How important is orientation?

<p>Mary, at orientation, students are separated by College and course sign-up is done usually in a group. I would suggest that your daughter have several potential classes identified, so that she can adjust her schedule as needed. She should have a few different scenarios. There may be added sections of courses right before her orientation, so things could change for multiple reasons. Also, although it is a bit unsettling the first time the student does it, the waitlist process is pretty painless. There is always a huge amount of shuffling during the first couple of weeks of school. D2 has been the queen of the waitlist and it has almost always worked out the way she wanted. I think she was on at least one waitlist every time she registered for classes freshman and sophomore year. Sometimes she cleared the waitlist before classes began, and a couple of times she talked to the professor of the class she wanted into, and attended class for the first couple of weeks until she cleared the waitlist.</p>