<p>Did Orientation Tuesday-Thursday for DS, who is a Kelley direct admit.</p>
<p>On Tuesday night he took his Calculus test.
Wednesday started the Orientation, with the B group beginning at 11am.</p>
<p>Lots of great info, and students are separated from parents. The parent schedule is what I would call grueling and went into much more than I anticipated. It was incredibly well done with lots of information. IU seemed to anticipate just about everything and I appreciated how well organized they were with the information and presentations. We finished up the parent session around 4:30pm and met up with the student and then went into a session on registration. Jacobs and Kelley students are pulled out while everyone else goes into a large hall. DS is a Kelley DA so we were in a very small group which was nice. </p>
<p>We were given info from the Kelley staff on schedules and balance, in preparation for advising. We left around 6pm for dinner. There were evening events and the student could spend a night in the dorm. Parents could stay in a different dorm but I really liked the idea of my hotel. lol. DS was originally signed up for dorms but didn’t care to do it, so he un-registered and we went to dinner. That night we did not go to any of the evening things mainly because (1) he didn’t care about playing volleyball and meeting people he would never see again and (2) I was exhausted and had a headache and needed to get back to my hotel to work. </p>
<p>Thursday morning (Day 2) there was another session beginning at 8:50am which meant getting there pretty early for parking. We choose not to go as it was a preview of the Arts Season and billing/payment, which was pretty clear on the IU web site. 10:30am had some “sprint sessions” for students with Careers and Health Care, followed by Study Abroad options. Since we had already been to IU several times and did a Kelley meeting in early March, we were aware of the Study Abroad opportunities. At 1pm the dorms opened up and we could go and get a tour which we did. DS had advising at Kelley at 3:30pm, he got his schedule and went to the Library to register and then got his ID. We were in the car heading home at 4:45pm. (His advising was pretty short due to ACP and many of his pre-reqs are done.) We wasted quite a bit of time in Bloomington between the dorm tour and his advising and I was glad the mall is just a couple minutes away. </p>
<p>If I can figure out how to post the NSO schedule I will!</p>