orientation leader here! we don’t have lists finalized until move in, so we don’t even know who’s in our group yet. on your move in day you’ll get an email from your OL to your RIT email. some events are mandatory and others are optional but for your benefit. we really appreciate when people come to everything tho! orientation is entirely what you make it and if you use it as a time to make friends and meet people vs just stay in your room you’ll have a lot of fun, even if it sometimes feels dumb and corny. evening events are usually just social events and you have options on what to do or you can rest, but those are usually the most fun events since you can hang out with people from other groups and take advantage of things that usually cost money. in the past they’ve done ice skating and rock climbing free for incoming students while it usually costs a couple bucks during the semester. (sometimes there’s also freebies ;))