1-2 days in the middle of summer then come again 6 weeks later for move-in. 
Instead, the 4-7 days between freshman move in and the first day of class is the orientation, often filled with scheduled activities and (alcohol-free) parties put on by the school. Orientation mentors(upperclassmen) lead the freshman through many curated activities in the day, and the schools usually have at least one big freshman party. Many students "pre-game" and drink before those parties or smuggle a small bottle in. That has happened since 1990 and before and frankly there was more debauchery at my ivy O-week than there seems to be now at similar schools and from a friend who has a son at my ivy. Fewer students drink these days, and those that do drink a lot less than students did 30 yrs ago. It is a good thing. [/quote]

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