Especially for Incoming First-Year Students
Thank you for choosing Carnegie Mellon! We’re pleased that you have decided to spend the next few years of your life with us and we want to make it as easy as possible for you as an incoming first-year.
We’ve featured existing sections on our site like Now That I’m Enrolling, Speak to Students, and Student Hot Spots that we don’t think you should miss and developed some information just for you. We hope that we provide you with the inspiration you need for a lifetime of innovation. Welcome to Carnegie Mellon, Class of 2013!
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Our Site, Your Perspective
Below we've highlighted pages on our site that we don’t think you should miss as an incoming first-year student. Take a look around and discover Carnegie Mellon from your perspective. A link to this page is located at the bottom of every page in the site so you can return here easily.
First-Year Orientation
www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/first-year/orientation/
We know that going away to college is a big transition and the orientation program at Carnegie Mellon is designed to make that transition easier. Orientation is a weeklong program organized by current Carnegie Mellon students to introduce incoming students to each other, the campus and local community. Over 100 current students will welcome you and your family to campus and will work hard throughout Orientation to make sure it is a memorable week and a great introduction to life at Carnegie Mellon.
Exciting events during Orientation will include Playfair - a giant ice breaker (like none you've ever seen) that the entire first year class and orientation staff participate in. Other events during the week include Kick Off to College Life which celebrates the diversity of the first year class, academic meetings where you will meet faculty from your college, theme dinners that celebrate Pittsburgh and the rich cultures on campus, Convocation which is our formal welcome to the campus community by the president and other campus administrators, Casino Night, Clippership Cruise and House Wars, a fun filled event where students from the different Residence Halls try to outdo one another in an Olympic style physical and intellectual competition.
To help incoming students adjust to their new 'home away from home' Orientation 2009 will:
- Expose you to campus services, resources and community standards
- Help you with transitional issues related to your academic, personal and social adjustment
- Provide you with a sense of lasting community by helping you forge new friendships
- Share the diversity that makes Carnegie Mellon a special place
- Create a springboard for you to make your mark at Carnegie Mellon
- Encourage class unity and campus involvement
- Introduce you to Pittsburgh and all that it has to offer
- Offer you lots of fun
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