REX
REX (aka Residential Exploration, formerly called Rush until politics/adults happened) is the week-long freshman orientation when frosh do all the things including: mandatory talks about classes, diversity, student life, academic advising, Math Diagnostics Test, ASAs, attendingallofthedormeventsandhavingpeoplesaymanywordswhichyou'llforgetbutit'sokaybecausenoneoftheupperclassmenrememberthewordsspokentothemduringtheirrusheitherandohiforgotyournameagainsorrywhoareyouandjkitdoesn'tmatterbecauseRUSH...
What do? in 4 easy steps
- go to courtyard
- eat your n-th rushburger
- talk to people and do things that are happening at the time
- have fun :)
Also see EC Rush pages (current: EC Rush 2018)
REX scavenger hunt: (this isn't an official thing. actually schin19 just listed a bunch of cliches for new people who haven't experienced rex in it's full glory to look forwards to)
- find a gaggle of frosh who are comparing SAT/ACT/GPA scores
- find a frosh who claims to know quantum mechanics or algebraic topology
- be asked where Lobby 7 is while waiting to cross the street at 77 Mass Ave
- be asked where EC is while chilling in the courtyard
- comfort alarmed parents about life
- mistake another upperclassmen for a frosh or be mistaken by another upperclassmen as a frosh
- be froshy
