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first-year experience

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Halloween and upcoming events

By Omar ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Halloween is coming up! This means that my fraternity will be hosting an annual Halloween event called “Goobers.” It’s something we put on for Troy public school children. We collect a bunch of leaves, fill our hallway, and pretty much make it into a haunted house. It’s really fun to dress up and decorate rooms [...]

If it isn’t apparent yet, I love college

By Christopher N. ⋅ September 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is my first blog, ever! I am a freshman working in the Office of First Year Experience and having a great time at RPI.
I am enjoying my classes (challenging, but in a fun way) and I have tons of new friends even though I’ve only been here a few weeks.
I have played tennis behind [...]

Life @ RPI

By Brian ⋅ September 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Since this is my first blog, I thought I’d begin by telling you a little about myself, and then some of my experiences at RPI thus far. There have been many factors that have helped guide me to where I am right now.
I am currently a junior pursuing a dual degree in Nuclear Engineering & [...]

First-year advice

By Chris ⋅ June 20, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Now Listening – “When Your Heart Stops Beating” – +44
Hey Everyone! Chris here again.  This week went by really fast.  We have a lot of your packets put together for orientation and everything is coming together very nicely.  I decided to use this entry to give some advice to you for your first year.  These [...]

Banner mania

By Kristi ⋅ June 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Of course there has been more and more Banner (our database system) because you guys are still sending in your Student Orientation Forms which is great! It’s almost the weekend. Just one full day of work left. Except, I can’t really say working in the Office of First-Year Experience is work, because I have a lot [...]

It was an amazing time

By Ahmad ⋅ February 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I thought that, during freshman year, living in the residence halls was going to be the worst experience, but, contrary to my opinion, I was dead wrong. It was an amazing time.

Alright, so this is going to be my very first blog entry …

By Wendy ⋅ January 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Song Playing: Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon
Alright, so this is going to be my very first blog entry, so I guess I’ll just give a brief summarization life so far. I came from a highly populated public school from the city with a graduating class of 786(?) students. RPI’s class of 2012 [...]

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