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Orientation!

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Daniel Birdsall 646 Views Orientation

If pressed to name the single most exciting day of the Admissions year, I’d start by hemming and hawing about how there are quite a few to choose from. Apply enough pressure, though, and you’d ultimately get me to say it’s the first day of Orientation. For Admissions types, it’s particularly gratifying to meet in-person people who have thus far existed only as email addresses and Zoom screens. This year’s Orientation is extra-special, as it’s the first fully in-person affair since 2019.

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Fletcher springs to life at Orientation

August 31, 2021 Daniel Birdsall 1071 Views Orientation

The big moment has finally arrived, readers. It’s Orientation week! If you haven’t been following along, Orientation is extra-special this year for being (for most students) in-person. It’s great to have Fletcher back to its typical energy level, and reassuring to learn that one can see people’s smiles even through a mask.

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Orientation 2020

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Daniel Birdsall 620 Views Orientation

New student Orientation, like most things in this strange era, will look a bit different this year. The typical Orientation program takes place in a jam-packed final week of August, and a remote version of that week remains on the schedule this year.

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Pre-semester preparation: digest version

August 6, 2020 Daniel Birdsall 800 Views Classes, Financial Aid, Orientation

Readers, the fall semester is nearly upon us even though we’re just in the first week of August. While classes won’t begin for most students for close to another month, now is a good time of year for incoming students to do some low-level preparation around the margins.

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Orientation, continued

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Daniel Birdsall 546 Views Orientation

As orientation rolls on, I’ve heard a number of colleagues comment that this year’s class of new Fletcher students are a happy-seeming bunch. That’s not abnormal; orientation is by definition a good-energy event, but I’ve likewise noticed a positive vibe so far this week. It helps that we’ve had idyllic weather (with a stormy afternoon yesterday being the only meteorological blight thus far). As I’ve mentioned before, we’re hugely excited by the arrival of our new students, and it’s great to feel that they’re just as excited to be here.

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Orientation!

August 26, 2019 Daniel Birdsall 629 Views Orientation

Today is one of the most fun days of the admissions year – the start of orientation! With a few exceptions, it’s the first time we’ll meet our new students face-to-face, after having spent the better part of a year working with them virtually as prospective/admitted/enrolled students. Our friends in the Registrar run the arrival and check-in portion of the day, though we eagerly staff the welcome tables for the opportunity to put faces to names with which we’ve been working on paper for the better part of the past year. My guess is that it can sometimes be a bit surreal for students to arrive at Fletcher for the first time, and be greeted by one of us as if they’re a long-lost relative. What can I say? We’re excited to have our new students here.

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Pre-semester Preparatory Primer, Part IV: prepare for orientation

August 8, 2019August 5, 2019 Daniel Birdsall 816 Views Orientation

To wrap up our Pre-semester Preparatory Primer, today we’ll focus on Orientation. Don’t keep yourself in the dark about the unofficial opening ceremonies of the school year!

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Pre-semester Preparatory Primer, Part II: what’s the deal with equivalency exams?

August 6, 2019August 5, 2019 Daniel Birdsall 1018 Views Orientation

Today we turn our attention to equivalency exams, which I think of as relatively straightforward, but which nonetheless tend to generate a lot of questions and the occasional bit of confusion. So, what’s the deal with equivalency exams?

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Welcome, Januarians!

January 9, 2019 Daniel Birdsall 1305 Views Januarian, Orientation

It’s official: those who started at Fletcher this past fall are no longer the newest students here. Our class of Januarians arrived today, and they’re currently working through a full orientation schedule. We had a chance for a quick hello at this morning’s welcome breakfast, and will look forward to a bit more face time between now and the weekend.

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Orientation is here!

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Jessica Daniels 1062 Views Orientation

I arrived at Fletcher before 8:00 this morning, but the place was already in full buzz. New students were checking

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