I think my orientation (as a freshman) was in August. So transfer orientation might be at a different time (that’s a guess). I don’t think it’s 100% necessary to go to orientation. Lots of it is boring lol. You do sign up for Fall classes, but you can do that from home as long as you have a Sisweb/ScheduleBuilder account. I seem to remember a lot of presentations on safety information. I would say, if it’s super out of the way or inconvenient for you, contact the school and tell them you can’t make it.