NSO: Tips for both student and parent

Etuck24
Fri, 01 May 2015 03:33:10 +0000

Dont worry about the ‘homework’ very much, virtually no adviser referenced it during class scheduling. As mentioned, look at potential majors and their recommended academic plans to see a general idea for the courses they need to schedule. At NSO, they’ll get full access to eLion and the ability to run a degree audit, which is a fantastic tool to plan future schedules - but until then recommended academic plans are the thing to look at. ‘Maximizing’ NSO isn’t really a thing…I was the first class they used the new NSO on and in my opinion it was unnecessary to have over the course of 2 days - for a parent it will likely be fairly boring if you’ve been to campus before. Also, dont be concerned if your son mentions not really making a friend or anything at NSO - thats the “reason” its an overnight thing. 2 years into PSU I’ve yet to meet someone whos made friends with someone they met at orientation.