freshman orientation

noun

: a period of time before the semester begins when new students can start to become familiar with a college

Examples of freshman orientation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Amanda and Justin met during freshman orientation at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2008. —Natasha Dye, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025

Prince Tech has a freshman orientation in July and girls basketball coach Polly Innerarity is in charge of the gym during that time. —Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2025

No more mandatory freshman orientation DEI re-education, for one. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024

There are no freshman orientation weeks, no cohorts of newcomers banding together and covering their nervousness with bravado. —Robert Sapolsky, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019

Admission officials have long lamented, well before artificial intelligence (AI) stepped into the ring, that the essays students submit had become a lousy predictor of who would turn up at freshman orientation. —Dan Lichterman, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023

During the offseason, Freeze had opportunities to speak at Camp War Eagle, Auburn University’s freshman orientation. —Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023

Students already receive information about free expression at freshman orientation. —Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023

Incoming legislators met in Juneau on Thursday and Friday for two days of freshman orientation. —Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023

Rhymes for freshman orientation

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• bureaucratization