Welcome to BU, class of 2015! As you’ll soon find out, our campus is legitimately the coolest place ever. To help you get aqquainted with your new home, We’ve built some treks through SCVNGR.
What’s SCVNGR? It’s this awesome location-based program that essentially adds a game layer to your world. By going to different locations and participating in challenges, you can earn points the more challenges you complete. At the same time, you’re exploring campus and learning fun facts about or campus. Plus, the more points you earn, the better your chances are to win some awesome prizes from the FYI Student Blog and Office of the Dean of Students.
So, how do you get started? First, go to www.scvngr.com and make an account, or download the application on your phone. If you don’t have a smartphone, activate the text-to-play feature on scvngr.com. Next, set up your account! Let us know who you are.
Next, find the Treks page on your phone- that’s where you’ll see this the two orientation treks: “Rhetty, Set, Go Around BU!” and “George and Beatrice’s GSU”.
Click on Treks, chose the one you want to do, and start playing!
Click a location, answer the challenge, and start earning points! Remember, most points means you get a prize from the one and only Dean Elmore. Be sure to use the hashtag #BUSCVNGR on twitter while you’re playing the treks.
See you all at orientation!
–Emma
