New College of Florida 2014 Orientation

Welcome to the blog for the New College of Florida 2014 Orientation team! Here we will offer resources and information, as well as updates, about your upcoming experience in orientation and time at the New College of Florida! We will also have the ask box open to ask any and all questions you all may have! "Make Bianca do it" background photo of the bay taken by taylor meredith

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how much does a meal plan cost for the freshman dorm

This blog is inactive and out of date, but I did see this message so I’ll answer it. For fall, the base plan is $1504.36, for spring it’s $1157.20, a total $2661.56. You can also upgrade if you choose to - there are two more levels. Fall is more expensive because it includes fall semester and the ISP period in January, whereas Spring is only the spring semester. -Bianca

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This is the new blog!

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This is the new blog!

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This is the new blog!

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This is the new blog!

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Will there be a 2015 page?

Yes, there will be! Coming soon :~)

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Hi I'm an over-eager senior in high school and I was wondering when there's going to be a Facebook group thing for students who are applying/get accepted because I need to stress out with other people :(((((((((

Students will usually make them sometime in early Spring. It's up to you guys to get that set up! Good luck!

-Bianca

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What should I do if I feel sexually harassed by one of my roommates?

File a complaint with housing. Speak to them as soon as possible, and that is something they would handle seriously. They may also be able to place you in a new housing situation fairly quickly if need be. 

-Bianca

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Where can I go on campus to meet new people like me as I feel very out of place.

Well, that depends on your personality! I can't really tell you where people you would like hang out. Reaching out to people in your classes, people you see a lot and want to hang out with, people your roommates (if you like them) hang out with all worked for me.

-Bianca

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Are students typically dormed together strategically? And also, as someone who wants to begin a ftm transition, how would I be dormed and do you personally think there would be more acceptance of this change here compared to anywhere else?

Yes. You fill out a housing form and the Housing department does try to pair you up with appropriate roommates. 

So Housing basically has an obligation to house people under 18 with people of the same legal sex  - if they're living in Pei (in which you and your roommates all live in the same room). If you live in Dort/Gold, the Letter Dorms or B-Dorm, all of which have individual bedrooms, you can get paired with anyone of any legal gender.

-Bianca

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Is the workload unbearable here? What would a typical week of schoolwork look like?

It varies wildly, depending on what year you're in to what AOC you're in. MY workload includes about a fair amount of reading - probably like 400 pages a week (but in like, novels, not textbooks), and I'm a third year Lit student. Who's bad at math so I may need to double check that calculation. I can't seak for any other group, to be honest. As long as you stay on top of your assignments and try to do them ahead of time, I think they're fairly manageable (again, only speaking for myself).

-Bianca

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Do students here normally find time to do fun things or are they always hidden?

Students here typically spend time indoors or in their rooms, from my observation. We don't spend as much time outdoors as maybe other populations might. But we do definitely have the free time available, we're not all holed up doing work all day! 

-Bianca

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Is it just me or is there way more people looking for casualties than something serious because that's starting to really irk me.

I have like no idea what this is trying to ask, to be 100 percent honest. 

-Bianca

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Which are the best dorms to live in?

It depends on your desires. Pei can be good for socializing, but you share a bedroom with people. Letter dorms are like intros to real apartments, have the biggest bedroom but no real cooking area. Dort/Gold have a nice living room space and a usable kitchen. Their individual rooms are smaller. B dorm has private rooms for everyone and communal bathrooms and kitchen. I prefer Dort/Gold, having lived in all setups but B dorm.-Bianca

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How do I get onto the forum? I heard we were supposed to get an email but I haven't and everyone else seems to know everything that's happening except me and my roommates XD

You should check for emails from Dylan Gygax, our current forum mod, and if you didn't get it, email him!-Bianca