FOP has a significant supply of rental equipment. Each year, approximately 80 percent of FOPpers borrow some form of gear. This gear is available at very reasonable rates. In addition, anyone receiving financial aid from the College or from FOP is...
All the better! No prior experience is necessary to go on FOP. We have both wilderness trips and site-based trips. Many trips involve camping, but some of the site-based Site Exploration trips will spend the nights in cabins—which can be a perfect middle...
FOP, unlike other pre-orientation programs, uses the outdoors as a medium to form tight-knit communities and engage in reflective activities. If you are interested in learning more about yourself, meeting lots of cool people, and having a great outdoors...
For dates on all Pre-Orientation programming (including FOP) please see Harvard's Pre-Orientation website.
About 1 out of 4 members of the incoming class participate in FOP and come from all over the United States, and all over the world. Some participants have extensive backpacking experience and some have never been outside thier hometown, a majority fall...
