{"id":2270,"date":"2010-07-05T13:13:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T18:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:49:10","slug":"whats-in-your-frosh-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2270","title":{"rendered":"what&#8217;s in your frosh kit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Aska,<br \/>\nI heard tons of different things about &#8216;Frosh Week&#8217; and I understand what it\u00a0is.\u00a0But, I read up on the UofT site, that we must purchase a &#8216;Frosh Kit&#8217;. What\u00a0are the contents in this kit, and how much do we pay for it?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Believe me, it&#8217;s not as exciting as you think it is.<\/p>\n<p>After paying your orientation fees to your college when you sign up for frosh week? (though I think it might be like a weekend) before the first day of classes, you&#8217;ll receive your own handy-dandy frosh kit. Inside the kit will be staples like a bottle of water and condoms (in case you feel like making water balloons, of course), The Varsity&#8217;s Student Handbook, a student organizer, maybe some sponsored coupons (Vic students <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">one year<\/span><\/span> got passes to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra) and the all-important Frosh Week t-shirt, to denote which member of the tribe you really are. Expect to pay somewhere in the ballpark of $10-$15 for this mandatory kit.<\/p>\n<p>For more frosh week questions, check out <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">this Q&amp;A at UTSC<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Having never attended frosh myself, I can&#8217;t really vouch for it &#8211; though friends in residence did say it totally offered the opportunity to hook up with all the hot second years a week early. Personally, Askastudent is basically as old as the hills now &#8211; and not those fake-tanned celebrities from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Frosh! Aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Aska, I heard tons of different things about &#8216;Frosh Week&#8217; and I understand what it\u00a0is.\u00a0But, I read up on the UofT site, that we must purchase a &#8216;Frosh Kit&#8217;. What\u00a0are the contents in this kit, and how much do we pay for it? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Believe me, it&#8217;s not as exciting as you think it is. After paying your orientation fees to your college when you sign up for frosh week? (though I think it might be like a weekend) before the first day of classes, you&#8217;ll receive your own handy-dandy frosh kit. Inside the kit will be staples like a bottle of water and condoms (in case you feel like making water balloons, of course), The Varsity&#8217;s Student Handbook, a student organizer, maybe some sponsored coupons (Vic students one year got passes to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra) and the all-important Frosh Week t-shirt, to denote which member of the tribe you really are. Expect to pay somewhere in the ballpark of $10-$15 for this mandatory kit. For more frosh week questions, check out this Q&amp;A at UTSC. Having never attended frosh myself, I can&#8217;t really vouch for it &#8211; though friends in residence did say it totally offered the opportunity to hook up with all the hot second years a week early. Personally, Askastudent is basically as old as the hills now &#8211; and not those fake-tanned celebrities from Los Angeles. Happy Frosh! 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