Freshmen
‘Cac Admissions Facebook Group Roundup
Remember the “official class of 20_ _” facebook group where SUPER EXCITED incoming freshmen wrote things that, most often, caused you to face-palm? If your memory is a bit clouded, you’re in luck. A new website called accepted2017.com has compiled all the ridiculous facebook posts of over-eager college newbies from all over the country. The [...]
Suggestions for people wait-listed by Cac schools
The Times published yesterday a piece on the ways people attempt to get off college waiting lists. Featuring a wait-listee of our own Hamilton, the article outlined the various absurd things people do in attempts to get off waitlists. The would-be Ham pre-frosh apparently sent in a pile of high school projects and filmed a [...]
87 Things I Learned In College: An Annotated Listicle
On Thursday Thought Catalog unleashed perhaps one of their longest listicles ever, an 87-point beast about what Chicago-based writer Jasmine Neosh learned in college. In the spirit of all the new NESCAC 2017’s we present a ‘Cac-centric commentary on this list for the incoming frosh. Enjoy, and get excited! 87 Things I Learned You Will [...]
Homecoming and Me: A ‘Cac Guide
Homecoming is coming up. HOMECOMING. We’re gonna break down every minute of your day and night (but not really). We are going to make sure you have the best time ever (really). We are going to make sure you get everything you want out of your homecoming. We are going to make sure that we [...]
Rooms I Have Had
In total, I’ve lived in thirteen different dorm rooms. I moved away to school when I was fourteen years old. My parents helped me with my bags and bedding and books and they stood, hovering, nervous, and smiling as I met my first roommate. After my bed was made and my clothes were [...]
Noise Violation: A Back to School Playlist
Let’s be honest, whether or not the summer was good to us, we are sort of ready for school. Ready for friends and the quad, and donating endless hours in the library. Well maybe not the last part but either way, whether you are back in dorms or in your off campus digs you will [...]
Advice For The Freshmen From A Senior
It’s a strange and exciting feeling driving through campus, car filled to capacity, moving into what will be the last undergrad dorm I will inhabit. It’s an even stranger feeling returning to a campus after traveling and living real life for a semester, confronted with the faces of scared and anxious freshmen. I remember my [...]
For That Special Freshman In Your Life
The sooner they learn the lingo, the better. Do your frosh (sorry, “first years”) a favor and point them in the direction of our ‘Cactionary. And, as always, if you have a definition to contribute contact inthecac@gmail.com. Amherst Bates Bowdoin Colby Conn Hamilton Middlebury Trinity Tufts Wesleyan Williams
