Anonymous
Post 08/24/2025 05:44     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
DSs small. It well known school has a fire works tradition at the start of each semester.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2025 05:28     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling OP is trolling. Otherwise, she would just name the school. I've never heard of any school having an orientation like that.

Pitt used to have fireworks for orientation but they switched to a drone show this year.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 23:51     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling OP is trolling. Otherwise, she would just name the school. I've never heard of any school having an orientation like that.
Not trolling at all. It was Chapman University--very positive experience. I just didn't think the specific school was relevant.


That sounds so over-the-top it actually made me cringe.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 23:47     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Apparently Duke is also way OTT.


It was last year with the Ed Sheeran concert.

Of course, they fired a bunch of people 9 months later and now have a hiring freeze…..

So…..


Ed Sheeran was for the Duke Centennial in September, not orientation. They do have fireworks on campus for the students once a year though
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 23:15     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling OP is trolling. Otherwise, she would just name the school. I've never heard of any school having an orientation like that.
Not trolling at all. It was Chapman University--very positive experience. I just didn't think the specific school was relevant.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 21:19     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
I have a feeling OP is trolling. Otherwise, she would just name the school. I've never heard of any school having an orientation like that.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 21:17     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:OP, here. We actually loved the whole experience. Fireworks aside, the campus was swarming with friendly, helpful student volunteers, and the whole move-in/orientation process was incredibly well orchestrated. It ended with a candle light ceremony on a quad. Yes, pretty OTT, but we felt good about leaving DS in their hands.


Which school?
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 21:15     Subject: Re:Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
It ended with a candle light ceremony on a quad.


Odd. Kinda creepy
I wouldn't like most of what you described. Was this High Point?
Liberty? Or some other pretend college?


It was lovely actually. And no it was not High Point, Liberty, or any other “pretend” school.


So just name the school already
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 21:14     Subject: Re:Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
It ended with a candle light ceremony on a quad.


Odd. Kinda creepy
I wouldn't like most of what you described. Was this High Point?
Liberty? Or some other pretend college?


Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 21:00     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Princeton does a ceremonial march through the front gate.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 19:58     Subject: Re:Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
It ended with a candle light ceremony on a quad.


Odd. Kinda creepy
I wouldn't like most of what you described. Was this High Point?
Liberty? Or some other pretend college?


It was lovely actually. And no it was not High Point, Liberty, or any other “pretend” school.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 19:54     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD's orientation featured Playfair, which she hated in 2022 as much as I did in 1986. I was not particularly impressed.


What's Playfair?



Commerical cult induction service.

https://playfair.com/
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 19:51     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Privates tend to have multiple days of programming and fanfare. Both my elite and mid-level kids had same


Elite and mid-level...taking benefit of doubt that you were describing the ''caliber'' of the school, but what a nice way to describe your kids


Wasn’t intended as commentary on my kids, was more commenting that it was norm at privates in general as people were mentioning Duke and acting like it was a top school thing, etc.


Where do your “mid-level” kids go?
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 19:45     Subject: Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Privates tend to have multiple days of programming and fanfare. Both my elite and mid-level kids had same


Elite and mid-level...taking benefit of doubt that you were describing the ''caliber'' of the school, but what a nice way to describe your kids


Wasn’t intended as commentary on my kids, was more commenting that it was norm at privates in general as people were mentioning Duke and acting like it was a top school thing, etc.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 19:25     Subject: Re:Orientation - Crazy, large scale production!
It ended with a candle light ceremony on a quad.


Odd. Kinda creepy
I wouldn't like most of what you described. Was this High Point?
Liberty? Or some other pretend college?