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Hello!
FROSH WEEK - I'm sure everyone has heard of it......and if you haven't, You're missing out
FROSH happens during the first week, or two of the new school year and it geared mainly towards freshies, but everyone can attend and take part.
This is the BEST TIME to meet people since everyone is in the same boat as you. I found that when I entered school, the people I met during FROSH were the same people I still talk to, hang out with, and have gotten to know over the years.
What does everyone think?
Agree? Disagree?
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Agreed, Frosh week was and still is the best week of the school year. One of the only things I really really look forward too when summer's coming to an end.
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do they get groups of people together and do activities like icebreakers? what happens exactly in a typical day during frosh week?
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Yep. I remember sitting in a circle with all my floormates, and we passed around a toilet paper roll... the number of pieces you pulled off the roll was the number of tidbits you had to tell about yourself. Not to mention everyone is going from room to room introducing themselves to one another. My advice would be to focus on meeting your floormates the first day and then meeting others the next day.
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you guys havent seen a frosh week until youve seen a queens commerce or queens eng frosh week.
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Mac's Welcome Week is fan-friggin-tastic.
Even if you live off-campus, the SOCS (society of off-campus students) still have such HIGH participation and win a lot of welcome week event stuff.
It's different for everyone. I spent most of my time getting to know my faculty, as opposed to my floor on rez, and for a long while of first semester, it would be the same people hanging out that I hung out with during frosh week. Then you branch out, etc... I'm still friends with the people on my floor, but not super close with anyone. Take frosh week to make that connection if you want it - I knew I'd get along with people from my faculty better than people in my residence, and some lifelong connections have been made there.
All that aside, it's an AMAZING week! You'll be out in the sun, cheering, yelling, playing sports, etc... You feel like you're all of 6 years old again, and there's NEVER a dull moment. The only setback is that you're not allowed to sign anyone in during Welcome Week, so unless you're partying with people from your rez, or at someone's house off-campus/bar/club, then you'll probably be outside. Also, the welcome week reps have to sign a contract not to drink during that week at ALL, so if you become a representative (WLU calls them icebreakers, they're just the people who come out and try to make you have fun and participate in the events) the n you can't drink. But well.. how many reps ACTUALLY follow that is another story; you'll get to be really close with the other reps (of your faculty or residence) and since you're now in 2nd/3rd/4th year, then you probably have your own place off-campus and can party there/go to a bar.
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It seems to have the same effects of Grade Nine night when they entered high school. Just stupid initiations and information we'd never use. I'd like to skip it if possible.
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D.Dickin wrote:It seems to have the same effects of Grade Nine night when they entered high school. Just stupid initiations and information we'd never use. I'd like to skip it if possible. wow its NOTHING like that It's just like iGeorge said its AWESOME even though it may sound kind of lame. Don't miss it or you'll regret it!!
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D.Dickin wrote:It seems to have the same effects of Grade Nine night when they entered high school. Just stupid initiations and information we'd never use. I'd like to skip it if possible. If you go in with that kind of attitude, your university social life wont look too hot. I've seen it so many times. Some people start off university with a sort of "too cool for school" outlook, spend most of their frosh week sitting around in their rez....next thing you know, their 4 years are over and they realize they really didnt have very much fun at all. I'd say at least give it a real chance. Yes, a lot of the events are stupid....but thats the point. This isnt high school anymore, its okay to have fun again.
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I think Frosh Week is great, and certainly think everyone should get involved in it with an open mind and relaxed demeanour.
At the same time, however, lets not overemphasis the importance of the week. Yes, you'll meet a ton of people, but odds are that you won't stay in contact with over 3/4 of them after a few weeks of school. I've only kept 1 close friend from frosh week throughout my four years of study, met everyone else at some other time in some other way.
So, is frosh week fun, should you go? YES. Is it going to be the be a determining force in your social life for the duration of your time at university? Probably not.
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Its not really about meeting friends...it always puzzled me why everyone thought that.
