Rotation

Overview

Thursday, 9/23

Friday, 9/24

Thursday, 9/30

Saturday, 10/2

Sunday, 10/3

Daily Schedule

The dinner and event assignments are available on the Olive Walk, in front of Avery and Bechtel, emailed to your Caltech emails, and available via the links below.

Dinner-and-Pod-assignments-final.pdf

Pod-events-schedule-final.pdf

Note: You will be assigned your own schedule with which House to attend for each of the Linners/Dinners and in-person pod opportunity sessions. You must follow the schedule you are given; i.e., you should not go to a session at a different House/time than what you have been assigned. As a reminder all events are optional, but encouraged!

No-Food "Dinner" Schedule (Friday, 9/24 only)

Linner Schedule (Saturday, 9/25 and Sunday, 9/26 only)

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Dinner Schedule (Saturday, 9/25 - Thursday, 9/30)

In-Person Pod Opportunity Sessions

Note: Incoming students will be assigned to 8 of 13 in-person opportunity sessions, one session at each House. All students will also have at least 2 non-assigned sessions between Saturday and Sunday to allow for the opportunity to attend the Bechtel event, and at least one session each day.

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Introduction

Rotation is an opt-in process where incoming students choose which residences they like best. The IHC asks those who participate in Rotation to follow these guidelines to ensure adherence to the law, the honor code, the code of conduct, and the spirit of Rotation.

Guidelines

First Year Students:

1. First year students may speak freely about their experiences in the residences with others. We recommend prefrosh do not share their rankings with each other and upperclassmen, as the decision on where they feel they fit in best is a personal one.
2. As per institute policy, first year students may not drink alcohol or take illicit drugs during Rotation.
3. Prefrosh should not feel pressure to rank any Residence a certain way, remain in a given environment, or interact with other people who make them uncomfortable. If this occurs, they are encouraged to reach out to a member of the IHC, the ORE, an RA, an RLC, or the Deans.

Upperclassmen:

1. Upperclassmen may speak freely about direct, personal experiences within the residential system at Caltech. To encourage fairness and accuracy, we ask students to focus on their own experiences in the residences rather than rely on rumors or other potentially false information. Discussing specific experiences you have had in Houses other than your own is allowed.
2. Upperclassmen should not tell prefrosh how to rank houses but rather give prefrosh useful information to help them get a clear and accurate picture of campus. Prefrosh should be encouraged to make their own decisions.
3. Upperclassmen may not share the House List data with prefrosh, give prefrosh alcohol or other psychoactive substances, or give prefrosh extraordinary gifts to encourage them to join a specific house (i.e. taking them off campus for >4 hours, excluding preseason athletes on trips with their sports team). Each of these activities constitutes an honor code or policy violation.
4. Along with the normal event registration process, IHC must approve any large events, prop sheets, videos, and advertisements.

All Rotation Rules are guidelines to follow that will facilitate the Rotation process. If a serious violation of the Code of Conduct or the Honor Code occurs during Rotation, you may be asked to meet with the Deans, RAs, or RLCs.

Violations of Rotation Rules should be reported via this form or to one of the contacts listed below:

Interhouse Committee 2021ihc@googlegroups.com

Office of Residential Experience ore@caltech.edu

Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity diversity@caltech.edu

Equity and Title IX Reporting Options