15 Things They Don’t Tell You at Duke TIP Orientation

Article by Kaitlyn Shanks and Courtney Scoufis, M&M TIPsters

1) You will never have enough clothing
2) You will always forget something
3) The busses will run over you.
4) You will always have to pull up more chairs at meals.
5) You will laugh until you cry at least once over the term
6) You will always be tired.
7) Having an orange lanyard is not always a good thing
8) You will need to learn to respond to “The shoe lace camp”.
9) You will forget your key at least once.
10) You will always need more than one dryer session.
11) You will cry on the last night of camp.
12) There will always be a line for laundry and ice cream.
13) A rock will be more comfortable than your bed.
14) The boy’s hallways will always smell.
15) Do not drop trash down the center staircase.