What frosh week is about is acclimatizing new students to University life.
Most people go in very nervous and anxious about university. But after spending a week acting like a pre-school child, you generally become a lot more relaxed and comfortable with the whole "on your own" deal.
I mean, after acting like a complete moron for a week in front of thousands of people you dont know, getting involved on campus and meeting new people doesnt seem so intimidating now does it?
Its all about starting things off on the right foot.
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FROSH WEEK. I'm told its huge. While I'm spending some of it at my college; My girlfriend is at Waterloo and a few of my good friends go to Laurier that I want to visit during Frosh Week; well.. more like, I was invited- and I have trouble saying no! They want me to join them in the nightlife; my girlfriend is also asking if the stuff that goes on with the University during the day is useful?
My big question though is if its appropriate to participate in frosh week, if you don't go to the school.. and will you be lynched for doing so? I've told them I don't want to change the experience for them and it may not be the best idea, but they are adament on me going. I don't know what to do :/
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Here's just some of the maannnyy things we're doing at my frosh week this year at York:
black light party, campus tours, comedy or hypnotist show, toga party, condom olympics, pros vs. joes, carnival, water wars, capture the flag, laser tag, ikea trip, island party, wonderland, wasaga beach, boat cruise... It sounds so awesome! I signed up a couple weeks ago.
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Noel wrote:D.Dickin wrote:It seems to have the same effects of Grade Nine night when they entered high school. Just stupid initiations and information we'd never use. I'd like to skip it if possible. If you go in with that kind of attitude, your university social life wont look too hot. I've seen it so many times. Some people start off university with a sort of "too cool for school" outlook, spend most of their frosh week sitting around in their rez....next thing you know, their 4 years are over and they realize they really didnt have very much fun at all. I'd say at least give it a real chance. Yes, a lot of the events are stupid....but thats the point. This isnt high school anymore, its okay to have fun again. I'm not there for fun to begin with. I'm there for an education and to become qualified for a professional career. If I wanted to act like an idiot (which I don't) with some friends for a few hours I'd do that on my own time. Casual drinking around the house is one thing, drug use and pointless initiation ceremonies is another.
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Yeah I stopped going to frosh week at my school after the first day, I don't regret it at all, and I still made lots of friends. However, I wasn't super nervous about university, already knew the campus quite well, and since I was attending uni in my hometown I already had many friends going there.
So if it's the sort of thing you're into, go for it, but if not, I don't think it's that big a deal.
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D.Dickin wrote:
I'm not there for fun to begin with. I'm there for an education and to become qualified for a professional career. If I wanted to act like an idiot (which I don't) with some friends for a few hours I'd do that on my own time. Casual drinking around the house is one thing, drug use and pointless initiation ceremonies is another.
Ok nobody said anything about drug use and I think you don't quite understand what frosh week is. You also sound boring/lame and WAY too serious
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Concordia frosh sounds pretty rad for arts& science. Its gonna be Wild West themed and there are no initiation rituals. Some of the things they say we are doing over 5 days;
* Booze cruise!
* Pub Crawl!
* Club night!
* Waterslides!
* Camping!
* Water balloon fights!
* Giant inflatable games!
* BBQ’s!
* FREE Cowboy Hats, and MUCH MUCH MORE!
how did they now I love waterslides?!?!
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So no word on how they take visitors at the parties?
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I think you usually need student ID to get in. I know one year my boyfriend brought his friend from the college to the university beer gardens and she couldn't get in because she didn't have university student ID (aka she didn't attend the school). But the random bar parties you could probably get into
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Most frosh-related parties, even throughout first year, allow at -least- one visitor/guest. The guest however, has to be above legal drinking age (19 & over) in order to gain entry (since most frosh-related events also serve alcohol in some quarters) and possibly register their name beforehand, while a person with university ID can easily get in without any age requirement or prior registration. If there's a particular party you know about and would like a friend/significant other to come, call up the people organizing it or contact them through the Facebook Events page (since a lot of them post these events on FB as well).
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